Garden Room: How to Knock Up Concrete & Fit Base Rod System
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- So in this video I show you exactly how to knock up your three parts ballast to one part cement and then how to level and concrete in the rods ready for the base!
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Steve is the man!! 👍
cheers Steve, good work fella
Glad to see you starting the day with a cuppa
Hello budy!! Its the only way to start a day right lol :)
Love the channel mate. Love how cheerful you always are and the fact you’re doing these on your own most of the time shows other people it is possible although I bet blooming hard graft 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Cheers Jonathan!!! I do try to keep upbeat!! And of course anyone can build one! Its like I say "It isn't rocket science!" Plus there is so many videos out there to help. You planning on one fella? :)
@@TheHomeRenovationExperts maybe anyone can but your attention to detail and how much you care is what stands out. Currently saving but the wife always has something else in mind 1st 🙄😂. Don’t want to do it until can do it right.
Keep up the work mate. Love the channel. 😉👍🏻
How many bags of ballast and cement did you need for the 20 holes?
Sorry Steve forgot to add great watch so far, keep it up.
Glad you enjoyed it buddy! :)
Great channel with great information. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Is the ballast you are using 35kg bags or 25kg bags. I think you said you were doing a 3:1 mix but if it is 35kg ballast and 25kg cement it's more like 4:1. As an aside I would have though 4:1 would be fine for this, but maybe you think it should be a stronger mix with more cement if 3:1? Also, I am proposing to put my rods at 1.1m centres along the outside wall, giving 6 in total along a 7m length. Does that sound ok? Thanks again
Hello fella!! Cheers for the lovely comment! Sorry for late reply!! Yeah I make sure all the bags are the same size so there is a consistent mix happening at 3:1 :D
@@TheHomeRenovationExperts Thanks a lot for your reply
Hi Steve. Just a thought. For levelling up the rods, if you fix a nut to the bottom of a bullseye level and screw it onto the top of a rod after your filled up the hole with cement, would that be a quicker way to get the rods dead straight. You could have 2 or 3 on the go at once. The idea just came to me watching this vid.
Steve You are a genius!!! I have one on order and cant wait to try it! Even found a magnetic one!! So happy lol (its not always the big tools!) :)
@@TheHomeRenovationExperts Magnetic 🧲 even better 👍
Hi Steve, great episode, nice to see you're keeping up your Vitamin T intake...
Could you tell us where to obtain that handy digging spade? Cheers mate.
Hello Comm!! Heres the link fella! Great shovel!! :)
www.google.com/shopping/product/7216501957877891975?prds=oid:17163312342020815820&sts=9&hl=en&lsf=seller:4247040,store:18203112013856666301,s:h
Hi Steve, just found your channel as I'm looking to build my own garden room. Out of interest how many holes to you think you get fill from one mixer load?
Hello Collin! Around three holes give or take depending on heavy handed you get with the shovel digging the holes lol :)
@The Home Renovation Experts Great videos and content Steve. You've given me belief that I can do this. Can you confirm how many holes you would fill using 3:1 mix? I don't want to order too much, or not enough as I'd want it delivered. I'm planning a mix of shed 3m x 3m, plus open sided entertainment area in an L shape 10m x 3m. I'm estimating on 50 holes.
Hello Jon!! Cheers for the lovely comment!! The basic general rule is I 'usually' get 2.5 holes with one 3:1 mix as long as your holes are around 200mm wide and 500-600 deep :D
Great videos, I've subbed and will follow this build as I'm hoping to do my own this autumn. Can I ask what mixer you have going there? I'm a bit too tight to go for a bell.
Hello fella!! My one was from here:
www.screwfix.com/p/134ltr-concrete-mixer-230v/10107
But too be honest for one build just go hire one for the day from HSS. And go for it!! building these things is such amazing fun!!! :)
@@TheHomeRenovationExperts yeah, but I've always wanted to own one 😎
Hey bud as always great Video. Do you ever worry about making the underpart of the floor rodent proof? I worry about rats getting in under the floor if it’s not a concrete block ? I’m also interested to put a Jacuzzi on one side of my room.. would the rod system take the weight? Thx
Hello fella!! Yeah rats are the big one, some of my clients ask for rodent mesh which I just tack to the front ob the frame base to help. But a good trap placed discretely usually helps out :)
Oh yeah!! If you put enough down it'll hold a jacuzzi ;)
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Lol I was just in paper chase earlier, you should have said :D
Paperchase? You send your invoices on lavender-scented notelets? ;-)
Your mixer looks way to clean, sure your not using postcrete instead 😀
Lol!!! I like to look after it :D I clean it after every mix (The out side that is!, not the inside!!) ;D