Great_scot_selfbuild

What is the maximum length of lead flashing in a single length I should use? I have some long windows and have read about allowing for expansion/contraction of lead, but want to hear from experience in this group as to what you would do? window lengths: 1900mm 2500mm 4700mm TIA

Hadn’t thought about that - good point.

Anyone watching the GD episode tonight on the wood house? how on earth is the fire protection achieved on an all-wood lined building (all CLT) - 3 story too (protected stairwell?)

@BotusBuild this is the inspiration I need. Looks amazing! How did you set out the alignment? And tips for do’s/dont’s?

@Super_Paulie What’s SPC?

We’ve gone for herringbone, which I may live to regret when we eventually get to the install stage!

@Super_Paulie that looks amazing. Excellent job! Did you have any of it flush with an edge that wasn’t under skirting? My areas of challenge are going to be the mat well at the front door and along a large sliding window which we really want a flush finish. Some have suggested gluing that section down and allowing the other areas under skirting to maintain the expansion gap, but I’m not so sure. It’s a bit of a conundrum for me atm.

I’ve not found any examples / threads / blogs talking about installation of floating LVT click flooring (i.e. not glueing down). Has anyone got any advice or tips on doing this yourself?

It’s only for the walls (just realised I only said ‘cladding’ in the first post).

Interesting - mine came in at £6103 (CVC) for not far off a similar size.

I’m doing that, but also asking here to find out what others have experienced first hand.

@gaz_moose thanks!

I’ve got a lot of steel to paint another layer of bitumen onto. I’m not fussed about being neat and tidy. Has anyone used a paint sprayer with particularly thick paint like this?: https://www.wickes.co.uk/IKOpro-Black-Bitumen-Paint---22-5L/p/282332

Yes - seen this, plus various cabinet builds (in the UK) on Instagram, but none mention fire stops, and from what I can judge by some, they are well over 30sqm but don’t appear to be bothering with any of the detail that we are.

Monarch is one we’ve heard of, but also intrigued as to why it’s so much cheaper than others - Got us wondering what’s the difference etc…