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sweet im going to go for it. Its actually a 4x7 timber ive got but it seems more than big enough. Thanks again for the help

They could be very helpfull but i have a feeling they would probaly ruin my day. Id rather spend the 2-3 hours installing this wooden beam and argue the toss over it for as long as possible and then if I really have to spend 5 days drilling holes ill do it at a latter date.... like 1hour a...

I could just do it and cross my finger that my building inspector is sound, knows himself that its safe and is happy to sign it off. If I just explain why Ive done it he might be reasonable and let it pass. My BC wasn't interested in calculations to support the gallows. and they didn't...

cheers tony. Im all up for doing it this way. My only concern is if building control don't like it and want me to change it. Are they going to be happy if tell them ill get calculations to prove its ok. It will be a right pain in the arse to change it after ive put my ceiling back up...

Hi tony, thanks for the help. Is this the route you would go down instead of drilling the holes and installing the brackets? The length of the timber is 1.9M. Ideally Id need to install the timber below that purlin as to keep the same courses of brick inside the loft space as it...

Hello. Please give me a chance to ex-plane myself and look at the pictures. Im not a complete idiot :) but I could really do with some advice on this. I know the chimney removal thread gets repeated all the time. But the situation i'm in is this. I got a structural engineer in to do...

Sound thanks for the help. How about the gas pipe? Arnt you ment to have access to that or can i just treat it like the rest? Yep it will be above the damp course

Pfffff im really not looking forward to this lol. Yeah its a party wall so its next doors loft on the other side. Ive already brought them glass resin raw plugs. Looks like i have all the information i need now so i cant put it off any longer lol. Thanks for the help

Was this a stupid question? :) Ive found a route for the cold in and hot out. Im going have them running along the wall and stud and plaster board over them. The rest are going to have to go under the floor. I cant find any conduit for pipes only for electricans in screw fix ect

Im having my boiler moved. I need to bury the boiler pipes under my floor. Its currently old red quarry tiles layed ontop of dirt. Its only a small downstairs toilet so im not going to dig down really deep and add insurlation ect. Just a damp course and 6" or so concreat slab and then...

Thanks for the reply. Thats ideal. Yeah im sure im going to enjoy myself lol. Im not used to drilling brick and stone ect. (Used to be a metal fabricator) Would you recomend wet or dry drilling it? Ive allready got a large sds drill so ill just buy a bit. Also a quick thought i had...

Ive got to install some gallow brackets for a chimney ive removed. I think the stuckal engeneer has over speced them alittle bit. Ive got to mount 3 brackets make out of 10mm steel with 3 bolts in each bracket. There m20 bolts which need 24mm holes 2 courses of brick deep. The only...

Hi. Thanks for the reply. The joists that ive put up are fine. Its the 100 year old 2x3 that are all over the place. I guess over time they have sagged. For some reason i never thought off packing them down :D. Ill do that cheers

Ive got an old house and ive replaced all the lath and plaster with 12mm plaster board. One room the ceiling was sagging really badly so I replaced all the joists The landing area didnt look bad so ive plasterboarded it but it turns out it is sagging in the middle. Its only 1.6 meters wide...

Ok thanks. I couldn't have asked for more. It doesn't really matter about the soot leaking though as the wall is to be tiled. Ill have a look around for this slurry

Brillant thanks. Regarding the PVA shall i just do the standard 1/5 mixture on both coats?

Really appreciate the help. Thats spot on. Can i use PVA instead of the SBR slurry and is the lime essential? What ratios should i use if i just use plastering sand and cement? Its just that ive already got the PVA plastering sand and cement at hand.

i was wondering if i could get some advice. Ive just removed my chimney breast from the ground into the loft. Most of the party wall brick work is flush but the last 2 meters just under the upstairs ceiling drops back 50/60mm. Would i be able to use bonding to build this out...

Ive just had my roof replaced with cembrit fiber cement slate. I went up on the scaf the day after the scaffolder removed the front and ive notested foot prints all over my roof. Its where his walked over from the front to check if the back has been finished. Will this have caused any...

Once ive put the wood back up can't I just spread some **** it the parts that have blown and chuck some of the same grade stone at it. Then paint it? Its like 20+ foot up and almost level with the wood. the parts that need doing are only small. the size of a A4 sheet of paper and...