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Commencing build 2011

  • 09-01-2011 11:47pm
    #1
    firework
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi folks!

    I'm new to the site and can see that there is a vast amount of valuable advice here. I'm starting a new build this year and foundations have been in for the last few months. Didn't begin the next stage due to bad weather. I'm wondering if the temperature should be at a certain level before continuing with the build? Should I wait until Spring to begin blockwork? Any advice greatly appreciated.


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  • #2
    brendankelly
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 318 ✭✭brendankelly


    wait till spring


  • #3
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,751 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ...no need to wait til spring if you use a dry build, e.g. a timber based system.

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  • #4
    FesterBeatty
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 406 ✭✭FesterBeatty


    You want 3 degrees and rising before you pour concrete, and 5 degrees and rising before you lay blocks. Note that these temperatures are ambient shaded temperatures. So I'd wait another few weeks to be sure! Personally I wouldnt go for timber frame in this country - just my opinion as a structural engineer, I know many will disagree!


  • #5
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 42,634 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ...no need to wait til spring if you use a dry build, e.g. a timber based system.

    foundation?? rising walls?? :D;)


  • #6
    brendankelly
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 318 ✭✭brendankelly


    He has the founds in so he could go timber frame. We work on Timber frame and find them very solid. Most are sheeted with OSB for racking strength and counter battened for more racking strength. If a good build, up Timeframes (in my opinion) are better and warmer than blocks. Although I did come across a building and the entire build up from the outside in was .

    Plaster.
    Panelvent
    7 by 2 studs filled with expandable foam
    Plaster.

    We did NOT plaster it I hastily add. It is cheap build ups like this that give timber Frame a bad name.


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  • #7
    firework
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭firework


    Thanks for the advice guys! Have decided to go with concrete blocks so will wait a few more weeks before starting. Although with 10 degrees here in Donegal its almost tropical compared to a few weeks ago!:)


  • #8
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,751 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    sydthebeat wrote: »
    foundation?? rising walls?? :D;)

    LOLOL, Mod fail !! :D

    He already has them in.......;)

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #9
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 42,634 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    guilty of skimming there..... my bad!! :o


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