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Im looking to remove/move the knee walls in my roof space. The rafters are notched to allow for the wall, I propose to sister each rafter with either steel or timber, on one or both sides, to allow the space to be freed up. Is this feasible? The basic structure is rafters with knee walls and...

Hi, In italy, and ive seen this in other places as well, they use light switches with a single button (spring loaded) that operate a switch remotely in a wall somewhere, centralised for all wall switches. Does anyone know what this system is called and why you see it in lots of places but never...

I am in the process of refurbishing a victorian house, I have checked in 3 places across the house, there is about 150mm of rubble with a black almost volcanic (or coal??) and concrete-like consistency, it is almost light weight. This is the most obvious one in front of the fireplace. In...