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Hi all, i have just built a con`y and i have the power from a spur from the upstairs ring which i used for the workshop i had, now i have the idea of fitting a 6 way fuse box from the spur to run the cony and another work shop, i will only be running a TV etc, small power tools and pond setup...

Karinska, come to think of it i am still sat here with no tea yet never mind the dog :lol:

Getting there, this week i got the floor concreted, dwarf wall built :D , if i say so myself its not bad for the second wall i have built :D , and as in the pics the cony is near up, i need to sort the rest of the roof tomorrow, been to that darn place that says they sell the lot, got there...

So if i can do away with the wall insulation could i just plaster the walls?, with out any damp/condensation worrys? Plastering the wall is what i was after i the first place realy, as you say ajrobb that there isnt much use in over insulating a cony. The floor will be just carpetd now over...

I have buil the cony walls now and sat here thinking about the insulation still, not at the point to do it yet so just wondering. I have used reclaimed brick and as it was my first bricklaying job the inner surface isnt exactly as flat as the out side, its good but.... Now i was thinking if...

I concreted the floor today :D

I decided to concrete the floor so it was done today in the con`y and insulated under the concrete with 50mm polystyerene, now after this i would like the floor to be around another 40mm higher. So the big Q is. Is there any reason i cant fit 25mm batten, add 25mm polystytrene and then...

Getting there but surely but slowly, got the first few courses done and near ready fore the floor to go in, but with the bank holiday ahead i havnt ordered the wacker or concrete yet :roll: , but hey its getting there :D

Never got to fill it as i come by the cony cheap and all efforts are in that at the miute, but i plan to move the pond to where the shed thing on the right is one the cony is up and build a fish house in the back corner, the pond i hope will be about 12 x 7 x 6 deep. But today i got the...

Its fairly fine realy the ash. I will need about 3/4 cubic m so at a guess it will be cheaper than sand as i can get 1 ton of ash for a tenner. A bit technical this Q now but, how much does the MOT and hardcore compress /go down by. Not that it matters but more curious.

Thanks kida I did the chicken wire job on a boat once, many moons ago and sworn never to do it again, to much messing about when you can use small battens to the joist sides, i was going to try 50mm polystyrene but now i will go to 80mm or there abouts. There is one air brick in the house...

Hi all me again :D Now as i am on a budget i am considering going with a joist floor in the conservatory (can save over £100 doing this than concrete) , but ,as always theres a but, what would you suggest for insulating the floor, if its worth it also? I am going single skin dwarf wall (...

Not one for getting fed up mate......not that i would be allowed with SWMBO watching :lol: . This project is nothing towards other i have had :wink:

Ok will do, thanks mate. Just trying to cut back on cost but then sand aint expensive. I am doing it this week so i hope the rain keeps off a bit.

I am getting the materials togwether for my conservatory and was wonder about what to use for the base, well infact if i can use ash like in the old days for flagging etc, i can get a load of it that i have used before with flagging and block paving but will it be ok for use above the...

No need for a special post digger mate, just a good solid spade will do the job, infact i had a cheap garden spade that the handle snapped and welded a 4 foot length of steel tube to, better than any post tool i have ever used, good and heavy for digging down. You mite do with a long jimmy...

My opinion, always postfix, just as cheap as spikes if not cheaper, and more secure, stronger, dig down a few feet and slap it in then back fill. As said above, you never know whats underneath for the spikes :wink: Oh and if its only a low fence, under 3 foot, then i have in the past used...

Sorry about the abrupt end to last post as i had to shoot off. The footings have got the drainage and water pipe going through them, so i am going to have bridge over them, i am near done now with digging the footiings. The grid was here when it was in the way of the footing so i had to...

Hi Bahco, thanks kida :wink: Just got in from unloading the second to last trailer of bricks as all i could carry was around 250, also done a bit more at the footings with pics to come later of that. There was a grid that was in the way of the footings which i moved last week a few feet...

Thought i should say hello to you all as just joined the forum.......so Hello :D I plan to be about for a while as i ahve got a few things on the go which i started a few weeks ago and a lot to come soon, i have a few weeks of nrom this friday so the plan is to buy a gazebo....due to british...