• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

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    Pete's Workshop Build

    It's been a while but just finished the house extensions and the en-suite is fully operational. We are pleased with the outcome so now back to the Workshop. The decision over the floor has been made. We are installing a floating floor of 50mm Xtratherm framed with 3x2 timber which we'd ordered...
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    Workshop Build - advise on water ingress

    Hi Toby, Looks good. I'm sure you will get the leak sorted. I had the same problem. viewtopic.php?f=35&t=4578&start=50#p71144 From the picture, you can see that the breather membrane stopped slightly shy of the brick edge. The brick cavities filled with water and leaked between the brick...
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    Pete's Workshop Build

    Very good question. A floating floor? Leave the concrete as-is? Paint the concrete or resin treat the concrete. I've been around this question a thousand times and yes, the profile is for a floating floor and I actually have all of the timber cut at 75 x 50mm (actual not nominal) such that I...
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    Pete's Workshop Build

    It's been some time since any updates. We managed most of September away in the caravan in Hamble and the New Forest which proved to be a well earned break from all the building work going on at the house and with the workshop. Since we returned we have tiled the new porch floor and had all the...
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    Pete's Workshop Build

    The water ingress was definitely happening either under the DPC (most likely) or through the brick cavities. An extra layer of DPC under the membrane and overlapping the brickwork has cured the issue. Cladding is underway although a bit back to front. We did the gable ends first in order to...
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    Pete's Workshop Build

    And last night disaster struck in the form of the storm. The floor is flooded and I don't know how. I have a theory. I put some of the battens on yesterday and the breather membrane no longer overlaps the entire brickwork. I think the holes in the brick have filled with water which has...
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    Pete's Workshop Build

    Progress has been slower with the inclement weather but the insulation is all in place. And the bulk of the roofing has been done. I used Britmet Ecopan plus which they say is either an aluzinc (??) or galvanised 0.9mm sheet covered in a textured acrylic material and formed to be lightweight...
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    Pete's Workshop Build

    A busy few days during which time the concrete has more or less dried out after last weeks downpours which turned the base into a paddling pool. The thermalite blocks seem to take the longest to dry out and whilst removing some internal OSB sheathing I noitice the wood was damp on the...
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    Pete's Workshop Build

    The weather isn't quite so good as it has been in recent weeks so progress is becoming a little slower. The frames were all completed in a couple of days and put into place the following day. The folding wedges and the bed of mortar worked out really well. The roof is a much slower entity...
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    Pete's Workshop Build

    Started on the framing. Took 2 days to build the 8 frames. Question on electrics. I'm thinking about running the cables through the timber frames. Any views on the drilling of holes through the framing?. I guess I would run the cable horizontally around the top (or maybe the bottom) of the...
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    Pete's Workshop Build

    Yes, a floating floor, 22mm chipboard on top of 50mm Celotex style insulation. I haven't though as yet decided whether or not to put 50mm timber joists at 600mm intervals and around the edges for added strength. Problem is, the insulation is actually 50mm so normal finished timber isn't...
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    Pete's Workshop Build

    Well there's been a lot going on with the landscaping, en-suite and porch extensions and the workshop has taken a back seat. Finally though the brick and blockwork is complete. Mostly by my own fair hands but the house brickie had some spare time at the weekend and finished off the last bit...
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    Pete's Workshop Build

    I'm now questioning my original idea of a pent roof, partly as a result of the feedback on here. I'm now trying to consider what's going to look best. Undoubtedly a pitched roof is the more pleasing but I'm concerned it will dominate the garden. The extra storage of a pitched roof isn't a deal...
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    Pete's Workshop Build

    Winding back prior to the concrete slab laying, we dug in a soakaway crate and laid 30m of drainage o use for the workshop. This wasn't quite as thorough a job as Dan did but hopefully it will do the trick. PS I don't know how to rotate the image which is correct on my pc...
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    Pete's Workshop Build

    The slab has been laid. It's vey close to 5085 (wide) by 3884 (deep). If I got my calculations correct, then it will minimise board cutting. If not, hey ho! We have a builder around at the moment and he took a day out to lay the concrete base. With the wife's (!) assistance we had already put...
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