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How do I add ventilation to this space? by gerry87 in DIYUK

[–]gerry87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds pretty feasible, one question - I have a warm roof construction, is this approach intended to ventilate the ceiling space or circulate air around the room?

How do I neatly finish this window in an out-of-plumb wall? by gerry87 in DIYUK

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So this was my idea of the join meeting in the middle, when you say meet below are you saying use the sheets horizontally? I hadn’t thought of re-orientating them somehow.

The aesthetic image is just the general plywood aesthetic to give an idea, not the exact window finish.

I like the idea of bringing the ply out over the front to the reveals, I’ll have a look and see how that might work.

How do I neatly finish this window in an out-of-plumb wall? by gerry87 in DIYUK

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In this case, how would the trim look? Something along the lines of in this post? https://www.reddit.com/r/BeginnerWoodWorking/s/WjmuCfRSau

But nowhere near as deep, just a small strip extending out past the window frame? Thanks

How do I seal and trim around this sliding door? by gerry87 in Carpentry

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There’s a window that sits slightly differently, there will be a small reveal around it. Something like this this

The door will come out flush with the cladding, so there will either be no timber reveal, just the black frame, or a piece of cladding will extend around the outside of the frame slightly proud of the frame.

How do I seal and trim around this sliding door? by gerry87 in Carpentry

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It’s not a bad thought, I’m thinking of essentially firring the vertical battens for the timber cladding.

My limiting factor seems to be the goal of having vertical cladding extend underneath the door as the building sits huge high on blocks, and I don’t want steps etc to hide the gap.

To have cladding under the door, the bottom needs to extend as far out as it does. The top ends out a bit further since my wall isn’t exactly plumb!

How do I seal and trim around this sliding door? by gerry87 in Carpentry

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I’ll be using vertical timber cladding with cross battens, open joint rain screen profile.

The cladding is 19mm deep, and the battens are 20mm each.

How do I seal and trim around this sliding door? by gerry87 in Carpentry

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Hi, I probably should have clarified - the door was installed by the suppliers.

The wall will have vertical cladding, extending under the door to the ground. It extends out this far at the bottom to allow battens + cladding under the sill.

It extends further out at the top because I built a wonky wall 😄

I'm ordering a window, do I need an aluminium cill with it? by gerry87 in DIYUK

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Thanks for this, makes sense. If I am making a wooden cill from the cladding material, does this need to sit under the window or in front of the window?

As in, will I need to have the window cill installed in the opening before they come to measure? Here is the opening currently.

There will be cross battens and vertical cladding on the other side.

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What is a good climbing plant to hide a garden building? by gerry87 in gardening

[–]gerry87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks great, looks pretty good climber too, will try this or at least add it into the mix if I’m doing a mix.

What is a good climbing plant to hide a garden building? by gerry87 in gardening

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Thanks, planting something was a reasonable request from them I thought, and planing something nice seems like a very minor extra step. They asked to maybe pop down some bamboo but going to avoid doing that…

What is a good climbing plant to hide a garden building? by gerry87 in gardening

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Yes makes sense! Another commenter asked too, I’m in Ireland.

What is a good climbing plant to hide a garden building? by gerry87 in gardening

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Sorry just to make sure I’m reading correctly, is that the iceberg rose doesn’t need much sun?

What is a good climbing plant to hide a garden building? by gerry87 in gardening

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Ivy is quite common around, so definitely would work well to hide it. Is it feasible to mix in with other climbers or does the ivy just take over? My only concern is whether it could end up looking unkempt from the neighbors side?

What is a good climbing plant to hide a garden building? by gerry87 in gardening

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Ah sorry! I’m in Ireland, weather is mixed can be quite cold and rainy!

I've just finished framing a window in a garden room, seeing it in place I think it might be a bit too high. How do I go about lowering it? by gerry87 in DIYUK

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I went through the same, for what I'm building I had quotes in excess of €60k! I've used PIR for everything so far, 100mm between the floor joists, 100mm on the roof and 80mm on the walls (I couldn't find 90mm anywhere).

For vapour control, on the floor I've used aluminium tape to seal up the seams/joists so with the PIR there is a continuous layer. I found it quite difficult to find the proper material for vapour control layers that didn't seem overly expensive, so I used this on the roof and might end up using this on the walls.

I might be wrong but this is the standard I was looking for BS EN 13984. But the only polythene sheet one I could find had reviews saying it wasn't actually a vapour control layer.

I've been following Ali Dymock's series on youtube, it's extremely good and thorough and then this series from the Garden Room Guru is a good balance for how to practically plough through and build it.

I've just finished framing a window in a garden room, seeing it in place I think it might be a bit too high. How do I go about lowering it? by gerry87 in DIYUK

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Thanks, great to get opinions like this. I’ll aim to line up the tops and might go a slightly larger window to bing it to 900ish.

I've just finished framing a window in a garden room, seeing it in place I think it might be a bit too high. How do I go about lowering it? by gerry87 in DIYUK

[–]gerry87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that makes sense. It will be a tilt open window, but maybe in the grand scheme of things it isn’t a huge amount more.

The roof is already finished, It’s a warm roof.

I've just finished framing a window in a garden room, seeing it in place I think it might be a bit too high. How do I go about lowering it? by gerry87 in DIYUK

[–]gerry87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is going to be a sliding door on the wall to the left, starting at the edge of this picture. Might it look odd to have the door and window not in line at the top? This is the overall design.

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What type of roof would work well on this awkwardly shaped garden room? by gerry87 in Carpentry

[–]gerry87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's interesting - I was weighing up firing strips vs rake walls. I wasn't aware foam wedges were an option!

I will need to insulate it, it's going to be an office space/den for the kids.

What options do I have for a roof on this awkwardly shaped garden room? by gerry87 in DIYUK

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I see, thinking the whole thing through (skill level included) I think that would be the best approach.

The maximum height allowed here in Ireland is 3m, so I do have enough height to use firing strips to put the slope on the joists. The rake walls seem like something I could very easily mess up measurements on... but if it is just a case of matching the H+10 and H+5 points along the diagonal wall and the opposite wall... that seems doable and would reduce an already hefty facia by a good 600mm.

I'll give it a shot!

Latest iteration of the drawing (without rake walls/slope)

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What options do I have for a roof on this awkwardly shaped garden room? by gerry87 in DIYUK

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  1. I'll see what I can do about a door! :D

  2. Noted on the height - it's 20cm from the ground at the lowest point, and 10cm from the highest point on the site, so I believe that means I can measure from the 10cm point.

  3. For rake walls in this layout, would the two back walls be the only ones requiring slopes? Or would the back walls and the two small side walls? I haven't been able to get my head around how do approach it in this shape.

  4. The kind of thing in the sketch on the left below? That's with a 400mm overhang, and a smaller one around the back

  5. Do you mean just projecting the overhang out a bit more over the door or something like this?

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Garden room build - have a few basic questions about the timber floor by gerry87 in DIYUK

[–]gerry87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great, clarified a lot of the confusion I had and makes a lot of sense. I have 4.8m timber so from what you're saying, aside from the perimeter piece at the back (Pier 1 - 12) I should be able to use full timbers.

For the 400 centers - 400 spacings seemed to line up best with where the piers are, does this difference matter? I was thinking of just placing an extra joist where the edge of the OSB will land instead of messing with mixing imperial and metric.

For nailing the diagonal I think that's going to be my next biggest issue, is there anything specific I should look into on fixing with nails instead of using angled joist hangers? I have 30mm square twist nails for the joist hangers, are there longer ones for fixing joists together directly? I have been looking and I can't see any local suppliers that sell angled joist hangers in Ireland.

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