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about 7-8 '' over hang the steel girder will go 7-8 '' into the remaining wall either side it's a through lounge dinner that i'm trying to make. thanks for your reply masona !!!

can anyone tell me how to use blue bricks for pads to sit a steel girder on ? how many do i need ? how do i put them in ? is it 3 blue bricks in a stack, 1 on top of the other ? for each end of the girder ?

THE HOUSE IS A 3 BED SEMI, THE WALL IS A DOUBLE THICKNESS LOADBEARING WALL, IT GOES UP TO THE LOFT FLOOR AND IS THE DIVIDING WALL FOR 2 BEDROOMS. IT IS SOLID ALL THE WAY UP. I WANT TO MAKE AN OPENING IN THE WALL DOWNSTAIRS TO JOIN THE LOUNGE TO THE DINING ROOM. CAN ANYBOBY HELP !!

can anyboby tell me what size steel girder i would need to make a 7' opening in an 11' wall, thats leaving a 2' peir each side of the opening. also how many blue bricks for the pads and how to arrange the blues. would i be right in saying the girder would need to be double boarded for fire...

thanks for your help, and i will do what you have said and get the build regs people in to check it, cheers again steptoe...............

i had an internal wall removed 2 years ago and was told by the builder that i did not need building regs approval or planning permission, a friend has now informed me that i should of got build regs as it was a structural wall. i cant find the builder that did the work. what do i do now...

HI, can you help me i want to put floorboards in my living room, but it is a concrete floor . can i put them down as a flooting floor or do i have to baten the concrete floor then nail floor boards to the batens, or is their another way to do it. any info would be great cheers steptoe

you can also use a circular saw, i saw a plumber using one to do the same job as you mentioned.

cheers breezer. the seperate consumer unit says 30 amp on it, is this the amp rating of the switch inside the unit ? as i have seen the same c.u's in b&q that say 40 amp on them, would my 30 amp c.u. need swapping for the 40 amp unit or can i put the 40 amp mcb in the 30 amp c.u. if my c.u...

does not matter which way round the red and black probes go. as it's ac ( alternating current ) it alternates above and below 0v. therefore there is no negative or positive sides. you can put the probes on the cable any way round . make sure that when handling this black cable that all...

my shower has a seprate wylex fuse box of it's own in my electric cupboard. it is rated at 30 amps switch with a 30 amp mcb fuse fitted. and runs to the shower on 6mm cable. the new shower i want to put in is a 9.5kw shower can anybody tell me if i need to change the wiring or fuses ?? the...