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I wished I'd done woodwork as a schoolkid. It sounds wonderful. I arrived in the UK in the term before O level exams, and so could only take the subjects I had been studying in Australia.

There isn't one, as far as I know. You could look here and see one being built properly. Or here.

It won't work from a number of different aspects. Firstly, the outer cladding is a rainscreen only, and you can assume that wind-driven water will not only penetrate it, but will blow onto the inner face of the void. This has been proven numerous times with arthroscopic videos. So, you have to...

Keep on telling yourself that you are thinking outside the box. Keep on telling yourself that what you are proposing concords with what you've been told here. The reality is that you are making a fundamental mistake, and don't have enough knowledge or understanding to realise it.

We don't get enough threads on the construction of stuff like that, Hornbeam, so yes please to a proper blow-by-blow description & photos.

I told you very early on that I am not discussing it with you because of your insistence that you knew best and that some guy on Youtube backed you up. Crack on, I said. There have since been four pages of people explaining to you how vapour movement works within a wall. You've ignored...

Yep. What do you do with the second half of the time? Maybe they give you extra time so you can fiddle with it and stuff things up. Enough rope to hang yourself, if you will.

I wonder if your experience of the NHS is from a while back. It doesn't sound anything like the service we have here these days, which is actually really rather good. Anyway, could you ask Theo if he'd like to have a go at my nose? I've broken it 5 or 6 times and have no sense of smell. My wife...

Oh good, I love it when a plan comes together. I had a little chat with your man beforehand, and he agreed to use your chisel for the operation. I hope he cleaned it up nicely and put it back where it was. Now, you will think twice before abusing tools again, won't you..... :wink: :lol: - I...

Jesus H........ :roll: Anyone following along in years to come........just get out of this thread and go and look at one where the advice given and taken is correct. Following along here you will end up with a ****-up.

Absolutely. The one exception I make to that is when the rainscreen is rough timber boarding on a small building, where there is enough air leakage through it to make up for the lack of venting at the top (in my non-proven view).

No, because any condensate or wind-driven water ingress needs a direct way out. It can't be allowed to pool. The gap should be sealed with insect mesh at the bottom to allow air in, water out, and to prevent insects and vermin from getting in.

Boardman are excellent value for money bikes, and tend to be pretty decent bits of kit. My wife rode one with me to Spain last year, and we were pretty impressed.

This sort of question to cyclists will get a wider degree of answers than "which chisels do I need?" will get from woodworkers. Firstly, mountain bikes have straight handlebars, big heavy wheels and tyres, and a heavy frame, often with suspension. They are useless on tarmac (think tractor vs...

I saw that as gentle teasing/ humour, Roger. Cyclists are supposed to aspire to N+1 bikes, where N is the number you have now, so we tend to take the mickey out of people who don't quite have enough. Harmless fun, I thought.

I've only a second........ You don't need a ridge beam if that is your proposed truss design. If you would find a ridge board convenient for properly locating all the trusses, then use a piece of 6x1.

If you have no insulation the breather membrane is simply there to isolate your studs from any moisture ingress from the outside. You will need to counterbatten the studs to provide the airgap. This is the bare minimum to keep your frame properly protected.

On a clear still summers morning. You won't find dew if it has been windy. I'm afraid my physics breaks down at that point, so I can't give a good explanation, but this is why ventilation is only effective if it involves moving air, not just "fresh" air.

Just whilst I am enjoying the novelty of agreeing with you, DW, I'll say that the way I strop my chisels produces this semi-rounded end. I make no attempt to keep the chisel at or near the bevel angle when stropping. I have a strop which must by 16 or 18" long, and at the start I have the handle...

Or keep the air moving. Ventilation solves a lot of these issues.