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Hey, really appreciate your replies guys. I have contacted an electrician who is going to come out Monday and take a look. He also mentioned the other two may just be blank. There is no evidence of it ever previously being three phase - I was ignorant of that being possible. Probably just like...

Hello Electricians! I have a 3 phase fuse board in my home with only one of the phases being used to power the house. I would like make use of all three phases so that I can get a 22kw EV charger installed at home. My question is, where do I start? I have phone the DNO (Western Power) to ask...

Thanks - underneath or across the top?

I have cut some of the soffit away to better show what I mean. As I'm really confident that can't be load bearing... As you can see, the top of the joist is not sitting on anything and appears to just be attached to the tail end of the main roof joists. Also, a further back photo for better...

Ah, the white board with two bits of baton attached? It's not load bearing, that's the old soffit. Have uploaded a few more pictures, hopefully for better context. I also put my hand on the wall to try and show how the joist doesn't reach up and over the top of the wall. Appreciate you taking...

Hey, No, they’re not long enough to rest on the wall. They would have originally sat in a joist hanger up against the wall (at a guess), but since they’ve been lifted up they’re now tied into the main roof joists, but without the support of any sort of joist hanger.

Hello! First post here, so I post this humbly. I moved into a new house a couple of years ago which has an original garage on the side of the house but has been extended up to accommodate a bedroom above the garage. Originally there was a lean-to roof that would have been attached to the...