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    Workshop Mk2

    Got blocks. Will lay. I'll admit, I ran the quantities on how many I need and was not expecting over 5 pallets worth. Genuinely didn't realise how many bricks/blocks are needed to build a building. This is the first of 3 loads. Have the first two down on the lefthand wall. Want to have the...
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    Amateur DIYer - need a bit of guidance, thanks

    Would add that there are several flavours of plasterboard. You need taper edge to do the joint and I suggest 12mm not 9mm Also, consider thermal or acoustic boards
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    PD height when dug into a hill

    Agreed it needs a measuring from the ground. But my question is what is ground level when you've cut into it ~600mm
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    PD height when dug into a hill

    Just looking for some second opinions. I'm building a new workshop on a corner plot road side, but not beyond the principle elevation. Within 1m of existing house. Within 1m of boundary. Detailed here :https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/workshop-mk2.636602/. According to "Permitted...
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    Workshop Mk2

    Beautiful weather! Retaining wall in, Insulation, DPM and backfill installed. Got steel in for the piers. Yay lifting blocks over them :l
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    What have you bought today?

    Sacks of gravel. Having just paid to get rid of a bag of soil that was mostly, well, gravel.
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    Workshop Mk2

    Block by block. Brick by brick... up we go. That's the hardest ones done now. Bit annoyed, there was a bit of grit on a block so I'm almost 3mm out of level over 6m I'm toying with the idea of looping pipes through the dense concrete blocks prior to filling them so I can use it as a solar...
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    Minimal damage to a DPM

    Ideal world, DPMs are a continuous, perfect sheets of plastic (or other polymer) and will stop everything. But in reality, they are folded and rolled for packing. They have creases in them that struggle to seal when jointed. They get walked on. They have concrete and screed poured on them...
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    Workshop Mk2

    First two blocks in... let's goooo.
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    DIY EWI (Exterior wall insulation) hits and tips

    Fair comment Rusty, though if you only ever heat your house to 12, you're hardier than I am. My goal was to keep it ~12 ish at all times with a small space heater. And regardless of insulation, it's the the thermal mass of the tools that has caused my plague of rust. But a couple of harsh...
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    DIY EWI (Exterior wall insulation) hits and tips

    It's a fair point cdbe, but I'm after thermal stability more than warmth, and I want to use the mass as a thermal battery. fluctuations play havoc with machine tools and condensation. I may put a low power heater in to keep it up a few degrees, but nothing close to domestic heating levels...
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    DIY EWI (Exterior wall insulation) hits and tips

    Addressing multiple points from the replies (Thanks folks) "20mm isn't much" - agreed, but I've got 50mm gap on one side to fit the full system in and an alleyway on the other side that I can't afford to loose much width from. R value of the blocks is ~0.09, R value of 20mm EPS is ~0.48, so...
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    DIY EWI (Exterior wall insulation) hits and tips

    Planning on putting a 20mm EWI system on my block built workshop. After some confidence boosting tips. Are there any gotchas or preferences peeps have to offer? Silicone render or dry mix render with paint? Which is easier? Any decent tutorials or step by step advise for dealing with doors &...
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    Workshop Mk2

    Lifting the panel Waiting for the lorry... Very limited access. ACTION SHOT! Slightly spicy action shot ;) It's in! Looks.... awful. But with a bit of troweling.... Noice. Now just waiting for a cat to fall in it......
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    Workshop Mk2

    Come on 2025! Spring is in the air, the leaves have all come down. The magnolia has yet to shed its flowers. The weather is good. Time to dust off the winter dumping ground building site. Clear the water, rotting leaves, mud, rubbish & weird red worm things. Cover up the soil banks, tape...
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    Workshop Mk2

    Insulation finished first DPM going in Stepping away from the project for a couple of weeks, so have filled the DPM with water to weigh down EPS and support the sides. Need to do a tidy when back. I am so glad the digging is over. It's easily been 5 years on and off Come a looong way from...
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    Relocating toilet soil pipe under upstairs bathroom floor

    Stick an Air Admittance Valve (AAV) at the top. it's basically a check valve that allows air in when there is negative pressure in the pipe. Be careful with waste pipe flow directions. Having a Cross with two horizontal (ish) intakes can lead to poop coming back up the pipe. Always stagger...
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    Relocating toilet soil pipe under upstairs bathroom floor

    I'm a little alarmed that you say the stack just ends. Do you have any ventilation to prevent syphoning when you flush the loo?
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    Workshop Mk2

    The digging is finally done and I'm now building. Woop
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    Old concrete path

    Also, if it has algae, put some natural yoghurt on the new stuff to accelerate the coverage over ned concrete
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