acrow prop

Hi all, grateful for some advice. Just moved into a c.1900 Victorian terrace. Quickly spotted, unnoticed by the surveyor, a crack in one of the purlins. You can see failure is a combination of the purlin strut being removed for hatch installation, knot in the purlin, and heavier roof tiles...

Hi I dug out some soil a couple of years ago to level off and put a wooden structure along this wall. I’ve removed the structure and the foundations of the concrete slab has eroded. I want to put a wooden planter along the wall so the look is not a concern. But I do want it to be fixed so I get...

I’ve attached a drawing to show the existing, temporary and final diagrams to help show the question. The structural engineer has designed our loft with 2 floor steels and a ridge steel. The installation of the first floor steel (beam A) is simple, as nothing needs to be removed to install it...

We have to excavate a hole in a stone wall which is approx 60cm thick so we can put a soil pipe through it. Having removed plasterboard we see a pre-existing hole in the wall which is 1.4 m wide by 23 cm to 67 cm in height. It's a deep hole that goes through most of the wall but not all the way...

Hi guys i need to prop the rafters on a small (4m x 4m) single story outbuilding in order to enlarge the door opening and subsequently place a larger lintel. can anyone advise me how to best get round the issue of safely supporting the sloped rafters when he top of the prop is obviously flat...