Russell griffiths

I went out for a drink with 2 very reputable builders last nigh, both fully booked for a year. They said they are pricing at £1500 a m at the moment, for shell only, so wind and watertight with first fix electrics and plumbing, second fix joinery. But no kitchen bathrooms, en-suite, tiling etc. They said they are getting asked for this more and more as people are finding prices out of their reach, so it gives them the opportunity to finish as and when they can.

Your engineer is an fool. have you been to the beam manufacturer to get the calcs done properly. As said earlier they will add in a couple of extra beams and alter the spacing down to 215 or one block at 440 then 215 then 440

All I can say is I fitted the mcalpine one and was reasonably impressed with it.

Not sure I like this idea, but not sure if I’m wrong. Doesnt your treatment plant work off natural bacteria breaking stuff down, where as a chemical toilet relies on chemicals to break stuff down, wouldn’t tipping these chemicals into a new treatment plant affect its performance. Anybody more knowledgeable out there.

Your best bet is to look on e bay, facebook, look out for a job lot of bandstands and boards from someone local who has just completed a project, I picked up 6 bandstands and 10 boards for less money than just the 10 boards.

@Tom's Barn treated sawn 25x100 got it in BPS IN CIRENCESTER, really nice lads, the branch manager Wayne has been to site a couple of times, he’s keen on new business. Raised seam roof. In the pic of the stainless mesh I also covered the edges with sikaflex to stick it down because of the gaps created by staples. You could have come and had a look a week ago, but it’s all covered now.

They will only be half as good.

In 35 years of doing one of the most dangerous jobs we have in this country, the thing I always considered to be the most life threatening thing I did every day was. Drive my car to work. I know we are saying woodburners are dirty, but c,mon we aren’t all dropping dead because we sat by the fire in the pub last night.

According to our letting agents, a woodburner is the biggest selling point in the English holiday rental market, the second is a hot tub.

There is an installation guide pdf, any good.

@PeterW you never cease to amaze at your all round knowledge. ????

Is this any help. Stainless mesh over counter batten gap. then 100x25treated batten to take the sheets. Not corregated but it is metal.

Why not use a rest bend, they are so cheap it’s not worth trying to use an alternative.

I think ct1 would work but why not use a product designed for air sealing windows i have just had a load of ILBRUCK AIR SEALING FOAM delivered and sausages of air sealing sealant. The correct sealant was £7 a sausage for probably 1-1/2 times the quantity of a tube of ct1.

Nope glue only, try sticking to sheets of eps together and then pulling them apart, you will tear chunks from the eps before you separate the join.

Is your basement heated or unheated, if it’s heated then I cannot see why you need an insulated floor. If unheated then yes I can. I believe @Patrick has just looked into this and the pre formed insulation blocks are very expensive, so he is thinking of making his own from 100mm eps sheet.

I would look at your house insurance, what are you going to keep in it of value, you may find a timber building is limited on getting contents insurance. Instead of timber cladding why not use a cement or composite board type cladding. Then do what you said build the frame clad it and raise it.

Dig out after, get it nice and flat, then it’s a nice surface to set out on, shallow trench, re level and compact. Others will I’ll probably say put them in first, but 600mm is a lot of stone, that will put your ducts very deep and may make for some awkward angles coming up through the slab.

OFFS. IS THIS APRIL 1st.

Buy a top loader, my neighbour who is disabled has one, no bending at all.

I would think that if you insulate it too well you may find the woodburner unbearable to have lit how big is the cabin? we are fitting woodburners into cabins that we rent out, but they are badly insulated, I think if I increase it too much the occupiers will probably need to keep the door open. We have a woodburner in the house we live in now and find that with the oven on also on a Sunday evening we have to open the back door to let some cold in.

I have been wondering this also.

Why not, that’s exactly what you would have done if you had of created a drop down in your slab before you poured it, you are just creating the drop down after the pour, abit backwards for a new build, but exactly what you would do for a Reno. Have you not thought of forming your sloped section like @Onoff did by hand with some shutters as a guide. I will I’ll be leaving 3 lower sections in my floor and hand forming the trays ready to tank. It really isn’t very hard.

If you fit that I will come up there and rip it out with my bare hands. Stop worrying and do it properly