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

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    • GilesG
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      Thank you.  45mm.  The standard guide for the screed we have used without the underfloor heating is 1mm per day.  I'm happy with not accelerating it…

      "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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      • GilesG
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        I'm being sent a meter to test moisture content, so we can lay the next layer of screed as soon as this layer is dry.

        In the meantime, I have a couple of Victorian doors I got off The Bay that I can be tarting up….

        "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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        • Finn666F
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          perfect, as well as the meter you get to measure the humidity!
          iirc a good figure should be sth. like 1.5%, 0.5% or 0.3%…depends on the screed used!

          the doors goong to look nice! 👀

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          • GilesG
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            @Finn666:

            the doors goong to look nice! 👀

            With some elbow grease and these…..

            "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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            • GilesG
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              The ground workers are back, including my favourite, He-can-lift-a-ton-but-can't-spell-it-John

              "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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              • RoxRocks86R
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                Looking forward to seeing how the doors turn out!

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                • GilesG
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                  Thank you Rox

                  "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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                  • GilesG
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                    Whilst Les is away, the slab layers play…..

                    "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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                    • AppfaffA
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                      The addition is looking great! It’s been fun going through this thread. Thanks for sharing the progress @Giles !

                      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                      • mclaincauseyM
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                        Man an auto-tamper would have been a godsend for that process when we did our patio. I won't pretend that this kind of work is fun.

                        The sandy soil here is so unstable that several inches of excavation filled with crusher fines and sand and then with extremely heavy flagstone cut and leveled is the best way to do it. Prior owners tried to grout flagstone together with concrete for our front walkway, and the predictable result was a sinkhole buggered it up and left a water meter poking out of the ground in the midst of the walkway. Quite a hazard–lucky we have not been sued for someone busting their ass on it. We picked this as a battle for next year.

                        Think it, be it.

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                        • GilesG
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                          "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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                          • GilesG
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                            Pugged…...

                            "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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                            • hajdukH
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                              [emoji106] it takes shape[emoji106]

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                              • Matty123M
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                                Nicely done.

                                Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                • GilesG
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                                  And, the "I-fucked-up-the-levels" second screed gets poured….

                                  "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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                                  • GilesG
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                                    It happened again….

                                    "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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                                    • neph93N
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                                      Oops…

                                      (Also so many “bad pussy” jokes...)

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                                      Are the same that burn crosses”

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                                        R.I.P. Geo

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          Getting ready for the big break-through….

                                          "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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                                          • UnTuckedU
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                                            NOW it's getting "real!"

                                            In search of:
                                            IHV-04, med.
                                            IHSH-185, large
                                            IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

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