Are BC asking for calculations or do they want someone to inspect the wall and check it's OK? The calculations you have assume the wall is...
The local geological features mean very little when you're talking about digging into a patch of earth around 20sqm, especially as you already...
Your electricity cable should have been shrouded before the scaffold went up too.
I have approved plans that say the same, dig until BC are happy. How can you specify a depth before you've dug, short of getting a rig in to take...
What did the Party Wall agreement say?
If it doesn't line up it doesn't take too much messing around to get you to the point where it would be quicker to resin-fix a wall plate to hang...
Most builders are perfectly capable of doing a really good job, it's just there's more money in doing a quick job and moving on to the next....
You have frost on your roof, your roof is freezing. It's pretty much inevitable that any warm air leaking will cause condensation. Just keep...
You need a fire alarm and fire door. The fire door lets you stay in the loft while you wait for help, or isolate the rest of the house from a...
Lots of BCs don't like gallows brackets at all because they rely on the lateral strength of the wall to deal with the horizontal forces they...
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F291819778256 Honestly, they're all over eBay if you can measure.
If you search eBay for machine screws you'll be in the right ball park.
Iron sulphate to kill moss. Don't pressure wash until it's dead or you'll fill the lawn with moss!
How old are the timbers? They look like the ones in my roof which are 110 year old pitch pine and miles stronger than any 4 X 2 C16.
Stitch drill it then chisel it out. This is a hand tool job. Sharp hand tools.
Your first route isn't as protected corridor, your second would be if there's a fire door top or bottom of the first staircase.
To be honest you'd be better either settling for a heavy curtain to contain the heat and some hook fixings to contain the cat, or doing it...
I don't have an answer about the rafter sizes, but bear in mind that you need 800mm from floor to any opening of the windows and if you install...
What are you planning to do up there that those posts are stopping you doing? You're in danger of creating a habitable space, some Councils would...
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