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Forgive me if I missed it are your floors currently concrete or wood?

My wife couldn’t imagine those walls coming down either until she came home and they were gone lol I couldn’t see going up stairs it was so dark lol The newel posts on your stair case aren’t holding the stairs up but they are securing the hand rails which you need ones will need fitting right...

Evening, I know the rule Of thumb is cutting three joists for a Loft hatch would I get away with cutting four obviously I’d be doubling trimmers with joist hangers and doubling up joists around the hatch… just getting ready to fit my loft window but I can’t get it up unless I cut 4 or carry it...

I’m actually in the middle Of doing mine but mine was a lot more complex which meant getting rid of a wall or two lol . I’m getting there I can only Do It in my spare time

It looks like someone’s just put some board over it to cover up the rails on the inside of the stairs … my guess is it’s maybe 3 ply? If so it’s not supporting anything so can come off bang on it and see if it’s thin . As it’s sounds like it’s going to be a diy job and the questions your asking...

Hi Random , Indeed I recall that… it was more of the thought of my ceiling is getting lowered directly below my current ceiling would that give me adequate strength instead of using 7x2 and reaching the required insulation depth Thanks Jake

Evening, I asked a question before about strengthening joists however my plans have yet again changed . Current lost joists are 4x2 running back to front , supporting stud wall somewhere in the middle. Now I know you can add parallel 6x2/7x2 etc but could I glue and screw some 3x2 4x2 ontop of...

Not really a category for this but thought this might be as close as I’ll get… we are planning on cladding the top Part of our house just wondered what peoples Opinions are on pvc v timber cladding? It’s going to be a light/mid oak Colour Thanks Jake

Evening, Maybe a long shot but does anyone recognise this brick? Thanks Jake

Evening woody , I’m not sure how easy it will Be to bond them In as it’s a single skin wall it’s joining on to and insulated on the inside, These are the wall starters I’ve been using but not sure if these are flexible or rigid ones? Thanks Jake

That’s a good question just don’t know how I can fit a cavity in 215mm.

Afternoon, I need to build a pillar on a external wall to fit a new door ( extension ? The pillar basically needs to be the size of a standard dense concrete block laid flat Height: 215 mm Length: 440 mm Width: 100 mm Would it be structurally strong enough to lay these flat and stack bond...

Perfect thanks noseal knew you would know :) Regards Jake

Hi noseal, Thanks for your reply and apologies for the confusion The porch is already there , at present this is just a canopy over the front window the adjoins the porch. Eventually when we have pp the window will be brought forward to create a bay and level at the front My question is the...

Hi, Apologies another question re my bay window to be. The council are happy with my canopy (and porch and happy that it doesn’t need planning permission / regs but I’m trying to do as much as I can to finish it off so when I do put in pp for my bay window it will be easier and quicker to...

Hi, I’m just about to ask for planning permission for a bay window … well I’m not actually sure it’s a bay window lol but may be classed as one, we are wanting to put some French doors at the front of the house instead of the window but will be moving it forward around 1 metre creating a bay...

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Hi, Not really sure where to post this but here seems a good pace lol Our broadband provider is virgin and we have a brown junction box outside which connects to a white box inside that goes to the router. Does anyone know what kind of cable goes from the brown box to the white box? Is it...

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Afternoon, My wife and I are not gardeners however we are going to attempt to lay some turf in the garden for the children to play on this summer, when we purchased this house it was on a bit of a mess and the garden even more so… what grass there is isn’t really grass more dandelions and weeds...