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    Cost of 10m RSJ

    I've been looked at this post which talks about two 10m RSJs (40cm x 17cm)which split into 5 pieces. Does anyone know roughly how much these would cost each? I'm looking to do exactly same thing but getting a rough quote without engineering calculations is difficult. I'm trying to agree my...
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    Get power to gazebo for lighting

    I have a small gazebo that I want to hang 40 led festoon lights on and maybe 4 small tree lights. I have a small consumer unit in our annexe with master breaker (MK5500s) only 2 breakers (B32/5932s sockets & B6/5906 lights). I'm going to use 25m of SWR armoured cable clipped to a solid fence...
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    Insulating external (above ground) hot water pipe

    We have gas central heating in our house for the radiators. We have a separate annexe and I want to pass the heating hot water to that building to supply a couple of radiators. If I pass a pipe between the two buildings, it will pass 1metre which is outside and above cover so needs to be...
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    Concrete in posts for wooden gazebo

    I'm going to build a triangular 3.5m x 3.5m gazebo with pressure treated 100x100 fence posts. I've considering concreting the posts directly into the ground, but the way I've designed it I will need to construct the frame before fixing it into the ground. Therefore I'm looking at some supports...
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    Does a knee-wall always need to touch the end truss

    I have a modern (5 year old) house with trussed roof and want to convert the loft with steels, etc. I'm trying to get a rough idea where the knee-walls would be on either side, to get a feel with the eventual room width and window positions, etc. Do the new knee-walls sitting on the new...
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