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Thanks Tony - Does your calculation mean I'll be using 1 screw every 400mm on the ledger board?

Thanks Tony - the ceiling is carrying 2 x fireboard and some insulation, and the length of joist is 3.75m - still k to use screws?

Creating an independent ceiling with 6x2 joists spaced at 400 centres. I will be attaching a ledger board to the wall so I can use joist hangers. Do I use the 6 x 2 joists I will be using as a ledger board, or use a different timber? Also what size and length coach bolts do I use?

Thank you. OK, I will end up having about a 3m run of soil pipe from the toilet to the outside wall on the ground floor. In respect of the 40mm and 32mm waste, can I simply boss into the horizontal (fall of 18mm per meter) 110mm soil pipe?

Thank you. OK - so I'd have to take an accurate look at the depth of the underground pipework to establish whether I could even go horizontally through the wall from the downstairs toilet into the stack, and still retain the 450mm using a 200mm radius bend? Also, I notice that the...

I am currently refurbishing a ground floor and first floor flat and have the oppoortunity/misfortune of having to create a new soil stack. The current set up means I have to remove the existing soil stack, but I can use the existing drain, but the pipes are only about a foot below ground level...

Thanks everyone - I've now completed the job (almost - just need to do the ridge tiles) - the bonding gutter looks much betteer than I thought - I understand it would be better to tie in the slates, but as mentioned the battens were different sizes, and the old headlap was about 75. I ended up...

Thanks - slate and half it is then - thanks so much for your help.

Thanks Shane Just received the bonding gutter - it's about 325mm wide, yielding abnout 150 either side. My slates are 600 x 300, and my half slates will be 150. I see you used half slates rather than slate and half in the run up to the gutter - how did you fix the half slates, as they...

Thanks Shane. If you could advise me on the following, that WOULD be most appreciated. 1. I see your slates rise a bit towards the gutter - that's because the gutter sits proud of the battens? 2. No mortar needed between gutter and slates? 3. What make of bonding gutter did you use...

Thank you. I have now stripped the slates to the neighbouring property, and you mentioned using a bonding gutter, and I have a couple of questions. I've been looking at the GRP bonding gutter. http://www.summitroofingsolutions.co.uk/slate-roof-case-study-redruth-1/ The gutter is nailed...

[/url] What about hook fixings versus nails?

OK - thanks - so also get the thin pieces of wood and run those up the rafters too after I have removed the rotton ones? Are those there for ventilation?

After thinking that I would fix a few tiles that looked liked they had slipped, I discovered that there was a lot of rotten slate and batten, and so, gulp, I plan to take the whole of one side of the roof slates off and relay with new ones. So here is the set up - the slates are 300 x 600...