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^ Yeah - I was thinking similar.
@stevo_com Cheers. I've got a wickes round the corner, so that's why I was looking there. I do also have a TP, but haven't been there yet, but should probably check if they've got something wider - but they're usually more expensive.
You have prompted me to go and have another look, and redo my numbers. Cutting to the short edge (current setup) is shit - I'd have to trim two boards down to ~10cm width, plus the extra cutting and more wastage.
However, I've realised I can put an expansion gap next to the house side as the boards are supported at either end. Then that brings me down to 8mm, which is in the 5-8mm range Google tells me is correct. All this assumes they're 14cm wide and not 14cm wide before they cut them or rounded up to the nearest inch, or some such standard building measuring bollocks.
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