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Thank you for your response It Is a hipped purlin roof yes... I'm not sure if that stud wall is the strongback aswell... I just assumed it was there to support the joists where they connect. In terms of checking the new span, how would I go about that? It's only 300mm different if I moved the...

Hi, I'm planning to rearrange the walls in my 2 bed semi to allow for another bedroom. To do this effectively I need to move a stud wall that runs across the roof joists, by about 300mm. I've been up in the loft and there's a joint in the roof joists that sits on the stud wall. When i move the...

I changed the windows on the front of the house and there was insulation in the cavities, so I would assume there is on the back (where the kitchen is) but I'll knock the rest of the tile adhesive off the window ledge and check tomorrow - will also take a picture of the outside, although I think...

Hi, I've just ripped out the kitchen in the house I moved in to a few months ago . Behind the units on the external wall there's mold, but only low level. Some of the skirting was also rotten, and the some of the units were moldy on the back boards (inside and outside the carcass) I know the...

Hi, I think I may have gotten myself in a bit of a mess. Yesterday I changed the Bow window in the living room of a house I've just bought. There's a canopy roof above it that goes over the porch and then across the house. The roof looks like it's coming away from the wall on one side where the...