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This is where I plan to cut the pipe off. Remove the flange, and slide on the adaptor. I can then fix the temporary upright, to the red stained wooden slats in this image.

All I need to move the Soil Vent Pipe on the side of my property, so that it doesn't end inside the extension that I am building. I am pretty sure that my detective work is correct, but I'd just like to run it passed you knowledgeable lot before I go smashing things up. There is a vent...

Thanks Deluks OK, so double up on the fixings and go for M12's rather than M10's .......................... and now I know that the correct terminology in 'Ledger Board'.

I am almost ready to install the first floor joists in my extension, and I need some advice on how to attach the joists to the existing wall. The extension comes straight out from the end of my house. The joists run between what used to be the gable end wall, and the new gable end. My...

Thnks Oldun That all makes perfect sense, and will make my life a lot easier moving forward. Yes my windows are a weird size, but I am trying to get my extension to match the existing house so I have taken my window measurements from my existing ones. This is by far my biggest project...

Thanks for the feedback guys, just a couple of other questions...... By that, do you mean the top of the window frame ? What do you mean by 'Block Slip' ? Do you mean 1 couse of blocks and one course of bricks - which equals 300mm ? Cheers

I am after some advice in terms of what is standard practice regarding specifying lintels. BC are involved, I’d just like some constructive input from you guys on the forum before talking to them. I am building a 2 storey extension, and I have 2 windows in the ground floor wall. The...

I am building a roof for my porch. It will be gable fronted, and I want the roof to over hang by 50cm ish. What Pale Hardwood is readily available that I could use for the wall plates, ridge, and the rafters that will be visible? Just after a bit of advice so that I don't sound clueless when...

hdpe = High-density polyethylene .............Which is obviously not breathable, and so that answers one my original questions. Having just looked up the price of Newtonite, I am now thinking that a sheet of DPM would give me what I need, then insulate and plaster board on top of it !

I hope for survival reasons that I will be breathing in the porch :lol: :lol:

By MR do you mean 'Moisture Resistant' ?

I have a 1.6 x 2.2 porch, that I want to plaster the inside of. The walls are a single skin of brick, and I'm not sure what to do to prevent any damp problems occuring. I could build an internal wall, so as to generate a cavity, but I don't want to loose that much floor area. Is there a...

Noseall, Can you explain why I need to do this? Is it just so that I have got a solid piece if floor in the cavity, without a path for the damp ? Cheers

BCO said that it would be fine 'as long as it wasn't too big'. I said that it would be approx 1.0m wide x 0.3m tall and he said 'Fine'.