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Everything posted by Russell griffiths
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My ten cents worth the inspection chambers on the two 90 degree turns, fit 45degrees bends to the chamber you then in effect turn the chamber into a slow radius bend instead of a sharp 90.
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Put the bends as close to the chamber as possible not under the slab.
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Vat Claim for services & surveys
Russell griffiths replied to Mol2's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Basically think of it like this, if it’s fixed to the house or is a part of the house, bricks tiles timber nails screws you can claim it, if it enables the house to be built you can’t claim it, professional services, scaffolding, skips, digger hire. -
Architects have messed up. Next steps?
Russell griffiths replied to flanagaj's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Our boundary which is a kilometre long is out by over 3 m give or take a bit, the fat red line on the land registry plan is rough at best. -
Aluminium Gutters / Soffits - Who to use?
Russell griffiths replied to boxrick's topic in Roofing, Tiling & Slating
Green coat plx raised seam from metal Soloutions in Bolton. -
Sewage Treatment Plant self install
Russell griffiths replied to MortarThePoint's topic in Waste & Sewerage
like the other photo in this post it’s all down to how high your water table is. having to hire box shuttering to install your tank can seriously damage your wallet. -
Sewage Treatment Plant self install
Russell griffiths replied to MortarThePoint's topic in Waste & Sewerage
We all seam to answer with our opinions, but it’s never really answering the original question Dave said he did his in a couple of days, but his hole is tiny, the hole you are suggesting is huge and will have approx 30 cubic m of clay coming out of it. dave said he mixed his concrete himself, again no problem but his hole is again tiny, yours is huge, your not hand mixing 10 cubic meters. you can use a wet mix if your hole is dry, if you have water in the hole you need a dry mix. I think this job is very different depending on ground conditions and tank used. @flanagaj has just done his maybe he could put up some more up to date and in context pictures. -
Sewage Treatment Plant self install
Russell griffiths replied to MortarThePoint's topic in Waste & Sewerage
Digger hire far too low operator for a day, you won’t get that work done in a day spoil from the hole, where’s that going spoil, how are you moving it to where it’s going. digger and operator for second day to position gravel and lift in tank. concrete backfill should be a semi dry mix a wet mix can float the tank out. you can’t pump a dry mix. it’s a 3 day job, why do you want to fill the tank a bit at a time, position it in the hole and fill it up. you are underestimating this job massively. -
Silicone Render Acceptable Skim Quality
Russell griffiths replied to ricardo100671's topic in Plastering & Rendering
IMHO that’s not good enough. -
Vestibule Frame vs Part Q
Russell griffiths replied to MortarThePoint's topic in Doors & Door Frames
I’m not sure what bit your trying to comply with. for me I would think to manufacture that yourself and have it all comply I would use. laminated external glass, toughened internal. door lock that has high and low level shoot bolt or hook bolt. on the hinge side anti lift hinges or anti lift pins. must obviously comply with u value for the glazed element. -
What size rafters?
Russell griffiths replied to Margaret dailey's topic in Roofing, Tiling & Slating
As said above, you won’t be using tiles or slates. at that pitch you will need a metal sheet of some description or rubber or felt, all of these will actually help as the weight load will be less than tiles, you still need to calculate in snow load on such a flat roof. -
Steel pipe retaining wall
Russell griffiths replied to flanagaj's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
On a previous post we found some nice cor ten retaining walls you no likey -
Steel goal post clearance to top of rafters
Russell griffiths replied to nghakrmyk's topic in Heat Insulation
I would get two cans of illbruck fm330, squirt it in to every little gap and fill it proud of the rafters, then when it’s gone of cut it flush. -
Gravity fed or pumped chamber to drainage field?
Russell griffiths replied to flanagaj's topic in Waste & Sewerage
Depends what distance this pipe is traveling across the house if the bathroom is on an outside wall you can lift the pipe up in the layers, it doesn’t have to be under the type 1. if the bathroom is in the middle of the house you need to consider the structure of the floor above the pipe. lift the house higher -
Valuation plucked out of thin air
Russell griffiths replied to flanagaj's topic in Self Build Mortgages
To knock down a burnt out shell of your house, then get the foundations inspected then re build your house to the spec it was using a principal contractor to do the whole thing will be £700,000 all day long. just because your going to build it cheaper using your head and a bit of carful planning doesn’t mean the insurance company can do it like that. if you suffer a total loss you don’t want to be under insured. have you had a quote to build the whole thing with zero involvement from you, it bet it will be £600,000. -
Gravity fed or pumped chamber to drainage field?
Russell griffiths replied to flanagaj's topic in Waste & Sewerage
You want your first ic as high in the ground as possible, if your bathrooms are on an outside wall this is easier, if a bathroom is in the centre of the house it will get deeper as you cross the house. -
How to protect cladding
Russell griffiths replied to Spinny's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Lengths of cls, spiked into the ground and screwed to the facia then board it in 9mm osb. -
Aluminium Gutters / Soffits - Who to use?
Russell griffiths replied to boxrick's topic in Roofing, Tiling & Slating
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Aluminium Gutters / Soffits - Who to use?
Russell griffiths replied to boxrick's topic in Roofing, Tiling & Slating
I used guttercrest, the quality was spot on i also liked that they delivered it in their own van so no courier problems. -
Pre-cast concrete staircase
Russell griffiths replied to flanagaj's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
That picture is only showing half the story, the flex in those hollow steel sections will be immense. that staircase will have a glass balustrade to take the flex out at the far end. im obviously not a structural engineer, but just look at that picture, there is not a hope in hell of those steel outriggers holding a man’s weight if he was to stand on a single tread at the furthest point from the wall. be carful of pictures taken halfway through a job.
