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So first of all - this isn't something I would attempt myself - but I would like some advice as to which path to take: The green is the proposed opening. Steel number one just holds up a flat roof, steel number two is there to prop up steel number 3, which is bearing the load of the side wall...

We are having to cut out channels in our existing kitchen floor slab for a new kitchen island. I will need to place an electric feed for the sockets; cold feed, hot feed and a gas pipe. I will also have to re-do some drainage so will dig out for that and re-cover. So I guess I'm keen on...

As you can see from the diagram there is a foul drain running underneath a side extension to our home. The man hole on the left is in the garage, the one on the right is outside the back of the house. The challenge is: How do we connect the drains for the dishwasher and sink on the new island...

This is a section of my flat roof extension. The top rafters simply support a suspended ceiling below the original ceiling. The bottom ones are only approx. 500mm short and are placed inside the RSJ that supports the building and connected to the frame that supports the roof light, I cannot...

I have a simple question, to which I have been getting conflicting answers: Can I cut a section out of a flat roof joist to run through some ducting? Happy for it to be flat channel. The rafters are 170mm. I've seen some info but think it's about floor boards: I have seen enforcement...

Our Victorian property has a flat roof side extension for the kitchen. The kitchen ceiling is in part under the original property and in part under the flat roof. A long RSJ props up the original wall of the house. We are going to fit a ceiling extractor above a new kitchen island. The...

Our victorian property has a flat roof side extension for the kitchen. The kitchen ceiling is in part under the original property and in part under the flat roof. A long RSJ props up the original wall of the house. We are going to fit a ceiling extractor above a new kitchen island. The...

Hi there, We moved into a victorian property a couple of years ago, which already had a wrap around extension built in the 70's. The kitchen wastes run alongside an internal wall and then through what would have been the external wall at the back and down into what is now a concreted floor...