Russell griffiths

i would replace the 100x100 timber with steel personaly have you seen these.

Nope, use 100mm wide blocks for the outer skin with render on, then use 75mm blocks for outer skin with a batten on and slate, this will bring the finish depth out to roughly the same.

I do agree that a lot of modern timber is rubbish just took a load of floor joists back, as the difference in size was 5-7 mm over a 225 width. Manager said it was two different manufacturers.

You made a fundamental mistake @Onoff you went to wickes wouldnt use wickes timber if it was free.

I did

100 acres roughly @JSHarris has been there.

Are you buying a second hand timber door from an old church ? if not I don’t think you should be worried.

So you put up your second hand timber and a couple (all) the studs have a bit of a bow in them that’s ok grab your electric plane and wizz a bit of OH DRAT AND BLAST, you found a buried nail. DONT DO IT. then you build a wall out of the old crap and your two studs short, so you go to the timber yard, unfortunately your old 6x2 is no longer sold it’s 147 x47 which when actually measured is closer to 145x47 if you are building a new house don’t spoil it for the sake of a couple of hundred.

Have you looked at the cost of that insulated pipe. It would be cheaper to have an ASHP for every building.

Hi, what sort of budget do you have and what part of London i cant see you getting a basement for under £75-100 grand party wall agreement, having to hold next doors house in position whilst you dig out for the basement, muck away costs. I think a basement in Shepherd’s Bush would be twice the cost of one out in Northamptonshire just trying to be a realist.

My neighbour did just this with a house boat, big crane= boat in lake. He always laughs as he tells me of when the kids where growing up they would go to bed at one end of the lake and he would chug of down the other end and wake up in a different bit. He has recently done the same and just brought another narrow boat that he has moored up in a backwater.

Don’t do it, for the tiny cost of stud work timber you will cost yourself more the first time you hit a nail with your circular saw blade i have never found second hand timber to work out money wise.

Thanks all I will buy a bag of both and make a choice.

At this moment it’s for fitting facia boards, cladding will be many months away.

As the title said, I have been reading up on fixings for our cedar cladding. So stainless steel looks like the go to product, although silicon bronze is used for fixing cedar shingles, I’m afraid stainless steel will look too bright. Anybody used the silicon bronze as I’ve never really come across them. Cheers peeps.

Yep, open it up, having lived and built a house in Australia it baffles me by our English want to add walls and make our homes pokey and cramped.

Thanks, I have had a quote from catnic

Evening all has anybody used a company called metal solutions ltd, based in Bolton, just had an interesting chat about a new raised seam product they do. Anybody know anything. Cheers russ.

Have a look on a site called houzz for inspiration. But be careful it can get expensive.

With regards the uneven walls @Nelliekins have you looked at an eps rasp, it’s like a massive surform that can rip down the surface to make it nice and flat before rendering mark out your stairs roughly and smooth out any high areas. I have just ripped down a couple of high spots before fitting internal floors, works a treat.

You get about a 1/3 m out of the pump lines when they clean them through @Adam2, a good idea is to have someplace to put it, shutter up a box for the chicken coup to sit on or make a base for the wheelie bins, I have 3 posts that hold up our carport that sit on concrete pads, so pre dug some very rough holes ready for the overspill. You need to nominate a washdown area for the pump guy, plastic on the floor with a sheet of ply on top so it’s easy to shovel up the mess. Its all relatively straight forward with a bit of planning.

Yep your right oh well was only a quick thought.

Ooh yuk.

Has anybody used a cheaper type staircase and then covered with one of the overlay type kits you can get. Just a random thought as you can get a cheap staircase from howdens for just over £100 as I said random idea, is it worth the hassle? Cheers.

I don’t even think radiators are worth a second thought. Just from the point of view that they take up wall space, I wouldn’t ever consider them.