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Hi Dom Reading your thread i see you hav'nt set out foundation layout yet, this is easily done with a water lvl "garden hose* 4 x stakes and a string line, start at your highest point and work round, squaring your line as you go 8/10/12, this method works regardless of the lie of the land, I'd...

Hi folks Here's an update on the new build, I managed to get the beams up with the help of my son, a couple'o scaffold tubes and jacks, easy enough though once upto wall height and made safe, I then had to reposition a jack to the centre off the beam and rotate 180 for final position on both...

HI Raf appologies for late reply, been rather busy getting the beams up and roof on, or trying to. No it is not Xylay, my research tells me that its the species dipindensis, i took photo's with beams inplace and a close up of the grain, which i'll post shortly in better format from what i...

Hi Bob You said you do welding, why not put a bow into it "metal rod" between your 2 strong points and tie your 3 centres, provided you have 200mm above or below your apron, and no sag.

thanks for replies lads here are photos i took before taking them under cover for final finishing as they were rather rough with power planing at this stage, I've since went over with the block plane then sanded with 440 and 40 grit. (anther 5 days) after researching Afzelia extensively, I've...

Hi all happy new year to all ukw members newbie here and 1st post other than putting my workshop dimensions in another topic a few wk back i've been working on my "new build workshop" for last 4 month, and in the process of cleaning up these 2# beams that I aquired from a job lot of (railway...

Hi all Im a New member to UKW, so thought i'd start here and post my workshop dimensions "still under contruction at this time" oddly shaped to fit garden, 2m x 5.5m x 6.5m with 7m along the back wall wedged shaped. so somewhere around 200sqf. However I have a 2.4m opening for a sliding door to...