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Thanks Recencyroofing. I did construct a box gutter a year ago for a porch but it seemed to be a lot of effort/mucking about. This is why I wondered whether the gutter had to be constructed of lead or whether there were pre-constructed metal/plastic gutters available (for the valleys as well I...

I have attached a drawing showing an extension I am about to build (brick section of house). I am compiling my building regs drawings and would appreciate some help on the roof design. What I would like help on is the valley design i.e do these need to be constructed of code 4 lead on ply and if...

I am building a two storey extension where one of the internal walls will be load bearing with floor joists running into it. Should I be able to use a single course of 125mm blocks for the wall or is it likely to need something more substantial. In addition, two existing windows will be taken...

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I am building a kitchen extension and have just raised 2 PFC's into postion and demolished what would now be an internal wall. The wall plate sits on approximately 1" of mortar on top of one of the PFC's. Everything is propped (Strongboys for the wall and acros for the floor joists). The walls...

I am building a kitchen extension and have installed a new inspection chamber/soil pipe etc. I need to connect the kitchen sink waste into the new drainage system and was going to use an external gulley and trap arrangement feeding into a new 110mm pipe which will run under the new kitchen...