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Not sure how you hold those OSBs up to the rafters to nail them alone, can’t be easy. Bet you won’t be sad to see the back of that job. Fantastic progress, fingers crossed the weather holds.

Thanks, that’s appreciated. This is probably different to many workshop builds as it had to conform to several conditions and regulations for material choice, and is attached to the house, instead of stand alone at the bottom of the garden. It’s certainly been a learning curve, as there was...

Front cladding finished and one of the four sections at the rear, the largest one, fitted to eaves height. Cutting the board above the door and the two which marry in to the eaves took nigh on forty five minutes each. :shock: The boards worked out well, with no tiny bits to fill in at the top...

The trunking is giving me options to go horizontally between sockets on walls or vertically, across the down to the next one depending on wall usage. I really like it. Using a stepped drill, the 20mm holes are easy to make cleanly in the right place and a perfect size. I wouldn’t put it in a...

Cracking day, dry and warm, perfect for the work in hand After yesterday’s visit from my electrician, I was able to do final route for the feed cable to the consumer unit. Once this was in place in the ventilation gap of the cladding I was also able to send a cable down to the site of the...

Have sent you a pm, I think.

Not a great deal achieved today, I had the sparks round, saw my first fix so far, and advised on next stage of cabling, looked at my secondary meter box installation, happy with everything, and left. I’ll call him back in when the cabling is finished and he can do the connections and testing...

That was slightly more productive than me :(

Timber collected today for architraves, have left skirting board on the rack at the timber yard, won’t be fitted till the wall benches are made and will be in the way till then. Loft ladder arrived, as did the sink, so ladder fitted and loft hatch and surround secured in place. Bowls club...

Welcome to the forum. Looks like asbestos roofing, cement sheet at best. That is going to be one major project whichever way you go. If planning is an issue, how much can you replace, structural wise before it becomes a ‘new building’ I’d be loath to spend thousands, tens of thousands even...

My boards were 8mm flat, so was certain the top was 8mm, not sure the size of the FB here.

45mm overhang from plate is what I made mine, 25 batten and 8mm Hardie plank. so 12 mm over.

Well, taking your advice on construction has paid massive dividends. I do thank you for that. Two days of torrential rain, thunder storms and lightning and not a dribble inside. :D :D whilst in the loft to wire the dirty room panels I had a really good look all round the edges, from eaves to...

Don’t expect any more help from mike admitting that, one of his pet hates. I’m planning on 4-5metres of them a metre high. :roll: More electrics today, a fishing expedition for the two return wires from the floor sockets, Feed wires were found yesterday, both of the returns were directly...

Well, cutting a bit of rod hardly constitutes a days graft, you could have helped the good lady, run the hoover round the house, bit of washing, the shelf you said you’d do soon :D I wouldn’t have got away with it on a day like today.

Deja vu.

Yes, joined first then made to fit. those two are where I was fishing for the floor cables. I’ve one in the corner near front door, and those two, the position of those were dictated by the floor cables. By the weekend, there will be at least seven doubles along there, ten doubles on the...

I got them from the bay, from this company. For my last four, they were listed as none available, but I was able to buy them direct from them and pay by paypal. They are being delivered tomorrow. If still zero stock, send a message. They are purpose made surface mount units, not panel and frame...

Excellent days work, really taking shape. =D>

Yes they are daisy chained. Using Wago connectors, the circuit is there, live and insulated at present. There are two, three way wagos which are forming the chain at present. Two ways are used as loop in and loop out, the driver will go in to the third on each. The earth is a two way in/out as...