Vijay

Very true, which is why you'd get a prescription certificate at £10.40 a month

Something else you may want to ask if you're fitting the windows/doors yourself, is about the warranty. I was told there is no warranty if they didn't install the door I mentioned above. That was ID systems

Utter madness!! Living in London all my life I've seen family homes turned into flats by adding loft conversions and extensions - great for the developer but shit for the people who have homes there. Then add the issue with parking and you get an area you all of a sudden hate living in.

Is 4 the highest class for air tightness? I recently enquired about some doors and was told it was 4(600Pa). Russell, what windows did you get cos I'd be mighty unhappy too

Mouse head would be a bit small lol The thing is it'll just be me and my dog living in this house, but I obviously want/need to build it as a family home just in case or I sell it one day. I'd have no idea how to model that traffic.

You could always support Chelsea Getting out of London too, can't wait!!!

ebay were dirt cheap from China

I like that but does it get that sense of space cos it looks more open planned? If you took a pic as soon as you were at the door, isn't most of the double height ceiling blocked though from the landing above the door?

Do you mean the window is above the door or in front of it? Any pics?

What about an old concrete panel led shed/garage, that could be put back together in ground?

I guess this is the difficult thing with self build, you have to imagine it and walk through it it your mind a thousand times. Not sure exactly what the loft rooms are going to be yet, but yes I know it would mean going down and up stairs to cross over and would also mean it would also mean going past the master bedroom door each time which is obviously a downside................................ Even reducing the front part of the landing to 800 doesn't massively reduce the amount you see - I've marked up my hallway in my house today to help me see the sight lines The thought of having walk on glazing at the front had crossed my mind but just not convinced about it. I may just leave out the steel that supports the front and put it in if I decide at a later date...........................

Yep Even reducing that part of the landing to 800, you would only see the last 1/4 of the gallery landing ceiling. Glad I've asked and not alone in thinking about it

Just wondered if you guys can see any reason I couldn't remove one part of my gallery landing. I thought about it a long time ago as I wanted a direct view up from the front door as soon as you walked in, rather than seeing the underside of a walkway. I've attached a pic of how the landing is now and one of how I would like to do it (in blue). "Stairs 2" go up to the rooms in the loft.

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Anything that needs to be stuck to, make sure the area is clean with something like IPA and I've always found heating things with a hair dryer really helps.

I assume not load bearing if it's from an open planned room. Would you be happy with a stud wall?

Absolutely no idea, just popped into my head when I read the issue JSHarris had

Firstly, if you need a brilliant supplier, I bought a load from these guys https://www.scaffoldingsupplies.co.uk/ and dealt with Rob, who was an absolute pleasure to deal with. I'm a complete newbie with Kwikstage but thanks to the guys on here, got the first floor of my scaffold up without too much issue. So here's my thoughts: 1. It would make sense to me to have a slightly longer ladder so you have rungs to hold while stepping on/off. 2. That's how I thought of doing it and how I've seen normal scaffold/ladders. I personally am going for stairs and and access transom when I go higher. 3. What I planned to do was to use normal scaffold to create the vertical that the gate would attach to, then use another scaffold pole to create the handrail that attaches to the vertical pole. 4. As per the advice I got on this post, I used a return transom on each level when turning 90 degrees. My build is Northampton if you ever want a visit. IIRC a couple of people gave the offer and great advice to see some in the flesh. I didn't go to anyones site but it would have been very useful to see exactly how it goes up. And for what it's worth, although it was work getting the scaffold up in the heat we had, I'm really happy I went down the Kwikstage route

Is there anyway of fitting a course mesh to the bottom of the PV to break up the sheet of water coming off it? (so it creates an upstand) Only shallow so leaves wouldn't get backed up

would it be an idea to fill as much of the cage as possible and then fill a large bucket with concrete. Leave one guy poking and filling the cage from the bucket, while the pump moves on?

Because you didn't see any point or something else?? Is that vertical or horizontal???

Isn't it the point of the discount from suppliers, for the trades people getting the materials, for their pockets and also to sway them going to a particular supplier. If you want the cheaper price, do the legwork and email/call everyone that can supply. A trades person isn't gonna spend the time we might on getting the best price

I'm gonna have to have a good chat with the ICF supplier as none of this is in the brochure lol There should be at least 5 of us plus the pump operator, but as I found out when we poured the foundations, things can get hectic very quickly and in burst. Trying to get people to do EXACTLY what you want can be difficult as all of a sudden, some want to do things their way Been told by the supplier many times that I should not use a vibrating poker in the walls, apart from around rebar cages..............................

He didn't say anything about leaning it either way, just get them vertical. I'm a little concerned now as I'm almost dreading pour day (when it comes around) What gave in your bracing? How was your bracing fixed into the ground/floor/any other way?

Bit of searching and found this http://nhbccampaigns.co.uk/landingpages/techzone/previous_versions/2011/Part1/Section2/sitework.htm So who checks things are plumb??