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bizarre, something else must be going on because there's no way that much concrete would be held up like that imo. I don't see any deflection in the window, nor the bricks above.

I undid the bolts and checked the play, with all bolts slackened(3 of them), the beam was only tight down on 1 bolt.

To most builders 'lime mortar' simply means Hydrated lime/Cement/Soft Sand mix 1:1:6. I once had my chimney repointed and asked for lime mortar, this is what I got and it did crack just like the pictures you show. A more suitable mix would be Hydraulic Lime and a well grand sharp sand(no...

When a horizontal steal beam meets a vertical steel post with a bolted connection similar to this: http://studio-tm.com/constructionblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/steel+beam-to-steel+column-connection.jpg If there is a couple mm play in the bolt holes, does the horizontal beam have to sit...

Anyone know roughly the cost per metre or metal web joists? 10" deep. Being quoted £30/metre which is working out quite expensive.

I see, thanks, is there anything similar that will fit direct to the bend? At the moment the top of the bend is approx 3-4" below the surface of the paving.

I need to fit a new drain to meet the level of some new paving, underground there is already in place a 110mm orange bend, the open end which I need to connect to says 110mm on the rim and there's a rubber seal round the inside. I bought one of these...

I'm struggling to find suitable nails for fencing. I want some galvanised ring shank nails, 40mm. Been to all the local places, tool station, screwfix, b&q, selco, wickes, local merchants and just no one sells them. I can only find bright ones, which I assume are gonna rust and run eventually...

Yea I found the manufacture date and it's 2008 so clearly old stock. Does the expiry still apply or is it relative to the manufacture date assuming it will have sold the same year. I went with the kidde because it seems quite discreet in the sense that it doesn't hang down 12 inches from...

just bought a new mains heat alarm (kiddie firex) and inside there's a sticker saying "replace alarm by 2016". Never fit a heat alarm before, is this normal? doesn't seem a long time.

I'm plumbing in the waste for the kitchen sink, the space underneath is limited what with water meter, stop tap, plumbing for dishwasher, machine machine etc etc. I know where I want to core drill on the inside for the 40mm waste, but relating this position onto the outside is proving difficult...

it's a 68mm pipe, I thought would of these would have done http://www.screwfix.com/p/floplast-boss-adaptor-40mm-pack-of-5/89174?_requestid=1549813 also, the sink previously went to the same drain.

The drain/fall pipe from the conservatory runs at an angle/diagonally under the kitchen window to the drain. Just fit a new kitchen and I need to plumb in the sink. This waste pipe needs to exit the wall and go to the same drain as the fall pipe from the conservatory. Is there any reason...

I have a PLS self levelling laser, clearly the people erecting the building, do not. The 15mm one is actually the roof panels, the walls on the first floor aren't level. The roof is low so the eaves are at head height.

I have one that is 15mm out over 4.8m Another that is 9mm out over 3m. Window lintel 8mm over 1.5m

Anyone help me with what is considered acceptable tolerance for level? Having a house built and some of the ceiling/lintels/beams are out of level and I'd like to know what is considered acceptable? Builder is timber frame.

it is about 20-30mm. (hard to measure on your own) the problem is the corner of the room, when you put anything square in them, looks bad.

Having a timber frame house built, they've done the ground floor but not yet put on the first floor joists, all panels have been bolted to the sole plate. Had a look round this weekend and noticed some of the walls are out of square, visibly so. To give one example, one room is approx 3m x...

I'm fitting a kitchen which has a microwave and an oven(with a 13a plug) in a tall cabinet. There's a double socket in the very top part of the tall cabinet. However, the cooker flex is too short to reach. If I am to extend the flex, I'm not entirely clear what kind of cable to use, does it...

Been fitting the kitchen and accidentally knocked over a tall wall cover panel which landed on one of the rad stalks sticking out of the wall ready to take the radiator, bending it. The pipe is 15mm and it bent where it exists the wall, I very gently bent it back into position/level and it...