Pretty cool idea, no pun intended. We here across the pond never heard or saw of such things as we use(d) cellars. My basement maintains a constant 63°F near the floor joists year round. I haven't measured but the temp near the floor is probably 50°-55°F. That's a good place to store tuber type vegetables, canned fruit and veggies, and other food stuffs.

Yup, defo seems the most likely use. 👍

@@freetolook3727 I had something similar in a kitchen cabinet on an exterior wall in a house in San Francisco. It was a wood structure and there was a screened vent at the bottom of the cabinet with a corresponding, but smaller one, at the top of the cabinet.

@@Russwig I think I've even heard it being called a California cooler.

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newspapers, old plastic bags, odd bits of cable, some broken glass, off cuts of insulation all add to the 'character' as well 🤣

Can't see Andy doing that ..have you taken notice of how ultra tidy he is ? 😉

You forgot the bottle of piss.

No one said a Capstan Full Strength packet?

Too right! 👍😎

This seems most likely to me too 👍

Cheers Norman!

Ha cheers! 😂

Ha thank you! Love good music! 👍😎

Cheers John!

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I agree, id sell it 💰💰💰

Cheers bud! We're defo going to try to keep the brick as a feature, somehow. 👍👍

Cheers Doug! Yes, our heads are constantly buzzing with all the pipework routes etc. 😂

Getting there... but windows, gaaagh! 😭

Hard times and testing times requires furious dancing! 😁

Absolutely! 👍😁

Thank you! Every day is a learning day! 😁

Been amazing! Time for some garden work! 😎

Same here! 😁👍

Fantastic stuff! Got windows yet? That's been our biggest delay. Crazy. 😭

@@GosforthHandyman we didn't have any issue with windows thankfully. Painting and decorating is the stage we're at👍

Insulation next!

Ploughing on! 👍

Cheers! The nail gun is one of my best purchases of this renovation. 👍

Cheers! A big welcome to Canada! 👍👍

Cheers Alex!

Cheers Neil - getting there!

Too right - was always a bit nervous about that! 😂

Cheers Carl! 👍

Cheers!

Cheers - we survived! 😂

Yeah, very old tree. Some lovely logs from it!

Would have loved to have kept it for kindling but already have crazy amounts of kindling wood so this went for recycling. 👍😁

Cheers Stewart!

Cheers Allan!

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Keep the dad jokes coming! 😂👍

Cheers!

Thank you Jean!

We have timber frame/masonry-clad in the UK too. But, Mr Mac's construction here is what we call cavity wall... An outer brick wall facing the weather, an inner brick wall facing the inside, and then a cavity in between (which used to be air but is insulated these days). Originally it was done to avoid damp penetrating from driving rain, but as it kept houses warmer it's main purpose is now insulation.

@@donkmeister I wanted to get my the cavity in my 1936 house insulated but they wouldn't do it because there was stone above the DPC. Anybody tell me why that was a show stopper?

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Cheers! Could well be! 👍

Too right! 💪

Considered a ledger but you can run in to problems with air bricks being blocked etc. Wall plates were prescribed by the architect. 👍

Impressive! Yes, Mrs Mac cameo. 😁😎

@@GosforthHandyman ha ha l think you should do spot the Mrs Mack appearance. 🤔 perhaps a Mrs Mack channel🤦🏻 l think it great when the unsung hero’s get a mention they do a huge amount of work and support in the background. She’s a real trouper. 👍

Big welcome to Chile! 👍😁

Cheers Terry!

Yup - hit lucky!

Cheers Barry!

That vent is it something to vent a gas fired indoor wash tub or a gas fired refrigerator that is two suggestions

Not sure! Could be!

No flies! 😂💪

Yeah but already got more than we can store 👍

We're one of the last houses to build on the back so sadly there's no evidence of this brick on any of the other houses, as far as I know. Nothing on the inside!

Unfortunately we can't take it out until the windows are in so we've had to work around it for now. 👍

Plans have changed (again) and we're now just blocking that up. 👍

Interesting! 👍 Similar shape!

Cheers! Considered it but it would add too many complications and costs. 👍

LBL by Cospe.

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Well there's a story. We went off the architect drawings, which meant bespoke everything. Huge mistake. We've been waiting for our sodding bi-folds for almost 6 months!! 😭😭

Got crazy amounts of burny wood already 🔥😁

Here you go kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMeEirCG2rq7nn0.html 👍

Not sure that's a thing over here - the joists just sit on wall plates 👍

Sill plates tie in the joist ends and helps to keep them upright, spreading at the bottom and from warping on the ends. Makes for tighter construction at the cost of a few extra boards.

Hi Bob - I know, I've checked and checked the floor height but until that wall is out I'm still doubting myself. 😂👍

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Agree don't look right 🤔

If I've got my bearings around where his extension is wrt the boundary, running it straight would have it exhausting into neighbour's garden/path... Not allowed, and even if it were, creating damp patches on their property is not a good way to endear yourself with the neighbours. One of the challenges of developing and modernising an old house is that you are balancing your requirements against what's already there, so you pick the perfect place for a boiler but then have an imperfect run for the flue. The perfect place for the flue might have put the boiler in a position that impacts some other aspect of the room it's in.

Yup, as donkmeister says it was either that or having the boiler in the kitchen, which we didn't want. It's a larger flue pipe to accommodate the (very expensive) bends. 👍

I was thinking more along the lines of a more sweeping curve out the side of the house where it is now. I realize exhausting to the neighbors side is not ideal.

@@cliveclapham6451 based on any actual knowledge, or what?! If it's ok then it's ok!!

Good guess.👍

Think that's most likely 👍

Block and beam is probably technically better... but for something like this I prefer to match with what was originally in the building. 👍

LBL by Cospe

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Well spotted! 😁

We just follow the architect plans. 👍

Yeah, joists are just toenailed in to the wall plates in this scenario. They can't really go anywhere. 👍

@@GosforthHandyman jolly good job you’re doing, I’m learning some things I didn’t know from watching your show! My Exterior Brick walls have up two kinds of brick fire rated brick on the exterior with a small air gap and Adobe brick in the interior which is disintegrating. Total of 13” thick walls. Built in 1909! Did you calculate the building material cost of installing wood studs 2 x 4 or 2 x 6 actual sizes are 1/2 x 3 1/2 studs or 1 1/2 x 5 1/2“ Vs cement blocks and labor. You’re Very lucky to find Alan who’s A journeyman at installing cement block and brick! And who does quick work and great work! that’s actually an oxymoron in Rural America! I live in a teeny tiny town with 1500 people. I moved from Los Angeles with over 5 million. There are no professionals in any of the building trades located within 40 miles of where I live. If I wanna find somebody who does brick work almost impossible since 99% of all the homes built are stick built

The air draw for the fire was under the floor 👍

It is between sockets, horizontal runs only.

So long as you keep to the defined zones you can go straight across or up/down. Never diagonal.

It's very common to do horizontal runs. If you had to do vertical all the time, the amount of wire used would be five or ten times higher. Just imagine your kitchen outlets.

I didn't know that, makes sense now you mention kitchens, thanks for the info.

Yup, as long as you're in the zones, good to go 👍

Which bit?

@@GosforthHandyman a timber floor why not a warm deck concrete and screed or block and beam

Ha thank you!

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There's DPC under the wall plate and DPM under the concrete 👍

You'd really need to check the instructions for the wine cooler as if there's vents you'd need to make sure they're not blocked. 👍