Recent content by JakCal

More hardcore ok, so would that mean I dig deeper to allow for that or same depth and just add more? Concrete would be my preferred choice. Ok, Picture below would probably describe it better than I could:

Thanks for the links, had a read. I actually thought the supplier was concurring with what you had said in your 2nd post regarding a filled trench foundation and pouring the floor after. His suggestion looks much more complicated than either of yours, so I'll stick with your suggestion on a...

Hi Freddy, I don't think their point was the floor area or whether it was 1m within the boundary, as placing it next to the house I avoid that latter issue. I think it was whether I attached it to the house or not. Originally I intended to use the house to form part of the back wall of the...

[/url] Hi Patho, Building Control & Planning explained that the principal was the same as a garage and quoted the following to me: "Building a detached garage of less than 30 square metres floor area would not normally need building regulations approval if: •the floor area of the...

Thanks for the contribution freddymercurystwin. I'd like the deck area level with the back door. The shed doesn't have to be level just the entrance to the shed or if I have to I don't mind having a step if need be to the entrance to the shed or inside the shed. Ok, Ive rang the local...

Sorry to flit from one to the other as I'm still weighing up the options. I realise that concreting would probably be the best way, It maybe possible for a tipper to get up on the grass from the carpark and drop outside my house (unsure on what the neightbours would think), rather than the...

Thanks for posting that. I hadn't heard of it before. I can't see them being Mental Health cases as to have dual psychoses I would of thought is virtually impossible (unless of course it was drug induced) and the strength of one of them explains quite a lot. As Mickymoody said there is quite a...

Hi again, firstly, I wanted to quickly ask what you thought on the idea of using sleepers for the base? I rang a couple of places earlier on Monday and one yard had reclaimed Jarrah sleepers for £18.50 and new Oak for slightly more, this seems cost effective and sounds like a quicker...

Hi Deluks, thanks for the reply. As I said I'm a noob and a lot of the stuff you mention I've had to google as I don't understand. So if my questions seem stupid please bare with me. Sips panels, not sure tbh. They're constructed using 150mm x 40mm, then clad with osb and some sort of...

Hi Fella's, I'm a complete building noob and looking for advice. I have some pre-fabricated panels, the type used in constructing houses/flats. They're various widths, but all are 2400mm tall and are constructed using 140mm x 40mm timbers, which are very heavy. I would like to use these to...

That's great, thanks for the info Dave.

Anyone able to offer advice on this please.... Just trying to find out whether the weight would have any adverse effects on the laminate. Cheers

Hi, After reading advice on here I decided not to go with a budget engineered floor or solid and bought a decent quality laminate instead. The laminate hasn't been laid yet and I intend to build a sideboard measuring 3.6m in length (3 sections of 1200mm) I'm just wondering whether I can lay...

Thanks to everyone for your replies. I live on the Isle of Wight and we're not overun with flooring companies here. Today I'm going to try and visit the ones that are available to me. Buying from F2G is going to add about £80.00 to cost due to travel expenses and no guarantees we'll like what...

Sorry while editing my last post you replied. Just to reiterate: I thought the quality on engineered is gauged on overall thickness and wear layer. What else dictates this? Is it purely price? Floors2go reduced This from £17.00 to £13.50m2 over the phone. Havent seen it yet, but it 14mm...