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

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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…

        “Some of those that work forces
        Are the same that burn crosses”

        • Virginia Woolf
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          Matty123
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          Joined: 4 Apr 2017

          HA^ u guys  😃

          Maybe so. Maybe not

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            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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                      mclaincausey
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                      Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                      Well, if an earthquake ever hits Gosport, I feel like you'll just laugh it off….

                      Think it, be it.

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        I was only saying to Les earlier "slightly over-engineered….."....

                        "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

                          Illegal, Moi?

                          "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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                            den1mhead
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                            Joined: 6 Oct 2014

                            [emoji112][emoji112]

                            Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

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                              Chris
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                              Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                              Honest question- that's illegal?

                              I see worse things on the road here on a daily basis.  In Houston, I saw worse things on an hourly basis…

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                                Graeme
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                                Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                @Chris:

                                I do worse things on the road here on a daily basis. In Houston, I did worse things on an hourly basis…

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                                  organisys
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                                  Joined: 24 Mar 2015

                                  nothing to see here officer

                                  @Chris  Slightly open to interpretation, but a Police Officer or a DVSA representative might well take a dim view of Giles' load.

                                  https://www.hsl.gov.uk/products/transport-safety/what-the-law-says

                                  I once had to 'straddle' a concrete paving slab at ~70mph on the outside lane of a motorway (Freeway), fortunately I didn't hit it. A few people a few hundred meters down the road where not quite so lucky given the resultant destruction I saw.

                                  Pride of Japan :-)

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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    I actually don't know, but the guys in the wood yard were pissing themselves laughing.  I'd certainly have had my collar felt for not having a high-vis flag on the end of the stack of wood.  The bit of plastic sheeting that I tore off a pallet of bricks, does not really count….

                                    "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

                                      Much nicer.  New roof tiles 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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                                        Giles
                                        IHUK Crew
                                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                        Up to coping stone level….

                                        Next couple of weeks plan:

                                        "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
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                                          Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                                          I’m excited about the lanterns and the building regs person. For very different reasons  [emoji1]

                                          “Some of those that work forces
                                          Are the same that burn crosses”

                                          • Virginia Woolf
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