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Thanks for the reply. Yes I did, Apparently its years of experience - hopefully not years spent getting it wrong! I guess my main concern was/is the internal beam sitting on the very edge of the wall (internal cavity leaf). However the external sits on up to 300mm either end as that's...

I'm a little concerned with my SE's beam calcs. We at building a 5m wide extension, at the back / end there is to be a full width & height bi folds. The floor / ceiling is to be continuous, my SE has designed two C section beams bolted every 600mm, now each beam (bolted together) are...

6k absolute are minimum compliant esp with the electrics for a bathroom!

Hi I am trying to figure out if Part E (E1) applies to extensions. Me and my neighbour are constructing a joint extension to an existing 100year old property, building the partywall to a "robust detail" seems totally pointless when the existing house wall offers no real restriction to...

Trouble is I dont think the exist, I have searched the tinternet even on Bss :roll:

Why do they manufacture 32mm MDPE without matching brass stopcocks surely 32mm to 28mm internal is a standard setup? Spec calls for mdpe in to tap and 28mm out cannot reduce prior to stop tap unfortunatly. Cheers

Hi Folks, I was after a brass compression stop tap for the above, however they don't seem to exist, I read somewhere that stopcock reducers exist but cannot find one for a 32mm tap to 28mm copper does anyone know if they exist if not what about a 28mm to 1 1/4" female iron? I cannot use...

Its broken :) We are in the process of an extension as well, so I was looking at doing the whole existing floor whilst there are no walls stairs etc. I was just concerned at the omission of Type 1.

Hello, I have a split concrete/ timber ground floor which is way past its sell by date circa 100 years I am looking to replace the entire floor in concrete, now beneath the timber area I have 270mm from the Earth to the finished floor level (floor boards) I do not really want top...

Im sure the BCO will provide sufficient advice on submission I'm no opposed to using an engineer just cant afford the fees, I know my own limits whilst the work is well within my capabilities i realise the structural side is something I will need clarification on. I don't intend doing...

The party wall is a load bearing wall, my proposal does includes steals The usual method seems to be gallows brackets bolted to the party wall which to me seem flimsy to support what is in effect usually 5 tonne the load of my chimney seems to be approximately 800Kg which I believe would be...

I'm not sure of how much load is actually there without counting the bricks I think it is about 300+ the motor and pots. that allows for 20 courses of which I don't think there is.

Hello I am considering removing the upstairs portion of a Chimney breast, it is shared with the neighbours who also want theirs removing, I thought about Gallows brackets but I don't think they will offer sufficient support to the remaining stack. We both wish to keep the stack on the roof...