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Apologies if that didnt make sense Here's a picture of one end of the extension, you cab see the second to last beam and the wall plate fixed to the house wall. I havent completed all the blockwork to the top on the outer skin yet, so you can see the celotex insulation. Can I just fix the...

I could be, if thats what it's called? The last roof timber on the outside edges.

Yesterday I put up the flat roof timbers/joists up on my single storey extension. These were sat on the internal wall plate and on the house wall they were sat on the lintel via joist hangers or on a timber wall plate using jiffys. The outside timbers though I havent fixed in place yet and...

Yes not concrete, it is metal box section By timbers sitting on a wall plate, apologies if I've confused anyone here. What I was trying to explain was the timber which is fixed to an existing wall, which the new extension roof timbers would fit on usually with joist hangers. Perhaps that...

OK thanks, I dd think that but thought I'd check

Good shout for on top of cupboards. I'll have a 7m kitchen cupboard run, would look good! I take it the 12v transformers are also available on ebay

Now they look very interesting, could also be used as kick board lighting Thanks I'll look into them a bit more

They sound interesting, do you have a link to any?

Tomorrow I'm fitting lintels into my existing house outer and inner walls, ready to knock through into the extension I'm building. My drawings recomend flat roof joists of 175mm x 63mm in size, but 63mm isnt a standard size not are 63mm joist hangers made (not jiffys). Therefore I'm going...

Looking for recomendations for these please. Ones I've seen and used seem to have these tiny very expensive lamps in them which dont seems to last very long. Any thought on some low wattage units please - thanks

Any recomendations for what ti install? I used some small blue ones run from a little transformer on a previous kitchen, switched with the under cupboard lights, all that was needed most of the time. Just wondering what there is on the market at the moment.

I recently had to build over a sewer at both ends of my foundations, with the sewer decreasing in depth from one end to the other. At the shallower end I left the soil in place to the same width of the sewer. I then placed decent paving slabs agaist the soil walls on both sides, then used 3"...

Thanks Alister, Shows using wall plates, doesnt indicate whether they are needed on all walls/sides though

OK Do I fix the joists to the inside wall with straps then? Would it matter if a wall plate 'was' fitted, seems easier to fit the joists to?

Hi, Planning ahead for the roof of my extension and wanted some advice. The roof joists (175mm x 63mm) will fix to the back wall of my house on joist hangers and then the other end will fit to the front wall of my extension. On the front wall I know I need to fit a 4" x 2" wooden wall...

Having just been in a similar situation recently, I just hope you dont need a building over agreement and a sewer protection agreement. If you do, the water company may well not let you get beyond footings that you have already done, until you have the sewer protection agreement. So far...

Thanks Hugh, that supersleve looks just right for me Thanks again

Thanks Hugh, I thought as much - remove it all! Can I get a piece of 6" VC pipe in one length? I only ask as the original pieces seem to be in short lengths with collers very often.

Me again with another question In constructing a new sewer chamber outside of the extension area, the old sewer chamber has to be removed. Taking down the bricks is easy enough, but I have to replaced the 1/2 sewer with a new piece of VC 6" sewer. The sewer is obviously live, although...

Thank you, much appreciated