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Thanks again for other replies. Im feeling a lot better about tackling this myself without facing building control wrath at some point in the future.

OK thanks for clarifying the 'final' meaning. I'm not certain of definitions etc. By part p qualified I referring to electritions who are domestic installers able to self certify their work. My understanding was that extending a circuit needed BR certification but adding spurs didn't.

Thanks for the replies. Terry yes that's my question. What do you mean by 'final' circuit though? I wasn't going to extend the ring as my understanding is that's not allowed without the part P domestic installer qualification. Aptsys, by 'terminating conductors', do you mean ensuring they...

Hello! I've tried searching for this but keep getting unhelpful answers. Is their a maximum number of spurs I can run off an actual ring main circuit cable, using a junction box? I know I can run one spur off each socket, but I'd like to run them direct from the ring main cable as its closer...

Ta Woody.

Hello hope you can advise here. I'm doing 2 jobs that may require Building Regs approval. I didn't think to check before I started. The first one is internal wall insulation. My house is mid terrace and cavity wall front and back. There is an alleyway on the ground floor between each house...

Thanks for the reply. I was assuming I could remove the bricks on the o/s then those internally and pull into the room. But I'm just trying to visualise it at the moment.

Lintel I mean. Thanks!

Hello there. I need to remove and replace two lintols above upstairs windows and was wondering if this could be done from inside, rather than using a scaffold. With access outside using ladders only to remove bricks and replace them afterwards. Presumably Ill need to prop the ceiling...

Thanks for the honesty I will scrap the idea.

I'll practice on the back of the house first where no one can see!

The steels are a little over 3m and bolted centrally. The existing purlin seem to sit on the internal leaf of a cavity wall so would do the same with the steels and add a padstones. I think I could get the steels in via the house. I would test the route up the stairs with a piece of lighter...

I suppose I might be able to lift the batton from underneath and then get a grinder, hacksaw under it to cut the nail. If that's possible and there feels to be enough flexibility to lift the batton, rafters could be pushed in from outside if I removed the soffit board and climbed up on a ladder...

Thanks for the reply and helping me visualise those issues. Yes the battens are on the outside of the felf so any wedging would most likely destroy it at that point and getting rafters in sounds impossible without cutting them. Sounds like it needs doing properly from the outside!

Hello! I have a bowing roof on a mid terrace. The 4 purlins at some point in the past have had supports removed along the length and have rotated slightly and bowed. Ive had an engineer round who has provided the spec for steels to replace them with, although it's suggested leaving the purlin in...

OK thanks woody. I'll have a look for some of that stuff.

Hello I wonder if you can help me with this issue? I noticed a green slowly growing stain on the inside wall of my Dad's conservatory in one of the corners at the top. The conservatory is built where there was a wash-house so it sits inbetween the house and the remaining wash house on the...

I've actually started putting 100m recticel on the internal alley walls. I could extend all around the interior too.

Yeah is definitely cavity walls on the front and back just not in the alley. It's in Sheffield. I've done some work tiying in the external wall to the internal walls (as they were bowing) and so have had the plaster and internal leaf bricks out. Some bricks were laid on their sides others right...

Is it not 100mm thick? Its a terrace sowould be a lateral step from next door. I'm not fussed but it might look a bit odd.