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And here’s me fighting off a smallish summer house, now with decking, fire pit or chiminea, lights and Wi-fi. Oh, and a slated roof to match the workshop.

Thanks, I’m relieved. Despite not thinking I’d done anything wrong, I’ve invested so much time and effort into the build, to fall foul would have been soul destroying.

Thanks Pete, it’s a bit of his garden, not grass, but that is a super idea. I’ve a long enough piece of DPM five feet wide that would do the job nicely.

Well, it was a tool bought in January a couple of weeks after we moved in here. I got it pre owned as we had five rooms and a landing plaster skim coated to get rid of artex stipple before decorating. I hate painting ceilings, and the thought of four double bedrooms, a dressing room and a...

Planning enforcement arrived at 2pm. A ‘concern’ had been raised by a person that the build was larger than the approved plan. Officer was superb, told he had to go through the motions by his boss, so here he was. He showed me the spec based on my scale plans. I was under width by 200mm, ridge...

I’ve learned a lot in this project, right from pre-planning to now. There are a number of things I would have done a little differently. I don’t think I’ve got a problem, but tomorrow will tell :|

It was my way of ensuring everything stayed perfectly square. I suppose but joins would work fine (ish). :?

On the planning application I was told dimensions are not required, just scale plans at A3. That’s what they got and approved. I also checked my scale plans and I’m within spec, not by more than 10mm, but inside what I’d drawn. I think it’s probably ridge that’s caused it as going from hipped...

Lap joins all round, including corners and the T join For dividing wall.

Well, second fill completed today, then off to the tip it’s a good clear out. Arrived home to a letter from the local authority planning enforcement officer. Seems someone thinks I have built larger than my plan, and he needs access to the site to verify build size. Spoke with him on the...

No wedges, I used a stiffish mortar mix with febmix, bedded the DPC on lightly, then placed the sole plate on the DPC. After setting the first one dead level with gentle tapping to ease out the mortar, I joined the second which had already had a lap joint cut, gently setting it to level. Just...

I think there’s many professional brickies who would be proud to put their name to that job. Looks blooming marvellous. That’s the easy bit done, physically, the next lot will be like a good workout at the gym.

Taping and first fill completed. Got to get on and fit all the trims and vent mesh for the cladding tomorrow. With wet weather coming in for Thursday and Friday I need it done ready to crack on with cladding first thing on Saturday. At least then I’ll be able to work inside for a couple of...

Oh no you won’t! The pain of buying it will ease, and the need to sell will no longer be a need. :) You’ll think of the bit of fencing to be done later, the summer house, FIL’s surely got something that needs nailing.

Ah, the blocks make sense now. If you haven’t already got Dewalt kit, you need to get one with a battery (or two) and a charger. Bare units have neither.

I bought a new Paslode 350i from eBay for £350. New they are usually£450+ so I think I can sell it for £300+ after I finish with it. I get the quickload nail packs from Supafixings, or same company on eBay if easier. All nails I use here are ring shank galvanised, and just about all the first...

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll route everything below ceiling level. I’m also putting a ceiling mounted air filter like the Record AC400 in the middle of the room, although some say to put it at the edge so it produces a circular air stream.

That’ll be me Mike. I didn’t even consider the ducting making a noise, but if it does, then that alone will be the deciding factor.

I also used a lot of hex head timber screws for assembly of the panels and brackets, too expensive to use as a construction method for framing, but they would be no good for the OSB, nails are perfect, and gun driven ones at that. There will also be the cladding, I will use 500-600 51mm ones on...

Yes Pete, the insulation comes compressed on a roll 30ft long 16inches wide. When you unroll and lay between the joists it uncompresses and expands to 8inch deep. It’s Knauf earth wool, glass mineral wool, but doesn’t make you itch all day like the glass fibre insulation used to. The two packs...