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Thanks everyone for help :) I like this site - given me some more to think about.. See what you are saying about building up or lower studs and have been thinking about his... If I did this OK for the wall panels parallel with the floor joists but for the wall panels on the other wall...

Thanks ! :D (got to about page 30 and will try again in morning as my internet connection too s...l...o..w) got TRADA book which is v.good but some details missing for people like me..

Thanks for excellent comments woody and stuart :D yes I should have said it is for a suspended timber frame floor and it is one of the end walls and the other wall will have single header joist with joists at right angles exactly like stuart says. (was just easier me drawing the double...

Hi, calling the experts again please :) attached sketch details the area where bottom rail of an inner timber frame wall panel meets up with floor joists and wall plate at ground floor (outer block wall removed from clarity and I do not show the breather paper either) what the...

many thanks wms and woody :D

Hi, I’m looking for a uPVC window approx 1500mm high and I’m thinking the width is somewhere between 565 and 600mm, although I could probably go a bit wider. My initial look on the ‘net has found some widths at 610mm but not that height :? Two questions please a) any suggested...

thanks woody, i am intrigued with your comment about detailing a tight cill/roof junction so will go looking for any details of this . Currently where one of the side pitches is near to one corner of window cill i had left a bit over 150mm for upstand so if i can reduce this somehow to be...

thanks noseall, sorry I don't have a more precise description as yet but they are red concrete interlocking ones that look "wavy"! house is only 9 years old so believe they would be of a more 'modern' type

Calling the experts again please :) for my planned ground floor extension (approx 3mx7m) I calculate the hipped roof pitches required to be between 14 to 15 degrees. (I reckon I can’t make the pitches any higher because I then reduce the roof flashing ‘upstand’ too much at one of the the...

Many Thanks noseall :D - that makes sense, when you say temporary joist across the plates am I right in thinking I’m wanting to get the timber frame inner AND roof on before outer brick (as opposed to build the inner to wall plate level and outer brick to below eaves put roof on and finish...

many thanks woody you are a star :D . I will study/digest your good words in detail (..and doubtless be back with more queries...) For some reason i was thinking having this end rafter bolted into the wall would add some strength to the roof so I am thinking it really is the hips rafters...

Hi, calling the experts again please - :) I have ‘hipped’ roof style extension. My questions relate refer to around the area marked “Interface between this rafter and existing wall” in the attached sketch please. My existing exterior wall has harling on it approx 10-15mm thick over...

plenty experience - oops just seen the photo on first page ! - it's knackered in my opinion so i agree with you !

if both a) when in the door you insert at 12 o'clock b) it allows 1/4 turn anticlockwise only from 12 olock to hard stop and c) as i think you said in one of your earlier posts when out of the lock is spins freely round and round - (exactly as it is meant to do) then my suspicions would...

when the cylinder is in the door in what position is the key in when you can withdraw or insert the key - is it 12 oclock or some other position? from turning it in the lock from fully anticlockwise to clockwise does it travel just slightly less than one and 3/4 turns normally you insert...

is it a new mortice lock or the one you have always had? when you had it out of the door before did you ever remember being able to lock it and take the key out. if old i can think of a few things that can go/get worn but before giving up on it I would be giving it a hefty dose of WD40. (I...

try locking the door with the door open and tell me if you an take the key out. If so i suspect someting out of place in the receiving catch not allowing the lock to travel fully