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if you pay handyman rates you get a handyman job if you are paying decent rates then throw him out on his ear im not sure what he was trying to achieve but it looks like he was trying to make a secret door 18mm mdf is no where near substantial enough it will rattle and twist you will...

you would need 8 x 2

Its certainly a bodge job but thats what some people want / can afford, if thats all you could afford then £20-£30 is about right for what he has done a full splice and new hardwood threshold would be in the region of £150 and some people just cant afford that at the moment maybe there was a...

your existing perlins will be spec'ed to carry the roof load so you should not add extra load to them without calculations from a structural engineer if you have a span off 1.75m ( half the 3.5m as you have a wall to carry them) you could use 97 x 47 c16 so the solution would be to install...

if he is only charging you £20-£30 then its a fair job for the money :roll:

roof trusses are the way to go from what you have said you may need to temporarily prop your kitchen ceiling while the trusses go on but these could go along side your existing ceiling joists and be stitched to them , this will then hold your ceiling up and should cause minimal damage, maybe...

yes geometry has changed a lot since Pythagoras and the ancient greeks figured it all out

it depends what the current pitch is now and what might be effected by taking it higher on your drawing you have done a lower pitch for the new roof and that may be the best way to go assuming its still a steep enough pitch it is probably easier to just get ne trusses made than to try and...

you will have to explain that one - it went over my head :oops:

there is a website dedicated to deck failures which commonly use bolt on ledgers http://www.deckfailure.com/index.html

they would be resin anchors i dont mean to put a downer on your project but i realy dont think this kind of thing is a diy project, if you were just resting them on wall then perhaps not so bad but getting involved with bolting and hangers requires a bit of experience if you were to do...

ok thanks for the replys i think i would be tempted to remove it myself and get a rgi to refit or fit new as long as there is a shut off valve kirkgas what would you charge aprox for the service you mention

can someone please explain the new gas regs in a joiner by trade and in the past when fitting kitchens i have removed cookers and fitted new ones as part of the job. i have not done any kitchens for over 15 years but ive now got one to do which involves the above but i have not found any...

so its not so much you cant afford it as you want it all done without paying someone to do it, after all it looks easy enough and not being in the trade anything thats not falling down looks a decent job what do you do for a living?