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    40 years in IT, then made redundant, which has helped enormously in building. Helped with building renovations and extensions, but it was always a dream to build our own energy efficient house. Well, here we are having started (properly) in late 2020, and very proud of what we have achieved (so far!)
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  1. What is this talk of only using at weekends? Blasphemy! Probably just have a Willis heater and timer setup on a 12C setback temp, with a 15C working temp. Did I mention the proposed 4 post lift 🙂
  2. UFH loops in the slab already with 100mm PIR underneath 😀
  3. For clarity, currently the floor is the foundation slab, poured with C25 concrete. It was covered with plastic sheeting in the warm weather, and will need grinding and levelling (or the other way round) before I do anything. Tiles? I'm bound to drop a hammer or spanner when working in the car/s 😀 probably give this a miss. Which i think narrow MY choice to a 2 part (2k?) epoxy. So, any preferences on 2 part (non slip) epoxies?
  4. @Great_scot_selfbuild, curious about what the 110mm pipe coming through the wall is for?
  5. Which make? We used one as a temporary measure and parts of it are still tacky after 3 years
  6. Its getting close to the time for the garage to get its floor covering 😀 Epoxy resin. Product recommendations please. Can it be DIY'd?
  7. But then I wouldn't have had the headroom I wanted inside
  8. FYI - nearly ready for concrete pour
  9. JJI's are cheaper based on short research 16 x 86.06 = 1376.96 or
  10. It will 😀 and thanks
  11. A quick bit of research show the Glulam to be about £50-70 cheaper, but would as @Mr Punter says would be deeper. For clarity, this is an approximation of the proposed layout described above (ignore the uneven spacing of the 3m joists)
  12. The new garage being built with ICF walls has an internal floor dimensions of about 5m x 6m, with the single pitch (flattish) roof sloping from one 6m side to the other. My current plan is to put in a central 5.5m(ish) beam with joists at right angles (~3m each). Q. Glulam or steel for the central 5.5m beam?
  13. Just had a SigEnergy setup with a DC EV charger included - to start the charger you need an RFID tag to start it going (and/ or maybe the App; no EV yet so not not tested). Seems to be a good anti-charge theft device 😀
  14. Which is a reason I have considered converting my classic car to EV, but the cost id prohibitive. I wonder how many classic car owners will try to hoard fuel for the apocalypse 😀
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