Big Jimbo

I would love to, but i can only just post on here. At school we didn't have a single computer, and (my own fault) i just never got into them when they came out. Wish i had now, but i have always prefered actual tools, and hand stuff.

Took the top inch of my index finger off with a Stanley knife. Dr Angel (I kid you not) sewed it back on. I have feeling in it, but it is bent, and it feels like somebody else's finger. Shot myself in the leg with a nail gun. 24 hours in hospital gettting it dug out, as it had gone into the bone. The funny part was that it was Saturday night, and when i was wheeled into the hospital, i got a lot of looks because the ambulance guy shouted "Got one here, shot in the leg", as he wheeled me in. Stanley Knife again while plasterboarding. Slid it down my hand and needed 22 stitches. Old bit of plastic stuck in my eye when doing a bit of demo with no goggles on. It sounds like a lot, buy i have been renovating each house i have owned for 30 years. Forgot , i had a saw blade tooth come off a table saw i was using, with no guard, that went deep into my shoulder. no goggles on then either, so i consider myself Lucky Jim.

I've been told no, but i'm no expert. Sorry. The piggies however, will want internet and t.v.

Garlic would grow in those little pods Ferdinand.

Yeah thanks Ferd. I've got a daughter about 20mins drive away, and fortunately we will always be welcome there. I want to remain on site, so i can work longer, and to try and prevent any thefts etc.

The shower and toilet is so that when the house is finished it can be used, as either a gym, of an office. Teenage kids hang out space etc. The kicthen bit will be easily removed when no longer required. Did'nt fancy a static because they are so cold. I had no idea that my insulating standards were so good.

There will be a period of time when me and the Mrs will have to camp out in "My Posh Shed" The house during extension will be uninhabitable. I have no idea if this will be during the Summer, Or the Winter. You know how these things can drag on.... The shed has a floor area of 21.78sq meters. A volume of 47.91 cubic Meters. It has 4 windows, and a set of glazed french doors which will all be UPVC double glazed totalling 10sq meters. Two of the windows will face west, and the other Two windows and french doors will face North. The floor is suspended timber at 600mm centres with 100mm Pir inbetween. The walls are timber at 600mm centres with 100mm PIR inbetween. The roof is timber at 600mm centres with 100mm PIR inbetween, and 50mm PIR over the joists. I am hoping that i will be able to heat this space when i am living in it with something like a simple wall mounted panel Heater, with perhaps a timer. Am i dreaming ? I just don't want to be freezing. Secondly, i will be fitting, a toilet, an electric shower, and a tiny hand basin in an stud walled off area of about 2.4 x .8 meters. Do you think i would need some sort of heat sorce in this area (The door will be left open to this area when not in use) In the main area i will have an electric combi oven, microwave. a 2 ring induction hob, and a smallish washing up sink. I thought i would supply the hot water for the bathroom and washing up sink from a small undercounter instantanious water heater. Now, i was thinking of putting something like the Vent axia HVMR in the main area, so as to avoid the build up of carbon monoxide when i am asleep. I am hoping that this would take care of any cooking smells, steam etc from the bathroom. Do you think this would do the job ? I could fit a separate extractor in the bathroom area, and another above the hob, but i hate extracting my nice heated air out of my building. You will guess by now that i hate being cold. Do you think these should be fitted ? Any of your thoughts would be gratefully received.

Chaz, 30sq meters is what you can build without having to get involved with Building Regs. Any electric that you supply to it , or sewage for a toilet etc should be signed off.

Well i promise it's not the PIR that has just gone into my posh shed.. That must have taken some serious transportation. Scum. I had a mate years ago who dis 6 years for torturing a thief that he caught in his house. Even if your thieving scum are caught, they will either get off, or just get a slap on the wrist. It's not the fact that you will be £6k out of pocket, you will now have to organise a new delivery, and deal with the delay to work. Might be worth trying to check the delivery companies registrations. There was an expensive wood flooring company a few years ago, who where delivering, and coming back that night, and stealing it back off the site.

What annoys me is that the cost of say 100mm pir against 50mm. The 100mm should be twice the cost of 50mm, but it never is. I have used Two lots of 100mm in the past. Not because it was needed, but because i resented being asked to pay 3/4 of the price of 100mm for 50mm.

8 x 1mt bend straps burried down into the concrete. Plenty of straps on roof to walls. I am quite exposed here. Don't want to loose it like the One in Slough recently.

Insulation all done.,and a quick pick of the outside. 900mm overhang to the roof so I won't get soaked when I'm opening the doors.

One in the wall to look down on the ground floor hall?

Where is your drain fella ?. In that back wall you need a glazed panel, so you can see downstairs from the shower. Seriously. Could you use one of your walk on glazing panels.

+1 to the above. Do not take anything down untill you have written agreement from the planning tossers.

Roof is on now. Flat with a fall to the rear. Covered in rubber waiting to be glued down. Yes, i'm going to put in new drainage for the w.c.

Straight Six. 4.2l Daimler made 1600 of them, and about 500+ went sent to South Africa. Mine is a very early one. 72nd one built. I think it may be the oldest surviving one. I have yet to find one earlier. shed, despite the weather is coming on. Garage next for the car.

The ground can deffo hold bloody water, that's for sure. Nope on the car. The double garage will be coming next. At the moment under a cover out the front? The shed is about 25sq mt

Sorry, I'm totally pants with computers. First pic is my shed base. 12 concrete and block piers, dpm, and 6x2 base frame with 100mm pir insulation between joists. Second pic is 4x2 walls. These have been covered on the outside with 11mm sterling board. The roof is 8x2, Its got 25mm pir over rafters, and 100mm pir inbetween. I was going to use fluffly stuff in the walls, but went with 100mm pir in the end. Next is my mug that my daughter recently got me. finally is my old car which i posted by accident. Sorry. At the moment the roof has got firestone rubber laid over, and weighted down. I'll stick it when the bloody rain allows. Pleased so far