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Just realised that my picture in the post as been cropped!! tthe key to the cables is Orange = 2 core coax (shotgun cable) (1 line equals 2core cable) blue= cat 5 data cable

Hi I am renovating a house and have put 1st fix cables in as the diagram below i have a last chance before plasterer is to cover them over is there anything wrong with this layout? i am not certain what subscription (freeview, sky) tv i will eventually have, i just want make sure i have...

Think weve cracked it! Glass people are advising a 25mm rebate in the frame and the glass will need a 6mm clearance giving a bearing of 19mm on all edges, the rebate will be taken up with a 6mm rubber gasket and the glass will sit on a 3mm gasket. Just for those who may be interested price...

Hope this may be posted and will get some decent feedback. Currently doing a small project in deepest wales, my client is one of the architectual team who designed the gherkin no less!! as part of the works there is a glass landing area which is approx 1800 x 900mm which ultimately sits in...

Not sure why I am posting this, but I just thought i would share for the hell of it!! Many years ago i worked for a company who provided Modular solutions to schools for additional classrooms etc, the company was fledgling and trying hard to become a market leader (it now is!! Built off...

Hi to everyone I hope the forum collective can advise me here?? Am presently renovating my house, i have a good skill level in most things construction, this will be my fourth renovation, plus i work in industry. I am just asking for a few tips tho regarding my chimmey stack on present...

there is no sense to this post other than 2 different individuals at different ends of the social scale are very similar in that they are putting two fingers up to building control with what i can see very little repercushion!

Just thought i would post a bit of a rant a bit of a story of building matters that i am involved and aware of. 1. My neighbour (i live in a semi dtached small holding were my neighbour as identical but mirrored 1940s house) I am currently building a two storey extension, with my help my...

Right ok have had a total rethink on this. Have decided to turn joists 90 degrees so that the total span is 3800mm I will have one truss bolted to wall and use joist hangers, the other end will bear on new blockwork, total span will be reduced by 50mm to 3750mm. I have inherited as...

Slightly confused now as 1st reply said they would deflect whatever c/c I see that tables are realtively easy to find, but cannot find my answer! Russell

May be better to ask the forum what is my maximum span for a joist this section (178 x 50mm) I can reduce spacings to whatever i want if it gives me a better span. All help much appreciated!! Russell

Unfortunately I have to make them work What C/C anyone Know. Rusell

Mornin All I am building an extension and wish to try and determine my floor joist options. Firstly the joist serction size is to 178 x 50mm (these I already have from a demolition job i done some time ago, (they are 6 meteres long and i have plenty of them.) I have a single span of 4,5...

Hi all couple of questions that may be answered here regarding sky installation I am planning ahead and are refurbishing house, I want TV in Living room, kitchen, main bedroom. I plan to run WF shotgun cable from each position to external wall were ultimately dish will sit, Heres the...

thankyou Jeds This seems to be the answer Thanks Russell

Can somebody advise me please Am extending and knocking about my house and want to add mains smoke detection , I would like to put detector at GF hall /stairwell, FF lkanding, and in new extended kitchen, I believe from a Building control point of view I am only deemed to put Smoke detector...

Sorry Noseall but youre "stuck" Im not after liability i am after calculations! I am fully versed in all the construction detail and suspect my serial size will suffice all the parameters, just need the correct maths (which dosent lie), its a self build the liability rests with me to construct...

Are there any charitable structural engineers (or even otherwise but capable) who may help me with my steel beam selection for creating a knock through. I am pretty well knowledgable about building, building control, and even could at one time do these calculations (hnc structural design)...