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Hello everyone, I want to install a wifi camera (~1kg) outdoor attaching it to a vinyl fascia. Can I screw into the fascia and what's behind it - is there wooden board or just empty space? I assume that vinyl walls are only ~2-3mm thick, so unless there is something screwable behind the...

Hello all, I want to unblock drain waste - but my drain cord can't get throught the waste as it has wrench-like tip - too big to fit through. So I want to unscrew the drain waste - but as it's 3 spindle/leg - I can't find a wrench for it as standard wrenches are 4-bits. Is there any tool for...

Hello everybody, What is most effective way to buy softwood Carcassing Timber (C24)? (needed for loft conversion). Assuming that you know the sizes (cross-section and length) and number of items for each unit. 1. Ordering online? 2. Calling the merchant and placing order over the phone? 3...

Hello everybody, We're going to make longer steel beams (4-5 m) from shorter (2m) ones in situ in the loft. Beams are 178x102mm. I couldn't find any standard splice connectors suppliers on google, only custom designed. Do the standard splice connectors exist at all?

Hello everybody, We're doing loft conversion and we will need to use universal beams. There'r existing pipework in the loft (plastic water pipes, copper boiler pipes). How do you put RSJ/UBs over the pipes? Notching doesn't seem an option. Drilling holes in UBs, cutting pipes and re-passing...

Hello everybody, I plan to remove internal brick wall (IBW). This IBW touches chimney back wall (see photo), which is to remain and serve as load bearing wall for beams in the loft, so it’s important not to damage (break thru) the chimney wall. The plan I have is as follows: 1. Remove plaster...

Hello everybody, We’re doing loft conversion with a builder who leads the project and skilled works performed by experienced sub-contractors (roofer, joiners, bricky etc.) As of today the following works done: - Chimney partly removed (down to loft floor level) - Old...

Hello everybody, We're doing loft conversion in a bungalow and the bearing walls configuration we have is shown in the drawing. At couple of places we need to cross beams. Ideally you'd want to cross half them but I was told this is not allowed. According to this Notching and Boring guide the...

In other words, which of the 3 options on the drawing are correct? Or all of them are fine? Please comment.

Hello everybody, We're doing loft conversion in bungalow (1928 built) and it looks like the only option we have to run the load bearing timbers is to cross them over. Phisically it should be doable, but are you allowed to cross-half the load bearers by building regs? P.S. Image attached...

Hello everybody, We're doing loft conversion in bungalow. I have two nearest supporting walls 502cm apart inner sides and 532cm apart outer sides. Our builder uses 30cmx5cm timbers for load bearing and the longest you can get is 520cm. So there'll be only (520-502)/2=9cm overlap between the...

Dear all, I'm drilling concrete fence post with a cordless combi drill in hammer mode and a new fully charged 1300mA battery gets flat after 10-15 mins of drilling. The drill is Dewalt dcd776 Battery is 18V, 1300mAh dcb185 dewalt battery. Both drill and battery are new (bought a few days ago...

Dear Forum members, I bought a Cordless Combi Screwdriver/Impact Driver PDSSA 12 A1 with hexagonal socket. According to manual it works as a screwdriver and can be used for drilling (here is the manual). However, I am totally bewildered as to how fix a drill bit in it if it only accepts a...

Dear forum members, Our flat roof above car port attached to bungalow developed a leak - 1l/hour in heavy rain. The part of the car port ceiling where it drips - is below clay tiled roof of the house, so water must somehow penetrate beneath the tiles. What I plan to do is to fill all the...

Dear forum members, We have Worcester 28i junior boiler installed by British Gas (BG) 20 month ago and have been facing a leakage problem for the last few weeks (see this thread), suspecting that pressure relief valve (PRV) is faulty , and today when a gas engineer from our insurance company...

Dear forum members, I have an unknown leakage in the central heating system - boiler pressure drops from 1.5 to 0.8 bar every day and I need to refill the boiler (Worcester 28i junior) with water daily. There is a plastic key that needs to be inserted and withdrawn every time to let water in...

Dear forum members, I would appreciate your advise on the following: Recently we have notice abnormally high water consumption in the house with 2 people: ~0.7 c.m. per day out of which 0.4 c.m. (15-16 liters/hour) is unexplainable leakage (?) (no water consumed, no toilet flush, boiler...