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Hey all, So as many will know I am building a timber framed porch and I am running through to try and work out a parts list. I am planning on cladding the structure in wood (not sure what yet) and I was wondering what needs to be under it. Can I put a breathable roofing membrane around the...

Day 3 So a new day so some more work done. After a quick dump run to get rid of a few more bags I went to wickes to get 15 more hardcore bags. When I got back my dad had come round to give me a hand levelling the hardcore off and installing the shuttering. After using the 15 bags and...

Just an added note. A transformer like http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=391165796386&alt=web An actuator like so, they have a few different sizes available from that seller but there are many more selling http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=281375073042&alt=web Cheers Mark

You can get a 12v linear actuator and then just get a 240 to 12v transformer (one used for led strip lighting should be OK as long as amps are right then you can wire up to a plug) For the remote part to work you would need to get a remote relay controlled polarity switch Such as...

Hey all, So as you may have seen I have posted a few questions up of building my timber porch and after much investigating online and reading some books (the information to be used going forward in a house extension as well) I have actually made a start. What I am intending to build is a...

ok i will give the council a ring tomorrow and see what they say about frost protection. Thanks for the help Will update what I do and start a WIP thread Mark

hey Rodders When you say chippings on pipes do you mean to put pea shingle around the pipes and then back fill with the soil. and then in the form put hardcore (compacted), sand (compacted), polythene (insulation)?, DPM and then concreate? Cheers Mark

Just another note with regards to the slab. with a quick look online I think I will go for either a slab-on-grade foundation or even Frost Protected slab-on-grade. http://www.concretenetwork.com/concrete/foundations.htm any recommendations? from what i have seen from digging I done our...

Hi Rod, Yeah it does seem like it would be a hell of a lot of work for the size the porch will be as it is just timber framed (prob 2 course of brick at bottom more for a look than anything else), so really should not weigh all that much. I was going to clad it with softwood so would that still...

Hi Rodders, How do you mean plan "B" do you mean re-fill the hole and lay a concrete slab (say 150mm thick) on top and build on that? Cheers Mark

Hi Oakfield, I'm imagining your have some more to write as it cut off haha. anyway I will have to dig under the brown pipe some more to see if there are slots but I am thinking it is for some type of drainage and not soil as the direction it runs is away from the main sewer entry point (from...

Hi all, So I broke ground this evening on the porch foundations and have found a couple of plastic pipes higher up than I was thinking. So some context, just at the top of the picture is the soil inspection chamber. so I am expecting a pipe say a meter down as that is about the bottom of...

Ahh cheers thanks MMUK

Some more roof designs I have been messing with roof 2 roof 3 roof 4 The misses likes roof 4. The porch is going to be clad in wood (prob pine) and painted. So the porch will look very added on so a bit of an abstract roof could add to the look I am envisioning. But on the same note it...

ah thanks nolegs, looks like a decent book having a quick glance through. thanks

Na fair enough nolegs, thats why I am just trying to work out how I could go about it. I may be able to get my misses nephew round at the weekend who is a roofer to get a few ideas off him, but thought I would put it to the forum as well, to see if anyone had any bright ideas. Cheers Mark

Hey All, Here a a couple of new pics. In the image I am going with the concrete floor. it is below the dpc and what i assume is the dpm would come from under the floor and lap over the dpc. the red indicates the dpc level (and the vertical climb that i read about that can happen) another...

Hi MMUK, From what I saw online you can take the dpc up vertically so it is behind a course of bricks that sit on the dpc so you dont have to tie it into the house, is that correct? do I overlap the damp proof membrane over the dpc then that should "secure it" correct? what do you mean about...

Hey rodder, I was looking at doing an suspended timber floor but after now looking at some pictures I have seen the bottom of the joists for a suspended timber floor sit at dpc level. With this being the case the floor would sit above the houses floor. So I think I need to slab the porch to...

Hi All, Just designing my porch now as I am set to start the build in a couple of weeks and Whilst designing it I have struck what i believe is an issue. The DPC is just under the existing door seal and so when i bring the brick work up to dpc I was going to do a suspended timber frame but...