Kirk

That’s great thanks. I will leave it over the summer to see how it develops. Then maybe treat it with Osmo before winter ive read that bleach discolours this timber quite badly so I may stay away from that

Hi all just wanted to check your thoughts on this. I’ve fitted my cladding this week and a lot of the larch has black mould spots ( think that’s what they are) the look doesn’t bother my as I think it adds character but I’ve notice it’s starting to go white and grow mould. will this cause me a problem , ie rot in future? will it possibly go away when the wood dries out? Or should I treat it now thanks in advance

Lol , just gonna start polishing now

Just the answers I was hoping for ? thanks

Hi just had delivery of reinforcement bars and it looks quite rusty. I’ve read serface rust is fine as it helps concrete bond to it but what do you guys think of this. ive wire brushed 1 and to be fair it’s come off pretty well. is this safe to use as it is or do I need to wire brush the lot

Music production/DJ room

ok thank you for your input, really appreciate it. so what I think I will do is lift off the boarding insulation and membrane. Remove some sand Ad another 2 inch of hardcore , which should raise the boarding up. Re blind with sand, leaving myself 8 inches this time. Double up on insulation and hey presto leaving me a 4 inch slab across the middle ? with regard to the walls I was just working from a book by rob gervais called build it like the pros. He talks about leaving a 1 inch gap between 2 studs creating an air gap Which is most effective for sound insulation . But I could do as you say and build with thicker studs and maybe use resilient channels to create the gap

Hi Russell, I’m a bit confused with that As if I add to the insulation I would then only have a 2 inch slab across all the middle. Do you mean go up with the boards 2 inch then add more insulation. And not bother with re digging out and adding more hardcore thank you

Yep , sure do ?

What about this? I reckon I have 2 inches I can come up with my boards as I’m currently sitting below the bottom of my gravel boards at the back. I could take boards and dpm off. Sweep sand or remove it temporarily. Ad another 2 inch of mot 1 across whole lot( would a tonne bag do it ? ) put sand blinding back Dpm insulation re bars etc. or just ad 2 inch to my boards as is s as and fill with concrete. That would be 6 inch in middle and 8 inch around the edge. 1st option I believe is cheaper but more labour. (Don’t have much else to do currently) 2 nd option more expensive as a fair bit more concrete. I really wanna maximise head room inside

Here is a picture as I was finishing off the hardcore but before I Wackered it down and added the sand. And the second pic is as it stands now. 2 reasons I didn’t go to the edge with insulation was to get a thicker concrete around the edge and also as it’s a music room I will have 2 studs very well insulated which will go past the gap and over the insulation. Also I didn’t want to lose headroom inside with insulation on the inside of the floor. I plan to build a small wall of some kind to cover the concrete at the front. It’s a fairly new build so ground is pretty hard and full of rubble. Is it to big a job to go in and take another 2 inches out the middle or is it better to do as described above thanks everyone ??

It’s going to be timber frame , standard 2.5 metre high flat roof. Most likely 38mm x89 mm studs. Want to double up on stud walls. the gap is around 6” with regards to the insulation I just went with the recommended , cant really go higher as I’m trying to stay within the 2.5 m

Hi I need some advice with my garden studio build. It’s Roughly 5 metres x 3metres I’m building on a concrete base and I’m all about ready to pour the concrete. I dug the foundation’s 12 inches deep around the outside where the walls will sit and around 10 inches in the middle. My garden is on a slope so there was not much to dig at the front. I purchased 8 inch boards in order to combat the difference in hight at the front. With the current situation I was struggling to get supplies so I used the time to smash down a brick wall at the front of my house as it’s going to be removed anyway, I smashed it up in to very small pieces mostly , took me a week ??‍♂️ I used this to for a layer of hardcore. Followed by 10 bags of mot sprinkling over the top. 4 inches in total around the edge and 2 inches in the middle. I Wacker plated. this down , I then added 2 inches of sand over the whole lot and Wacker plated it again hoping to fill any voids . This was then covered in a 1200 gauge dpm, on top of this is 2 inch insulation boards. Leaving a gap around the wall edge. On top of this will be re bar. All in all it will work out at just over 4 inch slab over the insulation and 6 inch around the edge. I’m now worried that I didn’t do enough or the correct hardcore type and I’m concerned it may move or am I just going over the top. My soil is pretty hard but there was a bit of clay here and there. Don’t fancy pulling it all up again.

Hi people this looks a great site. looking forward to hearing your views on all the mistakes I’m making with my garden studio ? kirk