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markc

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  1. Screw through the floor into whatever is underneath. once saw a flooting floor with stud wall fixed just to the upper floating part ... heavy doors played havoc with plumb and the floor
  2. Any photos of the outside of that area, as above its unlikely to be structural but the cracks also appear rather wide for drying/settlement cracking
  3. As above, do you know what you want to build? what shape? size? spec? materials etc.? until then you (or any other individual or company) cannot price whats in your head.
  4. Welcome to the forum, loads of information on here
  5. Hi and welcome, loads of information available by quick search on here, and failing that feel free to ask whatever questions you need.
  6. Good morning and welcome
  7. This product in particular suggests that you check the compatibility with a structural engineer as it's 8kg/m2. thats a cop-out if ever ive seen one. 8kgs is nothing in the big scheme of things - get on with it.
  8. No problem getting them to meet regardless of the angle or length of gate etc. The fixing points to gate and posts are the same as ordinary hinges, its the hinge geometry that changes.
  9. Yes thats the idea, If you have a local place that fabricates gates and railings etc they will be able to quickly knock up some rising hinges to suit your slope
  10. If you are laying a duct then just put a draw rope in at the same time, that way anyone can pull in whatever cable is required
  11. Congratulations and nice looking house
  12. We are thinking along the same lines here
  13. Are the services in the middle of the lane? i.e. under the tarmac. or are they on the other side? and you need to cross the lane.road.
  14. Rising gates work ok with actuator, just not the in ground type. Push/Pull actuators are fine with rose joint ends.
  15. +1 to this, they just take a bit of getting your head around
  16. 50mm screed is plenty thick enough for wet UFH. As for the bathroom, Electric heating mats work great, tiles can be problematic tho. I have 800mm porcelain tiles and they can curl up a bit if/when the cat decides to cook itself all day/night in one spot. several times i have stubbed my toe on a tile edge or corner only for it to be flush again the next day. In future i would go with smaller tiles.
  17. Hi, yes there are screws available;e, one is Simpson Strong Tie. but they are not cheap. They have a small shank under the head and single thread.
  18. Good afternoon and welcome. I think we can safely say you will be seeing and hopefully answering many questions, BH is is an "interesting" forum at times but we are all friendly and dont bite ... well most dont, or not all the time.
  19. Must be a good sub base. My GF`s drive was done 4 years ago, with fibres and it is has several cracks ... appears around 120 thk at the edges but i suspect much thinner in the middle. Very little use and she only has a Corsa
  20. Ancon are based in Sheffield and supply a lot of specialist Stainless steel building products
  21. Im thinking Kit House, pre-finished wall panels with outer skin, timber frame, insulation and maybe even inner skin factory installed
  22. 450 x 215mm reinforced concrete windposts. OMG! thats some windpost
  23. In t hat case i cant see why reinforcement would be needed or a benefit
  24. I think it was supposed to say groove not tongue
  25. What is the opening for? will it be liable to impact ... garage etc.? Reinforcement will not help with compressive loads
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