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I'm replacing an internal, load bearing wall with a green oak post and beam, all specified and checked by SE. Building inspector is happy. Post 150x150mm, beam 100x200mm. (100 wide by 200 high just to clarify) One end of beam into wall, other end onto the post, so joined at the corner. I was...

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I have planning permission to add 2 dormers (rendered, timber construction) to the front of my property in order to create 2 extra rooms upstairs, a Bathroom and Ensuite. The picture shows a cross section of the house. Black existing, red dormer. All walls A, B & C are 9" brick. In the dim...

planning a shed/workshop/garden room build and have decided on a pent roof for ease of construction and it would match other outbuildings. I've hunted the web high and low for an answer to a simple (I think) question. Is there any reason not to have it slope downwards towards the front of the...

Thanks for that. I did come across that stuff a while ago, seems to be quite a fad for covering your car in it, but I'd forgotten about it since. I may give it a go, can't do any harm.

Can you paint a domestic, green plastic oil storage tank? It's the usual dark green colour and has a pale wall behind it. Screening is not an easy option as due to space restrictions a screen would be very close and not in keeping with current regs. Someone said to me "Why not paint it the same...

Cheers for useful reply. It was the structural engineer who said to use a sloped wall plate on top of the lintel be it steel or wood :? Currently there is no wall plate at all, the rafters are just bedded on mortar on top of the bricks. This wall is halfway along the rafters span. The new...

Yes I should have but didnt, sorry Hotrod. Thank you for taking the time to point out my overwhelming rudeness :roll:

Right, I now have a 2.1m CN5XA in my possession. The rafters will sit on this, or rather they will sit on a piece of wood, with an angled top surface to match the rafter slope, which will sit on the lintel. What is the best method for attaching the wood to the top of the lintel?

Okay I have the specs from the SE on lintels for my enlarged (1.6m) door opening. He's given me a choice of CN5XA catnic or 2x c24 44x122 timbers bolted together. Both options will need a wall plate on top for rafters to sit on. Is either option the preferred choice easier to source...

I'm no expert thought thats what someone said they were. Well whatever they are have been on there since 1901 and the roof does not leak like a sieve.

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They managed to cut the section of rafter out from outside (when they removed the tiles to fit the lead tile for the flue) without destroying the ceiling, which incidently was not perfectly good. It was just some old fibre board and could have come down had they asked. If they had enough space...

Just been pulling down the ceiling covering in our utility ready for the arrival of some celotex to insulate it. Single story, lean-to extension. In one corner is the boiler on the wall, it was fitted 10+ years ago by a corgi registered company, who everywhere else, apart from a few messy...

Is that 'Yes its pretty standard', 'Yes BCO wont be interested in calcs' (still waiting to hear back) or 'Yes I need something more heavy duty'?

I want to widen an internal doorway. 1/2 brick wall, taking rafters 4x2, 14" spacing, 18 degree pitch approx, double roman clay tiles. This wall is approx halfway along the slope of the rafters, 13ft total span. Door way to go to 1.6m, and raise to directly under lintel which I hope to place...

I shall be inventive then, cheers. :D Shame they said it wont rain here today and suddenly this afternoon there is thunder and torrential rain. Thank god for big blue tarpaulins! All woodwork is done though, so tomorrow its fitting the window, flashing and sorting the tiles .... they say...

Just comments I've found online whilst researching velux installs, not on here I might add. So cutting the row above is fine. Thanks. :D Double roman clay tiles, not concrete BTW, Pickup. Best get on with it!

Okay so I'm in the process of fitting a velux. Now measuring to get no silly thin tiles either side is okay, but I'm confused by the up and down positioning. I have read in numerous places that you should not cut the row of tiles above the window, but if I measure up from the bottom tile row...

Okay having decided on a velux for my lean-to roof, and having chosen type, size and flashing kit suitable for my tiles, I'm wondering what else I might need for install time to save a desparate trip to try and find stuff over a bank holiday weekend. I know I'll need timber for framing and...