Recent content by EggsBenedict

Based on this thread, I'd look up the available literature on acoustic fencing and take that to them. I'd say that a non-acoustic fence is going to do feck all based on what people have contributed here. Be interested to know what the dB limit is, bearing in mind how the dB scale works...

Yeah, usual story, BR for sure, if not the joy that is planning as well.

Top man. Makes perfect sense. I did a bit of a search as was suggested. One thing that came up was Catnoic Lintels. They can span a cavity, so I guess no disadvantage in simultaneous propping as you suggest. They have a 'beak' that extends upwards, so guessing a little more jiggery-pokery in...

^^^ Many thanks for this - those strongboys look just the job. I've done a similar thing in a previous house, and used akros to prop the ceiling either side of an internal wall. The wall then was a construction of bricks on their sides and timber verticals. In this one, I think the wall is a...

Hi all, Looking at a house, and one thing it seems to need is a side door out to the garden. There's not an existing window that it suitable to change to a door (and therefore utilise the existing lintel). What's involved in making an opening in the wall and putting a door in? Anything I...