Die Lorelei 2017

I wouldn't bother then.

 

Everbuild Lumberjack Wood Preserver is good, if you can find it.

http://cpc.farnell.com/lumberjack/ljcr05/wood-preserver-clear-5l/dp/SA02288

 

I looked at that but ended up ordering the Lumberjack wood preserver stuff from cpc as it states the clear can be overpainted. Triple action seems more for fences and the like

 

How big was the HLS tin?

 

1 coat of HLS is enough, as you say it's what Sikkens recommend but I'm amazed it's soaked up nearly 5L.

Do let me know how the Filter 7 goes, I would expect it to not soak up as much as you already have a base coat on.

 

Brother is coming up Saturday & Sunday to help build the cabin, hopefully the weather will be kind. Don't mind a bit of rain Saturday (its forecast), but Sunday needs to be dry for the EPDM to go on. Fingers crossed. Have got an extra pair of hands on Sunday too. Bacon rolls will be served to keep the troops happy.

Everything is here ready except for the 10x OSB sheets and 13x Celotex that arrive Friday.

 

Yeh I have a few cheap tarps, plus the EPDM can be used to go over the roof once all the timber is on

Just need a dry spell to get the timbers/sheets in place and when I'm putting the glue on.

 

11mm OSB and ordered celotex from insulationgiant in the end due to poor availability and price increases over the last 6 months or so. Condells had none in stock and were anyhow more expensive.

Just checked and GA4050 has gone up from £16.48 excl when I ordered last week to £18.48 excl now!!!

 

TB4000 "Includes low emissivity foil facings" so not sure how its different to GA4000. Should work fine, I reckon any insulation that won't be affected by damp will work just fine.

I just did a quick compare, they look very similar other than TB is available at 40mm whereas GA isn't.

 

Well its built, mostly. Took more time than I thought and not helped by the rain. Had a few issues:
- the extra window that I ordered wasn't in the pack! Thankfully it can be retrofitted quite easily so carried on without it.
- took until early afternoon just to carry all the wood round to the back
- had 2 different sets of screws and two different sets of nails. No instructions as to which to use where. Use the long gold thin nails for the roof T&G. Galvanised nails I guess are for exterior wood (barge boards), gold screws for the floor boards and silver screws for bearers I reckon (not used)
- After a few of the roof T&G timbers were in place, we noticed they had different front and backs; one side is a chamfered the other is square. The chamfered side is the show side and should be facing downwards so its visible from within the cabin, but we'd already put a few down by then so the other side is visible. Only I would notice I think, hey ho.

Hopefully will have some help this Saturday to finish the roof. Insulation is cut, need to cut and screw down the OSB3 then apply the EPDM. Then put in floor joists etc etc.

 

Spent the weekend making the floor, noggins, battens to support insulation and cutting celotex. That's all now done but it does take quite some time! Joist hangers are held in place by "square twisted nails". Even without the middle legs in place its surprisingly solid. Joists are a mix of 350, 300 and 200 apart in order to miss the outside legs, mainly 300mm.