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Advice please, We are building a pier against a wall and a 440 by 350 pillar to support two universal beams. Work starts on Wednesday. Should they be built using concrete blocks or engineering bricks. One side of the pillar needs to be rendered and plastered. Builder says one thing family...

Hubby has suggested that we have something called a light tunnel in the ceiling to a new extension. What are they, do they really work and can anyone recommend a retailer. Many thanks

By the way it is the wife of the DIYer writing this blog, so sorry about the lack of technical vocabulary! Just worried about the house falling down once the extension is built!

Thank you so much for replying, as we have to order the steel in a few days. We understand that we need an engineer and are in the process of obtaining this advice We are not worried about the cost or handling issue, we just want the best method of spanning the 4.9 metres and want to know if...

We need to use a universal column to support RSJ spanning 4.9 clear span. With the universal column in the centre of the span, should the RSJ be long enough to cover the whole length or shorter ones be used, joined at the universal column.