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I installed some ground screws recently and the instructions were to drill a pilot hole in the earth with a 450mm SDS drill bit. Not sure if a mains cable would would be at that level?

Thank you so much guys! I've got a good idea of how many I need now and where they go. Really appreciate the great advice again. Cheers Larry

Hi folks, Can anyone tell me please if there is a rule of thumb for how many screws to use for a stud wall that is for a garden room made of 4x2 timbers at 400mm centres? I'm ordering in the screws and I don't wanna go craaazy or have it fall over. Cheers Larry

If only Diynot followed suit and did a 10% reduction in the amount of spamaritan posts...

Hear hear! I'm not a fan of the stuff myself. I think a lot of it comes down to people not wanting to put the time into things and wanting instant results. This will be the third summer since I really took up gardening and it's finally getting towards the lower maintenance and looking decent...

Except why visit a DIY site with no interest in DIY? Granted cranks, fruitcakes, griefers and Troglodytes may not follow logic, but there are plenty of general gassing forums available.

I'm safe til Xmas...

Look it up, forget it, look it up again. Some stick and some don't. I haven't googled but I think an average persons vocabulary is 50k words but there's over 300k words in English. I'd better get reading the dictionary...

How long does a crank have to apprentice for on GD before they can call themselves a time-served fruitcake...

How about tipping in advance? Deliveroo and places give you the option to tip in advance, a bit of a leap of faith when you don't know what service you get. I don't mind tipping if something was good, I've been known to tip people who aren't routinely tipped if they were really helpful etc. We...

There seems to be several prolific cranks on here of late. Might it not be a terrible idea to put in some kind of checking so that anyone who never makes any kind DIY/trade posts gets deleted? Just a thought and thanks to all those who post useful stuff, this forum has been immensely helpful to...

Thank you so much Woody.

Hi chaps, sorry it's another garden room one, but hoping one of you kind gents can help me please? I've just finished my garden room base and fitted the joists (living the DIY dream). I have to insulate it next, I plan to put 50mm foil back recticel first then 100mm rockwool rwa45? Should I...

Hi big-all was that regular or acoustic rockwool out of interest please?

Thanks for the vote of confidence Woody, I will try my best :-)

Thanks for your suggestions guys. I'll try and do the walls with OSB+breater membrane attached and stand it up in one go, though I'm working mostly on my tod and dont have tons of spare time (ok no excuse that's everyone) If worst came to worst would covering with a tarp or breather membrane do...

Thanks Tiger, will keep that in mind.

Hi folks, I'm making a start on a garden room this week and as it's an evenings/weekend type of job I'll have the OSB floor exposed to the elements for some time. I'll put a tarp over it, but is it worth coating it with some wood preserver or something else to protect it from the elements til...

Do you have an angle grinder or SDS drill? If so you could chop it off near the base with a grinder and you can get sds chisel bits that would allow you to chip out the last bit and concrete. Goes without saying a proper breaker is less effort than an SDS. Your saw looks more suited for...

Thanks Woody, yes I will now! That's the trick I was missing right there. Cheers appreciate that. Larry