Recent content by mangosRus

Aha, cool. I was a little worried about having to drill through 220mm of timber, hah. Those vertical strips look like a much quicker solution, I may just go with them. :)

Thanks for the reply. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by bearing plate here. I've attached a picture of what I had in mind based on your replies. The hole was only there because the sleeve has a nut which needs to be tightened, I do have some 120mm x 7.5 concrete screws, which would be much...

Once again, thank you guys for the very helpful repiles.. I have gone for the 75x220 spaced @ 450. I will be receiving the timber tomorrow and will be bolting the joists into the top of the walls. Woody, you recommended 120mm anchor sleeves bolts, with 70mm in the masonary. That means I will...

Hah, I'm a night owl and relish the stillness of the night :p Thank you very much for the replies guys, I have a much better idea of where I'm heading with the roof, and thanks woody for going out of your way to make a picture! That is very kind of you. 1. So the length of the joists will be...

Thanks guys. I have some more questions if you don't mind.:) 1. How far should the joists extend out of the wall? 2. How would I go about attaching a pvc fascia board to the joists? I was under the impression you just nail it on, but I read you should put some ply on the joists and nail the...

Thanks. By brace all walls you mean the attached? I guess I would attach the joists to the braces via joist hangers or something.

Thanks Woody. That wall will be restrained by the roof joists. I was initially going to have the joists running over the garage door (that is adjacent to the right of the wall pictured in the attachment of my first post), but then the joist length will be over 6 metres and I would need to...

Hi Guys, I have attached an image of the current iteration for one of the garage walls. The wall length is 5.8 metres. As you can see, there are 2 piers on the left, both are 220mm; they will support the door. The distance from the second pier to the end of the wall is 4270mm. There is a 3rd...

What is the recommended end bearing for a 900mm door and a 2085mm garage door that is only single-story and will have 2 courses of block above it, and a flat roof (8x3 joists, 18mm OSB3, and EPDM). I have read that I will need a min bearing of 150mm but I am not sure how to apply that since I...

Thanks for the reply guys, sounds like this is contested territory. Just for clarity's sake, what do you mean by lapping here ? Would I put a 10mm bead on the DPM, flatten it and lay the DPC, and then another 10mm on the DPC followed by the block work ? BTW guys, I am using dense blocks, so...

So how should it be done?

Hm? The DPM protects the slab from water penetration, and covers block work below the slab too, and thereby acts as a DPC too? It's single block BTW.

We built up to DPC with 100mm blocks, laid down the DPM, and had the concrete slab poured. I am now going to lay 100mm blocks on top of the DPM and need some guidance on how I should proceed. 1. Should I mortar underneath the DPM, or just above it ? 2. How thick does the mortar bed need to be...

Hi Guys What's the best way to limit dust produced from cutting dense concrete blocks ? I've got to cut about 32 pieces and will be using a 9 inch angle grinder. I am thinking of wetting the blocks before cutting them but not sure if that'll help much.

Yeh don't worry, I'm still using Hager gear. Just need a larger than usual unit for a big property hence looking at the wylex units which are reasonably sized/priced.