Pete
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Westmorland cottages renovation and extension
Pete replied to cloughapike's topic in Introduce Yourself
Welcome from another Cumbrian!! -
I know exactly how you are feeling. I used a vibrating beam screed and I had it like a billiard table until the beam screed fell to bits and by the time I had sorted it the concrete was passed being workable. It is flat but far from how US self builders would like it!
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I was not cannon fodder Ian, I was a member of the senior service floating around the world!!
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How are you doing at understanding this latest fiasco concerning Sunamp @AnonymousBosch? The more this goes on I wish I had installed some ducting for gas when | put my utilities in! My concern is that us mere mortals cannot understand or even comprehend fixing or trying to make this latest Sunamp work when it goes wrong and from what it looks like this is becoming a regular thing. Not impressed at all.
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We used Trespa Romantic Walnut for our contemporary build and we think it really works for house. It will never need any maintenance apart from a wash down now and then. Over the time we have been building and going through the process of choosing everything associated with self build we found we over thought a lot of things cause that is how it is when you have many things to choose! Then as you move on through the build and things you chose/debated months a go just blend into the house as a whole (unless it is a dolphin window blind ala @Onoff) and you hardly notice the thing in isolation.
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Just deciding on some aspects of my plumbing and will be using the manifold for my H&C system. Question I have is why have people chosen the manifold with isolation valves over the non isolation valve ones which are quite a bit cheaper? Is it just to be able to isolate individual pipes or is there something more to it? If I chose the non valve ones I could still put one isolation valve at the inlet which I know would isolate the entire manifold but that in itself would not be a problem. TIA
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I wanted to change the limestone exterior wall, approx 42 sq m as it was going to be very costly and use a contemporary wall clad system that would be half the price. I contacted my planner, Mike Hoar from South lakes planning dept and he said he was in favour of this, just get some samples and we can chose. He has been a pleasure to deal with I have to say.
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That Roofers Been Signed Off Sick
Pete replied to Triassic's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Not heard of him in Burton, try further North!! -
I have fitted my own Pirnar door, 2.9m wide including a side window and used the steel plates described above. One advantage of using these is the door can still be raised/lowered a fraction so when I tile the floor I can get the door threshold to sit right down on the tiles by adding/removing some packers
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Sometimes you wish you'd read BH in more depth and more often....
Pete replied to ToughButterCup's topic in Heat Insulation
What have I told you about using foam!! -
I have not decided whether to use downlighters or the narrow panel Led lights that some have used but my main concern is that I have my VCL directly above the lights. I know the led lights do not produce as much heat as the halogen ones used to but it still concerns what the heat long term will do to the VCL. I know I could put some form of barrier in place but has anybody had to deal with this situation? TIA Distance from plasterboard to VCL is 120mm.
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Grand Designs at Graven Hill starts tonight on Channel 4
Pete replied to ProDave's topic in Property TV Programmes
Tata steel roof but we bought ours through Catnic although it is the same system -
I must admit this did concern me, the fact that you leave a gap and then it is filled when the first coat of render is put on. What type of boards did you use?
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Sorry to hear about this. We used moisture resistant render boards and had to leave a 2 to 3 mill gap between the boards. We have a 27 linear length of boards without an expansion gap/joint as the timber frame designer said no expansion joint was needed and the render board people said that their boards would be ok over this distance. Fingers crossed and all!!
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When it is cold you put the gas cartridge in your morning brew and that sorts it out good and proper!
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Fitted 35mm boxes and they are behind the plasterboard so plenty of room. Thanks anyway
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Had my Ist fix Paslode nailer for about 7 years and apart from the very infrequent nail jam it has never let me down yet
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What type of light switch have people chosen? We have a contemporary house and would like something different. We are just doing a traditional wire, no fancy light system.
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Ok, will look out for the screw next time!
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How do the duct heaters impact on the electricity bill?
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You normally push down on the wheels and they move up and down so you can position them in the groove, let them go and the wheels move back into the resting position and they lock in place. The bottom ones move up and the top ones move down,simples!!
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looking good and very interesting to see it coming together
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Been away for a break and just catching up on here! A bit late now but if you go to the NEC in future have a look what other shows are on at the same time time as self-build ones. This weekend there was a miniatures show on, tickets cost £8.00 bought on the day. You had to go in to get a stamp to get the car park pass so I bought the coffees and my mrs went in, got the stamp and came out again and we got our parking for £8.00 in true Buildhub style, eh @Onoff?
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Tidy job, looks lovely!
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A chippie's advice please ... tear - out?
Pete replied to ToughButterCup's topic in General Construction Issues
just use expanding foam to tidy up, you are a dab hand with the stuff!!
