Hi Ha On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:24:38 +0200, Harald Dunkel <ha...@afaics.de> wrote: ... > > It's kind of like asking for walls separate from your house. > > > > Its more like keeping the basement stable, while building new > walls on top of it.
Yes, it's exactly like that -- and you're just like the sort of DIY builder who confidently goes ahead and moves the load bearing walls in his house, despite the fact that various professional builders have all quoted rather a lot of money for the job -- but that's because they know that you need to make sure that the basement is not going to collapse, and it's not just a case of upgrading the basement layout in one step, because of course you need to support the old load bearing walls during the procedure, so you end up with a basement full of RSJs and props, which means that it's not so great as a basement any more. You on the other hand get to come home to a big hole in the ground. Can we stop this nonsense now? Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] http://www.hands.com/ |-| HANDS.COM Ltd. http://www.uk.debian.org/ |(| 10 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, London E18 1NE ENGLAND
pgpU3DoWNCFq6.pgp
Description: PGP signature
