ToughButterCup
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Yes, @joe90, thanks. Someone had mentioned that to me earlier this month, but I had forgotten it. So thanks for the nudge.
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Ah, that's genius @Alexphd1. After curing, you've cut away the inside of the ICF to expose the concrete (and some more of the threaded bar), but you had the foresight to embed your threaded bar during the initial pour. Your method interests me because (for different reasons) I embedded M12 bar into our last pour(s) and then took the bloody stuff out again. The process of taking it out again showed me that the M12 sometimes bends a bit during the pour (@Onoff is a bit skeptical about that), and so might well 'twist' (usually upwards because of falling wet concrete) your wall-plate a bit. Nothing a lump hammer couldn't cure, though, I expect. Thinking about it for a bit.... what about cold-bridging? Might your wall-plate (rim joist) be subject to an increased risk of interstitial condensation? Ian
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Hmm, Well, I am proposing two M12 threaded bars (encased in resin) per 500mm going through a wall joist hanger> wall plate (rim joist)> concrete M12 is about double the diameter of any coach bolts I've seen. But I note the architect's reference to SE and Durisol approval. Had you not written your post @JSHarris, I would have missed that. Thanks indeed. Ian
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Wooooaaaah @MikeSharp01, yer not inviting yer-self round fer an Acid House party are ya? Despite how daunted I feel about this task, it's bloody interesting
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So that would be two threaded bars per 500mm instead of 1 per 400mm (but twice the fitting time.... how else is Debbie to keep me off the streets?)
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[...] Rim Joist [...] Glad you told me that because that's what it is. And I've just realised that I'll need to seal the holes made by the screws from the temporary roof batten (or similar) Thanks @Russell griffiths Ian
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Noted. 'Nother phone call to Hillard. Ian
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Good question. Although @Mr Punter has come up with the perfect answer to what I should do with (the now extracted from the concrete) 130 meters of threaded bar....... (above)
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Hmmm, @MikeSharp01, I'll do a little trial first, photograph that and put it in this thread. Do I need to check with the BCO about using threaded bar rather than self-tapping (yes I haven't heard of them either @Mr Punter) coach bolts? Or do I just do it and see if he cares, and if he does, well, tough?
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And I have got one hundred and thirty meters of threaded bar (from the shuttering). You are some kind of genius @Mr Punter.
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Living in a Static Caravan on site
ToughButterCup replied to Stones's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Our LPA (that is the Enforcement Officer) says '... there is no legally defined difference at all between residence [in a caravan] and use of a caravan as a site hut...' That caravan is in use by my neighbours: they have now taken four full years to make no progress at all. Even his Appeal was dismissed. His lack of progress on the existing permission (to build a stable) is even documented on Google Earth (using the Go Back In Time icon). Compare and contrast that approach to the same department standing on ceremony in terms of a Certificate of Lawfulness for our piggery reconstruction: the eaves were 25mm too high over 2 meters of part of the building. Can't take a joke? Shouldn'a started should I? -
July September Beautiful it isn't, but once it's clad with some nice wood (any skips round by yours?)..... Now lets get a roof on and a first floor. Ian
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Durisol is 65% air. Bit like a bird's bone structure. In relation to the bolts that fix the wall plate to the wall.... Sorry @MikeSharp01, how do I run silicone round holes in the membrane that the bolts have come through before fastening the wall-plate?
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I think I have got my head round the principles of putting the first floor in its place (is that a pun?). I have read the relevant guidance (The POSI Joist Handbook) - and see architects note top left below. I have also read the architects note (bottom -right) which shows me I need to use 200 by 50 treated softwood. Here's our first floor And here's how Durisol recommend I attach the wall plate to the wall So far so good. POSI say I must use a hanger (and the architect says so too) because of air-tightness, and that means I need to..... make sure the fixing for the hanger doesn't penetrate the wall (and so compromise air-tightness) or put air-tightness tape over the masonry hanger fixing. Hanger - to wall-plate: I have a strong feeling I can't get away with 50mm screws for the connection between the hanger and the wall plate can I? What size will those screws need to be? Wall-Plate to wall: Self tapping M10 coach bolts at 400mm centers (architects note above) to attach the wall-plate to the wall? The key thing is that they connect with the concrete isn't it, even if the 400 mm centers guidance happens to fall outside the concrete core (i.e. into the 'wood' of the Durisol block? I think I'll probably need to embed the wall-plate fixing in resin won't I - for air-tightness?
