ianfish

This is part of our ISOTEX extension I have been working on, no real glitches. First time doing a build of this scale, its took me a year from groundworks til now.

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right cheers....miles out no doubt

Huge afternoon, 4.9m Lintel beam *tick*

I will be looking at getting joists into place soon going for c24 225x47mm, we had considered a cold roof. I recently came across Steico products, which got me thinking, then I came across M Wye site, with further thoughts on how to then effectively fill the 225mm depth in the joist. I like the Sarking board idea which you then vent over this and do your choice of ply or osb. I have noted how wools can sag away from joists but if they were placed in and made captive, I am thinking this could negate any unwanted voids around joists. Now I'm thinking as this is a new build and want the joists wrapped as effectively as possible and done as cost effective, has anyone completed their roof from the outside? I am thinking of a hardboard or a suitable breathable board "ceiling" which would then be battened to do the membrane and service layer. We could then stuff a cheaper or most budget friendly wool as a first layer right into the bottom of the ceiling using steico in successive layers then add the dry board over the joists to then allow the rest of the construction to progress. Thoughts?

bit hard to get a picture of the steel that made up the lintel, but it is in there!

Feels like we are making good progress once again

laid with a level and checked poured with care...

Yes... not sure what issues you would expect?

now poured

steels in...passed off by BC too

It has rebar in it with some links across the span thinking simply like goal posts?

I'm likiing the shapes around this wall

Why not try insulhub the importers who also build?

never mind.... it clearly has a error. wont bother attempting again

Grand Designs at NEC wanted to see details, not that they actually looked.

Had two trips to the NEC this week, first up was construction week. Not bad interesting mix, possibly not as bad as past years. Back yesterday to be totally underwhelmed by Grand designs, bar an isolated few suppliers having been two years ago, yesterday had very few references to the actual TV program. Sad really.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ASx2C2Zy6l6hOr3N1q6on0Hwgr_d_bS6/view?usp=sharing

https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_/photo/AF1QipMTctuUr1gTARLXY0GlZkbV5BlXPEkiZiqp2Uc5

isotex blocks secure in the back garden

utility tiles

Two trips to the NEC in the next few days.. UK Construction week tomorrow then back for Grand Designs