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OK thank you for your help The window is covered in render and is not arched as I thought So I will use 2 concrete lintels Thanks again

No the window is arched and is not as wide as the proposed door

What lintel do I need for a door 30" wide above a door in a load bearing wall at the moment the wall has a window 2ft wide in place where the door will be. The wall is 9inch solid brick will it be OK to use 2 concrete lintels 70mm x 100mm

How much bearing do I need each sode of a 30" door lintel The lintels will be concrete

I am fitting a fire door into an attached garage it has to have a 150mm step up to house. My question is can this step be behind the fire door if I have the door at garage floor level the step would be behind the door on the house side

Can I use concrete gravel boards with timber 100mm square fence posts

What size of fence post do I require for a 6ft high fence 75mm square or 100mm square

Can you get Velux windows to fit in between rafters at 400 (16") centres

I forgot to add these brackets have been fitted directly to the brickwork with bolts I would have thought it should have been either built into the wall or had metal columns

Hi, Yes building control are aware and due to inspect once completed I just thought it a bit unusual to fix with brackets

Is it ok to install an RSJ 13ft long wall to wall on brackets - rsj size 4" x 7" it is to rest roof joists onto

I have had an attached garage built onto the side of my house the dividing wall has 2 windows into the garage. My question is can I brick up these windows with Glass bricks to retain some of the available light. Or is there some form of fireproof Glass available I could use

I have just had a flat roof replaced with a lean to pitched roof which is hipped. The roof is very shallow (15 degrees) On one corner the hip tiles come right up to and over the window sill of the bedroom window. Is this normal

Hi Thanks for the replys 3 bends - one coming out of the wall one in the corner one coming off the pan :wink:

I need to connect my WC to the soil pipe but it is at a 90 degree angle to the socket is it possible to use 3 right angle bends to do this

I am fitting a new consumer unit the old tails are 16mm and the tails from the main fuse the meter are also 16mm. The main fuse is 80amp is it ok to use 16mm to wire up the new unit

I am fitting a new consumer unit with the main switch on the right the tails come from the lefthand side. Is it permissable to run the tails inside the cu to make a neater job or do they have to be exposed and enter at the righthand side

Do I have to fix the bath first or can I tile the whole wall then push the bath hard up to it and seal around the edge. What is the difference?