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Hi Shy, Thanks for the quick and helpful reply. The website is up again so I understand what you're saying. I think there's a view in the garage that shows the reinforcement so I'll try to get a picture of that tomorrow and I'll have a look at the the other points you've suggested. BTW...

Hi, Sorry, yes it's in my folder. I'm not familiar with the board yet to know how to describe things. Thanks Hotrod for the pointer. Pres

Pictures now in GWS folder cheers Pres

hi all, just about to start work and convert a kitchen to include a couple of internal rooms and make it bigger. The house is a funny one. There's an integral garage that has a concrete and steel beam roof. The concrete slab extends through the back of the house and outside by about...

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Hi All, Apologies for the delay in replying. House is approx 30'x26', detached with a pyramid style roof (4' approx line at top). Built in 1930s with no alterations. Covered in red clay tiles. The loft space is clear. 150 mm x 50 rafters at 450 centres. 100 x 50 wall plates. All approx...

Hi Chappers, I'm not planning on working it out for real, but would like to get a feel for the work and maybe draw it up so that I can check space, access etc. cheers, Pres'

Thanks for the prompt reply and helpful advice. I've looked through a number of sites but not found any info about calculating the size and location of RSJs to go in the loft. Any ideas? Also, I guess that they don't sit on top of the wall-plates so how far into the lf would they go? If you...

Hi all, First post for me so apologies if it's in the wrong area. We are planning to take the roof off our 1930s detached and felt / retile using the original rosemary tiles if they are OK. In future we may extend the loft so I wondered if it would be worth putting steels in while the...