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Got it in another one. I refuse to be beaten by this. To strain a flying dictum; at the moment, I'd rather be on the ground looking up, than where I am now, looking down at the ground wishing I'd not taken off. But turbulence happens - often where we least expect it. I, we just have to keep our nerve and deal with it. And try to enjoy it. There is no easy way to be airsick in a microlight. Hence I'm about to hit you all with a stream of 'How do I?' (next one will be put in the first floor - watch this space)
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Got it in one.
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And it was precisely that 'sort' of student who regularly would sit in my office and describe how others had misbehaved and caused misery at many different levels. As far as HEIs are concerned, students are classified as adults and are therefore deemed responsible people. We regularly hear of 'uncaring HEIs' on Radio 4 - not caring about the mental health of undergrads: "How dare HEIs talk of the Data Protection Act" I heard the other day (R4 Consumer Program). On many occasions I would -when all other avenues had been tried and exhausted- talk informally to family, parents or guardians to find a way through a delicate impasse. And sometimes the delicate issue was parent-related. @Onoff, be careful what you do if it's university property - or even University Approved accommodation . There will be a proper mechanism for asking the Uni Estates Office for repairs. And if you can get the issue classified as H&S-related then you can expect prompt action. The SU will (may) have an Accommodations Officer: take any action through them and or the university Accommodations Office (or whatever they call it). If that fails, then do something.....
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Students use cupboards for the first week of the academic year, and then avoid using them. Theft. You might as well give your child a small (micro) fridge for use in the bedroom. No matter how well behaved your child is, communal student living always results in high stress levels and defensive behaviour. Normal family rules do not apply. Even if every single student in a 'landing' is well behaved and considerate, just one coked-up eejit arriving after a party is enough to precipitate a race to the bottom in terms of behaviour. Bread in the wardrobe, milk on the window cill, mayo (you cant squeeze butter) somewhere under the bed where it slipped after last nights bout of kung-fu.
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Thanks folks: presumably the same @PeterW treatment (above) can be given to the wall plate(s). But then again @Dudda says it's probably a bit of a 'shortcut' Hmmm. Must look at the spreadsheet again. Thanks, interesting
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Mitigation: Look for online examples of the same problem being successfully resolved in your LPA. One thing of which you can be almost certain: you aren't the first person to be faced with this issue. Read carefully and look at how the discussion between planner and developer evolved. My LPA allows you to do that (because Wyre is fairly fastidious in including all documentation), but it's a Hell of a slog. Proper document naming conventions, orderly file hierarchies are rare. Very few people have the skills or experience to do this important job properly. You have a tremendous amount of reading to do, and none of it will be wasted even if you don't find examples of what you need to focus on.
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Just got some prices for POSIs: there are two prices; one for treated joists, and the other for -errrm- untreated joists. First: why do you need to treat joists? They can't misbehave, or be rude, and so Is it worth it? The price difference is £100+ for quite a few The architects notes specify treatment for the wall plate for the joists, but doesn't mention treatment for the joists themselves.
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Debbie and I have been greatly heartened by all the support. I'll respond to all your PMs over the next few days. Some have caused a bit of a gulp. The rest of the family have rallied round and it looks as if we might be able to get to wind proof and water tight in October or early November. Might. That gives us the opportunity to avoid the expense of a caravan, or to put it more positively, get a taste of the real self-build experience. Who said retirement was about taking it easy?
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Welcome. The Management group are thinking of hiding @Nickfromwales' emoticons. He should have been a painter not a plumber
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I hate to be less than positive, but please read this.
