Recent content by mattprince

Best thing is I've just been given nearly 2000 thermalite blocks for free. Nephew is in construction and got so many left over. Only need about 450 myself so going put the rest on Freecycle

Ok thanks for all the help o_O

Was going to dig and do 2ft concrete footings .

It's grass.

Hi all, Going to be doing the footings for the 5x3m single block garage/shed soon. How deep will I need the footings to be? Going to be 7ft high at the front and 6ft high at the back. Single block. What's the best way to waterproof it, keep it damp free and also to soundproof it a bit? Matt

Hi, I currently have an outdoor hose attachment and it's just cold water. I want a new hose attachment outside that can have a mixture of hot and cold water and also have 2 spurs off it as I can have a hose lower down the wall towards the drive, for the car, and one higher up towards the...

Would thermalite blocks be good enough?

Hi, Doing a 5mx3m shed/outbuilding at the bottom of my garden to house my tools and for a general workshop. My current wooden shed is rusting my tools crazy so want to do this to combat that. I was going to get normal breeze block to build it with,single layer. Will this combat my tools...

Cheers for the reply. I was thinking that bolts would be better but can't see anywhere on the internet of people doing it? I think I will use bolts as can dismantle it if I want and also every year just go and check they are tightened anyway. Matt

Hi, I am planning on building a shed which will be 5mx3.5m and it will be a pent design so 7ft at the front and 6ft at the back. I am going to do a concrete base I think which will be approx 6" deep (unless you have any better ideas that will be significantly cheaper but 100% stable?) I plan...