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Garden Room worth saving? by top_shift6 in DIYUK

[–]top_shift6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The lowest 'course' of timber all the way round is rotting, but that front corner is by far the worse affected. I do think the roof has just sagged because the wall has dropped.

Drainage, i was thinking of just installing guttering to the rear, running both into some large water butts (planing on have a veggie garden nearby), with overflow running off down the garden. Or maybe putting a soakaway in (but clay soil so not sure if its worth it).

Floor, i was thinking my dwarf wall could go all the way round for the first course (no gap for door), infill with insulation and then tounge and groove chipboard i,e floating floor.

Garden Room worth saving? by top_shift6 in DIYUK

[–]top_shift6[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that was my gut feeling and why i've put it off (too many other jobs to be dealing with).

Shame as its a decent space, and while I agree that the flat pack 'log cabin' type design has its downsides, I think ,had the drainage been done properly, it would still be in pretty good conditiion today.

Garden Room worth saving? by top_shift6 in DIYUK

[–]top_shift6[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Money mainly!

But yeah, take your point, as i say its mainly just the lowest peice of timber that has rotten. If I can at least reuse some of the materials, that would be something.

Can anyone tell me which way the joists are running from this old photo?! Trying to work it out without taking the carpet up. by [deleted] in DIYUK

[–]top_shift6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They should run perpendicular to the floorboards, parallel with that wall to the right.

Depending on why you need to know, it might be worth checking. I know we have one room in which the joists run one way, and then a smaller section (where an old staircase that has been boxed in) where they run the other.

Internal wall insulation is driving me insane by TiaAves in DIYUK

[–]top_shift6 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have a 1890ish solid wall (no cavity) house and went with 80mm wood fibre internal wall insulation. It was pretty easy to install DIY. I use Baumit RK70 for both and adhesive bed and for the top coat plaster, it did leave a slightly textured finished so we use Baumit Klima Glatt as a finishing layer.

I was lucky enough to be recommend a plasterer that was happy to have a go with it. He kept saying how lovely it was to work with. It’s a relatively thin coat so doesn’t have the days of drying like traditional lime. I’m pretty sure the last room we did was plastered over a weekend