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It was 2 very large beams going in so some of the roof supports had to come out. It would have been a good idea to add extra support to the roof where it wouldn't have got in the way of the new beams going in.

Am having a structural engineer check on this issue next week but just wanted to see if anyone here had any insight into this matter. It's a detached property in which the roof is being completely replaced. A survey showed the roof needed extra support and roof thrust had occurred causing...

Thank you for the info, am not entirely sure of the soil shrinkage so am opting for a 75mm board just to be safe, cost difference between 50mm and 75mm is only £90 for 25m square of foundation. Again thanks for the reply.

Building inspector has recommended using claymaster on inside wall of foundations, they've only specified a minimum of 50mm thickness. Would there be any advantage of getting a thicker sheet of lets say 75mm or even 100mm. It's a clay soil foundation set at 1m deep. One corner of the...