Recent content by haggisbasher

those pics are superb my wife and I are looking at emigrating to British Columbia and those pics are just helping us along it looks superb :D

as a frequent sufferer from toothache I used to think there was no worse pain on the planet but after herniating 2 discs in my lower back I can reliably state that there is far worse. Hope you get it sorted a wee tip I take ibuprofen and paracetamol together (wifes a nurse) doesnt stop the...

hi Roger do you need full building regs standard or do just want to improve the insulation? My understanding is that 2 layers of the foil wont make any difference, the insulation is derived from the sealed airspace not the material itself, hence the importance of taping laps and edges etc...

Hi Roger I'm a BCO and I just graduated my degree this summer one of my colleagues did his honours dissertation on the multifoil insulation products available. His conclusions essentially mirrored BRE. In his opinion and many others as you have found the product has some useful insulation...

Thanks George thas what I decided to do, itsl a bit heath robinson but i managed to get a setup that i was happy with. got the first 2 legs drilled tonight the remaining 2 hopefully tomorrow night. I just need to get a chisel sharp enough to clean them up and we're hunky dory. cheers all Tom

Thanks for the correction SF its appreciated

heres a pic of what I am trying to emulate Byron thats a really elegant solution I like that. Roger thanks for the pic I think that might be a way forward, I was hoping to not rely on hardware but I think i may have been a little ambitious in my initial assumptions :-) I am still considering...

Sorry Pete didnt mean to hijack the post

Still looking for the article but heres some info to mull on in the mean time http://www.ebuild.co.uk/forums/messages/770/2772.html http://www.dorset-technical-committee.org.uk/reports/report8.asp http://www.theiet.org/Forums/Forum/messageview.cfm?catid=205&threadid=9507&enterthread=y The...

Dave I'm more than happy to debate with you I like a good discussion as much as anyone. I will try and find the article and post a link for you might take a day or two. The fire resistance is to make sure that the floor remains a floor for, in this case 30 minutes. a floor must maintain...

thanks for that They are a little but it is an enclosed style which will be enclosed with 18mm ply or mdf so the racking resistance will come from that. I also need to be able to move it around to make best use of space so weight is a slight issue. I didnt intend the legs to be so heavy but...

well I've got to admit I cut it all to length and planed the ends by hand and it was very satisfying, if hard work. I don't have any decent tools only big shed cheap stuff used for diy, I have a cheap and nasty hilka plane, so thats probably making it all the harder. My woodworking mojo was...

Davey it wasnt anything about your post I just do it for a living and its hard enough debating this stuff when your on the clock, we BCOs as a breed tend to be a bit defensive because we are on the receiving end a lot, sometimes justified I'll grant you. I was just trying to head it off in case...

Evening all looking for some advice/help. I am building my first project and its a mobile bench. I wen and got the timber for the frame on saturday and it is all cut to length ready for joints. The plan I am basing my design on uses single sided tenons on the rails in mortices on the legs...

Davey I cant paste the relevant clauses as the regs are pdf with copy/paste and snapshot disabled but heres a link to approved doc B http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/professionals/en/1115314683674.html The relevant parts are clause 7.2 page 38 and page 61 table A2 I have no axe to...