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When i look for timber frame detail on the net all i can find is a single skin with a second masonary skin. Can anyone direct me to drawings/info on a single timber skin wall. I plan to cedar clad our single storey extension on the outside.

You need to set up decent terms with howdens. If they tell you that when you buy a lot then you can have good discounts, tell them that unless they give you good discounts, you cant buy alot. I get 70% off units, 80% off panels/plinths etc, 60% off worktops. These are the figures i would aim...

What is flux?

Last house I did the gas but had it all tested/ commissioned by a plumber I employ. Didnt need my own manometer for that, so yes I did do everything but the plastering.

No I don't own one and I did answer that my plumber was doing all of the gas. There is only 1m from new boiler to gas meter on outside wall

That is just Darwin in action. I guy near me killed himself when he angle grinded an empty gas cylinder in half because he thought it would make a nice plant pot. I heard the bang. If we shouldn't do anything potentially dangerouse then should halfords stop selling me brake pads when I am not a...

I like to think I am a bit more than a DIYer. Although I am not a tradesman, I work in the trade and I have now built 2 houses entirely myself from below the ground up. ok I have paid for a plaster as that is more of an art, but that is it. So I have done it myself but it is a bit more than Do...

I don't mind the hijack, it is kind of the same subject that most of this thread turned into

Most industries see competence as someone being Suitably qualified and experienced. A lot of people see it as just qualified. I would much rather do my own boiler work than use someone who is newly qualified. You are right though, I did not intend for a debate on competence, I simply asked a...

Yes, he will do all of the gas. It is only 1m from the gas meter so not worth doing any gas work anyway. I will do all of the water side of things

It seems to have been overlooked that i said my plumber would do the gas work and final connections.

Dont think he would ever do anything that would risk. Just because i dont have a certificate does not mean i am not competent to do it. Most of it aint difficult (note i said most). I thought the regs state that someone should be competent, not necessarily qualified. Competent is ambigous term...

Right, a little confuse what I can and can't do know. Having spoken with my plumber today who is happy to finish/ commission my boiler. As I understand it I can Hang the boiler, connect all water pipes, drill the flue He can connect the gas, connect the flue and commission

I will be doing the install myself apart from the bits i am not allowed to eg, the final gas connections (about 1 metre away from from the meter). I employ plumbers all the time with my line of business so shouldnt have a problem with getting someone to finish it off, check it and certify it. I...

I am looking to buy a new boiler for a complete new central heating installation (replacement). Everyone seems to recomend Vaillant but what other makes would people recommend. Worcester, Vokera, Ariston etc.... Vailant seem to be the most expensive but are they worth it? Looking for a natural...

How did this get onto a debate on the minimum thickness of screed possible. Has anyone ever come across a hardcore layer of flint pebbles as a natural dpc layer as this is what i assume i have

having removed a section of slab to case a new strip foudation, i discovered the slab was laid on a 12 to 18" layer of flint stones. This i guess can not absorb moisture or form capillaries so i guess is my damp proof layer. Has anyone else ever come across this?

Is it the tiles that contain the asbestos of the black bitumen adhesive? I lifted the tiles in the area i was working in with a paint scraper (the come up whole very easlily. However i stitch drilled and area of the floor to break an area of slab up to excavate a new foundation. Bit late i know...

How will that stop the damp rising? Moisture will rise up the new concrete creating a damp surface and also soak into thte adjacent old slab making that damp will it not?

I am putting in a new foundation to extend a wall that is load bearing The slab is only around 4-6" thick and this is laid on flint which is about 12" thick. There is no DPC bu i guess the moisture can not rise throught the flint as there are no damp problems I have dug down to solid...