Hi everyone, just looking for a bit of independent advice until I get a professional in to take a look. We moved into a 20 year old house about 2...
Hi Folks, I as ever need a little guidance to enclosing the exterior steps to my basement. There was a rickety roof with fencing panels for the...
Hi, This is a small flat roof that joins to the house and main pitched roof. Some background info: It has never had any insulation between...
Hi everyone, our three bed Edwardian is very cold. The upstairs heats with heating but then gets cold quickly once turned off, whilst the...
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Hi, I will be framing my flat roof using 9 x 3 timbers.... what size/type of nails do i use to brin git all together (noggings/overlaps/framing...
Hi - this is my first post here and I was hoping someone could advise. I have recently moved into a 3 bed semi detached dating from the 1930's,...
Hi all, I have recently bought a house (1920s/30s) and want to insulate my loft. Currently there is about 100mm of fiberglass between the joists...
We have been living in our house 16 odd years and of late have noticed that we have small walls in the loft that hold up wooden beams that act as...
Got a quote for my roof to be refelted with breathable felt, new battens and the original slates reattached with recon slates where needed. Needed...
Hi. Please be patient with me as this is my first big build! I'm an Engineer by trade though so reasonably confident once I understand the...
Hi All, I'm planning a single storey rear extension on my 1930s terraced house - 4.5m deep, full width of the house - 6m. The house is on...
Hi Guys, Looking at the attached plan... with the joists running left to right.... which joist size would be suitable: 1) 8x2 2) 8x3 3) 9x3 The...
Hi guys, Would anyone be able to suggest the best way to frame this flat roof (cold roof because of height restrictions)? Will be using C24 9” x...
Hi All, Apologies if this is roof construction 101. I recently bought an old house and the garage has zero roof insulation. The roof consists...
Hello My neighbour has almost finished their L Shaped Dormer and the Builders/Roofers have damaged my roof etc and have now after a lot of chasing...
Just had some dry hips installed, but there’s no membrane underneath. The unions are screwed directly into the batten underneath. Quite large gaps...
Looking at renovating my garage in the near future, however I've no idea how serious the cracking in some of the concrete roof beams are. It's an...
We are planning to build a conservatory extension adjacent to the neighbour's wall. We have some concerns about the way in which the waste pipe...
Another one from the "I'm an idiot" files: I bought a tiny shed/garden store with a little felt roof. The instructions said to fold the roof felt...
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