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I was hoping to keep the 9x2 separate from the existing ceiling joists. If I placed the 9x2 by the side of the 3x2 that would leave 100mm from the wall and be difficult time get a fixing in I think

In my loft I have the chimney stack from first floor ceiling to first floor. The neighbors have completely removed all their stack. I would like to remove what's left in ours. I'm also in the process of wanting to put larger joists 9x2 in the loft that will span 4m. These will be sat on 45mm...

Hi Tony, would this work as an option? See attached image. would it be correct that each beam would only take half the span load ?

Ah the existing joists are 70x50. The beam is supposed to be sitting above these by 20mm but he wants to keep the bedroom ceilings flush without the beam sticking down. At the same time I suppose you don't want the beam sticking out the top of the floor. It might not be possible unless he starts...

I believe it was designed because of accessibility and that it could be made in the loft rather than trying to get a huge UB up there. Also the hangers have something to fix to at the top of the beam rather than fixing to just the face of the timber. Timber in a 152x89 UB would only be able to...

This beam is 3 x 75x145 with 2x 10mm steel plates. It's for 1.5kN floor. Is it seriously over spec?

Well I took it as the 50mm from inner edge of support meant it was directly in middle of bearing. 100mm bearing would leave 44mm to end of timber

What are the typical spacings of the coach bolts used for flitch beams? The timber is 75x145 with steel measuring 10x140 I was looking at a friend's report which says to use M12 bolts staggered 36mm off center line but further down the report it says must be 48mm from ends and edges of the...

I just went with plumbers mate, I rolled it up evenly and placed it around the square. I then tightened the tap up with the plumbers mate squeezing out. I trimmed it back and cleaned it all up so it looks nice. It's barely visible. The tap is rock solid and tight to the timber, it's not moving...

Yeah the house was built in 60s so the bath is probably from back then The taps base just covers the square holes. the washer that was provided with the tap is 45mm in dia and is a couple mill short so any water would just seep under the tap. The top hat washers that I looked up only seem to...

One of the bath taps broke so just had to buy a new set. After finally removing the old tap which was a struggle, I noticed the bath tap had some sort of clay type compound all over the thread and inside the square indent in the ceramic bath. I'm guessing the square indents were to stop taps...

Hi Jon That's great, thanks for the help. I was intending on using 400 centers for the main joists on both 2.4m and 3.6m spans.

Here is a quick sketch. The joists will have to split as the spans are different so will require larger size joists. These will sit next to each other on the load bearing wall The trimmer joists which wasn't too sure about would be seated near to the doors on the wall and another set of...

Thanks John, I did look at the trada table for spans and the 4x2 would be adequate I have been looking online and I believe what I've been looking at are called trimmers. On the councils website they have two examples. The layout I require is like fig1 and I'm assuming this is to a standard...

I'm want to put bigger joists in the loft. These will be independent from the ones already in place. I have a question which I'm sure someone will be able to help with. Where the bedroom door is is a timber frame which I believe would not be suitable to hold the weight of a floor so I think I...