Roger440

Love this. Good luck with your build.

Thanks. However, doesnt help me at all as i couldnt meet those requirements in my ancient welsh stone cottage. Nor afford them.

Is it really that low? How are people doing these extensions with bi folds the full width and sky lights/lanterns etc?

As i understand its a money raising wheeze. You pay for it. Then after the max number of days they can, they then refund your payment in full saying they cannot supply. Do that many thousands of times, week in, week out, it a handy way of raising finance at no cost. There was a guy over on mig-welding forum (i think) that actually tried to buy one, and this is what happened.

WUFI assesment is an awful lot of money to do just a wall or one room though. As for BCO wanting things done that dont need doing, well im am surprised. Not. With you on the wood fibre.

Average of £22-28K per new house. Apparantly.

Just to resurrect this, I'm struggling to find a definitive answer. Basicslly, do I need to fit sprinklers if I build an extension on a house that currently does not, and is not required to have sprinklers. Anybody know?

Theres more than one video. I thought the one with the polycarb skylight formed of two bits was particuarly "special".

Say what you mean Nick 😂

A great Facebook post from the roofing outlaw yesterday on another eco4 job. It's scarcely believable. The skylight in particular is exceptional.

Under the ECO4 scheme, that would include ASHP. Im ok with that side of it, its the wall insulation that is my biggest concern. The front half of the house is a typical stone built, non DPC welsh cottage 900ft up the side of a hill. With a cavity wall extension. If these are not done right, it not an easy job to fix, by me or anyone. Then theres other issues like it currently pointed, internally with cement, which means wall are damp. Theres obviously no chance they will sort that, so need to do that first. Which i always intended to. In short, its all rather complicated at a practical level, but what you sayis certainly valid and something im pondering. As for building control, my view remains the same. Indeed, if the latest report linked above is anything to go by, building control oversight seems to be mostly absent given the work done in most cases is notifiable. But not my problem if someone else is doing the work. Ill be more use than building control in keeping tabs on the work.

I didnt suggest that it did.

If you think its not a real problem, id suggest, respectfully, you are out of touch with reality. These are being done by grant harvesters, most of whom only exist to harvest said grants. And will fold the minute the money stops. Quality work is not on the agenda. Especially, as we all know, careful detailing on such jobs is critical to avoid longer term issues. You are right these should be obvious to competent contractors. And therin lies the problem. I could have £45k of work done on my house under the ECO4 scheme at NO cost to myself. Financially its a no brainer, why work if i can just sit back and get free stuff. But, chances of it being done properly are near zero. Now if i could just get them to leave the materials and do it myself while they have a holiday at the taxpayers expense................ Seems they like a bit of fraud too.

O wouldn't entertain the idea, especially not on that house, and especially under the government eco4 scheme. As per BBC link posted earlier, 98% of ewi installations have an issue. 98%!!!!?! And no one has even mentioned that with a solid wall, is there even a DPC? Quite likely not, in which case, ewi will prevent the moisture on the base of the wall evaporating outwards. So there's only on place it can go. Just, no, no, no.

Im not sure i understand this post. You seem to be suggesting the work, the re-roofing that is, was done without your knowledge? That makes no sense. Surely you asked him to do some work on your roof? He didnt sneak up there and do it did he? As far as BC goes, homeowner is responsible. The scope of work you posted is notifiable. That the builder added some extra timber is irrelevant as far this is concerned.