Recent content by JohnLeeWall

It is a white spot like mold growing down from wood in patches, some slightly turning green. The air was definitely wind blowing up as it was constant but I guess in this situation it would bounce off the rear wall and not sure if go back out or not really. Does the hybrid method work ok of...

I had an issue while I had some of the insulation up it wasn't all sealed in for a week and caused condensation to form on decking, dried this off as best as I could and then sealed the pir foam (50mm) in place, foamed all gaps and taped it. Now move on around 2 weeks I decided to take one panel...

Is pebble dash not a little stronger as such? I guess you can get away with a rougher texture base coat ready for the rough mixture to be thrown on compared to troweling it flat and scraping etc. Would you know if Weber OCR (one Coat Render) can be used as the carrier for this? It is a...

What are peoples views on pebble dash render over a block wall compared to the smother type render? I was thinking the pebble dash would give a tougher finish compared to say the smooth or am I wrong in this?

I am curios if this is doable or would work. I have a small single skin block shed. Now I am wondering if you can use foam tile backer board like Q Board dot and dabbed to the wall as both the vapor barrier, insulation and paneling without using plasterboard? This panel is meant for wet rooms...

I have a small outbuilding built around 10x10ft in single skin medium density block. I have a 4% pitch roof and want the high point of the beams to sit within the wall to keep the roof blocked from the close fencing as its within the boundary. So my idea was a wooden 2x5 wall plate (runner)...

deflagrate I mean, burns away quickly but does not go bang.

The roof will be light weight along with the rest of the building to give way. The wall is just to give extra protection to the store behind it which is also being another wall. The blocks we have been given the green light for as fine to use as they generally will fall as one as long as it is...

That we have already and they give the guidelines and safety measures to put in place and we need the concrete block or concrete poured wall but preferably block as it would work out better. So the design we have gone with suits these requirements that we have to follow including separation...

The gas being stored is not lpg but a by product gas from a production and is more vapor in effect but when confined turns more gaseous. So the vapor is not explosive but when compressed it can act that way but rarely. Our old building used a 8ft tall dual skinned brick wall with coarse...

my build

Attached image of shed design, My main worry is because this has no side walls in block like say a garage does it will be weaker even with wood framing attached due to its weight in stability. Going off the design the first 3 courses above dpc will be block then the rest is wood frame with light...

In terms of stability at 8ft tall would laying blocks flat be safer than upright or dual upright blocks then two flats then upright and so on? or just upright with a column either end and one in middle on backend of wall?

The shed will be ventilated and is designed to give encase of explosion though the wall needed is to help negate a blast travelling in the way of other sheds so that it goes in the direction of least resistance ie upward and outward to one side. Usually the older buildings contained a two...