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  1. Ferdinand
    Can anyone suggest attractive types of cladding which will come in at £10 per sqm or thereabouts for the material and any trims etc It is cladding for an outbuilding attached to the house, and needs to be: 1 Reasonably attractive. 2 Essentially Maintenance free. 3 Available coloured. ideally terracotta, dark brown or blue, or grey etc. 4 My support posts are at 1.8m centres, so if it could span this it would be good, but I can put intermediate support in if needed. 5 Ideally able to be acceptable on the inside too - the space is an enclosed walkway and needs no insulation etc. Options I am aware of are A Plastisol coated corrugated. About £10 per sqm. B Decking boards - wood. About £8-10 per sqm. Hackneyed theme now. C White plastic ship lap. About £6 per sqm in 5m x 300mm sections. Coloured is at least double or treble the price. I would like to think about plastic decking boards etc, but none of those come near on price. Any comments welcome. Ferdinand
  2. Ferdinand
    Corrugated is an obvious lightweight one. Some of us have corrugated roofs at less than 10 degrees. And I think some tiles can go down to 10-12.5 degrees or so. eg https://www.roofingsuperstore.co.uk/browse/pitched-roofing/low-pitch-solutions.html And polycarbonate. And shingles can go that low. Or roofing felt a la shed . Or EPDM. Ferdinand
  3. Ferdinand
    5m x 7m section of Terram Geocell in Kings Lynn for Starting bid of £25. Local collect only. No bids so far. 2 days to go. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=terram&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xterram+geocell.TRS0&_nkw=terram+geocell&_sacat=0 F
  4. Ferdinand
    Valspar paint mentioned in this thread turns out to smell of cat pee sometimes. Avoid until you know it is OK, or if you like cats A LOT. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40655163
  5. Ferdinand
    So not one to recommend to the person repainting their kitchen who has the dog !
  6. Ferdinand
    Thanks ... Ipe was the one.
  7. Ferdinand
    The most durable cladding will perhaps be woods used by coastal defence engineers. Or teak or iroko, or the one that @PeterStarck has on his balcony. Or if you are feeling very rich and resolute, the sapwood of Greenheart :-), which last a century in Groynes. Or I always fancied Coconut Palm.
  8. Ferdinand
    I have spotted one firm offering a mini mix lorry and a towable pump. Which seems to be a good idea to reduce costs. PUmp was £350 extra including operator. https://www.coppard.co.uk/pages/concrete-services/concreting-services.php But this is not an area where I have experience.
  9. Ferdinand
    Cheers @JSHarris. Will have a look if I have a chance.
  10. Ferdinand
    The prices seem a little OTT. A single 600x900 panel to protect a single 90cm door and frame things to attach it to, plus the seal, comes to between £250 and £400. Given that they are basically plastic or steel, a couple of beads, a seal and a few screws, I would be wanting to pay about £75 max, though £50 feels nearer the mark to me. Have I missed something, or is this a business opportunity waiting for an entrepreneur? I can see big claims if it failed, but that should be insurance. Ultra-niche market and made by hand?
  11. Ferdinand
    Having discovered no reference to a Three Little Pigs cocktail, it has to be a classic Harvey Wallbanger. (And I am slightly regretting my Big Bad Wolf quip on the other thread. ) Serious points: It sounds like a make haste after a pause situation, because is this not actually the good weather season? YOu do not perhaps want to be redoing this in October, for example. Can you use the blocks in the garden somewhere? Eg a raised sitting area or artificial badger set or something? Ferdinand
  12. Ferdinand
    I was just pointing out a downside. I am not clear what I would do except that in a new build resilience steps such as tiles floors, high up electrics and one way doors in the drains are obvious steps at relatively little extra cost. i am a little familiar with towpath houses in Strand on the Green, in Kew. There they mainly have an up and down step and a Perspex flood board on top. Of course, if you have a system that requires YOU to take action, and is not very resilient, you ( and your house) are in a mess if it floods while you are not there. You can engage good neighbours and flood monitoring services etc, but at some point the system may hit its limit - neighbour may be rescuing granny or tibbles, for example. So .. a judgement call.
  13. Ferdinand
    That would mean that people who came down for a nose and found you were away could then work in peace?
  14. Ferdinand
    I can't say very much from here, except that we have all had setbacks, and usually probably keep quiet. Brief pause and a walk without a cocktail, then up and at 'em. F
  15. Ferdinand
    I was addressing the point about protecting the shed floor from blown rain and water running in etc. Via the top surface of the concrete slab. Raising it 2 inches with slabs or 4 inches with fence posts and adding a 'skirt' would achieve that simply. F
  16. Ferdinand
    Text being edited usually reappears when you reopen the thread when logged in. For me, anyway. F
  17. Ferdinand
    Somewhere else, apparently :-). Out of my backside or something I had in a tab from elsewhere. Scrub that paragraph.
  18. Ferdinand
    You could put a layer of pavers on top the exact size of the shed, or a post base, then attach boxing in boards round the bottom.
  19. Ferdinand
    I sometimes design things to allow replacement every 6-8 years, which is how long driven 3-4 inch posts last for me, which is OK when the 1.5m 90mm tantalised posts only cost £2.10 or so each (from an Agricultural Merchant in Matlock called Wardmans) and can be replaced and tied in with green screws and the old one pulled out or sawn off in 5 minutes. They always have a whole row of secondhand 4x4s on site too. But back to Postsaver .. the company seem to have an excellent policy of undercutting everybody else reselling their products, but the £7 delivery charge sticks in the throat a bit, so the best option seems to be to order just over £50 from the company website to qualify for free delivery. That is about 7 extra Postsavers, or a 30% lollipop on the extra if the order is raised from £30 for their starter pack to £50. Ferdinand
  20. Ferdinand
    Can you not leverage that droop properly level with an Acrow until you pour it?
  21. Ferdinand
    Is there any reason you cannot add PVA to normal plaster when mixing? Have sometimes done it with glue with eg cement. F
  22. Ferdinand
    St Julian of Norwich might be predisposed to be peaceable.
  23. Ferdinand
    @recoveringacademic The Concrete Society have a recommended procedure in a £10 factsheet. http://www.concrete.org.uk/fingertips-nuggets.asp?cmd=display&id=778 For an *indication* I think it is roughly: Drill a hole 40% of the way through, put an RH sensor in it, and seal it (plastic cap), wait for it to stabilise (48-72 hours?), then take a reading. For BH-ers it is probably something to install as we do with heat sensors. For an even cruder indicator tape a square of plastic sheet to the concrete floor and see if it is wet underneath after 24 hours => still drying out. Repeated tests give an indication of moisture which is coming out, and perhaps when it slowing down. As @IanR points out, these are not seen as definitive, however. Ferdinand
  24. Ferdinand
    Good job it is not being built out of straw or sticks , and they haven't reintroduced wolves yet. I really look forward to seeing how it develops. I am sure it will be great. F
  25. Ferdinand
    I am looking for a source for Postsaver sleeves and / or roll. Can anyone recommend? It is a small quantity to try the system - say 20 or so or a single roll of their cut-yourself version. Cheers Ferdinand
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