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If building regs is your main problem, there is a caveat that could help you:

Thanks for this. The screws at either end will see the most extraction force but I can specify a type that can take all the shear in a single fixing.

I'd like to convert a lean-to roof to a vaulted ceiling. The exiting rafters are undersized as it is, but I end up with double the permitted deflection under a point load when I consider the brittle finish. Would it work if I fix parallel timbers on the bottom of the existing, like this?: The...

"Free air flow of 6600m²" - That's a football pitch so at least your floor space would be very well ventilated.

Height: 800mm bottom of joist to bottom of rafter at the top wall Horizontal span: 2900mm top wall to inner edge of wall plate I also used a pitch finder app on a rafter, which also said 15° The rafters are 4x2 Headlap I measured as 65mm by poking a tape measure between two tiles from below...

Existing tiles aren't rated for the pitch and they leak all over the place. But maybe they'd get by refitted at 100mm headlap. New underlay would keep it dry anyway. And I take your point about them being walked on. Seems though if the whole lot is going to be stripped I might as well fit a...

Background in this thread: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/does-this-roof-leak-because-the-tiles-arent-suitable-for-the-pitch.539954/ I'd like to replace a roof covering with 15° pitch. Artificial slates would be preferred because they'd match the rest of the building and I think the rafters...

Maybe you could get an initial consultation with a surveyor? There is a presumption that the party wall process should enable work to take place, so the surveyors would probably reach a binding agreement that would allow you to proceed without the problematic gap. Unfortunately it could be quite...

I have to admit the drainpipe bodge is my doing - it was a temporary experiment to see if the discharge from the bigger roof above was overwhelming the tiles. It didn't help. I'll get that downpipe moved and the guttering adjusted along with everything else!

Thanks. Poking a tape measure through from below tells me headlap is 65mm, which is indeed too small, right? The wall and flashing at the top is a mess and I'll get that sorted out too. What are channel corners, please?

The roof leaks in heavy rain and I don't know if it needs repairing or replacing. A roofer has had a look and thinks the flashing on the right needs replacing. I'm not convinced it's the problem because there's a rafter between the flashing and the point of the leak, and I'm not sure how the...

Cat5e cable can be used for most things. I suppose the major exceptions are speakers (but you can put line-level audio on cat5e and use active speakers, or use a digital system like Sonos) and antennas (but you can put analogue or hdmi video on cat5e from a remote receiver). You would take all...

Something like this would normally be 'potted' to make it waterproof. See if you can see the flex disappear into a block of resin with no other visible wires, connectors or anything else that looks like like it could become live. If so, it's probably reasonably safe as long as it's connected to...

I had a few of these and, if you don't mind harming the 'heritage' of the fitting, they tap out pretty easily to 20mm to accept modern fittings. Later and current models have a metric thread anyway.

I'd better fill in that Minor Works Certificate for my internet router then.

I have little knowledge of the Standards, so I'm just following cross-references. BS 7609 references BS 4579-1:1970, which is about test specifications for compression joints: resistance, tensile strength etc. The scope of that Standard has no minimum CSA but it does say: BS 4579-1:1970 has...

I have checked out this standard via my work library and I can confirm: Your £126 will buy you 18 printed pages, 12 of which form the body of the document and one of those contains just one word: 'blank'. The word 'solid' does not occur in the document. Every diagram in the document appears to...

Punch two holes in the plasterboard: one behind the TV and one behind the soundbar. Feed the cables through, including the C8 lead. Plug it in behind the TV by adding an extra socket to the fused spur, or doubling the existing socket. Hope there is no horizontal member in the wall between the...

Since the product is not suitable for the application the customer asked for, I think there is a right to return it regardless of the retailer's policy.

Plenty of ambiguous systems to choose from. Nautical: Port, Starboard, Fore, Aft Automotive: Nearside, Offside, Front, Rear Medical: Left, Right, Anterior, Posterior Railway: Upside, Downside, Up, Down North, South, East, West makes most sense to me because left and right depend on which way...