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Possibly as above. Although if you want it open you'll need to insulate the sloping roof to a considerable depth - probably almost as deep as the purlin so it'll be hidden anyway. You may need to consider the loss of bracing caused by removing the ceiling joists.* If the purlin is slap bang...

This is the problem with DIY - you want it to cost you less than nothing (I'm certainly guilty). My next door neighbours recently had 3 stuck up, probably paid some checkatrade con artist a grand for it - here we are squabbling about £100; but it's £100 - if you can cobble something together for...

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Good question. My outrigger kitchen/bathroom (1889) was level, quarry tiles on earth with adjacent rooms suspended timber. My plot was level but others on the street where the plots sloped had steps down.

If they don't leak when you close them and remove the rads then no reason why not. Unless for cosmetic reasons or upgrading to trvs.

You can mix. Some cavity bats have better performance than mineral wool. Personally, these days, I'd probably go for 2 layers of tightly fitted (and/or foamed in) 100mm pir.

I nearly suggested that a bit of paving slab would be a perfect fit!!

Another vote for a refurb. It seems to have a boiler in it so that'll be a big expense to deal with. The main thing is that a new extension would need to be built to modern standards, which would mean a 350mm insulated cavity wall - unless it's bigger than it looks I doubt you'd fit in it. As a...

I do them like this, no hangers needed: M12 bolts from Screwfix in a zigzag pattern, some people use dog tooth washers but I just prefer big penny washers on the outside to pull the timber together.

Just chop out and replace with masonry in stages, the sections under the joists first - 100mm each time. It's just like taking half a brick out of a wall - if the wall plate was rotten to the point of collapse it would have done so. Make sure what you put in is well bedded down and finishes...

Not that I'm complaining, as we all know Great Britain still rules the World, but don't the Americans have their own DIY/car fixing forums? Maybe in this case a bit of specific knowledge on any particular idiosyncrasies of that particular model would help.

I'm boarding my staircase in. I was going to use plasterboard /skim across the newell posts but it's already a narrow staircase. I'm considering using plywood instead as it could save me a bit of space, but I want it to look like plaster when it's done, so does/would plywood painted with...

Yes.

I think mine is fairly similar - 2.5m of existing wall plus 5.5m of extension so 8m. Lateral stability was queried by the BC checking engineer. The SE provided a drawing with all the buttressing walls and a report, saying that he could prove it was ok (via extensive and complex calculations) but...

Surely it won't be ok? The slab will be flat, the new patio will need to be tiled to a fall, you haven't got the height at the house end to fall away from the house. You'll need to cut a slot against the wall, insert a channel drain and fall the patio to it. Might be easier to replace the...