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Been a builder for near on 40 years and done a little bit of everything over the years. Lived around the world a bit, from various countries in East Africa to New Zealand, and now pretty settled in Norway. Favourite work is the restoration of old brickwork using lime mortars, oh and fixing stuff, from cars to boats and everything in between. Was a silver trowel awarded bricklayer at college many moons ago. Love helping folks sort out their stuff, be it repairs, restorations or improvements. -
I've read many threads (some true, some not) about cement corroding copper, MDPE, cables sleeving etc. Could anyone tell me if lime plaster reacts with anything or if it's safe to bury things directly? Trying to work out what can be put in the walls unprotected and what will need conduit etc. Any experts, same question with limecrete (NHL 5) please.
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Hi there, We laid our lime floor slab just over a year ago. It is 100mm thick. We have been repairing walls and fitting roof windows and now come to partition up our internal space into the rooms we need. We are doing stud walls and need to screw our floor plates onto the floor slab. We expected the lime slab to be more friable when screwed into than concrete so expected to need rawl plugs for the screws. However as we drill into the slab the drill bit is tearing a wider hole than we need and we aren't sure how to resolve it. We need to find a way to avoid that or take a different approach to the partitions altogether. The drill rips the aggregate out of the slab so makes a wider hole than you are drilling for - you don't get a clean hole like you would with concrete. We have tried using a narrower drill bit but the width is still uncontrollable, partly because the drill bit can move around in the hole and partly cos the aggregate is torn out. Also the drilled material is not exiting the hole properly so the depth is spoiled by it falling into the hole also. Bit of a head scratcher at the moment... any sage words from the wise?
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Hello fellow self-builders, We are at the start of our first self-build project. In South Lakes and massively grateful to find ourselves (very unexpected) with this opportunity to create a great place to bring up the kids. So far: We have cleared the site and begun demolition of the unwanted structures such as the animal stalls and partition wall. Installed a waste water treatment unit (currently servicing our on-site temp accommodation) and laid pipes for future connection to house toilets and drains. We are currently wrestling with whether to put in a limecrete floor or ordinary cement floor. Money is a factor. Our risk concern with ordinary cement is the possible rising damp problems it could give us in a lime pointed solid stone wall - but it's cheaper and maybe won't cause those problems. Concerns with the lime floor are the uncertainty of the level of skill required to self-lay it, but it is compatible with a breathable building envelope so preferable if we can afford it and not botch it. Once that decision has been wrangled (any thoughts much appreciated). We will aim to get that installed this summer. I see I am not the only person starting a thread here in barn conversions - nice to have the company Robjones <waves> ttfn
