G and J

My bedtime is 21:45 nowadays so no danger there from my point of view.

“Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.” You too huh? Depressing, isn’t it.

Well as you asked so nicely @Alan Ambrose how about the 11th.....can't do this week as screed going down. Would still need torches if want a site visit as minimal lighting available!

Thank for all this guys. It’s a long run (over 40m) so the Doncaster cable option works out rather more expensive so I’ll go separate. Neat idea for my EV point at the front which is a very short run. I've ducting going in that can take the Ethernet cable anyway, and I like the idea of keeping it away from the mains cable. I’ve found a source of single phase coloured cable - however my sparky is back earlier than expected and tells me to use 3phase coloured cable to save money. I’ll do what I’m told for once.

Thank you Andy. That’s helped enormously.

At the bottom of my garden there is a man cave and playing with the online voltage drop calculators it seems I would be ok with 6mm but I may go for 10mm to be sure. What I can’t work out is if I need a two or three core cable. I’m finding it confusing as they don’t seem to have insulation colours that I would expect. What do I need?

Are you talking sh*t? (Sorry, couldn’t resist that!)

I know it sounds daft but divining does work. Back it up by digging where the rods tell you. I was shocked by how accurate it is.

But try not to scare them too much Alan. lol

I put such a small panel on normal kitchen door hinges so I could it pop open when the need arose. Velcro or magnets would do the job too.

Would seem a nice idea.....

Ermmm, No. Far from it. The term glacial springs to mind.

I think almost every Thursday works equally well (or badly) for the next few months. Apart from the 4th Thursday next month I guess. We will always be stressing about getting the next bit done and it’ll be pitch dark. Oh and Thursdays are always quiz night in our local. So, next Thursday looks as good as any.

So all in all nearly a good idea. If you swap your car for a Citroen Ami then you can have inward opening doors. Simples. 😉

Ummmm, I hesitate to ask but what’s wrong with side hung doors?

I’m guessing no one is coming. I’d better go home then. I think I’ve had enough Guinness. Hic. Lonely in a pub on your own for hours on end. Sniff.

I'm sorry but this comment feels off. You (and we) are getting huge amounts of input from this forum. It's by asking questions and getting others inputs that we learn......the answer may not always be what we were expecting but that doesn't mean it's wrong. So rightly or wrongly I am offended for @Nickfromwales And as to the question at hand good luck with your project. From our perspective there is no way that we'd let anyone near site (knowingly) that didn't know what bits to bring. Maybe because I haven't had my second coffee yet, but right now, not feeling like I'll bother to share any experience (as hands on self builders, mid project) with you right now.

I can do tonight or next Thursday, either way 19:00 at The Cherry Tree and bring your bestest bright torch. So let’s set a decision point of 12:00 today. So step forward, who wants to attend this evening?

You may want to rethink that a bit for your project.....yes you can get good prices online, but you can't always get things as quickly as you need them, or if something crops up or understand all the alternative, which takes time if your hands on with the project "doing". We've established relationships locally (we would like money to stay in local area if we can) been straight and told them that, but also that we are looking for a "sensible" cost, and made no bones about that fact that we do check prices online. So far, its worked for us, and when there has been a need for a quick response they've come up trumps. Also set up accounts, if nothing else it helps cashflow.

OK, I’ve waited for others to step forward long enough. How about a visit to ours in Woodbridge. The Cherry Tree pub has quiz night on a Thursday but last time we were there it didn’t get in the way. We aren’t quite watertight and we are still rather drafty but hey, it’s a part done build. Torches recommended.

Unless it has certificated fire treatment and is backed by cement board

The design from our timber frame supplier required hangers onto timber bolted onto the webs. I did think that notching might be cheaper but it would need noggings to prevent joist movement. But I decided it was much more sensible just to do as per the design. Gets boring nailing in all those twist nails though, and gives you sore fingers.

Escaping the build site….. to sit and talk building with other self builders? Methinks you’d be better off joining a cricket club, if only you had one nearby. 😉 As for Thursday I do like visiting other ‘dubbers building sites. Are there really none available?

Good that you're on the mend....I'm sure all continued to go smoothly because of the pre planning of the project manager 😉 alternatively Mrs P is another (cue Arthur Christmas film reference) Mrs Christmas!

We owned a hedge, we planted it, and the land to the outer side. We then put a dog proof fence on the inside.