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start in the middle of the wall, set a joist on top of the wall plates, square this one to the wall plate and work outwards towards the ends. oh, bu&&er, that wont work.

there's brandy in them? i'll need to stop believing what i'm told. theresa got a good deal is wrong then?

wants and needs..... two entirely different things

optiflame or look for a house with chimney. to go the whole hog and install a fireplace, chimney and hearth will not be cheap

i had the same problem, a lot on the list will only do big jobs, some won't dig the road. i contacted a local goundworker who will dig the road and lay the trunking and spenergy will make the connection.

with 2 extra arms shoud be finished in 1.5 yrs!

out of curiosity, how is the handrail fixed to allow removal?

it's quite beneficial for the reinforcing to have a surface coating of rust, this allows better adhesion to the concrete

living in Scotand on the west coast, water supply has never been an issue, plenty falls fro the sky. i do appreciate things may change in the future and according to climate change, Britain is going to get warmer and wetter unless you live in the SE.

come on @PeterW, trying to promote best practise on this forum, HSE will be visiting you when posting photos like that!

looks good, as for the facing problem, i'd just drop facing onto newel, should look fine

at least you can't blame the plumber

i've bought a few batteries from here - https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/vhbwtec , phone and drill. metabo drill batts were uprated and are doing well

@JSHarris you're really looking for a framed door clad in galv tin which would allow ins to be placed inside frame

sliding track along the wall, used to be king track, with rebated doors to allow for the corner

going i joists, as well as for walls and roof

this is how i've always made them

it's not good practise for the mortice to be overly long without a haunch as it will weaken the timber if the string is 30 x180mm wide there should be 60mm tenon 60mm haunch and 60mm tenon, therefore 1/3 @12mm thick tenon and correcty sized

hi @nod straight forward job, i'm a bit surprised at the tenons to the newels. they should have a haunch in the middle as length of tenon shouldn't exceed 5x thickness to avoid weakening the timber with an oversized mortice.

if it's been done correctly, it should have gone through BC and have a completion cert. no cert, no guarantee, however, cert and still no guarantee. pay the money take the pb off and check, don't buy if in doubt and worried.. how much do you want it?

my celium! my pressures!

so hallucinations are produced by small amounts of leccy?

point taken, must use drier timber up here or it doesn't dry out to the same extent due to the weather as i've always seen ext. wall built to soffit

wonderful detailed photos