1930s Semi Refurb - Part 11 of ... (Summer House)
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Yeah but I've ran out of brain cells to think about it. I've put a fused spur to an outdoor socket as I think you just power the outdoor unit?
If not I've left plenty of space to fish wires behind the plasterboard but my working assumption is outdoor power.
I largely meant if you had provision for ventilation/ventilator, other than via the doors - might be like a green house in summer -
... turbo fan ? https://youtu.be/Kj-GFQeeCiY?t=54
... turbo fan ? https://youtu.be/Kj-GFQeeCiY?t=54
It'll be insulated better than most houses
I didn't bother putting trickle vents on my windows forcmine either. Not permanently occupied.
Day 14.5 (part 2)
Tried to squeeze 5 mins of DIY in today... it was all going so well (soffit lights):
Forgot I had doubled up the roof joists....FFS.
(just going to notch it with the multitool).
Just realised as well, my cladding will probably come out a decent amount. Oops. All in all, a fail of a day
Day 15.5 part a
Got itchy feet having ran the SWA so decided to quickly wire up the CU. Annoyingly; I would have been totally golden if I had done the incoming wires slightly lower - so now I have a minor "hole" to cover. Nevermind, I am over the moon - finally have power of some description.
Open to criticism on the wiring - never done a CU before. Earths are a tad bit rough and I need to trim the bus bar/add another RCD in.
Yippee
Day 16
I am brooooooooooooooooken.
Day started slow -
1. Nursery drop-off
2. Coffee
3. Itchy feet waiting for Southern Sheeting; desire to get rid of leftover 5x2
4. Allotment bed! I've got 2 more to make up and then the side return is also clear from random materials. I also have a bunch of fence posts for other "good ideas" that I'll chop up to make a composter. Plan to cover this with weed membrane and call it a day for this year.
5. I then bizarrely had to go and count up to 11am, as I wanted a FlexiSpot E7 Pro and they do this BIZARRE anniversary sale where codes go live at specific times. Annoying AF. The 50% code was a scam - but I only paid £299 which is what I was willing to pay for the non-pro model. Great success except 4 seconds to "go time" and Southern Sheeting pull up........
6. This was annoying AF. 14 sheets. I mis-cut two, so the neighbour who hates me has a bit of a patchwork on her side
^ apols about screw alignment [+/- 10mm). I really did try and IRL it is less bad. Now they're up I can go and throw some more fixings in.
7. Then the internet man showed up. I've gone for Lit Fibre mainly because I thought they'd re-run the line as the previous guys did a bodge job across the front of my 1930s brick arch. Idiots. The chap came to "pre-test" on Thursday and said he'd use the existing line and just run it nicely for me. Top man!
8. Random bloke from internet showed up for 3 full sheets of PIR and tonnes of offcuts. Had he follow me down to the garden to pick up as many as he could hold
9. I then made a start on the nice stuff for the front, but not before fixing the spacing (top batten had sunk back 5mm or so). Drip edge and a long rip got my brain occupied for longer than it should take...
Then had a text that the chap down the road had people nosing in his garden, so spent the evening locking things up..........bath time now.
Edit: awwwwwwwwwwwwyisssss
Tried to squeeze 5 mins of DIY in today... it was all going so well (soffit lights):
Forgot I had doubled up the roof joists....FFS.
(just going to notch it with the multitool).
Just realised as well, my cladding will probably come out a decent amount. Oops. All in all, a fail of a day
Day 15.5 part a
Got itchy feet having ran the SWA so decided to quickly wire up the CU. Annoyingly; I would have been totally golden if I had done the incoming wires slightly lower - so now I have a minor "hole" to cover. Nevermind, I am over the moon - finally have power of some description.
Open to criticism on the wiring - never done a CU before. Earths are a tad bit rough and I need to trim the bus bar/add another RCD in.
Yippee
Day 16
I am brooooooooooooooooken.
Day started slow -
1. Nursery drop-off
2. Coffee
3. Itchy feet waiting for Southern Sheeting; desire to get rid of leftover 5x2
4. Allotment bed! I've got 2 more to make up and then the side return is also clear from random materials. I also have a bunch of fence posts for other "good ideas" that I'll chop up to make a composter. Plan to cover this with weed membrane and call it a day for this year.
5. I then bizarrely had to go and count up to 11am, as I wanted a FlexiSpot E7 Pro and they do this BIZARRE anniversary sale where codes go live at specific times. Annoying AF. The 50% code was a scam - but I only paid £299 which is what I was willing to pay for the non-pro model. Great success except 4 seconds to "go time" and Southern Sheeting pull up........
6. This was annoying AF. 14 sheets. I mis-cut two, so the neighbour who hates me has a bit of a patchwork on her side
^ apols about screw alignment [+/- 10mm). I really did try and IRL it is less bad. Now they're up I can go and throw some more fixings in.
7. Then the internet man showed up. I've gone for Lit Fibre mainly because I thought they'd re-run the line as the previous guys did a bodge job across the front of my 1930s brick arch. Idiots. The chap came to "pre-test" on Thursday and said he'd use the existing line and just run it nicely for me. Top man!
8. Random bloke from internet showed up for 3 full sheets of PIR and tonnes of offcuts. Had he follow me down to the garden to pick up as many as he could hold
9. I then made a start on the nice stuff for the front, but not before fixing the spacing (top batten had sunk back 5mm or so). Drip edge and a long rip got my brain occupied for longer than it should take...
Then had a text that the chap down the road had people nosing in his garden, so spent the evening locking things up..........bath time now.
Edit: awwwwwwwwwwwwyisssss
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DUDE. Need a cross post warning, I read half of that before I realised I've read it all already
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Hole saw it out, start small work up.
Just go slow and then at the end you will be able to break it out fairly easily.
Just go slow and then at the end you will be able to break it out fairly easily.
I only had an issue on the horizontal that is attached to the steal. Think I aligned steal with internal wall vs. external wall. Just used regular packers and screws instead of nails. You may be able to see here:
I laughed too - we've all been there. If you are willing to sacrifice a blade. Cutting the blade down to 10mm wide you can get a decent circle done - albeit it's a bit of a slow processCrying face at that soffit light, gonna be some tough multi tooling
4mm - I don't have much load going on. I did another thread on the electrics; it isn't final fix yet. I need to get my solar on the roof and some other bits done before a sparky comes in and final fixes it.
Fyi 4mm 2 seems small for a run to a garden room particularly if looking to feed solar electric back to main house via it (I'm not a sparky tho!)
Overall if you have one 20 amp ring say and a lighting ring might be OK
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This isn't for the solar install - this is just for the garden room. No solar there. Just a 32amp ring and 6amp lighting circuit - actual load will be a laptop charger, split A/C and an AP.