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

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      🙂 🙂

      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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      • Matty123M
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        I would keep it. Takes the pain out of that first real ding.

        Maybe so. Maybe not

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        • GilesG
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          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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          • Matty123M
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            I like your style Giles. Let em rip!

            Maybe so. Maybe not

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

              Pride of Japan :-)

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              • GilesG
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                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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                • GilesG
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                  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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                  • neph93N
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                    Are those timber/metal combo joists based on 2x4’s? They’re sexy.

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

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                    • GilesG
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                      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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                      • GilesG
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                        @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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                        • neph93N
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                          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”

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                          • Matty123M
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                            HA^ u guys  😃

                            Maybe so. Maybe not

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

                                        Think it, be it.

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          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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                                          • GilesG
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                                            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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