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I'm doing a build, with a warm roof, in the garden and wondered about OSB and expansion gaps. I've read that each sheet needs an expansion gap between it and the next one. However, I've also read that sheets can be butted up to each other with no gap but you then have to leave a gap around the...

Hi, Just a quick update. The building control chap was at the property a few doors away and he offered 15 mins of his time for free! Nice man! This is what advice he gave: I don't actually need rebar anywhere as he said the ground doesn't slope enough and none of the neighbours have had...

Thanks for your reply woody. The wall is going across the width at the end of the garden, left boundary to right boundary. It's retaining the lawn (and the earth under it). I dug most of it out last summer (still need to do the trench for the foundation) and, to be honest, it hasn't moved a...

Hello, Apologies if this has been asked and answered but I couldn't find a specific post with all the answers that allowed me to sleep well. I'm putting up a retaining wall at the end of the garden. I've been told by the building control chap that, even though I'm on a slight slope, the land...