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Brilliant 😂

Yes of course Dave No one one here would knowingly cut corners But most of the mass produced homes I work on are scoring around 2 on an air test We know that is nonsense It’s years since I saw an air test being carried out on site Most are done from a desktop Sap relies on people like us following the detail Yesterday our LA BC came to inspect the work I’d done on the roof He remarked that it was good to see all the gable restaurants built in and said most just plug and screw them in afterwards He we really should make them take the gables down But they don’t The whole system needs changing

But say you put 70 mil insulation in instead of the 120 that is on your plans Your final sap would be accessed on 120 unless you told them otherwise Like air testing In reality They mean very little

Yes they are quite general man’s your final Sap report is totally reliant on you or the builder having done what you say that you have done

Sap reports are quite generic Lots of pasting and copying While we are including an ASHP this time round our sap still mentions a gas boiler No gas where we are building While they look comprehensive Probably two thirds are included in each one that they write

and insulation boards and 15 mil ceiling boards 6x3 boards are never used on new builds There more for refurbs with tight access Hes adding work and cost to your build and lots of unnecessary joints

There’s nothing to stop you living in the house without a completion certificate We lived in ours for five months before sign off Home insurance also ok

He won’t get sound block boards in 6x3 Tell him to get a proper company in A weeks work Tops Or bring a strong friend and use 8x4 s

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Our build and our previous build have been on clay So a 225 minimum would be a minimum I dug out to allow 400 to get some drainage under this time But yes 150 makes it difficult to add letter boxes pictured is our previous build

For this reason you should definitely be more than 150

If you work on 50m2 Joe All in Plus Scaffolding

77m2 is quite small The garage I’ve just done was 105m2 2 men two day man’s a day two install them Velux and felt and baton

You couldn’t say without detailed drawing It took me two days to get a 10x7 attic trusses roof ready for slating and three weeks to get the main house roof to the same stage depends how complex it is

They normally just go off the market value

It’s about the same now But three times quicker Manx twice as straight Neville Long (Encon) Sheffield insulation mare probably the cheapest

It tends to be the lads that work for the companies that clock in then go and get a brew Things have changed dramatically over the last forty years Once over you could walk in with a tool bag Now we have so many power tools and lasers you want to leave them unattended and if your on a price You have something on the go Even the health safety mad companies like WD Don’t like this but accept it In saying that I would have a first aid kit and an accident book Probably never get opened But will tick a box if you get a HSE walk on

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Provide a loo and wash basin Most will have a brew and a snack in there vans or in your house Sitting in a brew cabin is very outdated

They won’t work loose It’s more about how well they are fitted and taped You can always get them to lap the tape over the plastics So tgat when they rattle them they won’t move

A guy who used to work for me part time whilst pursuing an acting career in Corie etc Loads of stories there No has a scrap business we collect sCrap

The cast stone manufacture Suplied us with a bag of dry mix for pointing and chips

No need But would make sure you have a clear 10 mil against any fixed point to allow your tiles some movement

It is just a shame that a heat pumps running costs are so much higher than an efficient gas boiler It would also be nice if the power run a HP was greener