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Hi millsy5,
That’s a bit unfortunate, suggest since you will end up with a sandy mix if you use both sand and ballast, make it 1:2:2. Depending on the amount of clay in your building sand you may find the concrete surface not very durable so some form of covering may be needed.
Regards S

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Hi pablito,
Thanks for the update, hope it all works out OK.
Regards S

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Hi ljh, Whether these vents are still necessary will depend on your lifestyle eg do you dry clothes in the bedrooms, are the window always closed and do they have trickle vents. You could try sealing them up by fitting hit and miss grilles in place of the Louvre type vents. This will allow you to op...

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Hi pablito, It is difficult to envisage the proposed geometric arrangement of the gates, steel piers, block wall and the gate operator. Once the gates are partly open the operator will be pulling sideways to the wall. Your proposal to build in a steel box may well work but you will be introducing a ...

stoneyboy

Hi millsy5,
It looks like your gravel is actually Type 1 fill, if so, this is not suitable for a concrete mix.
If you are assured by your supplier that it is gravel I suggest you use a 2:3:4 mix.
Regards S

stoneyboy

Hi pablito,
From your description it sounds like the gate hinges are centrally mounted in the posts/walls. Suggest you resite the hinges so that the operating mechanism will be outside the wall. Cutting a channel you describe in a 6ft wall is a recipe for a disaster.
Regards S

stoneyboy

Hi millsy5, Due to the very irregular edge to the concrete under the shed walls a plastic sheet will not sit flat, will not support the concrete above it and will probably be pierced when you walk around laying the concrete. Use bits of roof tiles to raise the weld mesh above the base fill and cut t...

stoneyboy

Hi millsy5, Have a look on line for weld or fabric mesh, it usually comes in flat sheets. See what your local builders merchants have in stock. A wicker plate is fine for compacting fine materials but will run on top of coarse rubble, better to use a club hammer and make sure compaction is even, ok ...

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Hi homerenov2024, You do not give details of the construction so it is difficult to advise, generally use a breathable paint eg one for new plaster. Your main issue will be that rain may be driven into the open entrance and this may soak up into the walls. Use an adsorbent mat in the entrance to lim...

stoneyboy

Hi millsys5, Sorry to read your tale about your contractor disappearing part way through a job and well done for picking up the pieces. Use whatever rubble you have to fill in the ground so you have 75-100mm of concrete to lay - compact the rubble. Check the base is square - measure diagonally corne...

stoneyboy

Hi linobuilder,
Since you have a double ridge plate the wall plates are a fixing feature rather than a structural one so 75x100 in the lowest grade you can buy will be fine.
You will need a rafter in line with the return wall so that you can fit a wall strap down the return wall.
Regards S

stoneyboy

Hi diy_luke, Unless you have an exceptionally bad roof you will need to add a batten to every rafter, you can buy packs of plastic packing pieces (various thicknesses) do screw through these to keep them in place. Start with the lowest rafter, screw on a batten with no packers and work away from it ...

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Hi sussex345, Due to the age of your flat it is likely that the floor and framing were added at a later date. There could be a number of reasons why the floor is flexing and the cause will dictate how you deal with the problem. If the flexing is because: the floor boards are insufficiently fixed to ...

stoneyboy

Hi diy_luke,
Screw 50x25 battens to the underneath of the rafters, use packing pieces to give an even surface across the rafters.
Regards S

stoneyboy

Hi linobuilder, You are in a sheltered location and the roof is small. Suggest you talk to the building inspector and see if bolting the first rafter to the existing house wall and fitting wall straps to the return wall would be acceptable. You may have to increase the size of the wall plate. I doub...

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