Pete

Old time served plasterer that taught me a lot used to have a bucket set up that he peed in and left for the entire job. He called it dirty water and he used this when he wanted it to go off quicker.

Was you excited to watch the frame go up? We really enjoyed seeing it all come together after all the planning, dealing with all the bureaucracy ? and all things associated with getting planning permission. Hope you are enjoying it.

We had no option but use a crane as the telehandler could not get near enough because of the ground conditions. Then had to use a glass boy inside which made life really easy moving 300kg of glass against the spruce wood interior of the windows

Coffee?

You need to get that sorted. I went in for a small op to remove an osteophyte from my knee earlier this year. Just imagine a small meteor in your knee and you will not have to google it. Made a big difference to how my knee operates and building our house suddenly became a lot easier, from a knee point of view anyway!!

I take mine for arthritis after quite a few knee ops from just a clear out to a cartilage trim. Made a big difference for me and I also take Rosehip and between them has relieved all most of the arthritic pain.

I take glucosamine, MSM and cod liver oil daily and my knees are a lot better than they used to be. Been taking it for quite a few years now.

Not sure if this in the right place but has anyone had any dealings with awnings? We need an awning for the roof terrace so any advice much appreciated.

It is called pultruded angle and I got mine from All Propped Up in Rickmansworth.

That is exactly How I did mine and then sat my 12m run of Internorm windows on top of that angle. Quite a bit of work but the thermal bridge is minimal.

@Trw144 Thanks for the detail

Is this detail an reverse L shape that hides the roller mechanism with a shadow gap at the top?

That and a circular saw. When my son is using our chop saw I always say to him move your left hand away from the blade every time he uses it.

Nice looking property and in a lovely setting.

We are trying not to let things get to us, do not mention windows!! We recently lost two people aged 52 and 62 so it really brings it home about how short life is. We are trying to take one day at a time and enjoy the whole process but not sure what the body is doing in the background. My hair already gone so no physical changes that I can report. As others have said have your coffee mid morning and be realistic with your plans!!

I have aTata roof and this is on 18mm structural osb. DO NOT under estimate how much IMHO that you need a solid continuous support underneath the metal roof. When you are doing the ridge pieces and general finishing you will need to stand on the roof. Even a roof ladder will mark/dent your roof. I would contact Tata and talk to them. My roof make up is a warm roof with a 50mm ventilation layer and the nails have punctured the membrane but everything is fine. My/insp said we did not need a v/layer as he was not overly concerned about moisture due to us having mvhr and the level of airtightness but the timber frame manu built one in anyway.

We have Internorm sliding doors and they have a 45mm section at the bottom. 20mm of this is below the concrete floor leaving around 25mm for adhesive and tile giving a level threshold. We just laid some timber in whilst we poured the concrete and then removed this which gave us the edge from which to align the doors to.

Can't you knock one up out of the wood pallets you collect during the build process Ian? I have quite a few here if you are short!!

Yes we did the same as it was much cheaper

Not if it is like mine. No suspension and manual tipper but does the job

We had about a cube to get rid of and we just spread it very thinly on the drive. It is easier to break up afterwards if you need to move it than have to break up a large mound of the stuff

I would assess how much work you have to do with the larger size timber. I have a large mitre saw but I also used to have a cheapie £40 type one for cutting stud and general carcassing work. You could use a jigsaw/circular saw to cut the I-beams and just buy a smaller mitre saw if you do not need a larger cutting range.

But I bet the sense of achievement is a great feeling

My bosch one packed in last year after many years service and I purchased the new one and could not believe the improvement over the old one. You can select the torque on the new one and it will drive 4" stainless steel screws in for fun. Has loads more power than the old one

We did not pressurise our pipes before pouring concrete. Just thought that if there was a leak I would not be able to do anything about it anyway!!