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    Flags soon escalated ... Rape attack on young Sikh womnan

    My 75 year old mate who I go drinking with has a shaved head I had better tell him he's a skinhead, I'll put my old motor bike boots on next time I see him and be a rocker.
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    Sandtoft 20/20 tiles around Velux Windows 15 Degrees

    But if tiles are 330mm and if min head lap is 75mm them max length of tile showing without one above it showing through is 255 or at max head lap of 120mm max length is 210mm or have I misunderstood what you are stating
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    Roof structure question - perpendicular ceiling joists

    Game set set and and match to me me I think PS definition of sweetie OED - a very pleasant or kind person and what is a dont I'd best go and make some ash (that will be totally lost on you and most folk to be fair unless they're from up north)
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    Roof structure question - perpendicular ceiling joists

    Still cannot find those 2 words together, please help Nice of you to say so sweetie And I thought it was one used when they erected a bit of scaffolding and bunting to warn of over head cables Thats why you use it a lot I assume? Drank with the wrong people sweetie; stick to California...
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    Roof structure question - perpendicular ceiling joists

    lost me there, please explain in detail Guilty as charged, profound apologies No change (have you a you have a thing about playing fields and goalposts) spragging is spragging as any northern builder will know without asking Google, please visit the Oxford Dictionary
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    Roof structure question - perpendicular ceiling joists

    Suggest you re visit google and try and get normal definition of sprag I thought I said that what the spragged plank is for Not if you support rafters (thus reducing effective span and hence bending moments and hence timber stresses) with secondary purlin spragged off underlying supports. But...
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    Roof structure question - perpendicular ceiling joists

    Well structurally by not supporting the new rafters with the purlin basically means, everything being equal, the bending moment and hence stresses in the wood are 4 times greater than they originally were and no doubt the deflection is somewhat greater. Having said that there are several safety...
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    Sandtoft 20/20 tiles around Velux Windows 15 Degrees

    Ditto, and this was done with standard battening
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    RSJ Been cut for pipes

    It is quite possible that when all the forces are taken into account the said beam is structurally sound but unless the main contractor can produce the necessary calcs to confirm this you are at risk of a catastrophic failure
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    Garden wall footings in sand

    Read Cl 2E3 of Doc A building regs and use your finger
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    Internet Package Cost

    Well, went to cancellation and after various questions of whys and wherefores of why I was cancelling they gave me the same deal but reduced to average of £46/month for 2 years, don't need the phone but it was included in the package, probably more hassle to them to disconnect it than leaving...
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    Lockshield valve wont budge for me. Any ideas?

    A couple of 1/2" screw blanking pieces, about £3 each from SF 51939 or 1. 50 from Toolstation
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    Oversized notches, contractor offered to brace/bridge

    Well taking off 50mm and taking the joists as c16 2 x 6 spaced at 500 , running the calcs, the max deflection is shown to be 14.5mm against an allowable of 12mm and structural max bending moment is 1.1kNm against allowable of 1.2kNm so structurally it is sound although deflection is outside...
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    Today's entertainment... holes under structural beams

    Pic a bit further back like the 1st picture would have been more informative but job sorted so everyones happy
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    Oversized notches, contractor offered to brace/bridge

    What size and span and spacing are the joist, how deep are the notches and where are they in position to the span
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    Internet Package Cost

    Just been offered following new 2 year package at £80/month with Virgin, how does this compare with what others are paying, is it all much of a muchness as bartering seems to much of a hassle these days
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    Hairline cracks in concrete shed base

    Do nothing, that slab is going nowhere and no doubt dust and muck will fill them in over time
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    Council's Mad Decision?

    Everyone should take the wife with them, its only fair
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    Levelling floor before laying vinyl flooring

    As stated earlier I bodged with Ronseal multi purpose wood filler
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