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  1. Tennentslager
    Erm yes sarking...that's larch isn't it. Hey it was Saturday night, just me and the boy sharing an M&S meal deal, he doesn't drink so I had the wine all to myself. Today, ran out of roof felt due to my last minute notion to increase the roof overhang. Topping out ceremony will have to wait another day? And a nice view of the Hut from the shed roof...
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    Same as the Hut...cedar rough sawn stuff Planned horizontal overlap style but might change to vertical hit and miss due to using exterior gate hinges for the doors...nightmare to fit if its not all on a uniform plane
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    For what it's worth I used self tapping screws with washers on my vertical wavy tin. You soon learn the trick of starting at the very top of the crest and going easy on the last few revolutions. Self tapper blasts through the metal...then bites on the batten..then, slowly slowly or you will either trash the washer or worse bend the wriggly tin. On the roof (using caps) it's much the same....slow down for the last few turns and the lid will snap on perfecto BTW the self tappers I got from screwfix were as good as a new HSS drill bit!
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    Hmm...I'm of the view this is a nice community thing that might be good for the future rather than an *jobsworth* H&S risk. Tea and chat is better than duck off, off of my site... See how many 'fs' I got in that sentence?
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    Too expensive, and do heavy tiles (slate etc) really pull the plasterboard off the wall? That said behind/close to a stove, definitely!
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    Lol, it did. Seemed like the best place to store it since I'd gone to the bother of making a nice sized hole for it. Probably pop it in tomorrow?
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    Two lady helpers and I'm half way there...
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    Just leave a key in the Yale and tell him to pop it through the post box once he has deposited the parcel and hey presto, you know you have a parcel...simple is best. I have an app for DPD where you post a pic of the alternative deliver place. For me it's the wheel bin for cardboard, up here that's the blue one?simples!
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    Two half days and two wall panels complete but at 3.5 * 2.4 and clad in 18mm OSB I can't lift it safely? Need to recruit another helper this weekend and might get the roof on.
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    It's worth pondering...of course having a big shed *must* help keep the Hut tidy and clean. How's 10m for being close to the WHW, thing is the punters would have to walk 3miles from Milngavie to get there...not really a bound. Or maybe 90 miles from Fort William if they are doing it the better way. N to S is more satisfying in my view, although I am a Glaswegian so biased?
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    Hmm...AirBB...would people want to stay on the West Highland Way in a Hut with a dry toilet? I'd be worried some gang of Glasgow neds would book it for a booze up...or some German tourists might set the wood burner chimney alight...okay, not German, maybe Belgians?
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    I think the article was wrong about exempt from planning...could be wrong but today's journalists? The proposal is to soften BC, almost to the extent of removing safe for treatment plants and electric if you have mains but planning remains. The planning guidance WILL change but remains to be seen how this filters into local development plans and how each LA will be supportive. All said its a great step forward, we're not short of space up here are we...
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    It's a confidence thing. I'd say you will be 100% fine as you have outlined. That said...sitting contemplating a roaring fire at 300℃ it's always good to know that for an extra forty quid or so your build is bulletproof plus extra plus OCD safe. Add in the 6mm by all means (for the bit immediately behind/ near the burner) and relax knowing you've got belt braces and elasticated trousers!
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    I've posted this before but here you go again...love guys who do this sort of thing, it's the best bits of the inter web http://www.stovefittersmanual.co.uk Everything you need to know to get you started and much more... @ProDave
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    Only tips I have are... Cement board is hard stuff (and brittle) so use a counter sink drill bit or screws will sit proud. Leave a 5mm gap (ply packers) between the cement board and the wall you are attaching to as the air gap provides for additional insulation and stops heat transfer. My cement board was on top of OSB. Hope this helps
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    This is how the half day shift started And this was afterwards OSB bit is for the shed and the decking part will be open to the front to create a little *bus shelter* area. And this is the Hut looking dressed up in the snow?
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    £160 and it looks...okayish http://www.parcel-drop-box.co.uk
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    Make a little scale model from plastacine and drop into a bucket of water...
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    https://beta.gov.scot/policies/planning-architecture/reforming-planning-system/ Looks fairly measured and sensible to me but I did glaze over after page 20...
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    I think you will do a top job...thing is, I hope you are happy with it? and Mrs one-off too.
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    Are they not for something to fit a side panel to? Which you don't need to do...
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    Again no expert but think that's a ridge board. A roof like that relies on the triangulation of the truss to transfer the weight to the wall. In a hipped roof the *end* trusses are beefed up...but hey Joe don't listen to me, I've only read some log cabin websites and built one structure! A fullsome explanation from the I-beam people needed I suspect.? * just read some more and all of the rubbish I wrote above is bollocks, hope some more knowledgeable folks come along soon*
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    I'm no expert but my reading says a ridge BEAM carries half of the weight of the roof...the remaining half shared by the wall plates.
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    Well, spend £500 on timber to keep me busy...oh how I forgot the fun of working outdoors in the rain. Shed didn't look big enough so made some running adaptations, a metre here, 900 there? It's now 4.8 * 3.5m...manly shed I'd say.
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    Personal opinion but I'd always got for the bigger flush. Small one you'd be flushing twice every time?
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