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I'm building an extension, its 3.8m x 5m with one of the shorter sides being joined onto the house, all solid walls. On one of the long walls I have a 3.5m catnic lintel (pic attached) for a bifold door. Can I lay a wall plate directly on top of this lintel or should I lay a few courses of...

I'm fitting 3.1m bifold doors into a solid brick external wall. There's only going to be a few courses of brick above the door and a flat rubber roof, so not much weight. What type of lintel or beam would be best for this? There's lots of different types of RSJ beams out there and I don't know...

It used to work. But the wire got tugged and pulled all the connectors out (except the grey one, that's still in the correct place). I tried to wire it up again in the below pic but the hot water isn't coming on. How should I wire this thing up so it works? The clean wire is the boiler, the...