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As a hater of solar panels These look impressive Of course they will come at a cost But a massive improvement on conventional panels

Unfortunately everyone needs paying for there time Architects are no different If you can arrange the surveys yourself You are better off doing so Same goes for builders and trades Most seem to think Architechts have an extensive pool of builders and trades to pull from They don’t They simply pick up th phone and see who’s available Which is pretty much what all the building companies are doing at the moment There great saving to be made Even at this early stage

I’m just read through the rest Plus side is Apart from an initial deposit 5% They are financing your build for five years Whilst most of us have built for far less than our homes are worth Which is a good thing Under this scheme you are penalized for things turning out better than you anticipated Theres quite a few on here who have taken out fantastic value self build mortgage deals I’m sure there will be someone along shortly

I was all in there till I read that the amount you pay is linked to the value of your home Not the amount borrowed Lost me at that point

If you have any exterior render The render company should protect exterior windows frames and cils

In reality there’s nothing much you can do Like solid built homes They get wet and dry out naturally At least with a single built house You can get the roof weathertight quite quickly Rather than leaving them open to the elements like most of the big jobs If I was to go down the TF route I would make sure no insulation went in till it was watertight

I’m looking for a Heat Pump If your husbands dad can get me one cheap

Does anyone know of any concessions for the three year period for planning Permission We have two plots with Planning in principle obtain 12 months ago One almost has Full planning We want to hold back starting the second Have we two years to put a full application in for plot two Or is there a time extension due to Covid

Online I buy in multiples As they get lost or kicked on a regular basis Less than 50 quid each

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Butt hinges all day long I certainly wouldn’t pay extra for Bullet hinges

Nearly right Dewalt radio ?

Something that comes up a few times is drying times I dropped a couple of these off this morning at a job that we are trying to get the vinyl down before Christmas Really simple inexpensive fans As Nick correctly pointed out It’s all about keeping the air circulating We use these for clay plasters and Venetian also Simple but effective

Good news if your interpretation is correct I assumed that the change in April would leave us with a better grant or at lest the same In fairness We we’re both disappointed with the build show Very different to all the others we have been to The vast majority seemed to be sales people drafted in for the show With no technical knowledge

Yep We couldn’t understand there decision The hearing -Electrical contractor convinced them that the PV would pick up the slack It hasn’t

I recently visited the build show at Harrogate The HP suppliers seemed to think the grant for new properties would be reduced to £1500-2000 Which is a shame Accompanying us was friends who have recently completed there third self build They are on tanked gas and bitterly regret it They think that running costs will be at least a third more than piped gas

We are building a similar size house over two floor No gas Oil no longer an option Tank gas or Heat pump We’ve decided on a heat pump On our previous build we had gas next to the plot and chose gas Much cheaper option and cheaper to run also

That’s not going anywhere The second picture with the wedge under it looks like it’s running up to the ridge

Exactly Its so important to keep the air moving No heat

You can either do that Or give it Ten days and tile under the units and bath There’s very little chance of problems in areas that arnt walked on The majority of commercial jobs that I tile have not been down long enough to fully dry Its very rarely practical

The sap is only a number We where similar build to you Full fill 150 insulation 200 in the ground floor 88 No PV No MVRH I was quite surprised when doing our Sap for our next build that adding MVRH actually brings your score down As did not having openers on some windows type of heating Type of ASHP Lots of factors seem to effect a score

I normally use a 100 mil strip of double wall and trim it off afterwards It helps if there’s a straight break across the doors We refuse to tile if there is no break across the doors

We just used our best guess for a total rebuild Quite a bit less than the actual value of the house As the land usually makes up a third of the market value Contents is toted up as normal

Yes Many years ago we used to lay chicken mesh over pipe and crack points like doorways