Recent content by steve777a

It has occurred to me that it is probably to do with the spans between piers/joists being too large to support flooring. By putting a separate floor frame on top of the bearers you provide a framework with smaller joist spans more suiting to support the sub-floor.

I'm building a garden room and I plan to use a pier foundation. My plan is to put the floor frame straight onto the piers, with a DPM between the floor timber and the piers. However, from browsing the web I've seen quite a few floor structures that use bearers/skids on top of the piers, and...

I think that might work thanks. It just depends whether I can pack such a large area tight enough I think. I'll give it a try.

Thanks, that's a clever idea, but I won't be able to get the glass across anything like the full area.

Hi, We've had a couple of rats get into the floor cavities in our house, and I'm trying to work out how to block of the hole that is giving them access, which unfortunately isn't that easy. We have an internal soil pipe that is boxed off and comes down behind some kitchen units. If I pull...