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Yep, I'm with Aidan. This looks like a really nice project, but the design is heavy. The legs should be slimmer, and the rails could be slimmer too. If you are going to do "chunky", then it really has to be very chunky, and have straight legs....and that really only suits something bigger than...

You've already been told by Blackswanwood. Again, this is basic stuff. Tiles are vapour permeable (through the gaps), the void below them is ventilated, and they are spaced 25mm above the "breather" membrane. That is fundamentally different, indeed opposite, to what you have done with the OSB.

So long as the 50mm void is open both ends (via insect mesh) then that's fine. Apart of course from the silly breather membrane location. What is going on top to keep the water out?

Batons are what a conductor uses to conduct an orchestra. You mean battens. I have no idea of your roof construction so I couldn't begin to comment on what you need to do to make it work. Is it a warm deck or a cold deck? What is your construction, inside to outside?

You did, but our OP, who I quoted, didn't. That's a really important mistake! Pretty much the subject of this entire thread.....glad you corrected yourself. Thanks for that. They're counterbattens over here.

And it's "vapour", not "vapor". :wink:

There's already a thread on this, here.

I imagine it is much more complicated than that, Kev, and probably more a question of logistics. With literally millions of items in storage, getting the right person to look at the object in question would be a real task. Many "discoveries" are made in museums by people looking through...

No, Pete, you can't put a vapour barrier on the outside of a wall, unless you live somewhere very hot and intend air conditioning the building. What do you mean by "strapping"?

Is the spindle already a spindle? I mean, are you making the spindle, because it would seem easier to me to locate a hole accurately in square stock. Drill the hole first then turn the spindle.

I reckon I might be right with the sand packing tool guess. Here is the foundry doing Leo's bronze floors.

A breather membrane under OSB!! Oh boy. This really is head-on-brick-wall territory.

No, not header. We're not American. When I said lintel, I meant lintel.

....includes a couple of tools. Here's the list. The fret saw is obvious. I've emailed them and suggested they post here if they want further information. Is the second tool used for packing sand in around a pattern-piece in a foundry?

There's no lintel over the door opening.

=D> =D> =D> Well done Andy. You didn't help yourself with that choice of wood. Walnut would probably have saved you an hour!

Excellent, Ian. Very enjoyable. I wouldn't worry too much about the darker divider. The whole thing will change colour fairly quickly, and such differences will reduce.

When you say "the bike"...... :lol: :lol:

Kidding aside, was there ever such a thing?

TRADA and the BRE produced some of the early research on this, but you might prefer to just take a look at this Architect's Journal article referring to the 5:1 minimum ratio. The Centre for Alternative Technology publish a series of useful and informative pamphlets, and it was through them that...