Canski

Oh thanks. I can’t bring myself to build them for a loss. Maybe the same applies to the OP. We all know it would be a better house if demolished and rebuilt but I doubt if the numbers would add up.

It may be me. I managed an Oh Lordy Lordy out of him for not fitting MVHR 😂😂

You are not going to get brickwork or blockwork supplied and fitted for those rates. I'm unsure about the other items.

We had meters installed by British Gas and they were spot on up to that point. When we raised some issues concerning the smart meter they turned to shite. Some of the idiots I spoke to in their call centre were absolutely useless. Remembering that they had no exit fee I have just swapped to Octopus who have been OK up to now.

Don’t worry about this. You saved having to cavity fill by having the trench blocks to below the beams. Cavity tray is just DPC but wider. It gives you an extra level of damp protection. It’s not expensive and would be installed quicker than cavity filling. You would have to install it over your air bricks anyway so it’s just an extension of this. Get some good tape for the corners though. Start planning the superstructures.

Honestly that's not the end of the world. A 200 mm cavity instead of 150 which is what it looked like from the other photo would have been a problem. Your cavity trays will be from the top of the first course of block above DPC (+ 225mm ) down to DPC on the outer skin (0.00) Make sure your insulation is in and photographed before these go on. Move on to the next stage.

Yep you will need to submit your section 80 and wait for the reply. It was only a week or so for me.

This is what I mentioned yesterday. It looks more like 200 to me from your photo. That’s why I asked how they were going to infill the ends of the beams.

Please tell me what size cavities you are supposed to have.

This is true. I’d like this question to be asked …. What happens between the ends of the beams ? And just out of interest ( it’s good to see the holes on the blues filled in) but why with black mortar ? Nothing wrong with it but why ?

No that’s nuts. Maybe they took it off to point the blues but even so.

do what all the young ones do at my place. Get to the door then send a text.

No I used them to check the setting out on all of the external walls. What is this luncheon thing that you refer to ?

Of course but there's usually a few of these on a house build. I calculated many diagonals on my build and marked an A3 drawing up with them on and laminated it ready for site use during setting out.

Remember Pythagorus is your best friend when checking setting out.