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OK so a bit further forward today - handrail uprights are fully secured and a temporary handrail attached for safety... Next up are the oak treads and risers, and the full plasterboard handrail / wall.

I think i've been at this conversion for too long. I'm quite pleased at seeing plain concrete and i needed to share. Behold

Build them square. Not helix not fooking elliptical, just fooking square. Good god man do you not like anything straight forward.

Why on earth are you talking in bulk bags, have you been drinking de icer, get a wagon load direct from the quarry. I would start with two ten tonne loads, ten tonne truck is a lot smaller than an eight wheeler, but you know that sort of stuff @nod

Obviously because all his volume knobs will go up to eleven, needs the extra power to go one louder.

Sorted: https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/17579712.bucks-beauty-spots-being-used-for-dogging/

Nice bit of stonework Redoctober

@Ferdinand @joth Quote I had for Sapienstone was from Rock Revelations from Brigstock, Northants.01536 373253 £1830 for 12mm Urban argento for my kitchen peninsula 3100 x 1200 with cut out for induction hob & undermount sink & tap. This was last November. I still am nowhere near getting a kitchen.

One side is fine we only fasten the end struts and the opens Use a 14 mil pan head Of you are against a solid wall 50 mil studs You need to brace onto the solid every 600 horizontal 800 cortical

Ours aren't Gaulhofer, but the detail is probably similar. This is what we have where the house has brick slips on render board over a timber frame with cellulose insulation, and external venetian blinds:

LOL just realised my maths is crap thats 18bags of sand --not 2 so it will be a days job - 330 x 0.04=13.2 cum 0.8per bag=18

One of these might help http://www.pavingexpert.com/calcall.htm However, I make it 8m2 per bulk bag at 50mm deep which is approx 10m2 at 40mm, so that gives the quantity ish of bulk bags. On driving over pavers, is it possible to do something really simple like start at the other end? Alternative might be to get 90% of sand, and accept barrowing the rest .. or have project B waiting for any leftovers. Ferdinanf

The fabric versions tend to be very strong synthetic fabrics which are really more like a heavy vinyl sheet. They normally have small perforations in them so some air can be allowed through without affecting privacy, and they're tensioned either by steel guide ropes or aluminium side-rails. I'd have no concerns about strength for a typical window/door. they can be be made at ridiculous sizes (4m x 3m for a single blind). The only issue I've seen is that the less-plasticy fabrics on offer can be hard to clean if they get hit with wet mud or something similar that can get right into the weave of the fabric.

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sounds dangerous to me --no way can i see screed company taking responsibility for tiles coming loose later down the line --they will say it was the way they were laid you need to get know its correct now before going further

@Redoctober thank you a very nice example of where to fit fire stops + good looking house and I presume they are nailed to the frame not stuck to the house wrap,cos if that caught fire they could fall off never seen any on houses built up here when under construction and certainly my own house built( 1978 Tf) does not have any . when I moved in and started looking for savings i found the air bricks were not ducted to the sub floor area --just a grille through outer brick and then a hole in the inner sub wall, force 9 gale up the void between outer brick and TF ,and definately no fire stops around penetrations like the bog pipe going from top floor to sub Floor. and top of the cavity wall open where it meets the loft. when did the requirement for firestops come in?

We used 16mm stainless bar through the grip, cut them 300mm long and attached it to the mesh with wire, just belt and braces I suppose.

I would go with his decking idea as i think it won't do any harm. Also think about sloping the decking slightly away from the building, as any driving rain coming in under the canopy will be directed away. Woul'nt have thought you would need any above the ground Screws but you could always dip your posts in moulten Bitch if you were worried.

i would replace the 100x100 timber with steel personaly have you seen these.

My house is a bit like that though on a flat site: post and beam on steel brackets on concrete foundation pads [¹]. Never though there was any need for a DPC. Why would there be? Or, perhaps you could think of the steel as the DPC. [¹] Some of the picture on https://edavies.me.uk/2018/03/some-flooring/ incidently show the construction of this part.

@Triassic - We built with a TF and they supplied the fire battens which were really what as been described as above - we called them "socks". See the photos for where they were positioned. We used wooden battens to go around the window and door openings. I hope this helps.

The Crazy Bear is nice. Did you know it was a knocking shop. although as its a posh knocking shop i bet it is expensive. Champers is £100 + a bottle

All sorted, no solicitor or conveyancer needed. I had all the deeds dating back to the 1800's and for my specific piece of land dating back to 1950, with every transfer of rights detailed. Somehow it had been wrongly registered when the deeds went digital. I sent in the evidence. They have corrected it. ALL DONE

So your buyer clearly was a knob as it has all been sorted out quite quickly!

Letter sent to land registry with copies of original land registry and mine in 2000. They wrote back within a couple of days asking for copies of all other transfer for deeds to ensure a piece hadn't been separated off during the last 70 years. I posted that back to them on Monday of this week (17 sheets). I received a letter back today confirming the title plan had been altered as requested and enclosing an official copy of the registry and plan. Pretty good service I think. One issue done. I've had one viewing since the buyer pulled out (loved the house but didn't like that there were steps down to the garden for the dog) - there is level access at the other side) and I have another one today so fingers crossed

Ok, thanks Nick. Harry did say that out of the numerous slabs he'd installed he knew of about 3 people who'd tested before the screed, so I'll go with the flow, not test it, and keep my fingers crossed.