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I'm about to lay PTG flooring in a timber framed garden office. The base of the building is raised on beam and post contsruction with an 18mm plywood subfloor. I'm not too bothered about the nails showing but I am going to varnish the floor to give it some protection. What would you guys...

Can any of you kind folks advise on the best way for me to insulate my posh shed. The structure is currently from outside > in featheredge cladding battens breather membrane 4x2 studwork I'm planning on insulating between the studs with rockwool slabs and the internal cladding is going...

Hey! That's all my hard work your slagging off there! :lol:

Can you advise on if any ventilation will be required if I insulate between the rafters? Since the rafters will be 100mm thick and say I use 50mm celotex, do I need to have gaps over/through the ridge board to allow air to go from one side to the other?

That's fine mate. Good to have the experts check it over! I was surprised at the 30 years myself, but I thought if I need to reinforce it at a later then I will. What do you think I should do with the RH side then? Add to the supports with some blocks on concrete?

According to the UK Timber Decking Association posts concreted in the ground have a lifespan of 30 years. The intermediate beam is supported that way on the 4" posts but the outer 6" posts are notched in the correct way so the beam is sitting on the post.

How come? Because they are concreted in to the ground?

Hi Folks, Can anyone give me some advice on the best way to put a shallow pitch roof on my new shed build? [/img] It's 3m x 4m and I don't want to go up more than 500mm from the wall plate. I'm wanting a 600mm overhang at the front gable end and 300mm at the back. I'm thinking...

I'm going to build a large timber shed on a part raised platform at the back of my garden. Picture this - I've built an part elevated frame in my garden using 6x6 columns which is roughly 3.6m by 4.8m. Half of this lengthwise is raised 1-1.5m above ground and the other half is just above...

Just goes to show GET THE EXPERTS IN. I would have been ripping carpet and floorboards up like a banshee for FA! :lol:

Solved, my sister had a sparky round and bare with me as I'm not clear on this but one of the fuses on the board had gone and crossed with the upstairs circuit and downstairs lights were getting a feed throught the earth???? Something like that anyway :oops: The sparky is updating the...

No I'm positive that nothing has changed for years.

No, landing light doesn't come on at all.

Sorry mate. If she turns on the hall light switch that normally operates the landing light then two seperate reception rooms down stairs lights switch on and if she turns the switch off then the lights in the rooms go off.

Something really weird has started happening to the lighting in my mother's house. Nothing has been changed to do with the electrics for years and she rang me yesterday and said that when she turns on the 2 way hall light switch it switches off and on TWO of the downstairs living rooms! The...

Thanks for the info guys. Will get some access chambers up and start flushing.

I'm trying to figure out where the drains run on my 5 year old property. Say the kitchen is at the back of the property would it be common practice to run the waste pipe under the property or round the back and down the side of the house? Just wondering if there are any building regs guidance...

I'm planning on doing something similar above our garage although our house in only 5 years old, is timber framed and the first floor is not only a single skin walled garage but is also a breakfast area off the kitchen. I have no idea how a builder will approach building the inner skin walls...