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  1. My mum once had a quote off SS Double what she thought it would be When she asked “I thought it was half price sale “ He replied Half price of London prices ?
  2. We have one in ire white x grey windows and soffits to start on Friday I will try and remember to snap a few pics We probably use a few thousand bags of K white each year Mostly on commercial Its ok But quite bright on a big area
  3. Just had this conversation with one of our clients We normally use polar or Stirling white with grey window Hes gone for the pure white Come up like Simon Cowell Teeth Pictured below is Stirling white
  4. If you use individual contractors You will be better purchasing the materials yourself As most individuals won’t want to supply the materials But will be happy to make a list out for you
  5. I don’t think there is much between the two Except the price ?
  6. I would check with your SE Quick phone call
  7. It’s exactly that
  8. Problem I found was if you come to sell within 10 years Many lenders won’t accept an Architecht cert HSBC being one For the next build we won’t bother We are unlikely to sell But no one can say for sure A good friend of ours built his forever home Then like us found another plot and also found the profit from the first one to tempting Decided to sell after a year and bought a retrospective warranty From Protec for about 500 more than we paid No hassle all completed in a week
  9. I took one out on the off chance that we will sell Which we intend doing next year From a claim point of view they are a waste of money Three visits in two years 15 minutes each time Inspected the roof from the floor Foundations from his car Sign off Told us what he needed in certificates Then buggered off without looking at the finished house Protec
  10. Ours is very warm also Still no heating on this year
  11. Yep They have pink backed insulation 40 mill in total Just D&D like normal Great to dab with You can usually use around 7 per hour One man So only about 3 behind using wallboards
  12. A few years back when we started our first self build I would have said most places aren’t viable to knock down and rebuild But now where we are in the NW of England It’s quite normal for plots to sell over 300k So knockdown JS a good option
  13. I’ve stated before that we have never had the heating on in the bedrooms or bathrooms I used insulated boards on all the exterior Block walls Perhaps a bit of overkill But for a small amount of money that it cost Keeps the whole house warm
  14. I think with us it’s our jobs I’ve always worked on sites in all weathers My wife works in a cold operating theatre wearing scrubs I think your work environment does effect what you are comfortable with
  15. Your steel is to wide or padstone to narrow
  16. We have ours at 18 The default is 21 which is far to hot
  17. We had a similar sized greenhouse at the last house I simply laid a single block on its flat side down On a bed of motar Then screwed the frame to the middle of the block It’s been down for about fifteen years and seems ok
  18. As long as there is felt or sparking under the tiles they should be fine Though the bottom section would benefit from pointing where they meet the lead
  19. You can render directly onto the EPS LW1
  20. Individual trades are the least expensive way But will take longer and give you more hassle than bringing in a Single contractor Ive just started plastering a large barn conversion for a young lady that has managed the whole process with no experience She was gifted barn so had a good start She was given our number and she waited eight weeks for us to start
  21. We were pretty much finished apart from disabled access and landscaping But only had BC sign off six months after moving in
  22. If it’s standard ceilings and walls You normally put single layer of duplex 15 mil on the underside Of the trusses 15 plain on the underside of the floor joists 12 mil moister to bathroom walls 12 mill wallboard for the rest Insulated board for the slopes
  23. If you take the total area and add 5 % to the total for waste
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