Construction in Cornwall

Looking good! Not enough shots of your lovely puppy though  

Look like they're enjoying the inset valley boards! Bit of a pain that job. 

Nice front door - where is it from ..? 

Forget the bedrooms, get a 65" 4K TV, 3 rows of seats and a pool table. . 

Oh, and a beer fridge. ??

Great work by the chippys, nice roof. 

 

27 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

Forget the bedrooms, get a 65" 4K TV, 3 rows of seats and a pool table. . 

Oh, and a beer fridge. ??

Great work by the chippys, nice roof. 

 

I have one of those, unfortunately it's at the 4 inches from the end of my bed in my teenage bedroom that I now share with my wife and dog! It makes BBC breakfast seem like virtual reality as its curved and about 3ft from my face, shame susanna Reid isnt on it any more ?

 

 

Edited February 18, 2017 by Grosey

49 minutes ago, PeterW said:

Nice front door - where is it from ..? 

 

Eurocell from a local supplier, Dales collection - The Wirksworth

 

http://www.eurocell.co.uk/homeowners/upvc-doors/the-dales-collection-composite-doors

 

Only cost £600 which I was happy with!

1 hour ago, Barney12 said:

Looking good! Not enough shots of your lovely puppy though  

 

Here he is assisting with the wiring planning one evening. 

 

And then he is more than willing to assist with my Pasty in the site caravan. 

 

Hes also developed a fear of being in the back of the car with anything since a load of boxes toppled over as I went around a corner. Hence the expression when I put him in next to a ladder ???

 

Hes actually nearly 3! Golden retriever cross Springer Spaniel, which results in him just looking like a small retriever so everyone assumes he's a puppy. 

1 hour ago, Oz07 said:

Look like they're enjoying the inset valley boards! Bit of a pain that job.

Another advantage of the Scottish system of sarking the entire roof with some form of solid board.
 

I would let the outside sit for a at least 6 months to dry out as going by the stains on the blockwork it was built when it was very wet. It will shrink and crack so might as well let the bare blocks crack rather than what ever render you are going with.

31 minutes ago, ProDave said:

Another advantage of the Scottish system of sarking the entire roof with some form of solid board.
 

 

The chippy in the photo doing it is Scottish, and said exactly the same. Then grumbled something about the English under his breath ? 

14 minutes ago, Declan52 said:

I would let the outside sit for a at least 6 months to dry out as going by the stains on the blockwork it was built when it was very wet. It will shrink and crack so might as well let the bare blocks crack rather than what ever render you are going with.

 

First floor up will be clad, and it probably will be 6months + before the ground floor is rendered. What is it exactly that would have caused the staining? As it only seems to be on this balcony section not the rest of the house. 

The blocks where built when they where wet and you get the salts that are in the concrete and the mortar seep out. The tech term for it is effloressence .  

let it dry out and most of it will brush of. The best cure is just time so let it sit for as long as possible and just keep brushing it of as it drys out. An old wives tale to treat it is white vinegar and water. 

12 hours ago, Grosey said:

 

Eurocell from a local supplier, Dales collection - The Wirksworth

 

http://www.eurocell.co.uk/homeowners/upvc-doors/the-dales-collection-composite-doors

 

Only cost £600 which I was happy with!

 

Is that including the side light ..??? Can you pm me the supplier..? And are they double or triple glazed ..?

14 minutes ago, PeterW said:

 

Is that including the side light ..??? Can you pm me the supplier..? And are they double or triple glazed ..?

 

Apologies just checked the quote the composite front doors was £799

 

Side light was £140 including glass. 

 

Just double glazed but triple glazed was available. 

 

http://www.rightpricewindows.co.uk/

Edited February 18, 2017 by Grosey

All of the dormer cladding is now complete....

 

Looks very different colours depending on the light which I'm pleased with. Still nervous about the 1st being clad though and whether we have made the right decision!

Great progress, well done!

  @GroseyI know it is a bit late but where did you get your garage door from, I love the look of it.  We are just trying to find a modern looking double garage door

@Jude1234They are Hormann garage doors, I got mine from https://central-garage-doors.co.uk/ and fitted them myself.

Edited April 3, 2018 by Triassic

3 minutes ago, Triassic said:

@Jude1234They are Hormann garage doors, I got mine from https://central-garage-doors.co.uk/ and fitted them myself.

Is it up and over or sectional?  Also how much was it?

Mine was a s sectional garage door, it came as five sections and was a double garage width, they cut the sections to the dimensions of the opening. I paid around £1200 for it five years ago.

On 03/04/2018 at 09:21, Jude1234 said:

  @GroseyI know it is a bit late but where did you get your garage door from, I love the look of it.  We are just trying to find a modern looking double garage door

 

Hi, as above it is a Hormann door, just from a dealer local to me. Sectional insulated, I think it was about £1600 ex vat, fitted. This included the electric opener & 2 remote fobs. 

54 minutes ago, Grosey said:

 

Hi, as above it is a Hormann door, just from a dealer local to me. Sectional insulated, I think it was about £1600 ex vat, fitted. This included the electric opener & 2 remote fobs. 

 

How wide out of interest is the garage door? Something else on my wish list!

On 03/05/2018 at 21:53, Onoff said:

 

How wide out of interest is the garage door? Something else on my wish list!

 

4000mm if I remember correctly. 

Hi, thanks for putting up all the photos of your build it’s very helpful, I have done a shed dormer on my on my timber frame house I am building similar to yours, the question I have is about how the roofers went about the ridge on the dormer where there are different pitches on either side. Did they use a dry ridge system? (Is so do you know which one?) or did they mortar bed them on that part? (If so did they add any additional ventilation there?) many thanks for your time and I hope all is well with you and your home ?