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Yes we have had two taps for years Great also for mucky boots Simple to install

Some SEs prefer mini piles others hate them and would rather deep We were surrounded by hundreds of trees on our previous build and on clay We used deep strip foundations Around two meters and Clay board to help with the heave Came in at around a third of the cost of piling

Are HPs really so noisy I worked on a site of 120 home back in 2008 Most houses set in lines HPs next to each patio door I can’t remember noice being an issue

Great post Ian and will benefit many self builders in the future It’s very easy as a self builder to think Why me Why am I being treated like this by planners and others Especially when you see a nearby application fly through planning without any fuss If you where to google the term self builder I’m sure your name would pop up somewhere More hardcore self builder than typical

Definitely

Ian’s your man Looked pretty smart from memory

I give a no quibble five year guarantee Any issues will surface within that time

Definitely

Our son has a body shop and while he hates Electric vehicles He says Tesler are surprisingly well made Though he would prefer a key Rather than a card 😁

It’s a quick and easy repair on a small area As a contractor I use 1000s of meters of cement boards and there’s no difference between any of them Other than Knauf are 40% more expensive than what I usually use Over lockdown I was bringing them in from Poland without any issues It’s pretty poor Johnson’s are looking for lame excuses Rather than getting to the bottom of it I’ve stopped quoting for Webber Rend jobs Due to the reps all following the same line when there’s a batch match issue

Bringing in a a surveyor for a single house can be overkill Most of the builders merchants offer a QS service Usually a one off payment of about £500 You simply need to send them your building regs submission and they will do the rest

Still not to bad considering price hikes About double the cost of slate

Most of the screeding companies will do both Rather than the other way round

You need to be very careful Someone I worked with installed one on a canal boat which went badly wrong He survived but his wife and children didn’t He worked as a gas engineer

Yes

I’ve just done one They normally have a jubilee clip to hold in place

Ours has been running for five years now We haven’t touched it since I installed it

Spons is a very rough guide Companies are basing there quotes on how much work they have in Especially one off jobs

Just a tip if you font already know Dont put membrane under the lead It can cause issues with condensation Building paper is needed

I’ve just finished installing 60 meters of valleys Code 4 is fine for virtually everything Though I got my mate to make me a tray for the chimney and he advised code 5

Lots of online testers will come out for one home £200 max £600 and needing multiple homes sounds like a scam

Solicitor

If you read it properly The price is for supplying and erecting studs with a skim finish I price these everyday Your probably used to Mybuilder quotes

Dark oak Love the tree stump Brilliant

The price is for the amount of stud work built and skimmed So say you had 60m2 of stud to create the rooms You would be about £2500