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ok thanks, I can up the size of the gutter and downpipe on the new roof so that should work then, excellent and thanks again

Hi, I am building an extention whose monopitch 14 degree roof will run parallel to the existing 26 degree roof. The new roof will be about 50 m2 and the existing 90 m2. Can i direct all the water from the existing roof to the new roof and catch it in the gutter of the new roof or will it be too...

Ok, thanks for the advice Woody, The beams are a couple of hundred years old so have probably twisted all they are going to already. I don't really have any concerns about them, as you said its the osb i'm trying to support. The noggings will be notched and fixed with large screws. 450 centres...

thanks for the comments. I don't have the required depth so will have to make do. If i go to 75 mm i will be half depth and perhaps I can increase the width to say 100mm. I planned to space the noggings on every joint and in the middle of every board, ie 300mm centres ( the osb is 2000 x 900 t &...

hi there, I am renovating/converting and old house and barn and have built a load bearing wall to carry the first floor joists. These are 150 x 250 chestnut beams which I have needed to space on roughly 800 centres across a 4metre span. I know these centres are a bit too far apart but I only...

Hi there, I'm building a load bearing wall out of eight inch block. It will sit on a very substantial footing but I want to confirm what ratio of sand /cement I should use for the mortar...if I hadnt thought to ask I would have gone for 3-1 any comments

I couldnt as the T was a threaded connection. I'm not sure what is available in france and haven't seen push fit stop ends here yet. Anyway thanks again to the replies I received and just to let you know its fixed now. I just put a different stop end on and it worked fine so i must have damaged...

I used a french push fit joint which is brass in body but with plastic female connectors. They are both fine its the brass joint that is the problem. I had to get a threaded reducer to 12 mm and then screwed a brass stop end onto this. There isnt an olive (There is a big puddle on the floor...

Hi there, completely new to this game. Just fitted a water supply for a dishwasher using french type push fit joint.  I have used a T so I can add a sink tap at al ater date and stopped the T with a brass stop end. I cant stop this joint from weeping and have used ptfe. I was thinking about...