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    In the case of ours, Durisol, yes. But there are many other systems; each one needs to be carefully examined. What makes you interested in ICF?
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    Slab. We got the rig round two 90 degree bends. Heart in mouth true enough, but we also got it over a weak bridge
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    Thats a shame because the job was done in one day.... 64 4 meter 'piles'
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    Do you include the idea of ground improvement (that uses a steel tube to insert the stone)? if so, yes. But you might not mean that, so I'll hang back until you reply. Ian
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    What a useful, thoughtful thing to have done. Thanks very much indeed. Ian
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    I'm almost sure the issue will be linked to profit margin. Struggle is the name of the game, ably combated by it's counterpart, persistence. And the more you combat it , the better you get at being persistent. Drop in here for a bit of encouragement whenever you like, please! Welcome Ian
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    Send her round @lizzie, we're in such a mess that a careless cleaner is just as welcome as a good one.
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    Ah yes @joe90, I remember you really love gritty, grotty grout don't you? Surprised you aren't covering everything with bathboard.
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    Bathrooms?
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    Time for a bit of giggle-water then I see. You must have a grin the size of Cheshire today. What's next: pop down to the BM and get some gelignite?
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    Mmmm. Mine were paid direct. Gaulhofer didn't offer credit card payment. (They may do now, though) Thing is with Austrian 'correctness', while a pain at some levels, its kind of reassuring. And to all the accountants and members here who've been burned screaming in the background 'You idiot' , I say. Yes. I was.
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    Yes, I do @Declan52. Double hand-rail in place and the cick-board is going on tomorrow or saturday . As a secondary issue, I'd like to be seen to be making an effort. Looking professional, even when I know full well I'm no expert is part of the game. I suspect the green fine mesh netting will catch just about everything. Looking as if I'm making it up as I go along is perhaps a first-class invitation for an Inspector to pay a visit.
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    Yes. Simple rule of thumb. If you had done the grunt-work, and somebody else tweaked it a bit, and then used it, how would you feel?
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    I have seen two types of safety netting for scaffold walkways Plastic rigid netting - fairly wide open mesh Knitted green scaffold netting - the sort of weave that you might see used elsewhere as a fisherman's keep net. I am not talking about pure fall protection netting. I need to install one or the other, and perhaps both. In my wanderings round West Lancashire now, I almost always stop and examine scaffolding wherever it is visible from the roadside. (I'm calling it CPD). I used to do the same before I bought a digger: stop and look at it closely. Mostly I see the wide-aperture plastic semi-rigid, board-like netting zip-tied to the ledgers. The sort that could, just about, stop my hammer from falling if it comes out of its scabbard. I'd prefer to buy the green knitted type netting because it 'feels' safer. Far less likely to allow small bits and bobs to fall off the scaffold. Thoughts?
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    Well, boys I have built one roof, so I know I can do it. I must admit, the roots of my teeth are cold at the thought of the next couple of weeks.
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    My God @Hecateh. Just checking you have looked into the work that might reasonably be contested?
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    Quick update; The SE (Tanners) have agreed, subject a small bit of bracing (two ledgers 255 by 44 at first floor level on one part of the North wall) The architect has agreed, that it would be a good idea Durisol (the build method) themselves agree that there's no problem in putting the roof on first and are coming round to see us next week. Looks like the roof's going on first then. Now: next problem - seat the Glulam ridge beam in the Durisol.
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    This photo shows the (now infamous) re-built East face of our cottage (the face with the ladder against it). At the moment it is covered in scaffolding because we need to finish that face first. Why? We need to build the flat roof and at the moment the scaffold is in the way. Which set me thinking. How on earth am I going to maintain the East face of the building (when the wooden cladding has been fitted) after the flat roof is built? Now we have the chance for some creative thinking about how to make the flat roof safe to work from. All I'll need to put on the roof is a simple lightweight scaffold tower . Help me start that thinking process, would you?
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    The difference made by just one pesky little ol' syllable. We have a passiv Haus in the making: walls but no roof, no first floor, open to the elements. Most days this last week, we've been working on it wearing (in my case) 6 layers of clothing. There's a very noticeable temperature difference standing next to walls that both face the sun and are in the wind shadow. And that reminds me of the 6% overheating risk we are forecast to have - once built.
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    My God that must have been some tiger that attacked you.....
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    I for one would be really interested in seeing the results. Ian
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    Ah, that's what I like to hear. Fortnight off then........
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    I need to crack on with our rendering / parging / slurrying. But it looks like there'll be a bit of a nip in the air soon. I have organised a cover for the parged / rendered / slurried area (well, I get moaned at if I get the term wrong ) Should I simply avoid the process in the very cold weather? Or is there some witches potion that we can add to the mortar mix?
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    Hilliard designed the slab, and these people designed and put the ground improvement columns in here is the blog post about it. The company were very particular about our soil profile, in addition to our separately commissioned report, they got me to dig three trial pits, then their engineer jumped in and grabbed a few handfuls from the bottom of the hole to make absolutely sure . And I was like a girls blouse about the process.... of putting the piles (ground improvement columns) in. Mercifully, it's unbelievably quick. Cost £6500 for 64 piles; time 3 days and four meetings. I visited a site where the company were working to have a look at the process. I know I've said it before, but it's unbelievably fast.
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    I just can't remember. Sorry to be so unhelpful.
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