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On 2006-10-24 13:33:23 +0100, Huge said:

On 2006-10-24, Andy Dingley
wrote:

Huge wrote:

Assuming you don't have a gantry above it, then I'd go for jacking from
beneath. That weight is more than most roof timbers would appreciate.

It weighs less than I do, and I was up in my loft at the weekend ...


That's a loft in a house, I'm assuming this is a shed. I wouldn't walk
on my shed roof...


Good point. Although I'd walk on my shed roof, but then my shed isn't
a GBP29.95 B&Q special.


Ah... but were you jacking from beneath?