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it’s just an isolated landing horizontal run so I’ve got a bit of leeway in terms of where it sits relative to the stringer, and can fit the post at the other end to line up. So I think it’ll work. I’ll sit the base rail on a plinth if needed…

Nice. Good shout, cheers

Pass. Ordered in to my merchant and need to grab it next week.

That’s the plan, yeah. Maybe a combo of notching both the joist and post. Then some bolts. I think anything less isn’t going to cut it in terms of wobble. It’s a single horizontal landing run so weak at that end.

Yeah square base, which I’ll then cut to give a bolted spliced join to the joist below floor level, can’t think of much else

Means making a hole in the visible section of the veneered post I think?

Actually, I’m now thinking I’ll just cut a big piece out where the X is, and bolt the newel to the joist behind it, and bolt the 2 joist ends together in a few places. Despite the size of that piece, it’s not really doing much, just spans a floor and into an external wall.

Gotta fit a new newel post here, bang on where the X is. Don’t want to hack much out of the (massive) 8x3, as it’s the back half of the house floor joist end I think. Can I do some kind of big dowel/metal rod buried in both the newel and joist? Any bracket raising above floor level is obviously...

My money’s on “totally knackered” over “just a point up required” but each to their own…

It’s totally knackered!

No it’s very common. As you say, aerated inner skin popular, much less so outer skin. Altho in your case with cladding it, not really an issue

They’re normally polytop ring shank nails which are hard to get out. Unfortunately the whole thing doesn’t look like it’s been done great, and that edge trim is meant to be sealed tight down onto the rubber, to stop water getting down onto the (presumably) wooden board behind it. Which hopefully...

I would and have, yes. Although the amount of heat lost downwards, with a carpet and no draughts coming up, may also be up for debate …

8x2 sorry not 6x2. Piece of cake to lay

I’ve done the odd room, pretty straightforward, use treated joists. Probably best protecting the ends where they’re going into the wall which is presumably below DPC. Same for resting on the sleeper walls in the middle, I’d probably put a bit of DPC down. Only thing I’d be aware of (may be...

Inner skins built from thermalites bear roof weight all the time, that all looks fine to me. Outer skin doesn’t necessarily need the same steels as inner, but guess you might have already done it…

Did see those, they look a bit of a faff tho ! (Although don’t doubt they’re good when in)

How are we doing the handrail to newel connection though? Can’t dowel it if we do it in the order discussed. Guess I’ll angle screw and glue it….

I need to fit a single run of handrails and spindles, horizontally on a landing. It’d be a full newel at one end, bolted to the floor joists, and a half newel at the other end fixed to the wall. I’ve done a bit of this in the past but can’t really remember. Am I best fixing both newels and the...

Never realised your surname was a pseudonym… ;)