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They opened for me. I will share again https://we.tl/t-RiiB1lgk6G

Any thoughts guys? Perhaps the use of flitch beams would make it less labour intensive (cheaper option then steel redesign) for those 4/3 X floor beams, so it would just be 2X timber and reduced risk of warping?

Interesting to see if I get any builders willing to take on such a design....Anyway these are the plans with example photo of what the extension should look like. Can anyone explain why there needs to be 4x timber joined for 2T14 instead of say 2x? would be interested on your thoughts of the...

That was what I was thinking...will do shortly, btw second 20 yrs experienced chippie has the same opinion of swapping over to steel for the ridge beam etc

I have got a quote of 1k + vat for calculating the replacement steels for a SE. I think it will be quiet costly materials wise this route. Current steel cost is about 1.5k but new Steel would probably quadruple or more that amount plus SE cost

Yes. He did mention they use a company that provides a crane service. And I suspect the higher cost of this method falls on me and less grunt work for them

Room with wet patch

The room with the crack and wet patch

The parapet wall

Here are still pictures of the wall and behind the parapet with the visible coping stones. We also noticed this weekend the room that covers the crack area outside also has cracks forming and more concerning damp patch.

He has been doing smaller projects but has taken on more bigger projects recently, a couple of loft extensions, extensions and new basement and I would say his core skill is working with timber! He mentioned that typically timber delivered were never straight and joining 4x would require a lot...

Hi All, We are looking to finally build the water tight shell of our Mansard extension. We had the structural plans drawn up 2 years ago. I had a local builder which I often use look at the structural plan, where steel is minimal, i.e. only proposed for the central section of the floor span ...

Video of behind parapet wall. Which shows a crack between the mortar bed and the wall and not much mortar between the coping stone joints https://vimeo.com/1064243876?share=copy

Here is a video of the wall.... https://vimeo.com/1064171764?share=copy

Hi, We have an extension built 2 years ago, one side is block and sand/cement render. This side now has a deep crack from the top parapet wall down that is very concerning. On inspection of the largest section of the crack and removing by hand that bit. It is wet but the crack does not...