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Oh well backwards Britain strikes again ive been doing it like this since 1865 ??

I’ve been trying to hire one and not a lot of joy, if I was to buy one would anybody want it off me in a 3-4 months time. Or does anybody know where to hire one.

I’m hoping to hang the pole plate(English name) rim board (yank name) wall plate(wrong name) before the concrete goes in, all bolts in place for concrete to surround them will fit joist hangers later as I will hire a positive placement gun to do this, as I have far to many nails to even think about doing it by hand

That’s exactly the same as in that video, except without fitting the rim board until after the concrete has set.

@Big Neil i hadn’t seen those Lavann hangers before, they look far better than the ones most manufacturers are using the only thing I would say is remember all this stuff is American, so careful measurement needed to ensure your joist spacing doesn’t clash with the plastic webs in the blocks.

this is how I’m doing mine.

@Big Neil are you sure these will work with Durisol i would have thought there was to many obstructions in the blocks to find a suitable place to put both brackets. Do durisol have an approved method.

Hi Alex, why do you think it was the most time consuming im about to do this in the next couple of weeks im really not sold on those icf brackets, I don’t like the way the screws are all that holds the two brackets together.

Anybody got one, can you recommend a single phase one, I will have a few thousand m of rough sawn timber I would like to stick through one just to regulate the size a bit. Cheers.

Hi this area seems to be the hub of self builds at the moment my place is in the Cotswold water park, we are building with nudura, we are just starting our second lift, your welcome to have a look i think there are two other Durisol builds near us and I know of 3 nudura builds and one mbc timberframe all within 20 minutes drive.

Meter is in a brick cabinet on property boundary 100m away, would be some long tails?? just thinking out aloud if I ran main cable to a Cu in the garage, then fed a couple of sub boards in the plant room could I drop in a few smaller swa from the first board to the sub board(s) for an example, if my main in was 32mm swa, could I then run two or three smaller cables to supply the sub boards just trying to work out if it’s easier to buy a longer length of bigger cable or more lengths of smaller tbh its probably not worth working it out to save £20 i think it will come down to personal preference of the sparkie

I spoke to building control about the Cu location we will have a 100mm step down into the garage, which would hinder disabled access, he scratched his chin and said that they will have to roll out the front door and access the Cu via the garage door. He was happy. Tbh and trying not to sound like a bas###d what are the chances of a wheelchair dependent person living in my house on their own without assistance very slim. I had thought that obviously a longer incoming cable will mean shorter outgoing cables, the reason for sticking at the 100m was the easy availability of a roll of cable pre cut at that length so a good price, rather than paying a premium for 115m. Thanks all, anymore thoughts.

Sorry more info needed garage is attached to the main house pv will be on house roof.

Yes.

The metre is already in place at the garden gate in a brick enclosure, so the 100m run to the property is what I have to supply that’s why I kept it as short as possible.

Originally I was going to locate my cu in the garage, the reason for this is it’s the closest location to our supply, our supply is just over 100 m long so the closer it is the cheaper the cable would be. However, I’m now thinking a better place would be more central in the house if I put it in the garage will I need to supply fire stops on the cables as they enter the house can anybody provide reasons for not having it in the garage, and having it more central. Cheers peeps.

We used to do handrails above stairs like this, short stud wall no strength we found that by increasing the size of the end stud and hiding it in the wall you need to incorporate it in the wall like a newel post supports the end of a hand rail on a staircase so in effect the double thickness stud will go down below your sole plate and fix to the underlying structure L shape bracket bolted down to block work L shape bracket text screwed to top of rsj. Put extra noggins in the wall and osb on both faces to stiffen it right up.

I’m in bed Ill, so I’m bored for anybody who has recently received planning or thinks it may come soon, get all those trees and hedges removed before bird nesting season starts if you don’t get them out before March you could be looking at long delays or expensive ecology survey to prove no nesting birds are present.

Hi, would be interested to know how close you are, we are in the Cotswold water park, just below Cirencester.

How many metres is up stairs, is it going to be icf or timber.

75p plus vat cirencester area.

Really down to the cost, they may promise the earth, but if there £1.50 each I can’t see anybody wanting to use them.

We are also having a wooden ceiling bc told me as no rooms above, the coating needs to be to stop spread off flame not necessarily fire proof.

Don’t understand how they are still in business, certainly a company I won’t be phoning.

God you lot are well dodgy,