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Hi again. I layed most of my concrete floor (4.2 CuMtrs @ 100mm thick) but have a small area of 0.26 Cu mtrs to finsh off (i could'nt do it in one go due to access.). Iwill mix the rest by hand but can someone tell me how many bags of cement and bagged ballast i will need and what ratio...

Oldun....your a gem. Thanks so much for your time and advice....really appreciated. When you describe the purlin by what it does i understand....its just the jargon i'm not familiar with. Same with rafter. I will check it out on google as you suggested and go from there. Thanks again, a...

. Now you are bu**ered unless you have a centre internal load bearing wall from back of existing house to new extension back wall to sit binders on. Let me know, is it one room, or split in two? However this is not the pitch of the finished roof as you now have to take into consideration the...

Thanks From the top of the wall plate i have 16 bricks to the underside of the upstairs bedroom window sill. BC inspector says he wants at least 2 bricks visible under the window after roof tils are on. Hope this helps you. thanks again

yes thats right.....however the picture was not much better with the original virgin box. thanks

It is whole width of house at 25foot and depth is about 12 foot to outer extension wall. I will go 2 bricks under bedroom window to top of proposed tiles....hope this helps. Thanks for your help.

The TV is very good with a DVD thats why i suspect the connections or the impact of signal splitting. Any suggestions as to what i can do to get rond the poor connections. Thanks

The picture was not great from VM box but to be honest i just bought a starview 6 box and this has made it worse....is there something i can do to improve the quality?. Thanks

Hi i have an LG 50" tv that is great but the picture quality is poor, faces look waxy and detail is poor. I have the cable (virgin digital ) from outside coming in the wall and then it connects to a splitter ....one goes to the virgin tv box and another to a virgin modem for broadband. Is this...

sorry that should be 3 bricks below upper bedroom window.... :oops:

Hi all. I'm just a normal DIY guy building a single storey rear house extension. I am soon needing to think about tiles. I have an angle of about 15 degrees on the lean to roof (span is 25ft length and 12 ft width.) The existing house roof is tiled with flat tiles (built around 1969) and i...

Hi all again. I have a question on size of roof support beams to use. My single storey rear extension is at lintel level and i need to order the roofing timbers to support a flat tile roof. I worked the angle of the lean to at 15 degrees and a roof timber length at 3.9Mtrs. Does anyone know...

Hi chaps. I have just put my Catnic CG 90/100 x 3.3Mtr lintel over my window opening and want to carry on building up with brick outer and block inner. (its only a single storey extension so only need 3 rows of bricks amd 1 of block).....question is ....do i lay the first row of brick/block...

Hi all. I am building a rear extension to my house (single storey). I am having tri-fold doors fitted in 5-6 weeks and the window company will make the windows soon once i finish the brickwork. The problem is this.....they said i needed 2.1M from DPC to lintel ....is this fixed or can they...

Hi all. Just finished building one side wall of a single storey extension, (other side still to do. Question is this....do i have to close the cavity of the inner and outer wall at the top? and if so what with. I was planning of leaving it open. Thanks foe any advise.

Hi . From what you say that the crack is only in the mortar its sounds like normal settlement. Cracking in plaster internally and sometimes externally in mortar are pretty common. Have the cracks got bigger recently or have they been there a while with no deteriation.? If cracks were in the...

Hi all. I need to know what type / spec lintel to bridge a 2.7mtr gap over an opening for the tri-fold door. It is only single storey which will support only roofing timbers (8x2's) and tiles. Obviously there will be a couple of rows of bricks over the gap and on the lintel but not decided...

Hi. I'm no expert neither but know a bit about this. You are right the lintel should sit either side of the window by about 150mm (ish). It looks like its not doing that. As its a flat roof, i suggest the roof is supported on 6x2's from ground level either side of the window and then remove...