Big Jimbo

Thats the drawing that needs to be filed in the bin...Pronto

Builders have done a great job working with Zoot the hoots fag packet drawing. They have given him the ceiling height he wanted in the upstairs room, and a reasonable working height in the workshop underneath. to give him these heights they had to dig deeper into the ground. Basically they have taken his crap drawing, and made it work. They have done him a favour, as they could have chucked it back at him, and told him to get some proper drawings done. I think the builder deserves a cup of tea, and a doughnut. A jammy one, not one of those cheap ones with a hole in the middle.

Bang....Spot on. Case closed.

If his measurements are right ???? you are right Jamie. About a handwidth at most, and square on the other side. Door opening in to his existing room and a couple of steps down (within the 450mm wall space) down to the floor of the new room.

Zoot, you are now chums with the builder since your meeting. he will sort you out on Monday fella. I give up, I've got better things to do.

Answer the question fella.

Answer the question above Zoot........ inside or outside...... Last chance before i give up on you

I'm quite enjoying the banter. Come on Zoot get your tape out again.

Have you measured from the inside of one wall to the inside of the other wall ? Or the outside of one wall to the outside of the other wall ?

I'll tell you something now fella. You are 100% wrong. Everybody is getting tired of explaining this to you........... Your extension is fine. Your builder knows what he is doing. You seem to be just trying to find problems for the sake of it. Get your builder to chuck one up there on Monday, and you will see what we all mean.

You are just posh.... Toothpicks.

Personally, i'm gutted that David James has gone out, because it means i see less of the Russian Blond.

You are now making me miss the fit Russian Blond. A raised tie will give you a raised ceiling. You are going to walk out through the door from your existing first floor, and you are going to have a wall to your right which will rise from the floor you are standing on. at the top of that wall, you are going to have a slope rising towards you untill it meets the ceiling above your head. On the other side you will have the same, but the slope will be shorter, because your wall on that side is taller. The ceiling above your head, will be level from one side to the other. Stop trying to find problems where they arn't any. Relax, and enjoy the blond.

You can now relax, and ogle the Blond Russian fit one on Strictly that was dancing with David James, and crack a beer. Enjoy

Your roof trusses look fine. They look like they will give you something close to your drawing. A longer slope on the left from the top of your wall to the ceiling, and a shorter one on the right. Your riased tie will give you the increased ceiling height you require. Happy days

I wonder is that a regional thing ? I only ask because i have only ever known a truss like that as a "raised Tie"

I would call those raised tie trusses. They have been designed as raised tie in order to give you extra headroom in the room above what a standard truss would give you. If you nip up there and measure from the waterproof (for 65 days) flooring to the top of the wood walls they have put up, i can give you an idea of how high the ceiling will be in that room and put your mind at rest,

Well done Zoot. Talking is always good, and now you have got clarification of the things you needed to know. You builder sounds like a top fella, and if he tells you to door through will be fine, then i can see no reason not to believe him. Why don't you go and make him a cup of tea. You can now relax. It would seem you are in safe (welsh) hands. You could have saved yourself so much anguish, if you had had that conversation with him much earlier. Remember, for the future. If you have a question, Just ask. Post up some pics when it is finished, so we can all admire.

Thanks Russell. Yeah i quite fancy having a go at the ringbeam.

My above comment may well be out of order. I have no idea how Christine choses to gender identify. She might have already been a 6ft 6inch big geezer called Bob, who just choses to identify as Christine ?

Exactly Christine. You had to man up, and that was even harder for you because you were not a man to start with.

This thread is a joke. I'll do my best to help anybody, but Zoot is on another level. No advice taken, and round and round in circles. The answer is simple, but he just won't do it. Anybody other than the big boss who comes to site is told to go away. Phone call to big boss to say you want to have an on-site meeting with him. Meeting with big boss. Simple questions written down that you want answers too. What will be the difference between my existing finish floor level and the finish floor level on the ground floor of my extension ? What will the height be between my extension finish floor, and the ceiling above ? What will be the height of the first floor space from finished floor to ceiling. I am having a door cut in, (already there) at first floor level. Will this door be full height ? It's not hard or unreasonable to seek answers to the above questions directly from the person who you are either paying or going to be paying. You won't do it..........instead you will carry on writing pages, and pages, and pages. I bet you a fiver, I'm right. You have been man enough to do a drawing, commission a builder. SO HAVE THE MEETING.

The deep foundations do look a pain. I'm not sure about a reinforced raft. I have a look on the interweb and see if one might be suitable.

So, and correct me if i'm wrong, the finish floor level of the extension is lower than your existing house finish floor level ? By how much ? What is the ceiling height from the floor of your existing house ? What is the ceiling height anticipated by you in the new extension ? How are you going to access the new extension from your existing house ? A door with steps down ? Do you have enough height for a full height door ? To get from your existing house into the extention Answer the above, and i will see if i can help further.

Good job. You got it sorted, that's all that matters. So many things that we buy these days are utter rubbish, although i dont think it's a new thing. My brother in law used to work for Ford developement. In the late seventies a manufacturer came in with an alternator. Said they could do them for say, a tenner each. They were asked how long it would last, and were told minimum 15 years. They were told to go away and re-engineer it. Make it last 6 years, and make it a Fiver.