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I did an extension to my house and a loft conversion. I told the mrs it won't take as long as the extension as the building is already there this time. How wrong I was, it was torture. The confined space working, dust, heat, cramming things in. Out in the eaves with room enough only to drag...

If not on a wall plate I would want a joist hanger. I like to have timber with air circulating round it.

Demolition time. Held out as long as I could without it keeling over but now is the time.

Just had a someone I know in the business confirm the boards round the base of the old garage are asbestos! Looks like the garage base was rotten and they cut the bottom section off and replaced with nailed on asbestos sheets. Nice :roll: 1960,s probably. I think I will dispose of them in...

splitting mine 7x3m into 3 pours. 1st to be Saturday.

I am building something similar on the projects section here on diynot. It's a similar sub structure but will be a timber frame construction with textured versapanals and ship lap. You can pour the following day or if you want shift your stop end if you want continue on if you feel up to it...

Think about it do you think they build foundations for health centres, shopping malls, schools, etc in one pour? No just tie it in similar if you were sticking an extension on to a existing building. Leave some dowels or mesh sticking through tie it together.

You say its too big a job to mix yourself but you are aware you don't need to pour the foundations in one go. Likewise if its a concrete floor you can split the floor under stud partitions and allows for expansion on your slab.

It's just condensation becoming moisture on the coldest surface in the room. Once insulation & vapour barrier are in it will sort out.

Still room enough to put a good run on that roof. Fix some sloped runners on top of the roof, sheet in ply/osb, rubber roof membrane to give a good run to a gutter. Round about £600 top whack for a reasonably easy DIY job. Rubber roofing is dead easy. Watch some videos on you tube and off you...

Been putting it off for ages but the ol garage needs to go. The kids (2 & 4 year olds) recently discovered they could easily snap off sections of it and I found them one day running about the garden with large sections of it. I have a guy in his 50s at my work who grew up in my place and he...

Concrete. Job done this morning. Any one else going to use a light sabre I would advise welders goggles it gets very bright when cutting.

We're maintenance there. I have a good idea just thought some of the "self confessed experts" we have on here might be able to think of something other than a light sabre :lol:

Any answers how to cut some block back to create a new opening(doorway) sensitive electrics box attached next to and room is operational. It got me how to do it without too much vibration for box and dust for folks working in there. ( forget water suppression everything is in close...