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Looking at some of those recycled plastic battens and composite decking joists, not sure if they are strong enough to take heavy weights like a whole garden office? And shims don't seem to be able to bear heavy load either? @Notch7 @freddiemercurystwin If not probably still need to go for the...

Thank you again! This solution looks more cost efficient :giggle: Spacers / wedges are shims right? like these: https://www.screwfix.com/p/broadfix-assorted-plastic-shims-medium-200-pcs/80408

Trying to figure out: 1) If we can replace the timber bearers altogether with those adjustable decking risers, and if so, how many risers do we need? 2) If we have to keep the timber bearers, and put the risers under the whole base structure, do we have to place one riser at each crossing point...

Thank you! We are looking into those decking risers now. The building itself is 2.48m tall at the ridge (https://dunsterhouse.co.uk/titania-garden-office-w4-3m-x-d3-3m). We are on a sloped site, so think we can get away with the raised platform as it's about level to the highest point of the...

Thanks! @foxhole @freddiemercurystwin Though it looks like for our size the plastic base can get quite expensive... The platform is already raised quite high off one side of the ground due to sloped site, so hopefully any water should drain reasonably well? And the wooden frame base coming with...

Thank you very much! I was reading an old thread discussing similar issues (https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/concrete-base-uneven-for-garden-workshop.525258/) and you and others suggested screed as well? We may consider that too.

Hi all, we bought a flatpack timber frame garden office that is about to be delivered and installed. The site is naturally sloped. We've prepared a raised concrete platform as the foundation (mostly built on the original concrete base for a garage). The garden office will sit on top of a wooden...

Just called Mira to cancel my order, and asked them about the new Mira Excel as it is not even offered for like-for-like replacement installation on their website. The lady explained that it's because the new one's pipes are sticking out 18mm from the wall but my old one's pipes are only...

Thanks both! I originally went for Mira's own installation service thinking that their own engineer would do a better job, but now doubt it. I'll order a new Mira Excel from Screwfix (much cheaper!) myself and get a plumber to install it then.

Hi all, we have an old Mira Excel shower mixer tap in our loft bathroom, believed to have been fitted in the early 2000s. It has recently given up, valve very stiff and difficult to turn, and then finally broke down (can turn but no water coming out). We ordered a replacement (Mira Element) and...

Thanks yes agreed. When we put the shower screen properly in place it didn't leak any more. But just in the case of the off chance if someone (say a guest) didn't do the same... Think normally the top side of the bath panel is sealed to the bath tub?

Thank you all for your kind advice! Unfortunately can't count on the shower screen or the partner to get better, and no, no kids yet so I can't even start to imaging the splashes.... So the way to go is to seal the bath panel. Question now is how? The gap seems quite big at around 1cm (see photo...

Hmm... then probably should try to make the water run down the outside of the bath panel rather than inside it? at least we can see it, and the floor outside is tiled.... It wasn't a huge amount of water getting leaked but it does get scary when it was dripping from the downlight onto my...

Hi all, we just noticed that our bathtub can leak water from the edge of the bathtub, if we use it for shower, and the shower screen is not in a proper position (blamed my partner for it). It somehow dripped inside the bath panel, through the wood boards under the tub (red-circled in the photo...

Very interested in hearing whether this clamp method works or not, as we are facing the same problem and watched the same youtube video... though ours are some second-hand internal doors we found for free, but after the carpenter hung them the top corner has a gap....

Hi all, we live in a three-storey house (with loft conversion) but the loft was done ages ago so doesn't meet all the latest building regs. We don't need to retrofit to meet the building regs as I understand, but do want to change the old doors to fire doors to improve fire safety. We got some...

Yes, unfortunately the concrete base we have to pay to get it done anyway, as the existing platform is crumbling away and with some rotten decking on top too, becoming a safety hazard. I looked up some SIP kit suppliers, and found that to get our size it would cost around 5k just for the SIPs...

Thanks again for the very detailed comments! For the floor, the outbuilding will be sitting on a raised concrete base (around 80cm tall) as the garden is on a sloped site. There was an old concrete base in place already and it's basically level with the highest point of the surrounding ground...

Looking nice! Does it feel like well insulated?

Thank you! That's a good point... The answer is not very much, as we plan to push the outbuilding (<15m2 floor area) quite close to the boundary. Is access less of an issue for timber frame ones? They also need cladding right? I called Dunster House today and they said that their roof doesn't...