Russell griffiths

So it’s probably to late for this floor now but there’s a few things not quite right there now I think this is a kitchen so a few points won’t matter your joist hangers are not right, the full face of the hanger needs to be in full contact with the pole plate bolted to the wall, yours hang below, this helps with deflection. Your joist length looks a smidge short, this helps with deflection its a kitchen i know, how would you fit skirting boards. Off on a tangent, if you intend living there, change the water main, if there is a brick ledge under that dpc why not have the joists resting on that. Getting back to your original question, you need a timber under the joists mid span, you will skew nail from the sides of the joists into this wall plate, this helps all the joists act together and helps spread in the centre, none of theses really matter as your span is so small, but it’s nice to do it correctly as it looks right before you cover it up and makes you feel all warm and fuzzy that you did a good job.

When you say 50% timber cladding, how would this be with an icf house with timber cladding, would I be wise to increase the rendered sections to over 50% of wall area just in case in the future we want to equity release.

20mm is a fair ol cock up to sort out, you do need to be thinking about your ffl, you cannot call insulation and screed finished, 20 mm of tiles on top will throw you right out. Your architect has probably done you a favour. No need to be too picky you will just adjust your screed and insulation up or down a bit depending on what height you need to achieve.

I was thinking you don’t want to use the word ceramic, nasty horrible stuff.

Are you allowing for your floor finish, wood, tiles vinyl???

We regularly used to make a bonfire out of cement bags and gently rotate pipe over it to make it fit what we needed.

the problem I find with my mig is gas bottles if you use it regularly it’s not a problem, but paying a yearly rental on a bottle you only use twice a year can feel like a waste of money.

Vandalism, or wind can bring a block wall down prop them with scaffolding boards if it’s going to get windy.

Toe board sits on top. I think. I bet you don’t need to go to the gym tonight. Heavy isn’t it.

Mig. If you take that course you may stand a chance of becoming a WELDING GOD.

I will have a measure up.

Anybody got a cheap source of gabion baskets, got a bit of a project on this winter, will need a load of them. Cheers russ.

No smaller than 1.5 tonne, any smaller and they just bounce off, my 1.5 tonne kubota impresses me every time I use it.

Tbh I don’t think it’s worth the bother.

Will be talking with them today ?

Yes that is what I’m after, just wondering who has done it.

How fit are you?? for £150 I would be running of to the hire shop for a digger for the day.

I love the house design by the way, I’m just not sure 440mm blocks will follow your 10m radius very well, have you thought of icf.

How are you going to get blocks to sit nicely in that radius. Would you not be better with a shorter block, brick so it follows the radius better, it will be awfully notchy otherwise and a major pain to fit your external insulation. Are you dead dead set on this method.

I wondered if anybody has had a gutters custom folded. Im struggling to find what I want without going to America or Australia and think I might have to have something folded up. Anybody. Or am I the only numpty that worries about this stuff. ??

That really is fairly shit on the shitometer.

https://www.labc.co.uk/news/how-get-it-right-notches-holes-solid-timber-joists

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You may find it will make them slippery.

I have said this so many times I’m getting a bit annoyed go out and play with some blocks spend a day on site chucking it about, cut some up you say you are going to diy it, so that means YOU will pick up every block, get it up two lifts of scaffolding you cannot make a choice on paper or one based on thinking you won’t be able to put a picture on the wall, what a load of shit. Go to three sites and then make your choice i did and and then I chose the most expensive one, not because I wanted to spend lots of money, but because I thought it was going to be easy to use, offered a reasonable insulation level, was strong, went up quick, didn’t need air sealing,etc etc do not choose a product because it is cheap, at the end of the day adding a parge coat to a whole house will cost loads be it in time or materials it’s an extra step you could avoid.