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I think they mean tolerance to flatness of the surface, not to the dimensions, is that what you calculated?

We bought bathroom tiles 300*600 porcelain from a multi-branch West London tile store, costing us around £800 It was three months until the job started, and that's when we realised the problem, so they say it's within 5% tolerance, and longer than two days of receiving them. To me, these...

Thanks for the replies, having asked the product supplier, they advised me that the instructions are general to the global market, with the fixing down of bearers being appropriate for areas subject to high winds.

I'm about to build a 6m x 3m log cabin with a fair roof overhang, from a kit, onto a concrete slab. The instructions say "When the wall bearers have been properly assembled, screw the bearers into the foundation with anchor screws." Is this a good idea? The fixings will be very close to the...

With reducing concrete in mind, I'm going to go with Filcor 20 EPS by Cordek, a lightweight structural fill material. 50mm thick boards placed on top of the sand and then pour the concrete, this will allow for a 100 mm thick concrete slab. Thermally I expect very little benefit.

It has a decent roof overhang, I was hoping that would help. The only way for the walls to align with the slab would be for the log ends to overhang the edge of the slab. I don't understand what a "surface in insulation" product is, google didn't bring any light to it.

I have broken up the previous concrete base, that was in the same location into fairly small pieces and excavated down a little, the broken up concrete being around 100 mm deep, approx 100 mm MOT 1 added on top and compacted, then around 70 mm of sand compacted on top. The wood form work is in...

Thanks for the replies

I've got a self build garden room arriving as a pack and I'll need to store it outside in the garden for a few weeks. I'll be making brick platforms to raise the timber off the ground, and cover them. Is it better to: Wrap all the timber in plastic wrap, air tight Or just Build a solid frame...

I've attached a photo of the gap at the end of the floorboards where they meet the patio door, there has been a bit of mould on the walls to each side. I'm thinking maybe just to marine ply the floorboards at that location, in preperation to lay oak boards on top, but wondering if the gap should...

Thanks, I'll do that

I'm putting in a concrete base roughly 5.5m x 4m for a garden room, I'm also redoing the patio which has about the same floor area. From the patio the 40mm thick paving stones are to be removed. The area for the new garden room concrete base has been dug out. Is it feasible, in the interest...

Not sure what you mean, are you asking if I clipped the overlapping layers of lead flashing together? If that's what you are referring to, I cut out the pattern, leaving 'flaps' that folded over and keep the layers secured together.

Thanks, I won't forget that in a hurry

Thanks bernardgreen, I appreciate you taking the time to comment

Thanks mattu27, that jig looks good. The bottom row has the eaves underneath, if you look at the battened photo I uploaded you'll see the two bottom rows set out for the eaves. They kick out a bit because of the wood 'cill' at the bottom of the bay. The more the tiles overhang the bottom cill...

I gained a new found appreciation of the roofing trade when doing this, my first roofing project, and tbh, if I knew how challenging it would be I would have left it for a professional to do, it's different from other work I've done on my house, in that the only way I'll measure its success is...

Thanks catlad (y)

I wish more people shared that view

I found the lead flashing to be a bit cumbersome handling it at over 1m lengths, harder to curve and harder to wrestle it into place. Two people would be much easier for that job.