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There’s nothing wrong with painted timber The soffits will get virtually no weather and you should easily get 20-30 years out of the facias

You will do all that Then either live with it or end up Bonding and skimming it all Speaking from experience It’s like the old poly cell add which showed a lady covering artex with a tub of filler then sanding It doesn’t work Filling and sanding will cover infections in skimming But not backing plaster Plus cost a fortune

They will need a coat of carlite bonding Then re skimmed Anything else will be a waste of time

With the build imminent Once my building regs submission is excepted Unless I’ve buggered those up to I decided to call into the local haulage place I used last time for muck away and reclaimed hardcore in Only to find they have been bought out in a 25 million pound deal It looks a bit more professional than last time Which reminded of last time I owed the owner 13 k I rang him and asked if I could pay 7k plus vat over the phone and bring him the rest in person in a couple of weeks He said sure Giv es a minute After about five minutes he came back to the phone and said Bring it all in when you can Someone has pissed off with biro I don’t think the new owners will be as accommodating ?

Plus 1 I would never go Les than 150 and it ties in perfectly with a block off the floor

Render can go wrong For all sorts of reasons K Rend offer the best guarantee by far In Daves case K would have stood the materials and scaffolding and would stand the labour at the very least Probably would have stood all There reps look to solve any issues really quickly Webber always blame the contractor

Set the studs tight against the block Studs ceilings need skimming before the wet plaster Hessian stud and ceiling to block Or 100 mill fibre tape Not 50 mil tape

200 per day self employed isn’t enough There are very few easy building jobs

You make a good point There’s probably loads of plumbers out there waiting for the football to come on saying Why to I work all day for 250 and that prat gets ten times that for kicking a ball Badly ?

It doesn’t someone on minimum wage hasn’t trained for four years and done four years of night school On less than minimum wage That's probably why they are on minimum wage

200 isn’t a lot for someone who gets no holiday pay or sick pay Has to run there own van and buy tools On top of this plumbers and electricians have the certificates to renew

We have a site coming up with around 200 houses half rendered Baumit render systems are pushing me to use there product Great prices and and excellent range But UK wise they are the new kid on the block It’s far safer to use the established players K Rend Webber etc When I first started using through coloured renders Some 40 years ago there was one company Cem-Rend Now there’s loads As Dave says Choose carefully Just to add K doesn’t require a scratch coat Which eliminates the delaminating problems

Definitely Ive done thousands of m2 over the past ten years

Most trades here (NW) are looking £200-300 per day I would get get a price rather than an hourly rate Every job can be priced

All of the above contain good advise But your building control will tell you how he or she wants it’s done I wouldn’t over complicate things Keep it really basic for planners I’m doing our drainage design at the moment We have a 70 Meter run from our tank to the dyke at the bottom of the field I’ve shown this as 100 mil pipe Which is fine with planners BC will probably insist on 150 mil Two and a half times the price i wit and see

As above Se engineer will do a workable design quite cheaply

It may be different in Scotland But in England you will struggle without a council tax bill We where ok We we’re paying council tax before we had mains electric gas and a water supply But that’s another story ?

You can get it sprayed on site All of the commercial buildings I work on are protected by pb or sprayed Spraying isn’t cheap

Magnesia boards are expensive Id find it hard to justify the extra cost Though I have used them As we get little or no say in the products that we use

As a contractor I do all three Similar price for all Spray and tape slightly more expensive

Your fine doing that But I would always put an Acor across the full length of the doors

Your more than welcome Anytime

I normally use Two lines of gypsum acoustic sealant Cut the nozzle 15 mil down to give 8 mil bead If your tight for space you can use 5 mil plasterboard

I installed a Nolte kitchen in ours and will go for Nolte or Hakker on the next Probably the easiest kitchen I’ve ever installed Everything millimeter perfect and square 4 year on looks as good as the day it was fitted We almost purchased Ballerina Smaller company than Nolte Similar price Great reputation I do know what you.mean about sales We had the design and everything settled Almost there and on the way out Tge salesman said We will need a decision by Monday Because My wife quickly answered you can have one now and went to one of there competitors and bought the same kitchen

He will have to stick the pb to the insulation Screwing it wont work