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  1. Russell griffiths
    Ok couple of points do you have to supply fire proofing if there is no room above? have you not got a plasterboard ceiling? Are the joists exposed that company i stated Medite smart ply, they do a fire resisting board used for racking and sarking.
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    Can you explain what the cement board is for, what is your final roof covering there is a company called medite smart ply that make lots of waterproof boarding.
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    Could be wrong, are they a track for an electric gate? Sliding gate.
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    Does it need to connect at all? if you connect it you will need to be aware of water splash up. Any item you connect on the outside will make any rain bounce up so you will get a good degree of water staining or an overly damp area just above the connection area, so you would need to add a flashing of some sort even though it’s not really a water tight roof. Could you have 4 legs and a gap between the house so you don’t penetrate the outer layer of the house at all.
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    I think powder coated aluminium would look the best.
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    You can hire a hilti shotfire gun and shotfire it on, you need to way up how long to drill the holes verses the hire cost if you had the gun on site it’s a five minute job.
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    Would this be a crazy idea work out the area the panels would go in, then cover this section of roof with GRP, making an upstand and bonding in aluminium box section for the panels to fix to ? or ?. ?
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    I think a lot to do with your roof covering. Describe what you are having may help people answer. I will refrain from saying 4inch nails,oops
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    How about icf blocks, very diy able and some of the quotes I’m getting for my house seem reasonable. Insulation and structural strength and security all in one you could clad in anything you like. Even at a later date if funds are tight.
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    I would check with your insurance providers we found it near impossible to get cover for any amount over £2000 , unless in a brick built structure if the building was not attached to the house, as our garage is about 10 m from the house this counted as a separate outbuilding so had a maximum payout of £2000 for any claim, be careful I don’t think we would be aware of this problem if I hadn’t asked the question regarding some tools I had.
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    Yessss get in. ?
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    In regards to outer cladding type, the reason I said block outer skin is that I found it very hard to get any reasonable insurance cover on a timber building. Im talking about tool and contents insurance, not building.
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    The problem with using the blocks as an infil if not for the structural part is they don’t bring anything to the party, hardly any insulation value not waterproof, so you will still need to render the outside very little resistance to sound penetration why not timberframe just like a house, and block outer skin for security, insulation in the timber frame and OSB inner skin for racking and a good finish to hang tools and put up shelves. Raised tie trusses for roof so a little bit of storage, but also good headroom if working with timber.
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    The problem I found with single skin block is it’s not structurally strong enough without piers, so you end up with a non flat wall inside, so fitting workbenches or shelves is a pain, i did build a very nice workshop in single skin, but I used a block made by durox in 180mm wide, nice flat interior walls. You could then install insulation later.
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    How about those factory seconds sip panels, i think the thing to ask is what is this building for ? if just to keep the car in then there is no need to insulate if it is to be a workshop or man cave then I would want to have a good level of insulation, i think you need to come to a conclusion on the finished product to then work out how to achieve it.
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    My mates one has trellis on one side and he grows his runner beans up it. Doesnt lok to shabby.
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    Looks good mate i see you have a metal chop saw in one of the pics, have you used steel track and stud somewhere?
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    Sort of like this.
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    You will also find all the components in a racking wall have to work together for example it is no good having a very strong wall that is not secured to the floor correctly, if laterally pushed or pulled it would lift from its base so not performing as it should, hence the floor strapping. I found in our last timberframe place that even the nail spacing was specific to the design of the wall. The 1200mm spacing is usually in line with a standard plywood bracing sheet, so sheeting is normally placed vertically so 1200 along and 2400 high.
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    Are there any rules, or a general rule of thumb as to how many downpipes per gutter run for an example I know our house in oz should have had one outlet downpipe per 6m run of gutter are there any such regs over here my hydrology guy has drawn far to many downpipes and I want to get rid of a couple, but would like a bit of knowledge before I go for a chat. cheers russ.
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    Sorry guvnor, must ave bin the chilly.
  22. Russell griffiths
    As @Brickie said that panel you showed looks like it doesn’t have a mortar pigment in it, just a different choice of sand and mix used. Ave you taken your sample to the batching plant to see if they do a similar one.
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    From where I’m standing it sounds as though you will know far more than the bloke turning up.
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    Don’t do it. They are a pain to use, one cockup and it will stand out terribly i thought you were looking into ready mix mortar remember, keep it simple., the more straightforward you make this the easier it will go if you are going to trust a brickwork gang to mix it and gauge the colouring I think you will be onto a loser before you even start.
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    Good lad pictures please.
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