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Very, very nice, well done ?

St Andrews day party it is, I'll bring the fireworks ??

Give @Onoff a shout, he will make you one for a tenner and a bottle of Stella ???

Think Gove is one of our better exports south...what's the word...Makita, no spade, oops the word I'm searching for works best when prefaced by *complete" TOOL

Nice writing style...keep us up to date and the forum will weild it's magic. ???

Why not avoid the crowds and give up on the ugly downlights...go Spanish and TILE the soffits... @Nickfromwales could do it lying on his back?

Ahem...45 sq/m for £10k???

Wowsers...not a normal looking roof frame...nothing holding the roof up? Guess the wallplate is bombproof and everything compresses the ridge beam? Looks smashing ?

Yes But No... But Hmmm... No, yes I mean it should but No

Always a good day... pleased for you, well done, now the real work begins ???

Yes, for most of it...it's a bedroom above but the first floor landing is above so not the whole wall all the way up. Yes, could leave that little stub in...

The stub with the light switch is 300mm The bit above the blue arrow is original, without chipping the plaster away I'm not sure but it's solid so probably lintel/block

Looks like these https://www.buildingsuppliesdirect.com/timco-ld-bent-restraint-strap-ss-range?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxN_XBRCFARIsAIufy1ag1NToOqcljhMAtDf6AazYPhsAmMlU_gTmtzwsYufRhLh9wxGXxc0aAgEVEALw_wcB Cheap so why not put em in...

This help? The wall with the door is the one that will be going...

Like this...? Pocket made on each wall, remove bricks, insert padstone, rest steel on top ensuring the steel sits on the whole surface area...i.e. a bit longer than the padstone?

Thanks to @Peter for the tip to use www.beamcalculation.co.uk The 48 hour service at £49 came back in three hours...on a Sunday afternoon!Steel_Beam_Calculations_ref_69139.pdf Now, anyone give me a pointer on the drawings? The website says I need this- Your local authority building standards service will be able to advise you on what you need to submit with your application for a building warrant. This can be done on-line through the eBuilding Standards. The main requirements are: • Plans and drawings in relation to the proposed work; • The appropriate application fee; • Confirmation that you intend to use an Approved Certifier of Design or (if you know this at this point); • Certificates from an Approved Certifier of Design (if you are using one); and • Confirmation that you intend to use an Approved Certifier of Construction or (if you know this at this point). Why should you use the services of an Approved Certifier of Design? If you are using the services of an Approved Certifier of Design, they will be able to advise you whether there are any design elements that need to be completed by a specialist third party (usually in relation to specialist systems and components). If that is the case, these design elements may need to be completed at a later stage so as not to hold up the building warrant application process. Where this is the case, the Certificate of Design that you submit to your local authority should be accompanied by a Schedule 1 that describes these additional design elements. These elements will be noted by your local authority building standards service and will be subject to separate checks once the specific detail of those designs is complete. A Form Q must be submitted to the local authority when the design of the elements on Schedule 1 have been finalised. If you make design changes after the building warrant has been granted you are likely to need an amendment to building warrant and a new certificate from the Approved Certifier of Design. Plan A is to use the plan of an identical house as the existing drawing and then remove the wall from the drawing as proposed. What detail to they need re position of padstones etc? Do I need this detail? What about removing the electrical sockets etc from the (Kitchen) wall, do they need to know anything about this?

There is nothing that can't be fixed... It'll be better tomorrow...enjoy the booze in the meantime I'm sure it's just a case of slotting in new glass from your local manufacturers ???

Great thread... You should get some apprenticeship candidates to get that workshop buzzing every day. Must be a social enterprise there in the making. First customer the local council, they supply lots of access ramps for clients who become old and frail and want to stay in their own homes...nah not serious just want to come and play with those big machines ??? Keep it coming

He he checked out that link. Weight of TV 4.9kg I bought a cathode tube big screen Sony TV five years ago for the boys flat.(Gumtree) Must have weighed 49kg...took two big lads to shift it! Works great though and fits the bill...with his autism and occasional but very intense melt downs it can't be thrown anywhere ????

Batstraps....what are they? Joist hangers maybe? Anyway, if it's less than 2m, screw or nail away, what could possibly go wrong

Smashing, how does one source a SE. Internet and phone or is there a better way for tiny jobs like this?

So Jarek the Polish builder says yup I can do that no problem...you'll need a building warrant and a structural engineer for the steel spec. I knew all of this so called Matt the architect for a price. £800 for drawings for BC including the engineers report. £600 if I source the engineer myself. WTF, browsed the planning portal as there are literally hundreds of these 1964 semis all over this neighbourhood. Downloaded the attached plan from there, all but identical to my place. The wall we need to begone to make the kitchen and dining room into a kitchen diner is 3550mm and as you can see the dividing wall in the room above is offset some 400mm. So, mu question is, can I with the help of the forum, draw and submit plans for BC myself? What do I use to draw (happiest with a pencil and paper) but can learn sketchup etc if need be. Architect guy says engineer will ask for a drawing before survey but will him/herself than do a drawing? What! How does this normally work? I'll be searching the net for a suitable engineer, whats the best way to find a service? Do they always site visit or can this be done online? Hoping you guys will help save me some cash, cant believe there's a couple of days work in this for the drawing guy...£800 Dick Turpin! Scan 7 May 2018.pdf

Is @Brickie around London...?

Smashing job and great project...well done. Now we need to sort the welcome pack list. 1. Those wee Belgian sea life chocolates from Lidl, 2 squids! 2. Bottle of rojoca, same store, 5 squids. 3. Quality Borders biscuits 4. Local cheese 5. Can of Irn Bru 6. Whiskey miniature X2 7. Tunnocks teacakes Job done ???

Don't all rush at once folks ?