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That's yer fixing plate Regards oldun

Gary . Before we forget sheath stud work out from top of plate to bottom plate before you start roof. Over the door bressmur, suggest you run threee beads of sticks like sh* te to laminate sheathing with plenty of nails or screws We would do the same on the back and cut the back of the...

Depends on make of wind post you have. We have used both Acon and IG and are a piece of cake to fit with there 90 degree bottom fixing bracket, how ever you have to leave three course of splash course down. Depending on centres of posts wire a length of 50x100 across them two thirds up and...

Do that. That is what we suggested. You have still not give the pitch you want. Regards roof, we are only going to give you suggestions You know enough by now to sort it out yourself. Did we explain pitch line and HAP to you on last roof you did? Pitch ASAP. Regards oldun

The three branch connections are from the house you are buying, the top inflow is from neighbours up line, outflow is to neighbours down line. So this section pf drain is public sewer and under jurisdiction of water authority. Regards oldun

Had one. Appears to have gone walk about. Maybe able to point you in different direction. What is your interest. Basements. or floors subject to water pressure oldun

In both instances, you are wrong. Read the post that we suggested.

PLEASE HELP ME You are about right with your build up, except that yop have left our the VCL Go to the Roofing and guttering forum, and read Bonding a warm deck flat roof. All the information you require is in there. Regards oldun

With all due respect fellow, your drawing is as much use as a chocolate kettle. The information required to be shown, are the existing house branch connections to the M/H. the inflow of the main drain into M/H, the outflow from M/H and depth of M/H. Regards oldun

Out of interest, and to further our education. What is the thickness of your insulation. The Conductivity value W/mK. The resistance value m2K/W. Thank you. Regards oldun

Would appear that roof was never designed for solar panels hence the deflection. If you want the weight of snow, google (weight of snow) and you will have all the information you require. Regards oldun,

Gary, Looked at stud work, appears neat tidy and stable. but wish we had got to you earlier. Studs should always be as close as poss to sit underside of rafters. We lay the bottom plate out dry and set out our roof and doors and windows before we start to stud. Windows. If you have a window...

A P5 pier is a return nib on a 90 degree corner Without being to technical a P5 pier should be a minimum of 665mm external (three bricks) and not exceed 2100 in height.. All your return piers appear to comply with the possible exception of the internal one, how ever read ADA page 29 and you can...

@OP There are four common ways to do a buttress wall 1 Tumbled in. 2 Raking 3 Straight 4 Combination of the above. With respect, due to your lack of knowledge, number 3 (90 degree straight buttress) is the way to go. Minimum requirements are length of buttress to be twice the thickness...

Gary, Got me head together now. Read your PM box. Two questions what pitch do you want? Have you not considered flat roof with EDPM? Regards oldun

Tony is 100% right, there is nothing what so ever in BR to state that pad stone is required under a purlin. If we had been in your position, we would have politely told him to either p8ss of or quote the regulation. Regards oldun

Gary, Had not forgot you but have kept putting your summerhouse out of our mind due to the fact that we can get our head round how to explain your roof to you due to the unequal pitches Google and have read of this and you will understand the problem better. . A Tale of Two Pitches...

If the foundations are adequate all this nonsense about pulling down, throwing in steels, external insulation etc, is great if you have a shed full of money to burn. Regards corbelling over100mm in the joist space with nothing to weight and tie corbel down is laughable.:mrgreen: To comply...

Did not come back to you until we knew you had read first post. Unfortunately, lot of time wasters on this forum/ Yes 2nd option the same as first if using XR 4000 and 18mm OSB as top cap. IMPORTANT. Insofast fixings must be accurate to hit the joists and firrng pieces when they go in, so...

Nothing wrong with that fellow We can not fly a fighter jet, but we do not let it get us down. Couple questions . Is your Poly DPM and slab laid? How much from between your new flank wall and next doors path? Regards oldun