{"id":1534,"date":"2015-12-11T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2016-01-19T20:06:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T20:06:50","slug":"week-10-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1534","title":{"rendered":"Week 10, Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Week 10, Day 5:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Site meeting #2 with the Architects.<\/li>\n<li>More progress on the walls. Now some of the first-floor joists are installed the blockwork can be built up over those. The joists are about 5mm less than one block high so it&#8217;s fairly easy to build around them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1535\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=1535\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1535\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1535\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1535\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151211T1500Z.jpg\" alt=\"Week 10, Day 5\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151211T1500Z.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151211T1500Z-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151211T1500Z-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151211T1500Z-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Week 10, Day 5<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From an airtightness standpoint it&#8217;s important to pay attention to how the wooden floor joists are fixed to the exterior walls. They can&#8217;t simply be built-in since the timber is bound to shrink slightly, and they&#8217;re fiddly to seal using airtightness tape. The approach used here is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolfsystem.co.uk\/products\/easi-joist.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Wolf System easi-joist\u00ae<\/a> attached to galvanized steel joist hanger<\/li>\n<li>Joist hanger attached to a timber wall plate<\/li>\n<li>Wall plate bolted to blockwork wall using resin anchor fixings<\/li>\n<li>Mortar parge coat applied to blockwork (to seal it) before installing the wall plate\n<ul>\n<li>Concrete blocks are not airtight!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1545\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=1545\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1545\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1545\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1545\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1131.jpg\" alt=\"Joists installed on galvanized steel joist hangers on wall plate - note parge coat on blockwork\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1131.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1131-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1131-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1131-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joists installed on galvanized steel joist hangers on wall plate &#8211; note mortar parge coat on blockwork under wall plate<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 10, Day 5: Site meeting #2 with the Architects. More progress on the walls. Now some of the first-floor joists are installed the blockwork can be built up over those. 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