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So I'm redoing an old (400 years+) building, made entirely of stone masonry + lime mortar. One of the walls needs reinforcement as it's starting to bow outwards, so we will be using a seismic GFRP net (probably going with premier sismanet/sismawall), which gets pinned to the wall from the...

I use a flir, connected to an adroid phone. Works very well

So as part of the new project, I'm trying to plan the "order of operations" (i.e what comes first). To further complicate matters, the ceilings are already quite low - so putting conduit for electrical, then a layer of screed, then doing a separate screed layer for the underfloor heating would...

I know it's bad form to answer my own question, but so far, this is what I've experimented with (using free versions or free trials) Polycam - this seems more than happy to scan the whole house in one go, but doesn't cope well with multiple floors in one go. Doing one floor at a time works, but...

Can anyone recommend something to build a floor plan? Not even the furniture yet - just really somewhere that I can get some measurements down, wall thicknesses and start marking up where the utilities will go...

So I got my hands on a bosch laser measuring thingy for my newest project, and have been playing with their MeasureOn app, which seems great to get some measurements done. That said, when in wall view, I cannot see an option to say "this wall is not rectangular" (i.e. last floor, under a...

It's on the Italian side (but literally a few minutes walk from France)... actually from what I can tell, not that far from Martijn Doolaard!

There are - but there are things you can do without any permission/planning requirements. Making windows bigger will need planning permission. Adding a bathroom will need planning permission, but ironically, the stables was mis-categorized as a "house with bathroom" until now, so that should be...

160 cm ;) That wasn't a typo. 1600mm thick walls (of stone and lime mortar). So much so, that cutting the windows larger will be fun. I think I'll start with a concrete cutting disk on one side (acrows of course first), then continue with an impact chisel... fit 2-3 lintels, mortar... and then...

No sense whatsoever here - if I had any sense, I wouldn't have bought the property :p Or at least, planned to hire someone to do the work. Tool storage is a good point, sadly the loft is easily accessible (it's on a steep slope - so the loft, or 3rd floor from the downvalley side, is on the...

Yups - fortunate enough to speak both the local languages. I spent my summers in that village as a child, and getting the property from someone I used to play with as a 5-year old... It was her great-grandma's property; but uninhabited since WW1. The interesting thing is, that the property (on...

So I've taken on a large new project - a 400 year old "house" in the Alps. The roof was redone 10-ish years ago (corrugate), and is in good condition... but uninsulated. Other than that, it's still pretty "original" (i.e. last inhabited full time ~100 years ago). Heating is a single wood-fired...

I'm doing a bathroom refurb in a country that doesn't use copper pipes for water... almost everything is stainless steel (mapress stainless mainly). That said, I'm half tempted to use PEX instead. It would mean importing this (not very common here). Costs would be comparable (especially given...

Right, I haven't logged in here in a LONG time, and a lot has changed. Got a new house, and found a bathroom which was last rennovated in the 70s. I've managed to rip out the old bathroom (all 5 layers of tiles, one layer glued to the previous... some ceramic and some vinyl), and am down to a...

Good point - same on my council's site. I'm planning to drop them a message about it. Another point I need clarified, if they insist on "substantially glazed walls" is does that apply only to new walls or do existing house walls count towards that? So if I'm relying on 3 existing house walls...

Apologies for resurrecting and old thread - got to this thread after some reading and searching... yet am as confused as before. I've read 3.15 from: http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADL1B_2010.pdf and my planned conservatory meets all those requirements; so is "exempt...

Double post - sorry

So I brazed the T joint; which went without issues. Then, as I started brazing the slip-joint on, I ran out of oxygen. Popped by B&Q (where I last bought the bernzomatic cylinders) only to find they don't stock them anymore. Neither does wickes, hellfrauds or any other I can find...

Right - so a few replies here... Drill isn't an option due to constricted space (about 20cm between the bottom of the T and the floor). Tried replacing the old washer - but half the dry washer was jammed inside and I couldn't fish it out... Blowtorch to the T-joint MAY work, but the...

Right... So long story short as I'm frankly knackered! I needed to flush the CH system, opened the drain valve and found it blocked. Poked a wire-hanger into it to clear it (which worked) - but then found out the rubber seal was long dried and broken. As such, the drain valve wouldn't close...