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Iron sulphate to kill moss. Don't pressure wash until it's dead or you'll fill the lawn with moss!

How old are the timbers? They look like the ones in my roof which are 110 year old pitch pine and miles stronger than any 4 X 2 C16.

Stitch drill it then chisel it out. This is a hand tool job. Sharp hand tools.

Your first route isn't as protected corridor, your second would be if there's a fire door top or bottom of the first staircase.

To be honest you'd be better either settling for a heavy curtain to contain the heat and some hook fixings to contain the cat, or doing it properly and removing the wall next to the stairs and rebuilding with a pocket door system. I'd go for the latter but I wouldn't bother with anything...

I don't have an answer about the rafter sizes, but bear in mind that you need 800mm from floor to any opening of the windows and if you install the windows such that you have a cill that a child could climb on you'll need 800 from that. Your 690mm measurement would be close once you've got a...

What are you planning to do up there that those posts are stopping you doing? You're in danger of creating a habitable space, some Councils would argue you already have, if you go past that tipping point you're required to comply with Building Regs, which that space clearly doesn't...

Mine is 1906, so I'd be confident yous is pitch pine too. Make sure if any of it comes out it doesn't go on the fire! If I ever get the chance I'd like to get a length of mine tested, my engineer has had me reinforce my roof with C16, designed to support the loads on it's own. I reckon the...

If you do it either of those ways the thing to bear in mind is that for the rafters to sag, all they have to do is tilt your wall into the room. The most important thing is doing a good job of creating the connections so that there is rotational stiffness in the wall. Either method is...

Looks like that could be in my roof, hope it's not asbestos as I took 80 bags out earlier in the year without a thought. What's the age of the house? Those rafters look exactly like mine, which are pitch pine, they're unbelievable quality! I'm taking a lot of mine out as I'm converting the...

We rewired the house 5 years ago with an eye on the loft so we fitted smoke detection in every room, including the loft at the time. We ran light and socket circuits to the loft as well as a whatever amp circuit for an electric shower. The new floor is in and all the existing wiring is out of...

Loft conversion, with insulated stud walls on all sides, would you run wires under the floor boards, or keep them all in the stud walls? The new circuits enter under the eaves, so either works I think. I don't have an electrician sorted yet to check, but I could start fixing the floorboards...

Slightly off topic, but if the wall was solid brick 9" thick construction and to be externally insulated and raised a little over 2 m, would you copyu what's there and build more solid wall or single skin brick and timber frame inside?

Those are both the same structurally, new wall built off the existing. The first one has retained the eaves overhang, not sure why, maybe an aesthetic choice or its easier than fixing the junction at the front/rear. Don't do this, looks daft. The second might be externally insulated and clad...

After a few pointers, I'm building a large dormer as part of a loft conversion, it's slate roof and lead front and sides. My house is Victorian and has all of the windows fitted from the inside behind the outer course of bricks. Ie the window frames are wider than the openings and but up...

If it's an outbuilding then that method may be preferable as it'll let you get a block and tackle running along the bottom flange of the beam.

Right, see that makes a lot more sense than Texecom's instructions! Cheers

Thanks, that's really helpful. I think I need to get my head around how Zones work as in my mind they're physical areas of a building that have something in common, which doesn't really match what you describe.

Daft question; I have a Tado central heating system and a Robot Vacuum cleaner. I can use some home automation services to set the Vacuum running if the heating goes into Away Mode on weekdays between 6am and 10am. Ie if we're all out at work, run the vacuum. I can also use the same trigger...