Self build conservatory UK part 4

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Part 4 of our very popular conservatory build, where we add an extra 180 square ft to our house on a budget for around £2500. Using own self taught talents, and second hand ebay double glazing!

[@davidcoats1037]

Oh Jim you’ve gone and done it wrong. You’re supposed to do it here at my house so I can enjoy it too. 😆 It looks great! You are a man of many talents. A true Handy Dad 😃👍🏼

[@dadsworkshop]

Thank you David. A tired man of talents thou, it's not as easy as it was 15 years ago... Before semi retirement and emigration and the return to sunny UK lol, half 10 and we have just finished all the exterior cladding boards and plastics to the sides, apart from top coat render exterior done. Will not see a drop of rain now for weeks....

[@Corialtavi]

Given me the encouragement to get on with replacing my Conservatory before it falls down. Thanks for showing your build. I'll be re-watching for your tips !

[@dadsworkshop]

Thanks for watching , collect the windows second hand when they come up on eBay or find a reclamation place local

[@kushnumiah8691]

Well impressed mate you got me inspired what a nice build top job ❤❤

[@dadsworkshop]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@drakula]

Super job....

[@dadsworkshop]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@agpreston53]

Well done. Top job. I'm about to build something similar.

[@dadsworkshop]

Video it and stick it on KZbin !!

[@chrissyogbonnaya]

Just came across this video! Bloody awesome and the commentary 👌🏾 😂🙌🏾

[@dadsworkshop]

Thanks ! Many more to follow this year including a DIY oil drum barbarcue build

[@221b-Maker-Street]

I'm astonished at the amount of work - and the number of separate steps - involved in building your own conservatory. You clearly know what you're doing, and you're not hanging about. I fear this may be beyond my skills... 🥴 As an aside, if you'll pardon the expression, I find a wet finger is particularly useful... when smoothing out your sealant.

[@dadsworkshop]

Thank you , I'm sure there's a lot of work involved in doing anything on a size scale , what these videos never showed was the working out before hand, I had to get a rough size Mac / min , then locate second hand windows to fit the rough size. THEN once we had the windows work out the size to build to to make them fit - I actually built the entire thing around the size of the windows ,! I know about the lick the finger and the squirt with soapy water but having gone thru in excess of 500 tubes so far thru life I still prefer dry finger! Plus who knows what we're licking when you've made the first pass . ....

[@dadsworkshop]

It is a massive thing but I used to buy very run down or derilucy houses and turn them round , got let down by every trade at one point or another but I'm a monkey see monkey do type of person and can learn by watching. Everything tmyou see is self taught .

[@dadsworkshop]

The main thing that held us up was weather , seemed to always be raining on my days off !

[@221b-Maker-Street]

@@dadsworkshop Bravo, then Sir! 🏆 I'm just finishing episode 7 and it's a real cliffhanger... _"Will they make it out alive? Tune in next week"_ etc... 😬

[@221b-Maker-Street]

@@dadsworkshop Yes, the window-fitting element was making my brain hurt tbh, as I guessed you were having to design it all around them.

[@briansworkshop01]

Great job it's looking great thanks for sharing your time 🍺🍺👍👍

[@dadsworkshop]

Thanks Brian

[@georgemiller9212]

Nice one mate!

[@gwynmorris5852]

good stuff.. thank you.

[@Everythings_Adjustable]

Well impressed again and your missus mixing up the muck, You need to buy her some hand cream Jim 🔨👍😊

[@ArmandoLoni]

That rendering was therapeutic 👍🏼🛠️

[@dadsworkshop]

Hopefully I will find the top coat so........ Depending on temperature I aim to start a 7.30 in the morning, I aim, but I usually miss!!

[@ArmandoLoni]

@@dadsworkshop Yeah ... I've stopped repointing the garage as the muck was drying out to quickly in this heat 👍🏼

[@toolrestoration]

@@ArmandoLoni finished, entire outside badly rendered to match the rest of the house!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@dadsworkshop]

And I've used the excess from each top coat mix to build the bottom walls on the new bike shed....... Was a bit exposed today in our new silly heat season

[@yadda_tools]

I would definitely hire your helper and foreman! 😁

[@gwynmorris7199]

Thank you.

[@waqasahmed7936]

Quality work there jim. Absolutely amazing. Im thinking to do the exactly the same. Just wanted to know the hight of your windows you used there please ? Thanks

[@dadsworkshop]

Thanks ! First off the important thing , windows must be 80 cm or higher from finished floor level or else they need toughened glass( kids heads etc banging on them ) so doors need toughed as do any windows 300 mm from a door . My windows are around 120 cm high . But that's only because that was came up on eBay !

[@waqasahmed7936]

@@dadsworkshop thank you very much for your reply jim!

[@georgeconroy9908]

The wood will not expand or contract? Great pair of hands btw.

[@dadsworkshop]

Nope , it's sealed inside the outer and inner skins , 3 years on everything's fine , no cracks no problems .

[@georgeconroy9908]

@@dadsworkshop Top tradesman. Great job. Thanks.

[@tigertruckerman]

Impressed,how does water not get behind the trim you nailed onto the upright between windows

[@dadsworkshop]

@@tigertruckerman bostic self adhesive ( lead type) flash band over the roof when finished , stuck it on as we went with every roof panel , ( was a long stretch every time but just reached )

[@tigertruckerman]

@dadsworkshop sorry I meant the wood frame between windows, you nailed trim straight onto wood?

[@dadsworkshop]

@@tigertruckerman an excessive amount of silicon. Inside and out, It's in one of the later vids I think , followed by the plastic trim and again some silicon for good measure .....

[@dadsworkshop]

We've had roof removing storms( neighbours not ours ) and not a leak from the window - wood joins .

[@dadsworkshop]

@@tigertruckerman from memory it's nailed ,and not only are the joins silicones between the wood frame and window frame , knowing my over accessing , I would have ran beads of silicon down the edges of the reverse of the plastic trims about 5mm in .....

[@69kesh]

Hello Jim can you please come and build one for me as same as yours .

[@dadsworkshop]

Would cost a lot more now the prices of everything have gone up .......

[@nigelmackie9237]

Looks very nice 👍 did you need planning permission for conservatory??

[@dadsworkshop]

Nope cos it's under the size required for permission

[@starfoxandstellar9917]

Curious, but why didn't you insulate the floors and walls? Wouldn't that help keep the room the same temperature regardless of season?

[@dadsworkshop]

I did insulate the walls ...... It's in a video clearly showing the wife doing it . Pointless insulating a concrete floor of a conservatory .especially in this case the conservatory floor would then be higher than the air bricks of the house , causing major problems .

[@bostonlincolnshire8745]

Any particular silicone? Where dya buy the plastic trims from?

[@dadsworkshop]

Euro cell . The best silicone you can afford

[@petrisorserdaru4309]

How much did it cost ?

[@dadsworkshop]

All costs and total broken down in part 8 description .

[@essentialhandyman]

Don’t fucking comment!!! lol.