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Thanks - the ledger is actually off by a few degrees with joists in situ The ceiling has dragged it out and down slightly over the course of a hundred years or so, so there's no give - it can't be clamped any tighter to the wall and is currently held up by some bent steel brackets. I want to...

I need to add some extra support to an existing ledger board. If it was a new one it'd be a case of drilling through, removing, expanding the hole in the brick for the chemical fixing and putting the ledger back in place for a nice tight bolt fit. As it is the ledger can't be moved and it's...

Thanks - at least it's a definitive answer. I'm not really inclinded to do the gas work myself, just prepping for a fitter and buying materials - but I'd like to know what the regs are before talking it over/how much making good the old outside loo requires to make it suitable. So advice as to...

Thanks I'm enjoying the chasing. BTW the change of the boiler location, trackpipe etc is at the suggestion of my local plumber, who is now on holiday, so I'm not plucking this stuff out of thin air. In my area of SW London sticking the boilder in the old outside toilet is now standard, due to...

It certainly isn't a wind-up. The old boiler has life in it - I want it to run for a year or 2 and then it'll be replaced. I'm carrying out the chasing and socket sinking, laying of conduiting etc of the electrics. The gas boiler will be used for the CH and DHWS. When it gets changed I'd like to...

Having been stiffed on the purchase price that's not so easy...

Advise appreciated please. I'm currently rennovating a 4 bed Edwardian property. Stripping out is just about complete - everything has been removed, steel gas pipe, gas lighting pipes, cloth insulated cable etc. I'm in the middle of making decisions about what to install, I've already...