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I hope the new person is much more reasonable.

I have just had a look at your thread and your extension is not so different from mine. We have clay too, but there was a concrete parking area here for years, that we often parked small lorries or tractors on. So we poured another 8 inches of concrete on top with reinforcing mesh inserted. I...

Our drawings originally showed digging footings and a 'warm' roof. The Building Inspector thought this was 'over designing' and suggested building off a slab and having a more conventional 'cold' roof. So in short he suggested changes and I went with it because it was saving me a substantial...

Interesting, maybe I have a cold roof and you have a warm one? 'A warm roof building will make the entire structure of the building warm in an attempt to avoid any cold bridging. It is where the insulation is located ‘above’ or ‘above and between’ timber rafters. Cold bridging refers to an...

I queried this with the Building Inspector but he said, it was fine and plasterboard could go up. Regarding the lights etc, again I followed his instruction, he has received plenty of photographs as we have gone along and he has been happy. The electrician asked that I did not cut the holes in...

Getting used to this dot and dab thing now. Just one wall left to do and then finish off the last stud wall.

Plasterboarding the window reveals. This bonding compound sticks well!

Well,...Dot and Dab is not as easy as it looks! But we will persevere.

And more interestingly,...we have put the windows in!

Two door linings fitted. .....bit boring for you guys, but hey,....It's a picture record of progress.

Very nice. It's great to the the progress in pictures.

More plasterboard in place.

Ceilings are plaster-boarded. It was not easy holding them in place on the vaulted ceiling, but we got there in the end. The guy who came around to quote for skimming suggested I put more screws in the ceiling, one more between the existing ones, so I will be doing that before moving on.

I'm sure it would, but I felt I had greater control with a hand tool. There was no splitting or cracking.

I stuck the template to the door, drilled a hole then cut with a pad saw. It cuts very easily.

I play it from time to time. It is quite good for just zoning out a bit, bottle of wine and then go dig dig digging. The Children's fault though, they play, get stuck, hand us the controls to sort it all out. Then it just kind of grows on you.

No vapour barrier was mentioned. Where would this be attached?

Hi, I have a lean to roof on the new extension with a vaulted ceiling. Breathable membrane beneath the tiles. 100mm insulation between the rafters leaving a 50 mm gap between the membrane and the top of the insulation. The whole surface area of the ceiling has been covered with 40mm...

Very nice mate. Well done.

We also have two manholes. I took advice from Building Inspector who stated that both covers had to be replaced with the screw down type. Then put down the 100mm insulation and cover with 22mm chipboard flooring (P5, I think). On top of this will go 10mm of insulation fabric and underfloor...