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Looks like the roof is sliding rather than a wall problem. Filling won’t achieve anything, needs slates removing to sort the loose or broken battens
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That’s a big heavy stack, what is supporting it at the moment?
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If you can get across to the walls then yes, but often done by spreading the load across several ceiling joist (too often done with only a thin board if anything). A well supported stack remaining acts like a strong-back for the gable. Then remove the bricks going through roof line and finish to suit existing
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If they mentioned lintels then they are looking at removing the top bit of stack and replacing the roof over but leaving the remainder in the loft. removing chimney breasts, especially on a gable end can cause a lot of problems because a chimney adds a lot of stiffness and bracing into a gable wall.
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Not easy to say without knowing the structure and how it’s constructed but assuming it’s basically a timber shed it’s likely the roof weighs nothing so no problem with spreading/transferring loads above the door (unless it’s a very wide sliding door)
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Doesn’t need anything heavy duty then, main thing with glass is stopping the shelf flipping over so support needs to come out full depth of the shelf (unless you are drilling the glass and fixing down at the rear).
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Firstly need to look at the suspended timber floor … does it flex / bounce? If so then your tiles are going to crack and/or pick up on the corners. assuming everything is solid you then need to get everything pretty level, especially at the floor change locations. Thin screed/levelling compound over a timber floor is going to break up so that’s out, really looking at plywood to bring levels up. then probably a decoupling mat over the entire area - others on here with much more tiling experience can/will be better able to comment on this.
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You have plasterboard on the outside?
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Welcome and well done, looks great
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+1 on Bigdug, decent racking at a pretty good price. And nice man cave
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Limited height and ground floor Insulation Dilemma
markc replied to mickeych's topic in Underfloor Heating
You don’t need to underpin if you are not going below the underside of the existing founds. -
One I’ve just made and fitted, ignore the wires hanging around the motor and the old/existing gate immediately behind as it’s work in progress. Fabricated steel frame, galvanised and boards are composite T&G cladding.
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Wall hung frames put most of the load into the floor, keeping a low pan and high frame attachment points onto the wall also reduces the lateral load imposed. On your wall, if you sit down heavily you may/will see some wall deflection but if is doable. Add a couple of stiff timbers top to bottom where the mountings are and the wall will be fine
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Showering, cooking or just being in a property (especially in warm weather) will raise humidity. Ditch the humidity sensors
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limestone slab to cemfloor, cement or tile adhesive bed?
markc replied to Barryscotland's topic in Stoves, Fires & Fireplaces
Either will be fine, you don’t need a hearth to ‘stick’ anyway so it’s just a bedding layer -
Couple of problems spring to mind, as the water will go between the decking boards you will need a drain underneath and need everything under the decking (and part way up the walls to above decking height at least) to be fully sealed/tanked. decking boards are not easy to keep clean and soap/skin/shower crud may be a pain
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I’m thinking it’s a photoshop
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Not ideal as “solids” could end up going back into the neck of the shower waste and cause a plug. Would definitely be better higher up before the bend
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There are many many tradies specialising in just one or two of the trades you mention and after a lifetime they still don’t know everything. Specialist books will give you in-depth info but to familiarise yourself with even a small amount of info on all aspects of building then YouTube can be very helpful.
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Yes, moisture resistant makes sense as it’s not that much more anyway. Unless you are looking to have a bare floor varnished or something then you would need marine ply.
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Caberfloor then seal with Aquaseal or similar liquid tanking stuff.
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Angle Grinder - Wattage, Button/Trigger, and Recommendations?
markc replied to Oxbow16's topic in Tools & Equipment
A larger diameter thicker blade would be horrendous to use, the rim weight would act like a big gyroscope and the blade clamp wouldn’t be able to hold onto the disc when you released the trigger. -
Our workshop has a concrete slab varying between 150-200mm with one layer of mesh and we regularly have 20t point loads
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Hello - new member hoping to install air source heat pump
markc replied to Peter269's topic in Introduce Yourself
Good morning and welcome, questioning and redesigning is rarely a bad thing, just don’t let over thinking stop you making progress. My wife (SWMBO) takes overthinking to Olympian level 🤯 -
Help with my calculations, please. How deep should the foundation be ?
markc replied to ToughButterCup's topic in Foundations
Some confusion here regarding depth and thickness. depth is how deep into the ground the excavation is .. to resist movement. thickness of a found depends on the loads it will carry, bearing capacity of the ground under it and the founds resistance/breaking to bending when the loads are applied
