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The Build - Timber frame erection


Redoctober

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It has been 3 weeks now since the last post and the TF arrived as planned. Sadly the tele handler didn’t!! It was two hours late and thankfully, didn’t impact on the delivery of the TF, although the driver was less than pleased being held up for so long.

During the second week of erection, we saw the arrival of the large crane which really did pay for itself as it made light work of the roof timbers. A long day for all, but worthwhile.

The final week saw the sarking and dormers being fixed and created respectively. A few little jobs remain but in essence the TF is up.

The details – two joiners spent a total of 14 work days across 3 weeks – half a day being lost due to one of them nailing his finger rather than a rafter with his nail gun. Ouch!!

The erection was arranged via the TF supplier, as was the large crane hire for the day. A total cost of £7600. This includes the sarking, soffits and barge boards. The crane hire alone was £500.

Whilst all this was going on, the following was also being taken care of –

A water connection from the mains across the other side of a single track road into a stop cock just inside the plot boundary. Our contractor carried out the road crossing whilst Scottish Water inspected the trench and established the connection. Cost of Scottish Water services - £976. Road crossing by independent contractor - £932. We took the opportunity to fit in the BT ducting at the same time as the BT pole is also across the road.

The electric meter was fitted and power connected. This is being housed in the corner of the car port. Our electrician then came out and fixed up a temporary supply for the various trades to use. I have to say the Utility companies were fairly straightforward to deal with despite their somewhat strange working practices - SPenergy supply and fit the cable but not the meter. That is fitted by someone else. SPEnergy then have to come out and make the connection!!

The stand alone car port /shed / log store was also completed. Just the door and window to the enclosed shed remain outstanding. This structure measures 7m x 6m deep – It has an oak frame and larch cladding. [Photos to follow]

Finally, a word on the scaffolders. They have been called back to site on a number of occasions to move the structure or indeed amend the position and in fairness to them; they undertook these tasks without complaint. Yes, I will be pleased once they are off site but to be fair, when they have been asked to do a job and have done it.

Coming up............the windows and doors will be fitted as will the ground floor insulation, ahead of the UFH pipes and screed going down.

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Looking great! I don’t think your crane hire was too bad actually. We paid 1k in 2009 from the same company (2 day hire). 

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47 minutes ago, newhome said:

Looking great! I don’t think your crane hire was too bad actually. We paid 1k in 2009 from the same company (2 day hire). 

Thanks @newhome yes I was happy with the erection costs including the crane hire. Well worth it thought when out against the time it would have taken to cut that all on site etc.

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Hi, looking great.

Can you confirm that  price of £7600.00 for TF is correct, down south you would struggle to have a large garage built for that.

Enjoy the build.

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1 hour ago, JamesP said:

Hi, looking great.

Can you confirm that  price of £7600.00 for TF is correct, down south you would struggle to have a large garage built for that.

Enjoy the build.

Hi @JamesP - yes that is the correct price. I think it was probably better than most because we are only 12 miles from the TF manufacturer and the guys they use are local and do not require overnight accommodation etc.

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@JamesP mine was quite a while ago (similar area) but we paid circa 7k for the frame erection too. That was direct to the joiners though, it wasn’t done via the TF company. Seems labour costs are much less up here, but then again house prices in the south are crazy so the guys down south have big mortgages to pay I guess. 

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Was you excited to watch the frame go up? We really enjoyed seeing it all come together after all the planning, dealing with all the bureaucracy ? and all things associated with getting planning permission. Hope you are enjoying it.

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9 hours ago, Redoctober said:

Hi @JamesP - yes that is the correct price. I think it was probably better than most because we are only 12 miles from the TF manufacturer and the guys they use are local and do not require overnight accommodation etc.

 

Just to be sure: it can't possibly include the price of the frame itself? Can it??? 

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on the couple of quotes that we got showing erection as a separate sum, it was between 8-11k for our 270sqm 1.5-storey.

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7 hours ago, oldkettle said:

 

Just to be sure: it can't possibly include the price of the frame itself? Can it??? 

 

@oldkettle that would have been lovely but NO this price is simply for the erection. The frame and insulation were charged separately.

 

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24 minutes ago, dpmiller said:

on the couple of quotes that we got showing erection as a separate sum, it was between 8-11k for our 270sqm 1.5-storey.

@dpmiller that's right. Ours is 166sqm and a 1.5 storey build.

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10 hours ago, Pete said:

Was you excited to watch the frame go up? We really enjoyed seeing it all come together after all the planning, dealing with all the bureaucracy ? and all things associated with getting planning permission. Hope you are enjoying it.

 

Yes @Pete we were but strangely enough the mind then starts to drift into other areas of worry / concern - are the Windows going to fit? Is the scaffolding in the correct place? We got caught out by the roof over hangs and the scaffolding needed adjustments. BUT yes thanks, we are enjoying the process and the issues we have encountered haven't really been too much to worry about.

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Looks cracking. Must have been great to have stood taking shots 8 & 9 and "feel" your home being built around you!

 

The parallels with my own build are uncanny. That trench for the water pipe looks just like the one I had dug... :)

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