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Someone help me out here, wtf is going on.. My level bubble as expected, centred 1st pic.. then I just turn level upside down, & bubble way off. Both flat edges clean, no spot of mortar the cause. Level in ok general condition. Eh?! Frying my noggin.

I wonder if it was this one.. " fischer P 380 " https://www.toolstation.com/fischer-styrene-free-resin/p21098 Searched my cabin basework/ slope thread, but the screwfix link n/a, & I can't find which reply suggested the stuff.. but I think it was @Onoff ? Thanks, zh

@Onoff one other question: could you remind me of the fisher resin stuff ? Just looked & many different ones. I used on my cabin pads to anchor in 10mm studs. I'm sure I used my standard gun. And it was one normal size tube of stuff, I don't recall an extra grey smaller tube that 'mixes in' attatched to it. This is a nozzle that came with it..

I meant once fixed up, & Ewe 'celebration' underway.. But I think 6x2 might be ok. 8x3 prolly a bit more stable, but more of a sod to haul up.

Yes that's the most efficient way, if I can get the right height. Onoff all my timbers for this, apart from the facia board (8x2 the looker ) are 6x2's. Do you think Im better also going 8x2 for the ledger? i mean the extra H means then my stud / standoffs spaced wider apart.. would this help stability? Joists from it still 6x2's etc. Or maybe a bit odd, & 6x2 is fine. Preferred if so. Thx zh

Ha! Actually blacknose sheepie was defo giving me the eye there tbh.

Hi J. Good idea.. but would it still be a pig to get it level like this, fixing it one each end to start with I wonder. Hence if I had a perch, I could easily shim it level. Then drill my two ( thinking as i type) end ones & continue the rest like your idea. Or drill just one end stud in, slip my board on, pivot it up to a predone perch, shim it level etc. hmm.

Hi chaps. Right it's zoot-liftoff time. I've plotted my ledger 7 mount positions, avoiding my perpendicular joist positions, & marked these 7 on the wall. But just thought is it best to mark my 7 upon my ledger > drill holes > offer timber up > drill thru to mark the walls? Maybe two sturdy rawl-plugged (temporary) screws into wall, to sit the timber upon.. get level > drill thru holes etc? I've done this plotted mount hole positions. Missing (9 total) joists @400mm centres. Mounts are 30mm down/ up, from btm/ top of timber edge. Comments welcome. 3220mm W. [I need to clear some furry guests away 1st mind you!].

@PeterW I pm'd you few days ago. Thx Zoot

@Onoff Im just digging into it now.. splendid stuff.

@Onoff parcel delivered by spotty evri herbert 4pm. Thanks so much. Will dive into it/ box tmrw. Zoot.

@Onoff mine's fine as is for now: bit bought from toolstn today ( good find saves £2!) & fits. Amazing breadth of engineering knowledge you have, & it's going in my noggin too. As much as it can cope with. Thx zooter.

Close. Its a Jacobs. And numbers.. 3/64 - 3/8. Then 1.0 - 10mm. Then 3/8 x 24 -s2. All over my head bar the mm's. Your depth of knowledge is never short of impressive- do you have an engineering degree Onoff?

Will bear this in mind. A few of these swiss drills for £25, total bargain might get a spare.

Ah yes you did say this before didn't you/ memory's crap. I think maybe the bosch for a few squids more. Great help tho- zoot.

Hi Tony, I'd have snapped that one up if I had a wickes here. Alas not. Thanks though. Zoot.

Yup indeed it will according to bosch themselves. Great. Thats an "extra £6" on this bosch one well spent I just know. I'm gonna need every scrap of help doing this solo. Thanks chaps.

No it's a 10mm in fact. Never noticed this info on it before!

Everytime I use my 5.5 to 8mm set of these, I'm sure it was you who recommended them, it's a pleasure to use.. great brand. Will do if.. But can I get this into my drill tho is the Q. And is my drill ok to use, if I can?

I don't think mine is an SDS drill is it. It's something to do with the chuck area. Mine's a std Chuck key type. I did drill into the concrete cabin pads with it, though I used 8mm stud ( so would you have suggested a 10mm hole? Seems logical).. not 12mm.

Fab Onoff what can I say- very kind indeed. £6 evri, plus hardware costs? PM me. SDS drill.. is a hammer type, or one with a hammer setting? Mine does have/ switch on top. Precious this swiss made I sacrificed my smaller bosch on the porch/ burnt it out, don't want to with this. Thanks, zoot.

Just checked my cabin pads had 8mm studs. Crikey this job's gonna put hairs on me chest with m12! thx Zoot

Excellent. I'll keep this info with me for the job. Understand the 200mm figure, makes sense. I used some similar stuff into my concrete cabin pads.. I think 10mm. So have a brush thingy to poke in/ important I can see, & a bellows too.. should be fine. I think safer going 80mm than possibly breaching thru the back. Fingers crossed will be ok. Thanks alot Onoff.

Hi Onoff.. what a gent you are. I wish I could help someone in return, but a donation to BH will have to suffice for now. Can you fling them out via hermes/ evri I wonder? cheapest possibly. Splendid stuff, all understood. I've just got to not drill through the back of the block.. or Im rogered. Gratefully, Zoot.

Hi again Ferdinand, yes I think I can perhaps just put this down to naivity, & thankfully not the £360 they invoiced me for (!).. but £120. Still irks me if I didn't need it doing, but hey I must crack on. Actually my insurance Co, Admiral, didn't ask for it/ my family friend persuaded me.. & he's invariably correct on anything financial. He is 93 though! Sharp as ever, tho, but perhaps an 'old school' redundant way now. Thanks chaps, spurs me on to shop around again. If my brain can bear it. Zoot.