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No brainier LA We used LA on our last and next Cheaper No limit to visits Better availability We used Protect for our warrantee Absolutely brilliant Inspected the foundations from his car Roof from the ground Final inspection from the comfort of our kitchen We had done such a good job He didn’t need to go upstairs or walk around the outside of the house Spent less than 30 minutes on our build Spread out over three visits Highly recommended

I would use one steel over the bifolds with a hit and miss plate welded to the underside to catch the outer skin of block

No brainier LA We used LA on our last and next Cheaper No limit to visits Better availability

That’s correct If the stud is set off the wall The insulation should also be

I have hanging tiles on my next two I will use only one baton

I do quite a few jobs with these metal roofs I’ve never seen a membrane fitted Theres no chance of this kind of roof leaking The kingspan will sort out any chance of condensation Though they can be a bit noisy even when plaster-boarded

2.3 is for bedrooms will be fine Better to have extra on the GF

I presume you have copied all your receipts That was the biggest pain when we did ours We put ours in a box and used the good old post office Recorded delivery Signed for

Yep 600 We normally cut them on the floor into 1200 lengths Then push the middle up leaves 100-150 upstand either side They go in quite quickly once you get started

As above Probably the most crucial part of buying a plot Our friends bought there second self build plot back in 2002 Only to find BC wouldn’t let them locate there tank within the plot They went back to the seller (neighbor) Who owned the paddock behind the plot and received a flat refusal to site the tank just inside the paddock Eventually the neighbor backed down and sold them 4m2 For 15k They had a very working six months while they waited for the neighbor to come round

Yep Ive heard all that before and about Them Lot at Sheffield thinking Robin Hood was from there ?

If you are looking for zero maintenance a cheaper option to Aluclad is UPV

Is he going to resign ?

To far for us Couple of days work for a reasonable tiler

We didn’t have ASHP in our first Our next have been an easy decision No Gas If your decision is based purely on cost and you have gas readily available Then Gas will be cheaper to install and also cheaper to run All the story’s of fazing gas out are nonsense Even the government’s pledge to stop the fitting of gas boilers in new builds by 2025 Is also nonsense It simply won’t happen Ss I say our decision has been made for us But in reality the electricity that runs our new greener alternative is likely to be generated by fossil fuel I’ve found that contacting local ASHP suppliers is the best way to acutely size a pump for your needs Most seam to have the software that allows them to feed your details in to there office computer For a free comprehensive quote and sizing We have spoken to three All showed pretty similar printouts

Ah im down there in two weeks (Eltham RD) I’ve friends who live there My sister is a lecturer at the Uni and lives in Sherwood Small world Good luck with your build We are about to start our second and third ? Long story

I did the cladding on four homes about ten years ago Cembrit They still look good We cut the first house with a still saw Very messy Then bought a guillotine Worked a treat

Welcome West Bridgford Is that Nots ?

I stud mf is more substantial than timber

You will be very lucky if planners pick the phone up Our charge £150 to ask a question via email

You would normally shot fire a sheet a 2400 x 600 mesh under the steel The lift and rap the face of the steel Then plug and screw to the block about 300 above Or as above cement board but you would need to add a movement joint where the board joins the block

I don’t I personally think there is zero chance as things stand I suspect the one out of the four is happy to take our money A refusal isn’t an option They simply won’t proceed with the application The sequential report is designed to show there is no other alternative site Which is something we can’t do There are plenty of building plots But we don’t happen to own any of them It seams planners are using Something that is quite common in the commercial world Especially London Where suers on a regular basis One planner explained That being told you can’t site your Sainsbury’s there Is our job to prove Tesco have had similar applications approved and we are offering more jobs and the local community will benefit He said it’s works on a points system and madness to apply this to a single private dwelling He also pointed out that the same planners have deemed this site suitable for not one but two homes In principal Lots of contradictions

Almost full planning pasted Then the bombshell We require a Sequential report Planners are quoting this as a government directive that Flood zone 1-2 need a sequential report Ok More money on a more detailed flood report How wrong I was A sequential flood report has little to do with flooding and is a report to show that there is no other option for you to build elsewhere Which for a single dwelling is extremely unlikely to be excepted by planning One would put a report together with a 25% chance of success 17K I’ve spoken to four consultants Three have refused to take my money and explained that these are normally used for supermarkets and other commercial building The report will try to justify local needs outweigh moving the building elsewhere Whilst the plots are in zone 2 Something that I’m currently disputing The national flood site lists Sea and River Low Risk Top water Very Low The planner concerned seems worried about outdated sea defenses to the West (12 miles away) Risk of flooding in z 2 1-100 years z1 1-1000 Ive spoken to a planning consultant who tells me that planning in principle shouldn’t have been granted if they needed a sequential report Time I’ll tell Make no mistake this is a very real tool to stop us self builders builders building

You will be fine with 60 mil S&C

Hot tubs remind me of treatment plants When we installed ours TP I asked if we needed to add bacteria and was told Give it a week and there will be millions of bacteria in there Our neighbors installed one four years ago and have never drained it They also have high electricity bills Definitely not the Ht The Heat pump they had installed has been a complete waste of money ?