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  1. Declan52
    Are you putting kerbs in to stop the sides bursting out??? I am in the same boat. Concrete I can divide the drive up into bays approx 5m*5m and do it myself. It will need cleaned more as when it goes green it will be more noticeable. Tarmac is obviously more expensive and being black hides the dirt better. I have done footpaths before but I think a driveway would be a step too far.
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    The way my roof was constructed to leave it open at the front meant I had a triple truss in the way of the extract vent above the cooker so I had to put in a false ceiling to give me enough room to get the duct under the truss and out. It is just an 8*4 sheet of 18mm MDF with a frame made up of studding. The frame is screwed twice to each truss that it crosses so there are alot of fixings holding it up. The spark left a plug socket to which I have the power supply for the strip lights plugged into so when I turn the downlights on the strips turn on. This is the only pic I have in my phone.
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    I have a rgb strip around a ceiling plinth that is over kitchen island. It is wired into six downlights that are also on the plinth. I have two light switches for the kitchen, one for the main lights and one for the lights on the plinth and the lights in the kitchen cabinets. No reason you couldn't do similar and have one switch to turn them on/off or two switches so you can have split the strips up and pair them with whatever other lights you intend to have. The rgb lights have a remote sitting in the cupboard and like you I planned to change the colour every week but it's been on blue for over a year now!!!
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    Weber have a shop/warehouse in the industrial estate on the left as you go into ballyclare. Could call in and see if they will give you some addresses of builds that used their system.
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    Sliders blog on Ebuild shows a similar finish with all the details of where he got it and Plenty of photos. Not sure if he had it on here or not.
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    Not that long of a span either so haven't a clue what is for.
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    Beam is sitting approx 300mm lower than the truss so it's not for support.
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    Impossible to give you a price for that type of job without knowing lots more details. Can you get a digger to dig it out and what size is the way in?? How much is concrete per cubic m3??? How do you intend to get the concrete from the lorry to the founds, wheelbarrow or pump or can it get poured straight in??? What about the spoil getting removed, what are you doing with this?? 2m of digging will leave a very big pile that needs to go somewhere. What happens if you need to go to 2.5m/3m have you enough contingency money to cover this What about services running across the area?? Water, electric, sewer or rainwater. Do you have any friends or family that could help out to save on labour???
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    We had glass doors in my last house between the living room and the kitchen ( needed to get light from a window into that part the kitchen as was dark)and then the kids came along. Having to clean the glass every five mins of finger marks and slabbers soon wore very thin. They got replaced in no time. So put them in but I guarantee you the first kid that visits will have you pulling your hair out in 5 mins.
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    Always left 910mm for a standard door, 826mm or 33inch. All my door linings where 38mm wide so a 910 opening gives you 10mm of a gap to be able to plumb the frame.
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    Could you use an architect to do the full drawings for BC showing the extra insulation on the inside and outside so the timber frame company only build what would be a standard frame as normal. Don't see why you can't use the likes of the wood fibre boards Dave has used for the outside and then fully fill the frame with a high spec insulation and then put another 50/80/100mm pir board on the inside.
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    I also used the gerband materials for my build. The green tape you joint the membrane with is unreal, so sticky. Wife waxed a strip of my leg being the funny lovely woman she is.
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    By going wider it will help your u values slightly. You will also get deeper reveals at your windows if you like that look. As far as chasing conduits out 100mm walls are fine.
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    Time wise I can't see the benefit of using them lifting tools. Much quicker just to lift using the techniques on the video above. After you get the hang of it you would surprised how fast can do it. I see the benefit when using fermacell or similar heavy boards. You can get half sheets of the weight is an issue but then it's more joins.
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    The hole that the screw in the lath leaves you put your plasterboard screw in. You just use a narrower and shorter screw in the lath. I agree kwikstage is very easy to make into whatever kind of size and shape of platform you need.
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    When you say load bearing what do you mean?? For a roof 100mm blockwork is fine but if it's concrete slab first floor then it's better to go for 150mm or even 215mm.
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    A piece of lath about 400mm long and one screw in the middle to let it spin round to catch the edge of the board.
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    Easiest method I have found using two dead men, T pieces of wood in video. Instead of stepping up all the time I used 4 mini trestles and built a platform out of scaffolding planks so my arms didn't need to stretch up. For my vaulted roof a Batten at the bottom to rest the first board on Then two screws held the board in place when you flipped it up. Then as you move up keep moving the batten up to hold the bottom of each board. It's one of them jobs the more hands and strong backs you can get to help you the better it is.
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    If you have a super fast internet and the highest speed home network going then who is your kid going to blame when some 9 year old Mexican beats him 5-0 on FIFA.
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    http://www.hughesprecast.co.uk/Building/Flue-Gathering Always used something like this to start. Gets built in and the liner then sits in the groove. Gets back filled with a vermiculite mix as you build it up.
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    I put a few of the floating shelves up in my sister's from IKEA and to be honest they seen pretty sturdy and I was impressed. Two long steel rods and plenty of fixing holes. Then she got different ones from Argos. These basically hang on a screw head on a tin plate similar to what you would find on a picture frame . They need cleaned twice a day to stop dust building up and pulling them of the wall, pure and utter crap.
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    Go at least 1m out and you will have a great base already there to put a path round the house.
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    My switch just has the one input. Have never noticed any issues with it so far and I am always watching TV on catch-up or kodi and my boys Xbox is never off. Maybe in a few years time when our broadband speeds increase and 4k or whatever is next comes along then it might need reworking but it will be fine for the next 5 years. Hopefully when that time comes I will have at least 2 of my leeches/kids moved out so should be fine for whatever i need to do.
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    I have the 16 port version of the above switch. One cat 5 cable from my router to it in the attic and then have 2 cables going to each room from the switch. All the smart TVs, Xboxs, kodi boxes all use the cat 5 connection and it makes a hell of a difference. The only thing that uses WiFi is any phones or the kids tablets.
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    Think it won't matter what she thinks come Monday with the wolves circling.
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