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

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    • ChrisC
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      Ok, I know I'm opening myself up to any number of smart-assed comments, but what is the rain detector that you're installing?

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      • neph93N
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        @Chris:

        Ok, I know I'm opening myself up to any number of smart-assed comments…

        Prefacing your dumbass question with the above is poor form, sir. How can anyone effectively mock you now? Bloody killjoy.

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

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        • neph93N
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          On the other hand, seeing as you apparently can’t infer meaning from two nouns, I wonder if I can interest you in some tartan paint for your latest interior design project? I also have some top of the line glass hammers available for those delicate nailing jobs…

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

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          • dylantbmayesD
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            @Giles:

            Then these turned up…..Les is hung over and Alex has damaged his back (when a car pulled out in front of him when he was cycling home)....., so I guess shifting them is down to me....(Paula, conveniently has a subsequent engagement  🙂 🙂 🙂 )

            Wind the clock back four years and you would have had an abled body Aussie who you could have put to work!

            INSTAGRAM: @DYLANTBMAYES | FACEBOOK.COM/DYLANTBMAYES

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            • GilesG
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              @Chris:

              Ok, I know I'm opening myself up to any number of smart-assed comments, but what is the rain detector that you're installing?

              The roof lantern will have 2 opening windows, whne the rain detector detects moisture, the windows will close if they have been left open…..

              "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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                @dylantbmayes:

                Wind the clock back four years and you would have had an abled body Aussie who you could have put to work!

                Bloody hell, 4 years ago…..

                "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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                • AlexA
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                  @Giles:

                  @dylantbmayes:

                  Wind the clock back four years and you would have had an abled body Aussie who you could have put to work!

                  Bloody hell, 4 years ago…..

                  Not sure that's the most surprising part of the sentence  😃 😃 😃

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                  • dylantbmayesD
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                    @Alex:

                    @Giles:

                    @dylantbmayes:

                    Wind the clock back four years and you would have had an abled body Aussie who you could have put to work!

                    Bloody hell, 4 years ago…..

                    Not sure that's the most surprising part of the sentence  😃 😃 😃

                    ???

                    INSTAGRAM: @DYLANTBMAYES | FACEBOOK.COM/DYLANTBMAYES

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                    • GilesG
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                      @neph93:

                      I’m excited about the the building regs person.

                      So, we had to divert the down-pipe to get the last joist in.  Reckon the building regs person will be happy with our solution  🙂 ?

                      "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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                        @Giles:

                        Then these turned up…..Les is hung over and Alex has damaged his back (when a car pulled out in front of him when he was cycling home)....., so I guess shifting them is down to me....(Paula, conveniently has a subsequent engagement  🙂 🙂 🙂 )

                        That is some very nice hand cut Blue Stone. Where was it laid previously? Do you know the history of it? Thick
                        Stuff

                        Maybe so. Maybe not

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                        • GilesG
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                          I do not know where it was laid previously.  In the UK, we call this York stone or York flags.

                          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkstone

                          I am buying it from a reclamation yard in Yorkshire.

                          I've bought it in 3 batches thus far, each with it's own character, so I am going to have to be quite careful when I lay 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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                          • ChrisC
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                            @Giles:

                            So, we had to divert the down-pipe to get the last joist in.  Reckon the building regs person will be happy with our solution  🙂 ?

                            I see nothing wrong with that.  Looks perfect, in fact.

                            Oh, and the auto close windows sound brilliant.  I wish we'd had that in our old house- Julie was perpetually leaving the windows in the garage apartment open.

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                            • GilesG
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                              Today, Les and I (mainly Les  🙂 ), effectively completed inner roof.  A few more firrings  and the plywood should be completed tomorrow…..

                              "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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                              • rocketR
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                                very cool

                                rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

                                It's all humbug, like everywhere
                                R.I.P. Geo

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                                • Matty123M
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                                  We call it Flag stone as well or Blue stone. Those are very nice. They seem
                                  To Be in great shape. I don’t see any cleaving of the stones. Be careful indeed… with your fingers! I have some great tricks for moving them and laying them if you’re intersted. Depending on the base you’re setting them in.

                                  Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    @Matty123 I'd love some tips for moving them,  yesterday was a bastard…..I have just the one bruised thumb  😃

                                    We'll either screed bed them when we have a run or runs that consist of slabs of effectively the same thickness) or individually bed them when we have slabs of varying thickness.

                                    The slabs that arrived yesterday are effectively all 24 inches wide, so we'll be able to lay them in courses pretty quickly.

                                    "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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                                      @Giles there’s a tool you can make with some
                                      Rebate and he ay gauge wire and a two Man method that uses flat nylon straps. Let me draw up
                                      Some rudimentary (very) directions and I’ll get back to you ASAP.

                                      Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        Thanks a lot Matty….

                                        "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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                                          @Giles:

                                          @neph93:

                                          I’m excited about the the building regs person.

                                          So, we had to divert the down-pipe to get the last joist in.  Reckon the building regs person will be happy with our solution  [emoji4] ?

                                          As long as it doesn’t leak they can go for a long walk off a short pier. Looks like a good temporary bodge to me.

                                          That internal roof is giving me the horn though. I do love a nice bit of framework, not to mention the lintels and joists [emoji7]

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

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            Everything going to plan at the moment, in fact slightly quicker than I had continged for…

                                            Roof (bar the ply upstand) is ready for the insulation, Alwitra and lead work.  That should start tomorrow...

                                            And the services that need to be in place before we Celotex and screed the floor are in place…

                                            @neph93 , you'll be disappointed, the build regs person is on holiday, so I took a vide of the stuff that she is interested in, hope it'll be enough for her….

                                            "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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