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

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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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            • neph93N
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              She sounds like my kind of building regs person. The ones my local council sends out are like bespectacled pitbulls with sadistic tendencies. They’ll be first against the wall when the revolution comes.

              It’s all looking very well executed.

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

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              • ChrisC
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                @Giles:

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

                That must be nice. I'm envious.

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                • GilesG
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                  I'm just waiting for the major fuck up.  We had one issue that kept me awake at night last week.  Some of the joists had been made the wrong length, which would have meant the lantern was going to be off centre and thus screwing up everything.  Les fixed it the following day within a couple of hours.  The Posijoists are amazing, but when you hit a snafu, good old-fashioned timber joists are a lot easier to re-jig…

                  "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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                    Hey Giles. How’s the stone work going? I wish I could Come put it down with you guys. I miss the work and it’s be great evo on my IH gear

                    Maybe so. Maybe not

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                    • GilesG
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                      Stonework not started yet.  Scaffolding is where we need to lay the stone.  I reckon that taking the scaffolding down is 2-3 weeks away - Need it up there until the coping stones are laid, which can't happen until the roof is completed…I'd love to have you do it....would free Les up to do more stuff inside.

                      "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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                        Had a conversation last night about progress on the house and I found out that the plumbing fixtures that were "ready to install" two weeks ago were in a warehouse in North Carolina and couldn't be shipped until today because of post hurricane flooding.  Who needs faucets, after all?

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                        • GilesG
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                          Damn…....

                          "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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                            We did a lift on the scaffold today, now we can see the gauged arches a little better…

                            "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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                              That looks spectacular Giles.

                              Scaffolding is often the culprit. I can’t tell you how many times I was called to
                              A job to be asked why I hadn’t planted or laid my stone yet. I silently walked out of The job trailer over to the scaffolding. with pointer finger extended, I emoted this question “ how the fuck am I supposed to put my material in under this erected scaffolding.

                              Maybe so. Maybe not

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                              • GilesG
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                                Floor insulation going in….

                                "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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                                  Running ahead of schedule….

                                  Insulation and vapour barrier complete.

                                  Tomorrow, underfloor heating pipes get installed.  I have drawn out the layout of the kitchen and dead voids so we don't lay the heating in these areas (warm Cornflakes not on my list of faves....)

                                  "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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                                  • louisboscoL
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                                    omg underfloor heating.. what a dream…  😎

                                    "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      It's so cheap these days.  We tried under-plinth heaters in the current kitchen, they're useless and we did not want to lose wall space to radiators….

                                      "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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                                        Underfloor heating in and ready for the screed….

                                        "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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                                          • louisboscoL
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                                            i guess i've never found a right season for it wherever i've lived.. but it'll definitely be in my future house..

                                            "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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