Russell griffiths

I’ve built a couple of these steel framed workshops 12m by 6m last one. I brought the steel c sections from a steel supplier and then had the angled corners and top sections bent to the angle I wanted. holes drilled on site and bolted together. no need for big pads under the legs, just a floor slab that is thicker in the location of the legs. I cannot see why you can’t build what you want for £20 grand all done.

@WWilts have been on the Sherry.

Cleveland cables. But it was last year so might have been a bit cheaper. it was about £9.60 plus vat a metre.

Just done mine 115m in 50mm best part of £1000 plus vat.

@Nick Laslett. I wouldn’t panic the one I didn’t like was woodcrete so sat there like a big sponge.

Eps 100. 40mm barb staples, cheap rubbish gun from e bay.

Look on the board manufacturers website. And lots of glue.

You will end up with a house you couldn’t buy of the shelf, unless you are just building a square box.

You can staple to eps, no problem I put in a couple of thousand with the staple gun.

Still trying to get some samples sent out. Second time they have supposed to have posted them.

Try getting one off.

Soffit at window head is a standard detail on a lot of single storey builds.

I believe we have a big problem in our heads about u value. The standard Nudura blocks on paper look terrible, but combine that with good build quality and an airtight building and it’s all you need. In my humble opinion.

What do you mean by passive eps thickness. Nudura new blocks have something like 100mm inside and outside, why do you want the ply to attach things to, the blocks have the plastic ribs every 8 inches plenty of attachment points, this week I fitted 18mm osb over my walls in the kitchen area, used imperial osb and it lines up perfectly with the blocks. If you want a bare concrete wall then you can do it there, but no need to do it anywhere else. Dont make it harder than it needs to be.

You need to get a gutter bracket and roof tiles and work out if the bracket will fit on the facia, I have seen them in the past hanging off the bottom of the facia, this looks poo.

If your parge coat is a bit slap dash, then surely it’s going to make fitting battens a pain as you will need to add packers to get the battens straight.

All I will say is ONLY run them when you are on site, I make sure every night that I have unplugged everything before I Leave, I had a heater running from an extension lead the other day and when I unplugged it the plug was unpleasantly hot.

cancel your fitters for a week at least, your asking for trouble, I couldn’t walk on mine for 3 days, then I covered it to stop damage, it was still green 4-5 days after laying.

The thing I have learned over the years is that if I want to learn something new, then I look at how the professionals do it, what tools they use and so on. I really wanted to get better at painting, especially cutting in between walls and ceilings. you can go to all the home shows and buy fancy rollers with plastic guides that stop the paint getting on the ceiling. Or watch how a professional painter does it, they use a well worn in 3 inch brush, a steady hand and a good eye. if I was doing this job I would do it how a stone mason would, he would make his muck up and Chuck it against the wall, bedding the flints as he goes, keeping the gaps tight and even. no sticks like shit, no nuts and bolts, just bed them in. sorry @Onoff but I think you have gone off tangent so far, you need to go back to basics and just bed them in and point as you go.

If your 76 years old I would put 10 grand aside to cover your gas bill and spend the rest of your money going on holiday, sod the insulation.

That’s probably because you asked for eps100 this is not a stock item, but eps75 is, you just want the 75 as Peter said it’s on the shelf in wickes.

is it for expansion or to stop heat loss at the screed edge.

Picture taken from Facebook, no comment yet on how it started.

Metal solutions standing seam, the click together one.

I hope he’s not heading for a disaster, I’ve known 2 lads go from one bloke to dozens and they both went bust within 2 years, they just didn’t have the knowledge to play with the big companies and got Yakutia the cleaners.