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
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
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Hi coreyspeed,
A lot depends on how much deflection of the beam is acceptable for your application. I would anticipate a mdeflection of around 3mm for a 47x95mm beam with a 30kg UDL over a 3m span.
Regards S
Hi adski, It would appear that you have a purlin part way down the existing roof, it is not possible from your images to see what the construction is underneath this, or where the block wall you refer to is located. If the block wall is one of the walls in the utility room AND it is directly under t...
