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@kingandy2nd Good to see your build, Great looking project by the way. @Designs.3DR I am down in Southend, Essex. Travis or Jewsons best price for me.... I also tend to look on Market place, brought a plasterboard lifter on there for 70 quid the other day. Also sold my 2 old lintels on there...

Yeah I have to say we all worry about our brickwork but the state of the blockwork of the people who built that, when I put 2 steels in a year ago I found a big crack in the blockwork.... I look at it this way now... if it holds up like that I hope ours does....

Not sure if your windows will have this but years ago when I fitted windows in my house the frames had some bits on you could take off with a planner. I think it was about 5 mm a side. Hope yours have them on it.... they got me out of trouble.... they did not effect the window at all. Depends on...

Yeah give it a go and let me know. I did it a few times when I was doing some work on my soil stack.

Good work bro. RE Plastic fittings...a bit of a tip...if you ever need to get the fittings off you get a screwdriver in the bit near the rubber and flip the lock ring off. I used to try and pull it apart until I asked the guy at osma. Once the plastic ring is apart you can reuse it again by re...

Hi Julie in his series he will show you how to insulate the floor as well....

You might want to watch this.... he also has some other videos that may interest you about the roof etc.

I Pva watered down twice, I normally plaster when the second coat is tacky. I also use a marshalltown trowel for the first and second coat of plater and then an ox pro ultraflex finishing trowel for the finishing 3 buffing..... I think i got both trowels from screwfix and toolstation. They cost...

Good work chap...

Yeah, I am not sure but would always been worth asking. Yeah you always need to put the ear defenders on when doing that or anything else noisy. I have a couple of breakers, a hand held one and a toolstation one. Both diy jobs but well worth the price. I have some drainage to do and the £119...

That's some hell of a lot of work. When I did my extension back in 99-2000 ish I had a patio out the back with slabs on the top of it. Lucky for me building control let take the slabs off and knock off all around the edge. I then dug down the footings to 1.2m down and then after I got up to DPC...

I'll post another pictures for you below. That's before I put the fire board on the pink plasterboard stuff around the steel as thats what my local building regs advised. Those guys are very helpful. The original plan was to cut a slot under the steel and slide a steel plate in to cause less...

Re my post above and the pictures in the post above. I just finished making good a few weeks ago. I got a bag of plaster and the paint just after lockdown started so have had time to finish it and also the utility room behind it, next I have to do the ceiling joists and the bit above. The steels...

I'm down in Southend, Essex and started my first floor extension on top of the first one I built in 2000 ish. Had to put 2 steels in last November to support the upstairs bit. Had planning issues but got all of that sorted now as had to take it to appeal and was lucky to win.... This has been...

If you rub it is it like white powder? It might be salts coming out. I had something like that at mums built in 1913. I had to have the damp course done. It would also be worth having a look if its an outside wall to see if the water is running away or the damp course is not bridged. Mums had...

Hi @scaffers I used one sheet of the pink plasterboard. Gives a longer time ;)

Great work bro! Silly question, on the drainage I take it you are supposed to have access boss rodding eyes or inspection chamber or is that all temp? Only in case something blocks? G

Im on a first floor timber frame rear extension on top of my brick built one in 1999-2000 ish. I took the siding in today as there was a 7% increase from the 1st march but I got in before it hit. Scaff has to go up first and I think a top hat as have to have off the existing flat roof...although...

Well done @scaffers good to see your getting on. The weather has been so bad the last few months, you have done well to get that far,

No M8, I did my extension back in 2000 ish…. just got planning to put a bit on top of it that now needs to be done in timber frame. Like you I went out to the builders to get a price. Like you got some interesting ones back…. OOOOO wow I wish I could earn that kind of money. Why not go for it...