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  By Tony L · Posted 4 minutes ago
  
  Thank you, @Big Jimbo. Here's the beam plan, in case that's any help. There are sleeper walls under the B&B. The two longest of these are indicated by the green arrows. The sleeper wall indicated by the blue arrow wasn't built. There's a double beam here instead. I asked (paid) a proper builder to come on site to inspect & report on the work. His opinion was that we could build off what was there, but we'd have to take the airbricks out & re-fit them properly. Of course, if we build off what's there, we're going to have to accept the B&B floor will be a lot more damp than it should be (higher U value) & our only protection from the excessive damp will be the membrane that goes on top.
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  By torre · Posted 9 minutes ago
  
  On a narrow stair you'll already be taking more care and cope better with a shallow landing, plus it's much less likely more than one person will be sharing/passing in the space. Anyway you won't change the regs, you'll have to compromise somewhere. It looks like you might need to swap the top half landing for two quarter landings or similar. Don't you have plans for this? What stage are you at? Try planning just the top half of this using stairbox as suggested.
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  By Russell griffiths · Posted 10 minutes ago
  
  If doing it in aluminium it will probably be made in three pieces starting at the bottom and angle going upwards finishing in the corner, then an angle that hat goes up but only 1/4 of the way, then an angle folded cap coming down to cover the last piece going upwards.
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  By bradders3109 · Posted 40 minutes ago
  
  I thought so. I just don't understand how a 700mm landing is fine with a 700mm staircase but not with a wider staircase. Surely it's about having a safe area at the top of the stairs and if 700mm is safe for a 700mm wide case why not for a 900mm wide case? Like most of us who self build I've come across many regs that don't appear to make sense but this one has to be the daftest.
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  By Kozik · Posted 54 minutes ago
  
  Hello Guys. I went with litecast GT insulated EPS beam block flooring mainly as couldn’t do slab. Now requires structural concrete topping with metal fibres over UFH pipes not conventional screed. Looking for some contractors which operate is London area. Anybody have some recommendations which product to use and contractor ? I heard Agilia does the product and Cemex does Advanced Beam & Block Fibre Reinforced Concrete Topping. any recommendations would be mutch appreciated Thank you.
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