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I'm just about to start extending my shed/workshop with dubious planning/knowledge. This thread has really made me feel better about my prospects, because instead of a series of cars that don't work I just have one car that does, and I won't buy anything off of eBay.
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Arrath posted:But how many piles driven into the upper mantle will your shed require? Before reading this thread I thought it wouldn't need any, but now I'm wondering if I should construct the walls entirely of piles and then have the roof made of piles at 45 degrees, then shoot horizontal piles into my house instead of using roof tiles. Maybe shiny tape it all together. There's a hundred-year old beech tree behind the shed which I might stake with a nice pile just in case the wind picks up. (Aside from wondering why 99 doesn't just buy a good vehicle and not gently caress it, I am impressed by his efforts)
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Leperflesh posted:You think he's cheaping out? If a thief stripped all the copper from his house, they'd be able to retire in comfort on the recycling money. Also, recall the expense spent on the front door. This is the absolutely beauty of the thread. The ambition, spec and some of the materials are top notch, but operational choices undermine that at every turn. I wonder if a project manager could pay for themselves just by taking away 99's eBay account? Luckily, it'll take a lot of undermining to make the thing fall down.
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Jun 11, 2023 10:40
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You should have just carved your house out of a giant L-shaped bundle of cables.
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Jul 5, 2023 16:00
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NotJustANumber99 posted:So plan is to do all the other work myself for less and then just ask him for the 90quid sign off What do we reckon, a nice 10x to the sign off price for not doing the work?
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Jul 31, 2023 14:09
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niethan posted:Just pay him a cool 100 Yeah I reckon the extra tenner will help the sparky accept OP's test results instead of doing his own for £370+VAT.
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Jul 31, 2023 15:01
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Failed Imagineer posted:I mean the blockwork is completely standard in European construction, 99 has just chosen to hyperfixate on it (understandable since they seem like pretty poo poo blocks in a few different ways even though they do the job just fine). I think it's fair to fixate on the blocks. I had to remove a breeze block wall from my shed and it took a big disc cutter and sledgehammer to get the job done. In 99's place i'd just wipe the wall away with some kitchen roll.
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Sep 1, 2023 17:09
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Failed Imagineer posted:Was thinking alright it would be a bit of a knock to your airtightness rating if there was just massive holes in the side of your house I hope this leads to lots of goons filling in their eaves for airtightness. This both is and is not code for something.
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Nov 16, 2023 11:24
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I think that design would cantilever well off a strong wall. It's a shame you didn't build any of those.
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Dec 3, 2023 09:52
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His Divine Shadow posted:Read in the news paper that many people with ASHPs in their homes (and there are a lot, Finland is the most heatpump dense country per capita atm) have had issues in the cold with the drainage for the condensate mainly freezing over and blocking it. Another black eye for heat pumps, my boiler condensate pipe froze a few years back and it was nowhere near -25.
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Remind me what you're waiting for on the heating front. Do you just need some more confusing diagrams to fall out of your head? I guess everything will be preserved once it has a protective layer of rust and mold.
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Jan 21, 2024 09:49
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TheMightyHandful posted:No goon has ever heard of the KISS principal. Just build a robot to KISS for you.
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Jan 30, 2024 19:23
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NotJustANumber99 posted:yeah its engineered oak I have the same but with a thicker top layer. Mine is nailed to the wooden floor beneath with 50mm flooring nails, so maybe you'll need to drive 5m piles through each length of yours. Best call the engineer.
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Mar 8, 2024 21:26
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redleader posted:the only places that will get wet in a room dedicated to putting water in, on, and around human bodies are exposed surfaces. therefore, sealing interior areas is a waste of time Apologies if I'm stumbling into a whoosh here. Sealing one side of a piece of wood is generally worse than not sealing at all. Wood laps up humidity from the air and if there's one side of a plank can and the other can't, you'll get a nice banana. I'd probably put 5 coats on every surface of that thing. Or 3, but say 5 on the Internet.
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drgitlin posted:Yeah but if you just pay a dude he might do a bad job. And poo poo in your garden.
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