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Argh, bed is on the shake again tonight! Can't sleep, having visions of crashing to the ground! I think I need to get somebody round to look it over. What kind of expert do I need? Not somebody who has a financial interest... I had the building regs certificate in the end. There was...

Thanks for all your replies. I am growing increasingly frustrated in obtaining my building regs certificate for this work. To remind you, the work was done around September 2008 and I have been chasing the building regs cert since November 2009 (over a year later), not having had it. The...

There's no party wall. It's link detached, garage on either side. Council came back to me and said they had received a notification of work but have no plans, etc because I had used an external company for the building regs. Going on a post from earlier about me not being able to sell...

Thanks for all your help. I will try jumpring around later with a friend, don't want to spook my Mrs. Are you concerned by the mortar shrinkage at all around the steels or is that just asthetic? James

Just added 6 more photos (taken today) of one of the steels at both ends. (I can't get to the other one at the mo, it's behind a load of boxes). http://www.flickr.com/photos/44979677@N02/ Nasty gaps between mortar and steel, not sure if that is a sign of anything. From what I could...

I don't have a certificate. Didn't realise I needed one until now. Perhaps I will also get in touch with total building control ltd and ask for it. Currently in bed on my iPhone, shuddering in the wind! If anyone who know about loft conversions can look over the photos I would be greatful.

I have e-mailed the council building regs dept for any plans/records they have on my property. You can see photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44979677@N02/ Thanks for your help.

I was told that if the council regulators were involved it could slow things up by weeks and weeks, so was advised and paid £800 to a company called "Total Building Control Ltd" to do the checks instead. My wife and I joked at the time about how we were in the wrong jobs, because the guy...

Hopefully somebody here can either put my mind at rest (or, erm... make me even more worried I guess!) 3 bed house, built 1997 by Barratt, link detached, about 4m wide and 8m deep. Last year we had a loft conversion. It was a truss roof, so RSJ's went in (2 lots of 2x2m lengths joined in...

Hi all, About 6 months ago I had a local firm in to do a loft conversion in my 3 bed house, the loft being the 4th and master bedroom. The house was built in 1998. The footprint of the house is about 8.5m x 4.5m, and it's link detached. Two RSJ's were installed from one side of the house...