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Yes 600 vertically Nogs at 1150 and 1200 to make them easy to nail

I would say most French doors open outward There’s no security issue for either way

600 are fine

He is correct Most will accept a clear painted covering to the doors Our friends have just had exactly this problem

Don’t take this the wrong way But a gutter encroaching two inches on you property is your main source of worry Your in a pretty good place In reality there’s very little that you can do about this I wouldn’t give this space in your head

The main house roof is taking me far longer than I expected Partly due to weather Mostly design issues We have 50 meters of valleys Whilst the floorboards haven’t taken that long The endless support noggings have Now the design issues are sorted with the middle section of roof I will be able to get it covered in and start fitting the lead work Then on to the slates

We’ve spoken to several companies and all have advised against for the above reasons

You would be better looking on local FB As delivery is big part of the cost Seasoned logs are fine

We’ve a wood burner in our first build 2 more going in our next There not that efficient But nice to sit round at Christmas I called to pick up a flu liner and was told from fitting a dozen per year They can’t keep up with demand Lots of hard up folk will be burning pallets this year

Most HSE deem respirators useless with a beard Hence the gifted artist’s impression of me 😁

I’ve several of these most sites insist on them a stream of fresh air Great for insulating

I drove past this today Newly fitted boiler in a basement

As a tiler I’m bound to say tiles There are some great engineered woods out there But there are Porcelain tiles that are virtually indistinguishable from wood that will oust your kitchen and never fade or scratch

Photo would help If they are solid joists iThey would have to be pretty bad to fail I joists can be strengthened with 18 mil ply Probably won’t be picked up if it’s only holes a bit close

I agree Roof and windows in there shouldn’t be any water getting in

Yes Negotiate any price and deposit Companies are starting to feel the squeeze

It’s the most stressful part of your build Having us all jumping through hoops seems to be a pass time at the local planning office Big tick off your list Well done

It’s sounds an exciting project I wouldn’t worry to much about planners asking for soil samples If you were on bedrock They would still ask for soil samples I’m sure they just use tick boxes They asked us to have our plots agricultural graded

Yes As long as the membrane is stuck down firmly You CS use a flexi adhesive Dont forget to leave 5 mil around the perimeter

Yes it’s same right across the board Rolls of Croma membrane £30 a roll difference Steel One company 5 k another 2.5 The list is endless Theres lots of companies and suppliers that are hiking up there prices

Sounds like a name that a seller has attached Lots of slate have 70-100 year piro guarantee An A grade for piro doesn’t always give you a good slate We used a slate with virtually no piro but required a lot of grading This time we narrowed it down to Estillo prime and Sumo Both flat and low in piro

Good advise I would add If you really want this property Assume the worst and base your offer on this Houses with subsidence issues are usually money pits But not always

Just wondering how others are managing there build costs Our previous build was all on a spreadsheet and quite easy to keep a track of price hikes Now it’s very difficult to know if prices are real or just another supplier overcharging With often 20-30% differences for the same item Shooing around can turn into a full time job

The problem you have at the moment is The days are short and wet Large sites are facing exactly the same issue and paying a minimum weekly wage Providing the Brickies wait out any bad weather and don’t leave site and turn up each day Most want cash to go on one off jobs Something none of the sites will agree to If they are a good gang it’s probably worth spending a bit extra

Most will want £250 per day But you could go with an average of what they have been earning