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Hello I am considering doing a side extension with another toilet and bathroom. The current stack/soil pipe is at the back of the house and serves the upstairs bathroom and kitchen. I am the first house in terms of the sewer which runs across my property into the next house etc. Currently the...

I can get full access to the ceiling of the garage rather than disturbing the above bedroom. What difference would noggins make at the centre, thirds or at the ends? Would they just assist by "bonding" all the joists together? And when you say ends do you mean right at the end of the...

Hello Hopfully this is in the right forum. I have a house which had an extension before I moved in. The garage has been widened and another floor buildt above it making an extra bedroom. The garage is 12ft (3.65m) wide. The floor ceiling/floor joists are 6.5" (16.5cm) x 1 7/8" (5cm)...