Hi all, been busy building a decking and I received all the materials for the frame four weeks ago. The joists have been stored outside on their...
Hi, New member with an odd query. I am having to do my own loft insulation in my apartment building on the top floor. (*I have permission from...
Looking to re carpet one of our bedrooms, which has a pronounced ridge running the length of it, around 2ft from the nearest wall. Seems this is...
Hi Guys, I am about to put in my insulation between the rafters after my electrics first fix, The question being do I put the insulation in so...
Would timber plugs sealed in with resin be a suitable repair for this joist? We could thread the cable through just one hole ...the remaining four...
I've discovered a pretty severe woodworm problem when I went to fit a new carpet in the bedroom upstairs. It appears two of the joists have born...
Hello everyone, I have spent the last few days reading lots of posts on constructional hearths for solid fuel stoves but very little reference to...
Hi. I have just purchased a terraced house. Built circa 1890. It's in a row of 24 houses built on a relatively steep hill. The houses are built in...
Hello, apologies if this question is asked a lot, but I find mixed answers in my searches. I want to board the loft of my 1870-ish mid-terrace...
Hi, first post here. We bought a home just two weeks before the pandemic kicked off... about 2 months later we noticed the living room floor can...
Hi, Would anyone be able to point me to the relevant building code documents where it details the fixings required to join to joists together to...
I’m about to sister joists onto existing ones to level a suspended floor. BCO mentioned I could use screws instead of carriage bolts, but I...
Our Victorian property has a flat roof side extension for the kitchen. The kitchen ceiling is in part under the original property and in part...
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Hi All, once again turning to you for some advice. I am building a 3 x 3 m corner summer house, which has a diagonal of about 4m I need to stay...
Hi, I'm currently doing some work on the front garden to take the ground level below Dpc level and have removed paving slabs from the whole area....
Hi All I'm currently having the existing basement of my Edwardian semi-detached property made more 'user friendly' via the installation of a...
Hi, Starting to build a man cave in the garden tomorrow... Could you please help me verify joists of 47x220 C24 are ok for a span of 5.65m? As...
A cluster of 3 led lights, it's good because the bathroom gets very little natural light. But it's zonally conflicted in plan, being sited just...
Hi all, first time posting. I’m wanting to extend my bathroom into a walk in cupboard that the spare bedroom has. The wall I’ll be taking out is...
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