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Need a bit of advice. The brickie is here Tuesday and then sat and sunday They need to get bricks onto this column, I have furfix etc. The new floor heights are the problem. This colum and roof is in an area of the house that steps down and is lower than where the extension will be. So I...

I'm in the zone now m8, I'm lean, mean, diy machine. They seek me here they seek me there they seek me everywhere is he in heaven is he in hell no I'm at selco. I'm knocking the scaffold up next week.... Been a while since I done a full shift on it........ but heyho. Just working it out...

progress 8am to 11.30 me and 2 m8s in the rain, lots of rain, soaked to me bumcrack. gotta love them scaffolders they dont mind being wet, or humping stuff about. the ground is like the somme, 3 of us carrying the beams on strops sinking in the mud over yer laces....not good. the rain...

What about some galvanised box metal lengths

Wasit where the top of the wardrobe had a trim board to meet the ceiling? If so you sure it's plaster and not filler of some kind. Can you knock it off with a filler knife / scraper n hammer Scaff

Done another 4hrs today. Cut 13 of the pre stressed T beams to size, I used a electric cut off saw and it ****ed it. I had a choice hire a petrol one and get stung for the blade fuel additive etc or buy one. So I bought one, screwfix have an evolution 305mm one for £220 Inc dry cut blade for...

Have a read of this http://www.stevefreemanonline.com/2014/02/how-i-saved-60-pounds-whilst-disposing-of-plasterboard-legally/ Not saying its close to you (don't know where you are) but there are places out there Scaff

I'm gonna trim all the beams back tomorrow, got some time off so it'll keep me outta the pub I'm looking to cut about 500mm off the 5m beams befoe we move them that'll reduce the weight by 18kgs each. I just need a small army to move the high density concrete blocks, they are heavy 18.5kg...

I moved the 3m and 3.5m ones myself on a sack barrow balanced just off centre so it's front heavy, you just push the rear down and steer. The down side is my driveway where the beams were drooped is all gravel and a right git to wheel on. We've been using some 1m long strops. just getting...

We have installed 13 beams on Sat and Sunday, 6 more to go wooo hoo...... 6 more ******* 175kg heavy ones.

That's a good idea, the only problem I have is the hound is so soft and uneven from the digger churning it up right where I need to move these beams. So it looks like it's by hand only. Or helicopter. So if anyone's got a big chopper not up to much........... Scaff

Not much to report really Somehow managed to fracture a bone in my wrist or all things getting a wheel off a car that had been put on with an impact wrench. Gonna have to take me socks n shoes of and lean to use them. I had someone lined upto install the block n beam floor, that fukd me...

What you going to do for the waste from the sink in the island

I had this about 20yrs ago on a garage conversion on a semi. It worked, well its still there now. Was far simpler than digging footings Scaff

Keep the hardcore you an put it back in the oversite.

Hi all Moving on with my build I need to cut /trim the prestressed concrete floor beams. I have a 9" angle grinder just thinking what blades would be best, due to the steel reinforcing inside the beams, granted the steel is only a pencil size I just dont wanna have the wrong disc flying into...

This image any clearer Do you have plans done I'm not screeding mine so that could be the difference.

Sorry, bit confusing that's because it shows timber frame as the inside wall not block or brick. Let me have a look Scaff

Have a look at this. This is what I used for mine. Scaff

Well for a change I thought I ruin the front of the house today. Dug the footings for the porch earlier, going for a half brick and oak job with new front door. Size is 1.8m x 2.3m x 1.8m No dramas other than a 15mm copper pipe with the gas feed for the lounge under the ground. Concrete...