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Thanks for the suggestions. I just wondered if it would be possible to have no downstand as this would look better in the room. Thanks.

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When you have your 2nd hand tiles I would advise that you go through them & sort them by thickness. Depending on how old they are the difference in thickness of a tile that has been at the bottom (eaves) of a roof compared to one that has been at the top (Ridge) can be quite a bit. If you...

Thanks for your reply. If I use universal beams I will need to provide the building inspector with calculations from a structural engineer, I'm trying to avoid this for the reason of cost & time. Would the 178 x 102 beam you mention not project into the room more than the box section...

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Hi everyone, well it's been a while but we are now on with the extension. We changed our minds & decided a different layout for the extension so the 6 meter beam wasn't necessary but thanks for the advice given by everyone. We do still need to place a new lintel where I have marked in...

Thanks for the reply. That's what I'm going with as I have the blocks and as the neighbours garage wall is built on to the side of their house so there's hardly any possibility of it ever being taken down. Thanks.

Hi http://www.mixamate.co.uk/ We used these recently & the service was excellent, maybe a few quid more expensive than a normal delivered load but the concrete is conveyed from the wagon into the barrow so you're not having to shovel it from a big pile on the road. 3 of us done the pour...

Hi, Just wondering what the wall I'm planning to build should be built from? The wall is going to be cavity construction with the outer leaf only 10mm away from my neighbours garage wall which is single brick construction. Once my wall gets higher than the neighbours there will be facing...

There's no cut out over the purlin, there are some big nails though :lol: Maybe there should be a cut out, but I can only guess that they had hammers but no saw so they took the nail option....remember we're talking about houses that were thrown up here! Thanks.

So is that how the roof set up I have works... with very little load on the front & rear walls ? Does this roof design have a name ? I did think that if we wanted the walls flush that there would have to probably be some sort of frame, I've heard of this before, maybe seen it on the TV or...

Yes I would go with the expanding foam for the 5mm gap. I wouldn't worry about the screws going through the vapour barrier, the hole they make will not make any difference.

Thanks for your input, its very appreciated :) As soon as I saw what I now know to be the Trussed Purlin I thought that it was a strange set up. I take it if the weight of the roof isn't resting on the front and back walls of the house that this will effect the size specifications of the...

Checking that the celling joists are tied to the rafters at the eves will be a hard job also, you nigh on need to be a contortionist to get through the spaces in the trussed purlin. The other half can fit through but only just. Ok then just for you here are some more pictures :lol: ....I...

More pictures, that's just about impossible as there is a LOT of stuff stored in the loft, I know as the loft has just been insulated and we had to empty it to have it done....then put it all back :roll: I can tell you that the celling joists run from the front of the house to the back so at...

I may be wrong with this but the front elevation of the house only has brick pillars at each side, the middle is hung tile. The span between the brick pillars is approx 5 meters and the windows span the whole distance. Inside there is no supporting wall in the middle of this span, there is a...

Hi, Thanks for the explanation. The architect has had a look at the house & he didn't mention anything out of the ordinary regarding the beam when we explained the open layout so hopefully it won't need a frame but I guess that will be down to what a SE says. Thanks for the advice.

The rear elevation of the house faces south, the wind always seems to hit the west gable of the house. What would a frame involve? We have 2 possible layouts for the extension, we prefer the opened up version but this will need the 6 metre beam, I'm just trying to figure out how much extra...

Hi, Thanks for all of the advice just trying to get an idea of what would be involved if we go with the 6 metre beam. Yes the steel will support the ends of the joists for the 1st floor. A 406mm beam..... :shock: that would hold up a sky scraper, don't really want a mid column as that...

So something like a 254 X 254 X 73KG ? Any idea how much I could expect to pay for a 6 metre length of one of those, as I can't seem to find any prices on the internet? Thanks