Russell griffiths

Thanks all will talk to the building control guy, we are a long way off finalising this.

Have you considered using an i joist for the walls and getting it stick built on site, no crane no forklift, 2 chippies and a good set of drawings

Is your build @Dreadnaught not single storey ? if so I would think no crane needed, just a telescopic forklift with a mast extension. Or a tracked mini crane, lots about nowadays, typically used for installing heavy windows, I can’t think that any of your panels will be that heavy. What sort of weight are you talking about

At the moment the house is designed as single storey, it is in effect a fancy bungalow however we have a vaulted ceiling at 5m high the two bedrooms where going to have ceilings with voids above to house the mvhr and ducting, however as it has grown up it looks like an enormous amount of space that could be used as my wifes craft , sewing area.

Morning all, since our building is springing up the height is looking slightly larger than I had imagined and I’m thinking of putting in a mezzanine level would this be something that I need to discuss with the planners or is it a case of talking just to the building regs guy. From outside the house you would never know it will all be internal alterations. Any thoughts.

Can mbc not source these a friend of mines timberframe came with all linings, skirting architrave im probably stating the obvious as I’m sure you’ve asked.

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That looks like the one I was thinking of @Blob the Builder some good details in that. I think it is certainly something I would do if building timberframe.

My mate has a converted garage type warehouse instead of keeping downstairs as commercial he divided the building in two left half commercial garage, right half two storey dwelling, this way he had less problems with noise fire regs and all other stuff he has a house all his mates are envious of, massive garage big enough for 10 cars and walks 5passes to be back in his apartment in the centre of Melbourne pits probably worth a couple of million dollars as there was no chance of ever buying a residential plot that close to the city.

There is no need to move the door , just do the job properly with the right materials if you say that there is only 500 mm of brickwork above then prop the whole lot up on acrow props and take all the brickwork down in the new opening right up to underneath those purlin supports then install the steel and build it up in new brickwork this will save having to try and keep just 6-7 courses in place as you hammer and bang about if you try and keep the brickwork above I guarantee you will disturb it, and you will have to pack the steel up under the old brick work so you might as well take it all down and rebuild nice and fresh. I would like to think under all that loft insulation will be a wall plate of some description just build up to the underside and pack and re bed under it.

Have you looked into spares for the bobkat its not a massive player in the mini digger market over here.

What is the terrain like, we have lots of trees, I purposely bought one without a cab as I new the glass would get smashed all the time this has turned out to be completely true.

Yep get a digger, we have a chunk of land and I find I can pop out for an hour of an evening in the summer and do all sorts of things that I would put off. Personaly I went for a 1.5 tonne machine, for a couple of reasons access I can squeeze it through a 1100mm gap so around the back of the house no problem less ground damage, I can sneak across the lawn and sit on a sheet of ply and not leave a mark. Parts are cheaper that machine you are looking at needs tracks, price a pair up and compare it to a pair for a 1.5 tonne machine. The power and ability my machine has surprises me every time I use it i have a kubota u15. 2000hours, cost me £7250 plus vat. Dont buy a wheeled machine unless you like mess. The next problem like like I have is you will want a tractor and trailer

I have read some ridiculous crap in my time but that is up there with the best. So if your window opens it has to be cleanab, but if it’s a fixed pain it doesn’t

Please tell me I’m wrong but what requirement for cleaning the windows how can that work I’m having lots of windows situated 4m above ground that don’t open how do they propose I swing them around to clean them. What a load of rubbish.

I just want to be happy dont care how far the build gets just want to stop being so grumpy.

Have you found a tile to do this pitch ? im at 10 degrees and using a raised seam metal roof. Im not sure I know of many pitched roof products that will go as low as that, from that 3d drawing I think grey metal to match the flat area would look good.

Remember to insulate under the static very well.

I would save your time, and And stick to a tried and trusted method.

I think it would depend what you painted it with. I spray painted plywood with a two pack white, then sanded then another couple of coats of two pack. It looked just like melamine smooth as a babies bum. If you spray it with 3-4 coats of a high build acrylic and then give it a good sand, then hit it with 4 coats of acrylic eggshell I think it would be fairly flat. If you pick a flat colour it will hide many imperfections.

In oz I saw a house built that was steel frame it then had thermalite block skin on the outside. The differance was the thermalites came in 2400mm high by 600mm wide and you screwed them to the frame you then applied a bag render with mesh just like over here.

If you use the new soudal foam, there is no expansion. Have a look at their new catalogue, some good new products

Why not just paint the osb.

Of course you could but why would you there are many ways to build things, I can’t see why these companies are spending a fortune on research and development, but not really bringing anything new to the table lightweight steel framing is in use in many parts of the world, a friend of mine built his like this at the same time I was doing a timber frame, Fors and against for both products, but nothing new and certainly not aimed at the whole world the United Arab Emirates, is not exactly the same as Europe and something developed over there would take a lot of tinkering to make it here. Sorry im out. Just like that spider wire thing, a good idea that brings nothing to the table, waste of time, after spending £10000 on plywood and £7000 on concrete you end up with a completely uninsulated concrete shell, would need to add £20000 of pir all over it to get it anywhere near usable.

Did somebody not put a pic up recently of an external layer of xps that came from the footing up past the sole plate with a taper top on it and then the cladding coming down over that.