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Hello.... I am considering buying a co-polymer cornice (140 meters) to fit throughout my home and am curious about my fixing options. The cornice in question is found at: http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Structural/Coving/Classic+Coving+WT11+165mm+Wide+x+2m/d210/sd3285/p48131 I...

Hello... I have been working out the heat loss for rooms in a new build (140mm timber frame with 140mm insulation, cavity, 100mm block and render) in order to specify correctly sized radiators but I am getting very different results depending on the method that I use. Method 1 is where I...

Hello... Nearing completion of building a house and I asked the roughcaster to provide a wet cast render (west coast of Scotland). Using grey cement and 6mm granite chips he chose to apply a drycast (pebble-dash)! Putting aside my anger at this I now have a situation to somehow fix, unless I...

Hello... Two questions.... (1) - If I had a 1 cubic metre hole and I wanted to fill it with Type 1 aggregate (compacted down!), how many tonnes would I need? (2) - If I had a 1 cubic metre hole and I wanted to fill it with Asdug (compacted down!), how many tonnes would I need? Any...

Structural Engineering Question.... I am curious as to what the difference is between a Universal Beam (UB) and a Parallel Parallel Flange Channel (PFC). I get the impression a UB is like an 'I' beam and and PFC is like half an I beam (that is, the letter 'u' lying on its side!!!) Also...

I am trying to work out which material to use to clad and felt a new roof on a new build house that I am currently planning... I have to clad it but what do I use, ply, osb, sarking board? What is the difference between them? I also have to felt (or equivalent!!!??) the roof though am not...

Hello... I am curious as to the requirements in Scotland on roof construction... Proposed roof construction is as follows (bottom-up): trusses(rafters), 9mm cladding (plywood, osb, etc...), felt, counter battens (vertical) - or does this go on before the felt?, battens (horizontal)...

Hello... I am currently swithering on whether to use proprietary attic roof trusses, i.e engineered attic trusses from truss manufacturer, or whether to go down the route of cutting and manufacturing the roof on-site without involvement of a truss manufacturer (though obviously with...

Hello... I am designing a house with a Main Bathroom accessed obviously from the hallway. The thing is though, I would like to add a second door entry into the bathroom from a master bedroom that shares a partition with the bathroom. Obviously this would create a bathroom with two doors and...

Hi... Quick question regarding locating a combi boiler... I am in the process of designing a house with a utility room on the ground floor, which is in turn the ideal position for the boiler. However, the combi boiler is to feed a bath and shower on each of the two floors above, i.e. the...

Hello... Diagnostic computer/device for combi-boilers? I am hoping to find out if there is a device that would help me troubleshoot a faulty combination boiler (Vokera Compact 24). The boiler heats up, hits error condition, (red light) cuts out and then fires up again, and so forth. The...

Hello... I have a Vokera Compact 24 Combi Boiler that I am having a couple of problems with... (1)Intermittent hot water then getting cold and then heating again, and so on.... - I suspect that this due to the secondary thermistor, however the real reason I write here just now is to do...