I find that the end pieces (for the spring) tilt or twist in the hole of the mounting plate. So whilst the tensioner lug is against the mounting plate, the actual end pieces tilt, so it's not the same tension every time. Drilling through the end piece (spring ends) so that a pin keeps the end pieces square with the mounting plates helps for having a constant tension.

“Can you tell me where you bought these seats? Thank you very much.”

Hello nice man. In fact old style lead paint was 70% of the product. The main ingredient was white lead, a naturally occurring mineral. It was the best paint ever made and could be created right at the job site by mixing white lead, color pigment, turpentine and linseed oil together. Turpentine was a carrier for the paint solids and linseed oil preserved the wood and acted as a binder for the mix. I'm sure there may be other ingredients to it, but this was all the info grandpa gave to me when I was a boy, (he was a house painter).

Do any UK viewers know where I can buy these exact types of doors, but of course they need to be new? I like the mouldings / beading at the perimeter of the panels, but the likes of Wickes only sell these types of door minus the beading.

I trust youre keeping track of how many nails you use in the construction......it'll make a great 'guess the x' prize give away at the end! Top job as always Tim, keep it up 👍

Hey Tim, progress is looking good fella ! Can I ask, how are you fixing your wood & insulation to the steels ? Hilti gun, glue, Sellotape ???

7:08 Good work Maggie... keeping the workplace tidy.

Sorry no good job. Where ist the counterbar for rear ventilation? German word for this process. Rückständig geht immer!!!👎👎🇩🇪

More great progress from two men and a dog. 👏

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Holy crap this job is massive , you must be spending hundreds of thousands on materials for such a large area, that slab is huge! Those ready made joists are excellent to work with, hanging the floor is a great idea.

Jeez that must have cost a fortune..lovely job.

Dear Tim's dad and godfather, thank you.

great work. Just wondering how you are going to cover / mark off the wall where the swimming pool will be to outside. This is the last walled section to put up some sort of temporary cover before the crap weather comes.

How come so wide

Is the wall insulation being blown in w. netting prior to installation of the Smartply Airtight, or… ?

To add to the conversation the reason you use Gluam over solid timber is; Through the finger jointing process you can remove defects and therefore achieve higher grades. In terms of length and dimensions you cant achieve much more than 240mm solid timber board width out of a log and hence by making beams from smaller lamellas you can pretty much make any beam size you like. Upto 500mm wide (With Block gluing) + to 2000mm deep etc.

The sound of that wind is chilling my bones!!

So putting torus / ogee skirting back onto the wall in front of the panelling is ok? Genuine question. I'm uncertain.

How weird, I was just thinking that I wished I knew the full names of the stuff you're using and then you explained them all! It's coming on well and taking shape... Looking forward to it the next stages. Although in the spirit of 'ticking offs' it does make me nervous that you are standing underneath a big old heavy lintel without a hard hat on! - All the best guys x

Looking great! Can’t wait to see what you manage to get done this year!

Happy New Year to you all! Great progress so far - keep up the good work and you’ll soon have the most fantastic home! Best wishes from Penny 😊💕

I boarded a garage ceiling up with small thin plywood because i didnt know the ceiling lift tool a) existed and b) was properly affordable 😂 I discovered they were cheap and easy to get.....so i guess im doing that ceiling again (and properly this time)

How are you fixing to the steel at the top of the wall? Just curious. Coming on now for sure

This retired carpenter didn’t notice you using words others might not understand 😂😂

Did you fill your door lintels with insulation

Thanks for your explanation of the terminologies of the materials you are using. Absolutely fascinated with all these new wood construction techniques. Just wish I was 30 years younger so I could get to play with them 🙁

Hey, fantastic footage ! Although what does your all electric heating, hot water and I assume cooking actually cost to run ? Also, does you electric towel rail in the bathroom provide sufficient heat to the heat the bathroom or do you need an additional electric radiator within the bathroom ?

Please tell me your on this full time as its taken me nearly a year to rewire, plaster, new flooring and paint my house, weekends and holidays plus a 7month baby in the mix. Seems I work too slow lol

How did you insulate the cavity between blockwork below the studs? Sorry if I missed that in the video!

Super start to 2025. Happy new year to all your crew/family.

Looking at your lovely dog, i bet you have to bath him every single night!!! Lol

Gluelam v LVL which one wins on cost versus strength sd it appears to be available dimensionally similar?

What was your reasoning for not using glass or rock wool insulation bats? In Norway they sell them profiled to fit inside I-beams. I would have thought you can get them in the UK too. Blown insulation (I presume you don't mean spray-foam) is awful if you ever have to remodel or get into the wall for whatever reason, and as someone else mentioned you risk the possibility of them settling over time and creating cold spots in the tops of your walls.

It made my evening seeing this video drop - sign of how much we have all bought into the build.

What about the Olympic sized pool……..have you buried it ..!? 😢😢😢😢

I could do with another 6 hours of this. I feel like I'm achieving something. What did you do over the weekend? Oh me, well I did quite a lot on my barn build.

Welcome back & Happy new year to you & your family. Hope you all had a great Xmas & well deserved break. Really looking fwd to more amazing content this year.

Tim, I bet you need as many calories a day as a marathon runner! I get tired just watching you. Great stuff.

Looking great! You'll be living there before you know it!

Love watching your videos. We're converting our garage soon but we were advised to leave an air gap between the wall and insulation but it doesn't look like you have done this? (Ours in single skin wall

Having done a 45" angle door recently I initially tried to do something like this and keep it as simple as possible but the issue with this approach is the plasterboard in combination with the architrave won't fit on the inside of the door frame. You have to make short straight section on either side of the door after your 45 angle to allow for these things.

I'm in the same situation but my door is much narrower and this video opened my eyes to help me how to build the same door nice job 👍

Is the vapour barrier not broken when you screw the plasterboard to it?

Does the heat actually travel outside the room and throughout the property because that wasn't the case with coal fires

Growing a U.S Woodbutchers beard. Give it a year or so to reach the correct length.

Don't rodents mess with or nest in it?

Hi Tim and Jo - love your videos - have followed you for a few years and now have binge watched the big barn build series over Xmas. Great stuff - so impressive and an inspiration to aspiring DIYers like me. One question I have is regarding the steel portal frame. I notice the roof has diagonal zig zag steel bar bracing but the walls have none. Usually at least one bay would have diagonal steel bracing in the vertical perpendicular to the portal frames to stop them failing like domino’s. When the block work was there I guess it did that job to brace the overall structure length wise but now it’s replaced with timber. I assume your structural engineer has checked all this and/or the new internal steels brace the whole structure?? (Or something else)

VentAxia make a through wall MVHR unit, not so neat, but a lot cheaper. What is the difference to this model?

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