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  1. Mr Punter
    I am sure they will be fine. Looks like a large building. How big is the footprint?
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    After the rain

    Mr Punter commented on vivienz's blog entry in Blackmore House

    Our concrete guy has a party trick when it has rained on a finished slab he puts a 20p piece in the deepest looking puddle and the water doesn't cover it. I sure surface tension plays a part but still quite impressive.
  3. Mr Punter
    Agreed as we once had an issue with a staircase opening built to drawing and the architect offered immediately to find suitable solution at their own expense.
  4. Mr Punter
    The boys are not fans of PPE I notice.
  5. Mr Punter
    In the past we bought a site with outline consent for 3 houses with plans just showing a rectangle where each house is proposed on the site and where the access was. The final size, layout, height, elevations, materials etc were done later by our architect in a Reserved Matters application.
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    The only downside of gluing with D4 is if you ever need to replace a section of floor - perhaps it got wet and started to rot over time - and you have web style joists, you risk damaging the joist(s) so that it may no longer be structurally OK. Also if you get any on your hands it turns them black and takes a couple of days to come off.
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    Why is the flashing dependant on the block paving? I thought you found that the block paving is what introduced the leak... I think you need to look at having a completely waterproof contiguous external skin - all upstands, glazing and flashings in place, thoroughly tested, then do the paving.
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    We only put the air bricks first on a project with Beamshield special insulation blocks that wrapped underneath the floor beams and I understood that external brickwork would get in the way. We put lintels over the vent gaps on the inner leaf.
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    I would not be keen in taking the cedar cladding so close to the ground. I think it would be worth getting this priced in timber frame as it lends itself well to the type of proposed cladding. You could still use the portal frame to support your roof which could be done in large cassettes.
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    You can leave a space of 325mm for the vents on the inner leaf rather than building them in tight, so they can be moved side to side to fit the brickwork.
  11. Mr Punter
    Can you leave a wider gap on the inner leaf so you have a bit of room for adjustment?
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    Was the window designed for flush installation? If so, I can't see why the paving would make any difference. Is this just on one window? I assume they need to be flush so you can park on them. I would want the frame / upstand / glazing to be completely waterproof, so I could aim a jetwash at it from any angle without any water getting in, then do the paving when you are happy.
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    If you have got loads to do, you could hire a masonry saw. We used one to cut brick halves and a pack of bricks was quick to cut neatly. We shaved a bit off some blocks too to get the walls to the right height. Better for your back as there is less bending.
  14. Mr Punter
    Have a look at https://www.jamesjones.co.uk/interactive-span-table and go for a joist size / spacing where the deflection is less than 8.00.
  15. Mr Punter
    Most floors are designed to have a maximum 12mm or 0.003 x span (whichever is least) deflection limit. If you specify that you require maximum 8mm or 0.002 x span (whichever is least) deflection there will be no issues with bouncy floors and the cost difference is fairly small.
  16. Mr Punter
    For they type of window you have you will be able to render up to the frame externally and plaster internally. You could also run a bead of sealant round. I cannot see the need for Compriband.
  17. Mr Punter
    I have used Compriband as an external seal between the frame and the finished external fabric. It is fine with brick and stone but if you are going to render, the render needs to be applied into the reveal before the window is installed. It does not look as if you have enough room for render and Compriband.
  18. Mr Punter
    We used full height glazing to the stairs in this open plan room and another stair / landing which works OK. Like @Russell griffiths said, safety glass and this was also laminated for fall protection.
  19. Mr Punter
    Are you going to reinstate the conservatory? I rather like the stained glass panels and hope they can be retained / re-used.
  20. Mr Punter
    Never seen these before. Does it do 160mm as well as 110mm?
  21. Mr Punter
    Either size will be available. You may be best looking at doors designed to serve as front doors to flats. I have used Ahmarra in the past and found them to be good.
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  23. Mr Punter
    I used to work in IT software development. The best projects for me were those that got canned as there were no users to criticise what I had done!
  24. Mr Punter
    The last job worked out about £37 per metre floor area but they were not great. Excluded cranes, scaffold etc.
  25. Mr Punter
    @laurenco if you do go down the crush-on-site concrete route I would be really interested in how it works out in terms of time, costs, dust and noise etc as I have been put off in the past. The build we have just done is town centre and it would not have been possible but I would consider it in the future.
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