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How will you load the dumper ? they are designed for moving soil/sand about, you need a forklift.
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Go and buy one, re sell after the job is finished. Ive got 177 sheets of plasterboard coming this week and due to all this materials shortage stuff that’s going on it’s coming in 3 separate deliveries. ??♂️
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Nope, no chance you won’t budge it, if it hasn’t got an engine forget it, your not pulling it nowhere. If you are building a whole whole house you need to address this issue now as this will be one of 50-60-70 deliveries, so you need a method.
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I’ve got loads as well??
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painting woodwork - without leaving brush marks
Russell griffiths replied to TryC's topic in Decorating
Everything needs to stick to whatever you have, so every surface needs sanding and then cleaning to remove dust and any oil from your fingers or other contaminants. Prime all bear wood, undercoat, sand , undercoat, sand,undercoat, sand. Get the picture. -
painting woodwork - without leaving brush marks
Russell griffiths replied to TryC's topic in Decorating
You won’t get a finished product with undercoat, you will need to use a primer on the bare wood, then a coat of undercoat, then a very light sand down to get the details right, then another undercoat, then another sand and then two top coats. There is no short cuts to a good finish, no miracle one coat paint, it’s just lots of work and detailing. -
Things to think about. Will the hedge survive ? Probably is there an alternative position for trench ? is the trench position this close a good idea ? No not really.
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It all depends on the design, you can build a roof with no purlins, no problem, but having a roof designed with purlins and then not putting them in. Well that’s an altogether different situation.
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Timber frame in flood zone- ideas?
Russell griffiths replied to DragsterDriver's topic in Timber Frame
Is that like a funny monkey but spelt differently -
Timber frame in flood zone- ideas?
Russell griffiths replied to DragsterDriver's topic in Timber Frame
1m isn’t really that high, the time you put down a couple of course of blocks then block n beam floor then 200mm of insulation and 80mm screed your up there. Alternatively I would have a row of Gabon baskets around the house site and back fill with 600mm of stone then an insulated raft. i did mine on block n beam floor, but wish I had done the raft idea. -
Why only double glazed??
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Plastering before windows are in?
Russell griffiths replied to daunker's topic in Plastering & Rendering
I agree with your plasterer. -
Underground Drainage Design advice.
Russell griffiths replied to Steve247's topic in Waste & Sewerage
I’m no expert on this but it’s not how I would want it, how would you clear a blockage from the main runs to the wc wc on main run with branches for other items. -
Phase 1 Land Contamination desktop survey
Russell griffiths replied to Harveys dad's topic in Planning Permission
Phase one desktop £350-£450. -
I don’t think there is a way around this, you need to rip a 4foot square of ceiling down and have a look and draw exactly what you have ended up with. I personally think you have a cock up and a ticking time bomb. Inadequate insulation. Poor ventilation. No vapour barrier. Equals cold roof with condensation, equals roof timbers rotting and early failure. If this is not your fault, then why worry get the ceiling pulled out Monday and start the remedial work. Your builder cannot substitute pir for a glass batt without major re design.
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Evening. Just been quoted £12.99 per sheet for 2400x1200 x15mm acoustic board. And £7.35 per sheet for standard 2400x1200 x12.5mm. Anybody got any better prices.
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I have 200mm of fluffy crap, but I also have 75mm of pir under the rafters all glued and taped. On a 30degree day the inside face of the pir is cold so no heat getting in. You cannot change pir for rockwool type stuff and expect expect the same result. I would expect that to be a very poor roof build up, it will be cold in winter and hot in summer. I would also think it is very very close to not passing building regs. Sorry, needs re doing.
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any smart ideas on simplest way to insulate my roof
Russell griffiths replied to Big Jimbo's topic in Heat Insulation
I have 200mm of batts between rafters and 75 mm pir underneath all joined together with squirty foam and joins taped to form my air tight layer, foamed to walls and taped between walls and pir. Not as as good as some with u value, but airtight no gaps in insulation detailing absolutely spot on as I did it. So some may have a better u value but badly executed by the builder. -
General order of works
Russell griffiths replied to djcdan's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
£18 per m traditional screed with fibres. The lads that did mine travelled for 1-1/2 hours to get to me, they said they do it every day. -
Roof and inlets/outlets
Russell griffiths replied to eandg's topic in Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR)
Bear in mind your duct will be 92mm in diameter, unless you use the eye wateringly expensive oval stuff. -
General order of works
Russell griffiths replied to djcdan's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
You need the roof on as soon as the frame is up to load the structure, you will probably stick 3-4 tonne of materials on that roof. Then the rest as peter said. How can the plumbers and electricians come in without studwork up, where are they going to run pipes,cables. What are you fixing sockets to, you cannot hang them in thin air. Roof on. Insulation ufh screed studwork mvhr plumber- electrician same time. Mvhr before other services always as its bigger duct and needs the most space. -
Roof and inlets/outlets
Russell griffiths replied to eandg's topic in Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR)
Your fresh air in and stale air out will be via the plant room, not from the rooms that are being vented. Thats if I’m reading your post correctly, all rooms go back to a central location and then out doors from there. I think im reading it correctly as I just re read your original question where you say inlets and outlets, you only have one inlet and one outlet, not one per room. -
Yes it could sit there for years.
