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Giles and Paula Add a Room Onto the Side of The House

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    organisys
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 24 Mar 2015

    Getting the patina to match may be a challenge ?

    Pride of Japan :-)

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      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

      When we bought the house, I took all the floorboards out of the top floor and replaced them with chipboard and carpeted the whole of that floor.

      The planks I salvaged (plus other ones I "found" on what was a 10 acre derelict site and I had access to everywhere) were used to make good the damaged planks on the other 2 boarded floors.  So we have a complete mismatch of widths, lengths, thicknesses (I used shims to shim to the thickness of the widest) and colour anyway.

      I'll lay them, sand them and then apply a few coats of Osmo (which is what I did last tiime) and no one will know that I've done yet another bodge.

      https://www.wood-finishes-direct.com/product/osmo-polyx-oil

      People comment on the beauty of the floors, so I'm relaxed about this too.

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        organisys
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 24 Mar 2015

        Nice one, it’s not really a bodge as such as you are reclaiming and repurposing which often happens with any house that is old enough.  😎

        Pride of Japan :-)

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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          🙂 🙂

          Our cills arrived.  One of them damaged…

          Instant wabi sabi...

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            Matty123
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 4 Apr 2017

            I would keep it. Takes the pain out of that first real ding.

            Maybe so. Maybe not

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              Giles
              IHUK Crew
              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

              It's already installed….. 😉

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                Matty123
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined: 4 Apr 2017

                I like your style Giles. Let em rip!

                Maybe so. Maybe not

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                  organisys
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 24 Mar 2015

                  I’d have installed it too, did you manage to get a few quid back tho?  😶

                  Pride of Japan :-)

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    Yep, same guys are making the coping stones, so they'll come in a little cheaper.

                    And if you see the damage to the 200-year-old cills on the main house, you'd understand why I'm not at all bothered.  A house is a handmade thing, it can never be perfect, I for one celebrate its idiosyncrasies…..

                    I'm on my way home from Cairo at the moment, can't wait to see them in situ...

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      Giles
                      IHUK Crew
                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                      Joists arrived.  All going well, Les and I will start getting these up on Tuesday…..

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        neph93
                        見習いボス
                        Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                        Are those timber/metal combo joists based on 2x4’s? They’re sexy.

                        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                        • Dame Vera Lynn
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                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                          They are what are called posijoists.

                          Here is the sales blurb:

                          Listed below are just some of the benefits of using Posijoists.

                          Open web system gives almost uninterrupted access for the passage of services.
                          Minimum 72mm wide flanges provide a large area for the fixing of floor deck and ceiling.
                          Depth compatible with solid joist sizes.
                          Made to measure, reducing on site wastage.
                          Minimal shrinkage or swelling meaning a squeak free floor.
                          Reduction or elimination of surface run pipework.
                          Lightweight construction.
                          Erected in approximately 50% of the time required for conventional joists.
                          Can be top chord supported onto steel beams.
                          DWB Posijoists are PEFC Certified.

                          Although they will appear more expensive than traditional timber joists, the savings become evident as the building work progresses.

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            Giles
                            IHUK Crew
                            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                            @neph93 I have just sent you the structural drawings and specs.  Don't make a mess on your screen…. :o :o

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              neph93
                              見習いボス
                              Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                              Oh shit. I’ll be sending Hot Ingrid off to bed on her own and early tonight…

                              «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                              We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                              • Dame Vera Lynn
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                                Matty123
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 4 Apr 2017

                                HA^ u guys  😃

                                Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                • Clint_DC
                                  Clint_D
                                  啓蒙家
                                  Joined: 5 Jun 2011

                                  I'm impressed with all the amazing progress that's been made @Giles!

                                  I'm still waiting on a building permit  😢

                                  ATX IH Hoarder

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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    Thanks Clint, I'm hoping I can get it waterproof (at least the roof- possibly not the window or doors, but I can bodge that with tarps in the short term) within the next 3 weeks.  Then I can get the floor liquid screeded, that takes ages to dry enough to be able to lay tiles, so it is on the critical path…..

                                    If it is any consolation, I applied for permits about a year ago......(I'm really ignoring a lot of what I got permission for, but I am confident that I am doing it better than what I have permission for)..... 😶 ::) ???

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      Giles
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      I'm chippies mate today….

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        Giles
                                        IHUK Crew
                                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          Giles
                                          IHUK Crew
                                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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