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I've just had the calcs back from our SE for an RSJ to put in an opening. Nice document which very clearly says what I need to know ... "use a 152 x 89 x 16 UB and mount it in xyz pad stones", and what BC will need to know .... lots of numbers about load factors, buckling resistance, bending...

I've finally have a new condensing boiler fitted and all it working well. Tiding up the area in preparation for fitting a cupboard round the boiler I noticed that where the flu and drain go through the wall the gap between the brick and the pipe haven't been filled ... just a rubber flange...

Why do people insist on putting reals of PTFE tape on compression fittings? Had the father-in-law over at the weekend to help out and within 5 minutes he'd popped out to B&Q and came back with 2 rolls (yes .. 2 rolls!) of PTFE tape and a pot of that nasty boss green stuff. I was always told...

I'm currently preparing a building regulations application to move one of the exterior walls of our kitchen. This wall currently has an existing double glassed window which is about 12 years old (and matches the rest of the downstairs of the house). As there is nothing obviously wrong with...

So I'm in the process of a major kitchen refit. Everything is changing so it will be a complete rewire. As I'm not made of money I'm looking to see what's the most efficient way to do things. Option 1 is that I do all the electrics myself and get BC to sign off ... this would be the...

Money is tight so I'm looking at installing as much of our new boiler as possible. The boiler is moving location .. so it's new boiler, pump, values etc. I know I need a Gas Safe guy to run the gas pipe and make the gas connections to the boiler. Assuming I already have an existing power...