Recent content by freddiemercurystwin

I would do this.

If the idea is to leave the water in there, won't it be freezing cold most of the time? I thought dog hydrotherapy tanks were supposed to be pretty warm?

As mentioned commercial aquarium tanks are commonly built with 25mm ply but given your water depth is only 200mm you could probably get away with less, I don't understand the weird obsession people have OSB.

390kg on casters will absolutely be a challenge! Think of a few ring beams or similar.

Does the OP mean they want to fit the posts to the front? That would be odd but it might explain the postcrete comment.

I think I'd be inclined to build it in 25mm plywood and line it with GRP, it would obviously need a bit more engineering than simply just four sides screwed together but this is how large (commercial) aquarium tanks are built.

What's the point in using aluminium gate posts if you fit a timber gate? You might need an SDS, it depends how hard the wall is. You shouldn't need any postcrete, you'll need to fit your posts say 75mm back from the face of the wall to ensure you get a good fixing. I would use simple plugs and...

Forticrete Centurion Low Pitch Concrete, Crest G10, Crest H10, La Escandella Planum Interlocking Low Pitch Clay all go down to 10°, no doubt there are others. There are other non clay/concrete tiles that will go down lower.

Why do you have a BCO coming round, surely the whole point of keeping it under the limits is to avoid BC approval?

Your drawings are crap, assuming the external wall thickness is around 225mm given your external dimensions of 7.5 x 4.5m and the 4.5m door that gives you an internal area of about 28.85m2.

What a peculiar looking tile, maybe try Yandex image search too, still very hit and miss. Maybe take some better photos.

How are your scaffold boards fixed together?

A better sketch might be helpful but stevie has pretty much nailed it subject to falls/levels and the gap between the house and boundary being enough.

Who doesn't like a ladder fail? :p

Belt sanders are quite brutal with a coarse paper, cheap too. Depends how rough it is really.