Russell griffiths

If this is a workshop he will probably want the fire board wouldn’t he.

The last ic in the pics why are you entering on a side branch and not on the main run is there another pipe on the main run I cannot see if you are trying to turn 90degrees you would normally rotate the ic so you stick to the main run using two 45 to make back to 90 but you know this, so there must be more to that pic.

Day aggregates

Have you looked at crushed limestone, a few quarries around by you do limestone again you need to check with structural engineer.

Did you ask for mot type 1 or crushed concrete type1 i would get a price and spec for everything available from anywhere, then contact the structural engineer and ask what is and what isn’t appropriate.

Robins quarry

That would happen whether it be double brick or single they change course as they go around the corner.

As long as you are using corner blocks and don’t keep moving the line back and forth.

My mate in oz has one of the best workshop/ houses I’ve ever seen, we are both into old American cars hotrods 1950’s Cadillacs that sort of thing. What he has is is a huge industrial barn type building sizes just for an idea. 36m long and 12m wide at one end 12mx12m he has converted it into a two bedroom apartment, downstairs laundry boot room, spare bedroom, upstairs kitchen diner and main bed and en-suite. Next to this he he has removed the roof from the next 12m section to give him a 12x12 courtyard garden then at the other end he has a 12x12 workshop, 4 post ramps, Indian motorcycle, 52 caddy modal a coupe, heaven.

Perps, the vertical joint between the bricks. As @Brickie said this is crucial to it looking good a good bricky will use his level to put a small vertical pencil mark to show where the next header will drop in place if you look at most of the modern brickwork look up at a tall wall and it will make you feel drunk as they wander all over the show.

C,mon I need cheering up.

Has type 1 been specified by the structural engineer, why not ask if there is a different type of stone that will do the same job i believe each site has different requirements for what goes under the raft. Are mbc not installing this before the slab? have they not given you a specification as to compaction quality if if I was putting a slab on ground prepared by another person I would be very specific as to how I wanted it. If you do end up doing it the stone should be compacted in layers, normally something like 100-150mm at a time and I would use the biggest vibratory roller I could get on site.

Ours was about £75 hour, all in they had about £4000 from us, worth every penny in my case.

Swimming pools in England seem like a good idea at the time, but in reality only get used for two weeks a year. Do some careful planning with tree removal, once they are gone it is very hard to replace something that was 40-50 years old even the fruit trees, I’ve got 12 acres of land and wish we had more old trees, most of ours are only 30-40 years old and haven’t got the character yet.

Lovely looking plot, anymore pictures.

On another note mr @jamieled do you have any more pics of that cladding please.

You don’t need to cast anything in place. If it is block n beam just core drill the holes as and when you need them, up until the point you screed upstairs you will be able to see the beams so easy to just drill where you need the services instead of trying to get it right and being a bit off, you will probably find screening upstairs will be a long way down the list of jobs so lots of time to get services in the right place.

There is an old saying @zoothorn would you rather be right or happy, move on go and buy a couple of new sheets and some glue, get the floor down and don’t even bother the builder. £40 is not worth the stress.

You need to leave an expansion gap at the end of the cut sheet so cut that set 10mm short then offer it up at an angle going up the wall glue your joints and slide the offcut down the wall and into the groove use a timber wedge between wall and off cut smash it in to tighten the gap. Bingo use second offcut to start second row.

Don’t bother go and get a quick lift off lid complete lid brackets the whole lot £17 just not worth messing about.

Bloody hell how quick do want it to stop, my petrol ones run on a lot longer than that. Get the the flip flops on and stop worrying

As stated earlier flip flops are easier just shake you foot regularly.

I keep having the same problem with electronic stuff, 3-4 years and bang gone. I wonder what what the law is with fit for purpose regs, it might only have a 1 year warranty, but would you not expect something to last longer than 2 years. Maybe we should start pestering the stockist to actually find where this tat is made.

I have a couple like this, I’m going around in a minute to do some testing, just brewing up a good test log. ????

All I will add is that PPE, should not be a substitute for having your brain turned ON imagine being in OZ and using a saw with flip flops on, it should give you the thought to keep the saw away from your feet, so just because you have a good pair of boots on don’t get complacent that you can swing it about like a sword. The majority of accidents are caused by poor work position or body placement, you should be in a position that you cannot physically contact your body if you make a cock up. I notice this all all the time with these diy YouTube vids with an 8 stone girl holding a circular saw, they just haven’t got the arm strength to stop a kick back hitting them straight in the groin area, which is one of the most cut areas with a circular saw, better to re position so the saw is to your side and cannot make contact with you in the event of a kickback. Same with a chainsaw. With a chainsaw one one of the biggest cut areas on the body is the back of the left hand, it is physically impossible to cut your left hand if you have both hands on the handles, the damage is done when a log moves so the operator decides to hold it still with his left hand and bingo, he’s cut his left hand. I would say another very dangerous task is cutting wood on a log pile, while you are cutting one log you do not notice that the tip of the bar comes into contact with another log resulting in kickback. Far better to lift every log log onto a saw horse and cut individual logs rather than plunging into a big pile.