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Floor drain for accidental flood
Russell griffiths replied to Raks's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
I am actually having a floor drain in every wet area of the house, I did ask a question about it a good while ago but had very little response as it’s just not an English thing to do. -
Scaffolding needed?
Russell griffiths replied to Tyrone's topic in Lofts, Dormers & Loft Conversions
Do yourself a favour and have a full scaffold front and back, it will cost a fortune you will hate paying for it, you will question your logic at the beginning. But at the end you will stand there and say it was worth every penny and you cannot believe you contemplated doing it from a tower it will save you time, be massively safer. Have you thought of buying your own quick stage scaffolding. I bought £5000 worth and it will go for sale with a very little loss, so the hire cost over the time our build took will be insignificant.- 1 reply
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Looks like a nice plot, i took a load of scrap down and was happy to just chuck it out, but the girl insisted I go on the weigh bridge, after I unloaded she gave me a cheque for £40, I couldn’t believe the scrap value of steel I thought it was hard to get rid of.
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There ya go, no need for a new one, just a tidy up. I was told to never render any brickwork on the inside of anything, as if it falls off it will Block up pipes and things. You can probably buy a standard cover for that.
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Sticky, sticky tape required
Russell griffiths replied to Russell griffiths's topic in Building Materials
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I boarded my ceiling in Australia with 6m boards, if I could buy them in this backwards country I would use them again.
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Sticky, sticky tape required
Russell griffiths replied to Russell griffiths's topic in Building Materials
Tried a coat of bitumen based waterproofing liquid, the foil tape didn’t stick well to this, but I haven’t tried any better tapes yet apart from the cheap nasty aluminium stuff. -
Do the resilient bars run parallel with the joists or at 90 degrees to them, if 90 degrees then it won’t matter if you use a longer screw as they will never touch the timber.
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Morning all. I need an airtight tape to cover the gap between my ceiling pir insulation and the inside wall face. The problem is my walls are EPS insulation and it’s this I’m finding hard to stick to, anybody found anything that likes to stick to eps.
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Hessian for frost, dpm for rain, few loose blocks on top, job done.
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Plastic vs Copper pipes for radiators
Russell griffiths replied to Raks's topic in Central Heating (Radiators)
Do not use chrome plated copper into a push fit connector, they blow off, the teeth inside the fitting cannot grip the chrome. -
I’ve obviously lost my nerve
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If it’s 3-4 days to get the insulation in 3-5 days for the steel 2 days for the ufh i would get everything on site do you ground preparation and then be very ready to start again on the 2nd jan, by the 20th you will be ready to pour, no point having a spoilt Christmas rushing around with a pump that has broken and trying to find a hire shop that is open. Now im very gung ho, but it would be a shame to spoil everything over a 3 week delay.
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Week 9 - The Big Pour
Russell griffiths commented on Red Kite's blog entry in Self Building two in North Wiltshire
I did thanks, but forgot to reply. Trying to be a bit cautious with funds at the moment. -
How to finish around door casing without architrave
Russell griffiths replied to Pete's topic in Doors & Door Frames
I was going to suggest a shadow bead, but I think the idea is to hide the door not emphasis it. I also think the original idea will break away at the corner. -
You normally board the ceiling first, easier to cut walls neatly to ceiling, awkward to cut ceiling neatly to walls. Unless your having coving then you can leave a right ol mess as the coving covers it all.
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How to finish around door casing without architrave
Russell griffiths replied to Pete's topic in Doors & Door Frames
Have you seen the MATT RISINGER videos on YouTube, lots of hidden door details. -
What do you mean about levelling with a screw? Do you mean in and out, so not screwing tight if a board sits non flush.
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Oh god, my brain can only think of one thing at once, I’m still procrastinating about floor insulation. Wall covering will be something to over think about @AnonymousBosch next year.
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Evening all, I’m being lazy and can’t be bothered to look it up, does anybody know the load rating for pir insulation, in so much as being used under a floor screed, if I was using eps it would either be eps 70 or 100. Does pir have a load rating. Cheers russ.
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If you change the bar length for longer you will kill the performance, a longer bar and chain will take more power to spin at the same rpm, unless you change sprockets, don’t even think of going there it will just get over complicated for a bit of log cutting.
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Week 9 - The Big Pour
Russell griffiths commented on Red Kite's blog entry in Self Building two in North Wiltshire
Evening, is that one slab for the two houses, or have you got another one to do. -
Be a bit cautious before you go jumping in. I put myself in hospital for a week with the worst type of stomach bug thing I’ve ever known ambulance job and a week in the tropical and infectious diseases ward, the previous day I had been in my parents septic tank removing a layer of gravel and replaced with new. Must remember to stop biting my finger nails. ??????????
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Potential plot purchase road splays
Russell griffiths replied to jened1's topic in Introduce Yourself
Upstairs for thinking, downstairs for dancing. ?? -
If it been working for 19 years why not clean it out have a good look do a few repairs and jobs a good un. New treatment plant will be north of £2500 time you get it all in.
