Recent content by mj62mj62

Thank you so much :) Picture from farther back: @datatrebal - Thanks for spotting the damaged tile. Here is the final result in that section of the roof. The replacement tiles I have are second hand. but there are other sections that look less great: I started to put some numbers on...

Hello, Thank you in advanced for your help with this, I really appreciate it. :) After a small roof leak, I removed numerous clay (not concrete) tiles and found a wet patch with a clay colour. With no other water present, I can only assume it came through the tile. The tiles did look very...

Just for anyone visiting this thread in the future, we ended with advice from an insulation specialist who advised: - Rockwool in both the walls and roof - Intello as a smart VCL (vapour control layer) - closing off the soffit areas with OSB+sealant because they were very airtight (the soffits...

p.s. there's a great video here explaining both warm and damp roofs. Relevant Cold roofs are covered from the 7 minute point and beyond

Hello, Shed roof insulation has been discussed on the forum before, but I'm stuck on one bit: Air Flow Please bear with me The shed is going to be a fully finished space for daily office and studio use. 5.5m x 2.5m -- fairly large Sloped roof, felted Interior is a shell - we're saving by...

Hi @Tigercubrider, Thank you for the heads up on the Kiln - thankfully we were warned and have met the manufacturers clearance guidelines (we found each kiln had different guidelines). The floor is wood, but we are putting concrete blocks down to the necessary thickness (I think they are...

Final update: The solution was to get it screeded. There were 2 options, each added a different amount of height from the highest point: (A) 50mm. Screed had fibres added for strength or (B) 10mm. Screed had both SBR and fibres in it (they called it polymer modified sand cement screed) We...

Hi @Notch7 @foxhole - can you shed some further insight here? (many thanks!) :notworthy: The builder (who is recommending slabbing it) strongly insists that 50mm screed will not survive a frost. The screeder says it will be fine (as a side note he is recommending screed with fibres in it for...

Also thanks @ivixor - I'm getting mix messages about the self levelling products and no one I meets wants to use them (apparently it's too easy to get it wrong...?) I appreciate your message

Thanks @Notch7 @foxhole I'm glad to hear screed will do it. :D We will have heavy stuff in the shed - a pottery kiln, many pottery clays, work benches, etc. The story of how it was done wrong was exhaustion + a lack of care from the concrete guy. He started on the left, not noticing he...

Thanks @Notch7 @ivixor @foxhole - I appreciate your inputs (y) Here are the options we've been given from tradespeople who came to see it: (1) Slabbing: Put concrete slabs onto the existing base using sharp sand (apparently dries hard like brick mortar). This will add approx 80mm-100mm in...

Thanks @scbk I appreciate it. Using DPC for packing is a brilliant idea. I like the idea of putting down slabs, but the studio is already at the maximum height permitted, which ties our hands... I'm trying to gauge how bad the problem is - that is, how far can a joist go unsupported before...

Thank you for your help - Please save me! In just a few days a new pottery studio is arriving for my wife, but the concrete base has gone wrong :-( The Concrete base is 5.5m by 2.4m (18' by 8'), steel reinforced, hand poured by an amateur friend on top of 10cm of compacted mot type 1. The...

hahaha :D Lesson learned! Thanks for your advice, I'll try to find that right time to tackle it. I think it's going to be a big job!

Thanks John :-) I think I'd like a mahogany colour actually - the light oiled colour I had to begin with was lovely, but cant last forever...