Finally, we finished off the day by cutting the treated 100mm by 50mm planks to fit on top of the wall, all the way around the Building.
We started at the back door (nearest the Garage) and went anti-clockwise around. We remembered to leave a 10mm gap between the timber and the outer edge to enable the cement boards to fit and form a flush surface. We had 15 lengths of 4.8metres planks out ready and we used all of it with only about 3metres left over!
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We only generated two small pieces of offcuts (less than 500mm) so that was good too.
The next job is to drill pilot holes in all of it (a 6mm drill) and then using this pilot hole to guide the masonry drill to make holes into the concrete, ready for the concrete screws (120mm long and about 7.5mm wide with a clearance of 6mm).
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