Recent content by theoldun

limerockconstruction If you only ask half a question then you will only get half an answer. You do not state if external wall plate is sat on half brick wall, a one brick wall or 300mm cavity wall. Where your lower plate sits determines your half span. Assume your half span is 4200, less...

Google ornamental pier caps. Go to Classical Collection and the caps you require are Heritage.Pier Caps. They will deliver. Sort your own bricks out Regards oldun

Is the conversion a non residential building, such as a cattle barn. oldun

Orange Man, As your steels are up, it is a bit in late in the day now to alter roof. Was going to suggest change roof design falls, and let flat roof water discharge over top left hand side., leave of ridge tiles left hand side, substitute with lead cover flashing apron either straight or...

Orange Man, Have gone every way but loose, and still not come up with answer we are happy with. Working out rain intensity litres p/sec per m2 is no problem, ditto mm cube per hour, how ever flow capacity at head of water is not so simple but we feel sure that 4 number 50mm outlet would cope...

Are your ceilings plaster boarded yet? oldun

Thanks very much for the info. Sorry to be a pain, but have you got elevation drawing of the glass panels etc? The critical question you did not answer was where do you propose to fit down pipes? Regards oldun

Tony , They are a slightly different design to what you old Manchester boys wear when you go the the working mans club. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Introduced approx 12 years ago and were strongly punted by NHBC to stop heat loss and draughts round joist ends built into inner cavity wall. Never...

English garden wall bond . Three course stretcher, One course header. Scottish bond Five course stretcher. One course header.. American bond. Depending on area where you are working, three to nine course stretcher one course header. You could be right about the muck Tony, :shock: so have a...

Is the house rented or is it your own? Is the tree in your front garden or on public foot path.? What specie of tree oldun

Sorry, been busy, however have been playing around with roof drainage. Possibly three ways to do it, but need the following information, Width and length of extension. Width and length of flat roof area, Width and length of roof light. Can you explain how glass cladding is fixed. Where...

With all due respect to Ree suggest you ignore his post. Your drawing is half right but not quite correct, It is standard practice on BB floors to have a split level DPC. The internal floor level causes no problems but external path can be troublesome. You are showing no DPC membrane on top...

Our old eyes are well past there sell by date and your photo is far from being very clear, but would say that are a Pantile, possibly Redlands, or could even be Marley Anglia.Hard to tell but minimum pitch will be 17.5 degree with 100mm head lap.. If you have very deep pockets, then there are a...

As you appear to be in a jovial mood, here goes. We will post the worst possible scenario. 150mm above path level to finished floor level. 2400 FFL to underside of joist or there abouts. You could cut this down to 2325 if you wish. If this was our roof we would go 1 in 40 = 0.025 per metre...

Exposed rafter tails are the overhang from wall plate to facia plumb cut and do not collect a facia and soffit. Rafter brackets are fixed to the side of the exposed tail and support your rise and fall gutter bracket. Gutters normally in cast iron, not cheap. Half round ridge tile, first good...