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Great! I didnt think it would be a simple as that! Thats what I will do then thank you.

Hi All I would like to fit a window in my basement. However this will be below the ground level but above the water table. Could anyone please advise me on how the drainage works for this sort of thing, as the window will be fitted in a bay type space below the ground.

Hi All, I have recently renovated a basement by digging it out and tanking it of. When I was digging it out we opened up what looks like the old coal hatch or maybe a small entrance to the basement from the outside. Basically behind the outside wall there is a sort of bay opening at...

Great. Thanks a lot for your help.

Thanks. luckily the first flight s not against the wall. Dose this mean that the first flight will provide adequate support to the floating corner and then the landing can be secured on the other to sides as normal?

Hi. Im fitting a set of stairs with a half-turn with a landing. The problem I have is there is only two walls for me to secure the landing on, the wall the back of the landing and the wall to the left. The right is open. Dose anyone now to to safely secure the landing to the two walls? Or...

Hi, I am planning to fit a new staircase from my landing up into a loft conversion. The problem I am having is the new staircase has a half-turn with a landing but only two walls to support the landing one to the left and one to the rear, the right is open. Can anyone help me with how to...

Static. Thank you very much for all your help I think that has sorted it!!!

Thanks I have asked the Architect about the restraint again in an email and will let you know what he says could throw a spanner in the works. If I could go ahead with that plan I could have another problem. Hanging the joist below that beam would mean it could nicely fit into the span of the...

The Architect believed it would be ok to hang the joists totally below the support so long as they are laterally braced. I don't believe the support beams need restraining by the joists according to the architect however I will double check with the site inspector. I have received this...

unfortunatly they have been installed and secured already.

Hi Im converting a loft and need to hang joists of an steal beam totally below the support so that the bottom of the joist hangs 215mm below the bottom of the beam. The reason for this is one of the beams is sitting atop of another and would lose a lot of hight if I can't hang below the...

Hi Im converting a loft and need to hang joists of an steal beam totally below the support so that the bottom of the joist hangs 215mm below the bottom of the beam. The reason for this is one of the beams is sitting atop of another and would lose a lot of hight if I can't hang below the...