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    RSJ replacement. Am I being difficult or is it the builder?

    Careful they may take you to court on a discrimination ethos as they would appear to be Indians
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    Does this look like a poor chimney repair job to you?

    This must be a wind up!!!! If not get out of renovation work.
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    Loft trussed roof ideas

    So much for a picture speaks a thousand words edict. That makes it 5th or 6th time now :)
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    Loft trussed roof ideas

    Looking at pic in original post 1 I must have, not quite sure what along the shorter web means?
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    Loft trussed roof ideas

    But of course that area of roofing was supported by 3 rafters and in essence it is now supported by 2 rafters albeit with lesser weight, hence why usual default method is to double up rafters each side of opening to give 4 rafters of support
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    Loft trussed roof ideas

    Nay, its just another run of the mill event
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    Loft trussed roof ideas

    Your money, your life, do whatever gives you satisfaction, a fancy weekend is gone and forgot about after a week
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    Guttering

    I should imagine stopping the free flow of water along the guttering to its lawful(?) discharge point will result in legal action being taken against you
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    Building a box calculator?

    Younger generation, something wants making/repairing/doing get a man in to sort it :-)
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    Motorised Valve Problem

    Could be a sticking micro switch, gently tap the unit with a piece of wood a few times and see if that actuates the motor
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    Using 9" retaining wall to build garden room

    Further to the above if you are au fait with spreadsheets I have put one together based on the examples around page 16 to determine wall thicknesses required based on various parameters depending which ones are chosen. Unfortunately I can only put up a print of the spreadsheet so the sheet...
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    Crack in brick wall

    Had a similar problem with mine due to foundations being a couple of rows laid at surface level, fortunately mortar was softer than bricks so no cracking as such. A bit of TLC to sort.
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    Using 9" retaining wall to build garden room

    A little light reading , the examples around page 16 will give you a view on wall thicknesses although your proposals are slightly off the beaten track and foundation design are in a different league https://www.brick.org.uk/uploads/downloads/s-design-of-brickwork-retaining-walls.pdf
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    Using 9" retaining wall to build garden room

    .https://www.brick.org.uk/uploads/downloads/s-design-of-brickwork-retaining-walls.pdf
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    Using 9" retaining wall to build garden room

    As well as the thickness, height,density of the wall there is also soil properties of soil be retained and bearing capacity and size of foundation to be considered which I should imagine rule of thumb gives scant regard as does your builder by the sounds of it. "We have always done it like this...
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    Im nervous please reassure me about my 1860s roof beams survey

    Don't know what the design parameters were at the time of build but todays timbers are designed for snow loading of 75kg/m2 , changing from tiles to concrete can increase roof loading by 10 to 35kg so possibly roof is structurally OK at the moment but just hope global warming keeps the snow at...
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    Central heating

    Dittto, interesting to note that you have different boiler output options for CH and HW
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