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It will depend on the spec. Some is very thin and would show every ripple. Some is thicker and may have a backing. What will it be stuck down with? It might be enough. It may be better to gently grind than use filler. It looks pretty good. You are needing smooth rather than level.

Agreed it can be perfectly good. A few items have been only mediocre but OK in short term. So great for diy, but may not last. But as a groundworker said to me, if a Titan tool (screwfix) fails in 11 months you get a replacement one. They won't say you have used it too much. My latest thoughts are on robustness and storage. The little battery jigsaw I've bought is good, but the snap-on plastic guide bits aren't going to last. Otoh thd expensive dewalt one I borrowed seemed to be lacking some bits too. And I will buy some plastic boxes.

A Finnish supplier I built for said their policy was exactly that. Let the trees grow another year. Presumably Sweden is the same. Are there other commodities you can do that with? But what creates a significant fall in demand in the first place? The manager was proud of Finnish timber being close grained and straight because it grows very slowly on flat and very cold plains. Since then I see trees on hillsides as straining to stay upright (does it grow lopsided?) and Finnish timber as reliable but miserable.

I think I would design these as distinct units, so that they can articulate without cracking, as the loadings are very different, and an 11m pool structure will be less complex than 28m. The gaps can be filled in with flooring.

Presumably this confederation is only for producers who meet the standards required. It will need testing and inspection for C16. The thing is, we have used about 8km of timber( and most had to be C24, ) so I can't test this supplier. But they were totally knowledgeable of the requirements and issues in real life (drying, milling, straightness, storage) so I'm confident it will be good stuff.

But it is not. It is a very big water tank, and if the ground moves a tiny bit, the slab and or walls could break and it gets very messy and expensive. And you will be indoors now, not outside., so damage and repairs are x3. There are a lot of failures of swimming pools and contractors have gone bust and Engineers had very expensive claims. And some of these are for proper designs: the ground we live on is very mobile. If the results of the boreholes are encouraging then you will save cost on the amount of concrete and of reinforcememnt. If they show poor ground then it really is essential to know that and design to suit. Is it still 27m long as previous posts? that is big and not to be dabbled with. How much do you want it?

Might it be easier to drive the nails right through and leave them there? (With a punch?) Battens aren't strong timber and I'd expect a lot of damage if prising them off. I'm all for saving the material . I recall a tool my dad had which was for this purpose*... about 3" long with a square head and then a taper to a round end for the nail contact. * I doubt he ever put a nail in wrong, but neither did any timber get thrown if it could be repurposed. BUT if anyone knows better than me then listen to them... I've never done roof battens.

I've tried and failed to obtain local timber when C16 is the requirement. So I was surprised and pleased to see that it is now being marketed. At the "future-build" exhibition in London I had a long chat with them. They were very knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and the rep clearly knew all the merchants personally. Scottish timber grows fast and with wide rings. I'd expect Kielder and more southern climes grow even faster. So it is never close ringed and dense enough to provide the stronger C24 timber. But I have never been able to get uk timber because the merchants get in Scandinavian wood for their own ease. I am assured that some merchants will get the UK stuff if we insist/ ask around. And it should be cheaper for obvious reasons of proximity. Plus the carbon credentials are much better, and rather incredibly, Scottish forestry supports 34,000 jobs and GVA is £3billion. If it sold more as structural timber, then they would plant more. They also seemed to agree with my concerns on timber being stored and supplied wet by merchants. They understood all the concerns about dryness and straightness. I guess buying local and just-in-time might help that too. Confederation of forest industries, called Confor. Confor.org.uk Nobody else came to the stand. There were thousands there but the agenda was more about "solutions" and tick-boxing systems. A lot of Chinese exhibitors selling robots incl plastering machines , lots of IT and computer modelling, but also earth bricks and marble. Overall... the future of building is systems and protocols. I couldn't work out what some stalls were even offering, and their staff couldn't always explain either. NB.. it wasn't aimed at self build or small projects.

Everything I'd guess. I'm getting very prompt adverts for things we are discussing but absolutely not mentioning in messages or searches. So that's the phone listening? I bought a watch and there were ads for watches the same day and since. Pointless as I now have a watch. Wood burning stoves discussed... ads appear. And other such.

They should be fine. Drills don't use a huge amount of power. I've got 2A, 4A and 6A batteries. 2A fine for drills and jigsaw, and multitool. and lasts for hours. 6A for the SDS drill/breaker , bench saw, vacuum, leaf blower. ( the latter two still need changing after 20 minutes) 4A generally not my first choice as they are a compromise, so are backup.

I'd say so. Most people just see what they see and won't be aware of the other issues. Filling a hole with concrete and steel is the obvious thing to do so that's what happens. They could be bolted down to exposed rock, use piles as support, include voids or mass materials in lower stress areas, reuse the excavated material include recycled aggregate. But with concrete readily available then that's what happens. Actually I don't know. Maybe other methods are already utilised.

It might not be terrible hard If it is cleaning of tools slops then it will have been very wet and that makes it weak. It is total ignorance... thinking a drain is a magic thing where stuff goes away. Yes the culprit should pay for a solution. I wouldn't want them bodging a half- hearted improvement. It needs a groundworker who doesn’t mind old-fashioned spade work. £1,000 deduction, some released if it turns out to be easier.

I'd be very surprised if there isn't a way. Needs some early collaboration between the parties rather than a linear design process. Having spent a lot of time in such cages, doing qc, I'm left wondering how the steelfixers got out. And how the concrete got to the bottom... how do we know it is well compacted? Doing the site inspections was much easier than the fixers job so it breeds respect for them and the detailer (both the Engineer and their draughts- person)... and my own designing for ease (feasibility) of construction.

That doesn't even happen for gross incompetence with lives lost. To me, the PI I had to pay was firstly an assurance for every client, and secondly it was in case of any inadvertent error by my business or a sub-contractor or engaged specialist designer. It didn't occur to me that we, or anyone, might be incompetent... ie only do what you know and do it well. Part of the training is to appreciate all aspects and know enough that you don't dabble. Eg a surgeon doing hip surgery knows a lot about cardiology but doesn't dabble with heart surgery. Fundamentally a dabbling and overconfident builder or a rogue designer probably goes out of business after a very big mistake, but some poor client is left with the consequences.

What is the context? What is being connected? Materials, and why you are concerned?