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Those little plastic boxes drive me crazy! :lol_hitti They're so fiddly and they break so easily if you're not really careful with them.

Yeah some people still use the "cavity blocks" like your picture. The downside to them is that its not so easy to insulate in the cavity...also theres a good chance that damp will seep right through the block and give you damp on your inside walls. With two totally separate walls, damp can't...

Yes it is an odd form of construction, from an American point of view. In Ireland, it is actually the most common way to build houses. We've never really been into stick built structures at all, although there are some timber frame building companies here now. I've decided to go with a simple...

I've got seven rows of blocks built at the moment and I'm planning on building another five rows at least. I don't want to do any more until I have the roof design clear in my head. :headscrat Heres another idea, what do you think of it? Would a steel gusset plate, welded at the ridge, be...

Snow is not an issue in Ireland as we don't really get much at all. My problem with using wooden trusses is that the roof space becomes unusable and the ceiling height under them would be too low for my purposes. Also if I slabbed the ceiling etc, there would be no light from rooflights!

I made about 50 of these wooden bins and I think they are really cool. I just used 3/4 inch pine for the back, bottom and front, and 4mm plywood for the sides. I just screwed, glued and panel pinned them together, just **** jointed the parts together. I got the plans here...

The cavity will be totally filled with polystyrene beads coated in pva, blown in after construction through holes drilled in the wall. I'm thinking of putting a steel insulated panel roof on it, as my brother works for Kingspan Panels and can get me a discount. Its basically a sandwich of...

Hi, I've been DIY building my 20 foot x 40 foot garage way over here in Ireland. Its cavity wall construction, made of a 4 inch inner block, 4 inch cavity and a 4 inch outer block, all held together with stainless steel wall ties. I'm currently looking for some roofing advice so please can I...