Recent content by andywoodstick

thanks for the pointer paul :-) appreciate the reply

good news, thanks

Hiya folks im raising the floor in my garage, partitioning it to use as an office. Im looking at ways of raising the floor and insulating it. I have two options: build a timber frame and insulate between the joists with celotex, keeping them raised off the concrete floor (which i will paint...

ah thanks man :)

rite still havnt got round to doing this....i have got (and prepared) the oak beam which is a fair old chunk of wood (1060mmx180x225) and it looks the dogs. I have built some bricks out to act as a small corbel for some of the weight of the oak to sit on and im now ready to get strongboys to...

thanks freddie

so is that 750per m2 for the whole double extension (ie 3.5x5=17.5k)? or per floor (17.5kx2floors = 35k)?

sorry to resurrect an old thread but... ...im just about to order an oak piece to use as a lintle/mantlepiece for my fireplace. In order for it to stick out enough to use as a mantle I am going to order it 225mm depth; so that it can be set 110mm into the wall (1 brick depth as the lintle...

aye thats a fair cop that hotrod! :D

useless you lot :wink:

well my poor technical language may have been the reason for the lack of replies, people thought (correctly) that im a bumbling office worker gone mad with a hammer :lol: house is 30s build. I know the bricks in the middle are different and were added afterwards but it seems to me that the...

Hello forum, i have done a search for a match to this topic but didnt find one (i only flicked thru the 1st few pages of the search so apologies if i have missed it!) I have removed the gas fire from our dining room (it wasnt connected up anyway) and I have taken the plaster off the walls to...