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RogerS wrote:The precision of your oak work is immaculate, Mike. You're applying the same degree of accuracy that many of us aspire to with furniture![]()
TrimTheKing wrote:........Out of interest, why have it at all? Why not just go full open plan in that area?
StevieB wrote:.....with all the jacking up and lowering you are doing, have you noticed much settlement in existing walls?.....
Mike G wrote:I pinned a piece of thick lead to the underside of the support post, because it will bear down on top of two engineering bricks sitting on some DPM on the foundation, through a hole I left in the screed. I wanted the weight to bear evenly on the bricks, and lead is a good way of evening out very small differences:
Mike G wrote:TrimTheKing wrote:........Out of interest, why have it at all? Why not just go full open plan in that area?
Even when doing open plan, I think it important to define areas, but in an old cottage, one wouldn't expect to find open plan, but would expect some oak framing. If I did away with the posts (and plinth), I would have needed another mega-beam to hold up the floor above.
chataigner wrote:Great work Mike, looking terrific.
Please tighten the chain on that saw before it jumps the bar and does you an injury.
Andyp wrote:chataigner wrote:Great work Mike, looking terrific.
Please tighten the chain on that saw before it jumps the bar and does you an injury.
Is the bar upside down as well?
chataigner wrote:Please tighten the chain on that saw before it jumps the bar and does you an injury.
Mike G wrote:Apologies for my absence over christmas, but I now know what a power unit does for a computer, and how poorly computers function when said unit goes on the blink.
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