wetting the soil works with clay soil too. It can even help with the rocks found in it. (As long as they aren't to big.) Just wet it & come back in about an hour. Using a hole that you started will help keep the water in the area you want to dig, Just don't put in to much. (No more than a little standing on the surface. Water doesn't penetrate clay well at all & trying to dig in a hole full of water isn't easy either.) If you are working in direst sun light you also have to be careful not to wait so long that dries up the water. (This isn't that bad. If it is then over night like you said would be best. As long as you started digging 1st thing in the morning. Which if it is thar bad you'll probably want to do most of your digging then anyway.)

Fr what’s the point of this video

If you have a look at one of my other videos here I explain it more - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gp9xmsZ7ntzVlHU.html

@@PaulBuildsAThing Awesome!!

The walls are plasterboard internally, filled with rockwool and are clad in a fireproof board on the outside. Roof and floor are not within those requirements as I understand it. In any case to verify I was within the regulations I sent the plans and material specification to the local authority building control to get a written exemption. This was very straightforward and I'd recommend anyone else do the same.

@@PaulBuildsAThing Are you able to show a sample of this, so I can get my Building Control to do the same?

I have nearly completed installing insulation into my ceiling, I feel your pain.

A warm roof doesn't require it, only a cold roof.

@@PaulBuildsAThing they recently discovered that it does. It's no longer recommended to put it directly on the insulation because your membrane ontop wont let the moisture out

@Brandon Interesting. Do you have a source for that? I'd be interested to read it.

600mm was what the electrician requested.

Thanks. Hopefully the later episodes got better.

6x2 was used to give volume for insulation. Structurally it's not necessary. I did get planning permission for the structure as it's above the height of the permitted development.

@@PaulBuildsAThing that must be warm, I've not watched the other videos yet as I'm stuck on how to mount my floor joists on the concrete pad .

Hopefully yes. Unfortunately the last 9 months have proved busy and some things had to drop and unfortunately this was one of them. The good news is the project is finished though and I have the footage, just a matter of editing it. As they say 'watch this space!'

@@PaulBuildsAThing Awesome I look forward to seeing the finished project.

I'd like to know this too

From my memory I think it depends on how level your frame is and if you need to make any correction for level and also the how even thr spacing around the window is. However, I'm not a professional window fitter so may have made a minor error here. Be interested to hear what you decide and why. Thanks for your comment!

Interesting thanks for sharing your techniques. I agree it's probably a bit over engineered in places, but I took a 'better safe than sorry' approach given my inexperience!