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Everything posted by markc
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Yes you could get heave, but you WILL have a tree falling sooner or later.
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Electric arc furnaces have water cooled cables … very strange to be bolting a massive connection (12 x m16 bolts) and then coupling the water pipes up that flow water down the centre and around the conductor to keep it all cool.
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+1 tried tested and approved sump systems are not that expensive
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Last week, labour only to membrane, batten and tile a bungalow. Lowest quote £4200, highest £27,500 🤪 now some variance is to be expected but this is ridiculous
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help please, LR & seller conveyancer issue
markc replied to DocK's topic in Party Wall & Property Legal Issues
Why would it be the solicitors fault, I’ve never seen a solicitor come out to check fence positions during a sale -
Hi and welcome
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Garage construction. Stick build or blockwork?
markc replied to Russdl's topic in Garages & Workshops
Not really, if you were framing it all with 3x2 then it would be incredibly flimsy and fragile, but a decent framed wall with tight joints is surprisingly stiff and once you have some plan bracing in they will stand up to knocks are high winds -
Garage construction. Stick build or blockwork?
markc replied to Russdl's topic in Garages & Workshops
8m walls are no problem with staggered joints on top and Sill plates. Temporary prop if it’s really windy until you get a central truss or joist in to brace against. -
General structural advice needed please
markc replied to SilverShadow's topic in General Structural Issues
Difficult to say without length of run, trial pit and site specific but I would work on £1k-£2K /m with a minimum £6k to cover enabling works. (Haven’t done any commercially, only F&F in last 6 or so years). -
Can a fully discharged lithium solar battery be charged
markc replied to lakelandfolk's topic in Energy Storage
True, thing is, if you can’t get to each cell then you have little chance of recovering a pack -
Tantalised timber 😊
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Can a fully discharged lithium solar battery be charged
markc replied to lakelandfolk's topic in Energy Storage
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Sarnafil is easy and pretty indestructible
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Council house a few hundred yards from my mum, family always complaining house was damp and windows misted up. … they had laid turf in a bedroom for the dogs! I dread to imagine what the house smelled like
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General structural advice needed please
markc replied to SilverShadow's topic in General Structural Issues
Corbelled brick and stone (no strip concrete underneath) are the worst and have to be done in short sections, less than 1m to cast a strip footing to support the individual bricks/stones and then excavate again under those if extra depth is needed. With deeper existing strip footings, 2m sections are possible with props for peace of mind. cast the new section approx 10mm low and then hand pack with firm expanding grout to prevent settlement. -
Can a fully discharged lithium solar battery be charged
markc replied to lakelandfolk's topic in Energy Storage
As above, and if not damaged they can be brought back up slowly with a variable power supply. Our customers often ‘forget’ to charge their machines for extended periods and we can usually recover the Cells over a few days getting the voltage up to where the charger will recognise the cell and kick in. -
Find a local saw mill, they are your best bet
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General structural advice needed please
markc replied to SilverShadow's topic in General Structural Issues
Yes, not the nicest job, mini digger with bucket on backwards helps -
I don’t have a display
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Very nice
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Don’t all smart meters connect through the property Wi-Fi ? my octopus meter does … well occasionally but I don’t monitor it anyway
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General structural advice needed please
markc replied to SilverShadow's topic in General Structural Issues
I’ve seen injection done under large slabs to re level and it worked well (drive and pathway). But it is still under pinning but without the tried and tested methods of excavate and replace with known quantities of concrete and bearing dimensions etc. I’ve been involved on some big stabilisation projects but I would not use this under walls etc as the bearing surface etc. is unknown. Yes it might work, but for how long? -
General structural advice needed please
markc replied to SilverShadow's topic in General Structural Issues
Without digging (no pun intended) for information on the product/process, am I right in thinking this is a soil stabilisation process by injecting a “substance” that then solidifies? If so then I would be very sceptical for future insurance or mortgage purposes as it is effectively underpinning. -
Yes lay the slab in the extension first, tell the ground worker the plan so shear connectors can be included in the slab ready for next pour. When it comes to the screed do all the lot in one go.
