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Hi looking at the installation instructions for one of these it states that the inhibitor should be placed before the Boiler. Is there any reason it cant be installed (or has anyone tried this) just after the main stop cock therefore protecting all the plumbing from lime-scale? Thanks :-)

Do I need to nail the tile batons at every rafter? also tiles, do I need to nail every tile? (concrete double pan tiles on 18deg pitch) at then roof ends tiles need to be cut in half in order to maintain joint staggering? Thanks :?

I have a pitch roof of 20deg and a span of 2.7m. I have used C24 150x50 for rafters and celling joists. (The roof runs down the existing house wall then a small ridge meets two hips.) Do i need to put noggins between rafters and between joists? if so do they need to be 150x50? i obviously...

i am building a roof with two hips. i have got to the 1st hip and i have a choice but i need help. if i put the hipboard from the last rafter (at the ridge) to the corner of the wall it will make an angle of 44deg and therefore the jackrafters on the other side of the hipboard wont line up...

what is the name of the board that bridges the cavity and which the roof tiles sit on on a gable end called? also where does the (under tile) membrane finish at the gable end? is it ok to use a 25x200 ridge board for my hips and butt the rafters to it? thanks

Hi I building a pitched roof along side my house which extends beyond the back wall and then (with two hips) covers an existing extension. This means there will be a small ridge (1m long) to allow the hips to be at 45deg. I have a bearer plate bolted to the wall. See pictures (...

Hi, i building a single story extension with a pitched roof over. i have on the plans a timber bearer attached to the wall with the rafters (birds mouthed both ends?) sitting on this and the wall plate. I assume i am to use expandable bolt fixings to attach the bearer to the wall, but what...

Is it OK to use facing bricks and thermalight blocks for below DPC or do I need to use something special. I will need 4 (brick) courses. Thanks Ben

Hi, I've finished digging my footings for my extension and now need to make some shuttering to go around my clay sewer pipe. How much gap around the pipe do I need to leave, or how wide and deep do I need the shuttering? Thanks