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Good afternoon! dismantling hip roof and extending it in the same form. Can I leave existing hip rafters in place or should I remove them? They should not be in the way at all as new rafters would be joined to new ridge board. The roof will end with another set of ridge rafters to create...

As usual very very helpuf Noseall! If the joists on existing house run from to back of property, do I need to extend them (I am extending existing roof) until the end of hip?? I could do that as I can use existing wall plate on the end of the hip. Do I bolt them together or just rest them...

Thanks again Noseall and andywatson. Another problem. We have just discovered that the ceiling joists in the loft run front to back of the house. Do we continue the same way on the new floor? Or do we run them arcoss the house? Would running them different way to existing be acceptable by...

Thanks, we will probably have to go with that. I am ordering timber for the roof today. It comes in increments of 60cm. Meaning 4800mm or 5400mm. We have exactly 4600mm inside plus 100mm on each side for wall plate. Is it safe to assume 4800mm will be enough or go for longer ones??? Do joists...

Thanks Noseall!! I will try although I really did not want to have different levels of ceiling. This extension will not create more rooms; it will enlarge existing ones. I already have several (eight!) RSJs in the new part, with some of them sticking out like an eyesore... Is there...

Just as you thought you put me off my project, I am back! Work is going fine and we have now reached the roof. Conquered many problems with steel, too-big windows, bad weather etc We now need to extend existing hipped roof and build another smaller one joined to it. hmm... Our old wall...

Many apologies to Alpcon. No offence was meant. I have abundance of intelligence and this is a reason why I am doing it myself. What intelligence has to do with being a woman, is another question. I have first class technical knowledge (both academic and practical) to carry out this...

Hi Alp-Con Thanks for this patronising advice. It is in fact the great British builder that I had to sack. His knowledge was absolute zero! Do not be so xenophobic! They have houses in Poland and they have to be built to a higher standard than here. Purely because of the...

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hey noseall! it is great to be a woman doing building work. lots of advice! i have already done my dpc: separate strips for each wall, according to your school! any advice on timber as per my last question?? :roll:

thanks this was useful! i will need approximately 4600mm length. however, there will be two joists in two parts: i have a steel column sticking out from the wall. how do i connect them? do i build sleeper wall near the end of each joist? do i need wall plates on top of sleeper wall and then...

thanks but this is not what i wanted to hear. these poles came highly recommended from a reputable english builder! in an ideal world i would be getting michael angelo or norman foster to design my house but his is not the case. many people do self build. people have been doing this for...

Thanks again! No I am not physically building it; I have a bricklayer and a joiner/roofer working together. They are from Poland and are not up to date with BR. Before you say anything, they are excellent, work hard and do what I tell them to do. They in fact told me not to build a solid...

Thanks for your advice Nosall!!!! Of course it would have ben easier to hire somone very professional. I didn't and this project is now my challenge. BC approved the dpc this morning. So good news at last. I am laying DPC tomorrow and have another question. I can see there are two schools: one...

This is what I wanted to do today. However was told it HAS to overlap! It is just a beginning and I am really disheartened. In addition I was told that my windows are too big i.e. ratio of floor to glass. I thought I can overcome this problem by having Argon gas filled glazing which...

sorry to sound ignorant. what is butted dpc???

May be a bit difficult to tell BC I am not going to do it. Would not wish to antagonise them at this early stage....

Come on! Help please, we need to get DPC ready tomorrow morning. :cry:

I have the drawings detailing concrete floor. However, I was advised by Building Inspector to construct suspended wooden floor rather than solid concrete. So timber for ground floor is not specified. Connecting old DPC wit the new one should not be difficult. However, the house is old and...

HELP! I am a woman self building a two storey extension. Need help with connecting old DPC with new one. There is absolutely no way to expose the old DPC; it is just crumbling! Building inspector demands it overlaps by 100mm. What shall I do? I am also confused about Celcon Solar/Standard...