Recent content by Liam Von Dork

Now then, in my ultimate wisdom I order this flooring , I’m happy with it too, 12mm nice and solid,just being the dumbass that I am I under ordered the ammount I need as I thought one was was being carpeted , that was my first mistake as she who makes my decisions for me forgot to tell me she’d...

I have bird mouthed some 8x3 c16 timber and doubled it up , screwed it together with 120 mm timber drive screws and also screwed each purlin into these bird mouths,as far as I’m concerned there is more support than the 260 yr old single skin brick wall that wasn’t even touching the purlins or...

Thanks for the reply, do you mean a continuous steel ridge beam or the plate underneath it, which I could get at fairly easily? Steel purlins are not an option , we want to retain as much originality in the cottage as we can. I will have replaced the two top purlins on the side you’re talking...

Hi , I’ve a 1760 stone cottage , well basically it’s a bungalow with two small bedrooms in the loft,with a staircase that may as well be a ladder. I have literally gutted the entire property back to granite and brick external walls , I have removed the one supporting wall that ran across the...