Are you trying to get most of the groundwork down before it gets too cold? It would certainly suck to be stuck with exposed pipes all winter long. Unless of course you can continue working through the winter.
steve
Big Hand
Songs Of A Lost World *CRUMPET BOY*
Are you trying to get most of the groundwork down before it gets too cold? It would certainly suck to be stuck with exposed pipes all winter long. Unless of course you can continue working through the winter.
Well, trying to do as much as I can in as short a space of time as possible. But yes. If the temperature does drop significant;y it'll affect the plasterers the most as the plaster won't stay on the wall if it's below 15ºc. Not a massive problem though as I can get heaters in to counter that. We expect the cement to be poured early next week so need to get the plastic sheeting on top of the insulation & then the steel re-enforcement mesh. That is going to be one very steep learning curve indeed.
Are you trying to get most of the groundwork down before it gets too cold? It would certainly suck to be stuck with exposed pipes all winter long. Unless of course you can continue working through the winter.
Well, trying to do as much as I can in as short a space of time as possible. But yes. If the temperature does drop significant;y it'll affect the plasterers the most as the plaster won't stay on the wall if it's below 15ºc. Not a massive problem though as I can get heaters in to counter that. We expect the cement to be poured early next week so need to get the plastic sheeting on top of the insulation & then the steel re-enforcement mesh. That is going to be one very steep learning curve indeed.
Best of luck to you and your crew that everything goes smoothly!
Are you trying to get most of the groundwork down before it gets too cold? It would certainly suck to be stuck with exposed pipes all winter long. Unless of course you can continue working through the winter.
Well, trying to do as much as I can in as short a space of time as possible. But yes. If the temperature does drop significant;y it'll affect the plasterers the most as the plaster won't stay on the wall if it's below 15ºc. Not a massive problem though as I can get heaters in to counter that. We expect the cement to be poured early next week so need to get the plastic sheeting on top of the insulation & then the steel re-enforcement mesh. That is going to be one very steep learning curve indeed.
The plastic sheeting.... (hysterically)
Thanks whoever it won't be Wednesday.
But I don't see And I don't feel But tightly hold up silently My hands before my fading eyes And in my eyes Your smile
I mistook stars reflected in a pond at night for those in the sky.
Haha. You have to lay plastic sheet/ foil loosely over the top of the insulation. When the cement is poured it anchors everything down & doesn't flow underneath all the foam slabs and move them about as that just defeats the object.
This is the sheeting It's loosely laid on top with an overlap at the edges to act like a sort of bag for the cement which sinks into all the nooks & crannies between the joists & other stuff. On top of that goes steel re-enforcement mesh. That's also done but it was so dark by the time I finished I couldn't get a good photo without the flash reflecting off the sheeting. Hopefully in the morning before the cement gets poured. After which I can't set foot inside for about two weeks. Only just got in after doing that all day having got home at horrible o'clock last night from Budapest
Finally finished the steel mesh which all needs to overlap by at least one square, has to be fixed together with wire & spacers added underneath to prevent sagging. I was out at 6:30 this morning with a camping light and an angle grinder cutting the final few pieces. Still have all my fingers, so all's good.
& just in time as the cement's been delivered for pouring today
Tear out the pages with all the bad news
steve
Big Hand
Songs Of A Lost World *CRUMPET BOY*
