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thanks for the info; that's all good to hear. This is now done, but my issue was more with the air gap where the roof meets the walls, but this is fine on our building now as we've used open joint cladding so there's little spaces for air to flow easily between each cladding batten anyhow. If...

There is a DPM under the concrete. Was under the impression that's more to aid the drying of the concrete.

I suspect as you mention, the best bet would be to lay some 8 x 4' subfloor like OSB or Ply, then the flooring, which will be sanded scaffold boards as the main flooring. There's DPM in the concrete, but may well do the VCL underneath the celotex too.

I would do that but with a concrete base, I was advised not to lay timber directly on it as this is likely to rot, even if treated if any moisture gets in there or from the base itself.

I know this sounds familiar, but have read the posts and find the info I need, so any advice appreciated. So from top to bottom I was thinking (for garden studio); - 225mm x 38mm wooden floor boards - (maybe VCL or foil tape joins in celotex sheets) - celotex - concrete floor Will the floor...

Not sure where to post this query, but hope someone can help. I've mostly built a garden studio, insulated, cladded and now onto the internal finish with the vcl, but am unsure how to approach the electrical sockets, window frames and doors. How do you get around sockets, frames, fixings for...

re conditioner I mean a pre-staining treatment. Just friend mentioned some wood conditioner he used before staining to avoid streaks/blotches.

They look really good. Didn't expect the hardwood ply to show up grain like that. Just out of interest did you prep the ply before with anything or just stain straight eg. conditioner before staining. Also are the ones just out of the image on the right still drying; as I can see the stain...

Thanks, some useful info to look up there. Did you use a stain on the hardwood faced ply... does it have a nice grain that comes out? I could try what you say re filling voids and was thinking about painting bitumen on the edges, before staining front seeing as it will be a dark stain anyhow...

After much deliberation, I decided to clad my garden studio in ply sheets and some cedar as an added feature. I will cut the ply sheets so they have a shadow gap between each one so will definitely need to treat the edges properly which will be exposed. I want to stain the ply a dark...

I would have loved that seeing as celoxtex is such a horrible product to cut into joist gaps, but height restrictions would have been passed with warm roof!

Not sure if this is the best forum for this query, but hope someone can advise. After much deliberation, I decided to clad my garden studio in ply sheets and some cedar as an added feature. I will cut the ply sheets so they have a shadow gap between each one so will definitely need to treat...

Been looking for weeks but cannot find any specific details on this; I'll try to explain but apologies if I waffle. I'm building a garden studio, timber frame, without overhang. The top of the cold roof has 25mm air gap above celotex insulation then osb roof, then will be epdm. The walls have...

Great, thanks for that. The Klober Permo membrane I have doesn't actually contain the writing anymore apparently so glad you mentioned the shiny side inwards, fibrous outwards as this is the natural way it's rolled, and sales at Klober didn't know but said either way which I really wasn't sure...

About to wrap my timber framed garden office with the breathable membrane and battens but am unsure how the edge detail is finished with an EPDM roof. The cold roof rafters end flush with the stud wall rather than any overhang. If I go by the limited diagrams seen so far (see attached), then...

That was sort of my point. I enjoy doing as much a possible and why should I pay an electrician spend a day digging a huge trench to lay a cable! I wasn't expecting to install the wiring, but appreciate if I'm getting them to do most of it, they would prefer to do all of it... it was more a...

Probably all of the above, but from what I've read work for such electrical will fall under no notice required if carried out by qualified electrician. If done by DIYer then building control will need to be notified. valid point. Actually more for the speed of getting it done as no one...

Not sure if anyone has any experience with Klober Permo Frame Breathable Membrane but have just ordered some from https://www.aboutroofing.com/permo-frame-breathable-membrane-50mtr-x-1-5mtr.html and it's unbranded? Not sure which side is the external i.e. cladding side and which is the...

Thanks for confirming. I was aware electrical additions needed approval i.e. Part P, hence the need to find out about what can and can't be done by myself. As I said it was exempt from MOST parts, not ALL! Appreciate the confirmation though and do not have any issue with any trades and am...

Blimey... it's a garden room for occasional use and is under 15 sq metres, so is exempt from most of the building regs you mention above. Please see link below if you're not up to speed. This was a simple question about some time saving for wiring. The SWA cable is 32A 4mm copper wire... more...