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My neighbor has them at her last house More than twice the cost but no maintenance Quick jet wash down once per year I must say six seven years on they look fine The fence panels I put in a couple of years earlier are ready for replacing now So perhaps not twice the price after all

They had all the gear but no idea There first install Good job they had you tube to be a bit of hand holding

Every now and then we do the odd house for a small builder Recently he’s built a group of four cottages and really pushed the boat out Natural stone Cedar cladding Solar panels His joinery company tackle most things But decided to bring in a specialist company for the solar Panels While we where boarding the loft space we could see and here them following a you tube guide to fitting

I used Spanish on our previous build 250m2 If you reduce the size the price drops considerably But more slates took me longer to nail them all on

I lapped ours over BC said I could cut a slit later If need be Onsite they are pretty keen to leave a minimum 25 mil gap

Two different building BC where impressed with it One tried to lift it Both had to concede that it did indeed qualify as a DA All be it temporary It was on the non fire the following day

Flying colours ?

Kick boards yes Hand rail no As it’s wheel chair access

Ours just asked me to add 100 mill bumpers and make sure the platform in front of the door is level both ways Should sail through

Many site plasterers put on thick coat on and go over it with these silly quick skim floats or shine with plastic The job pictured was a 60 bed hotel that we lost out to another company I had three tapers there for five weeks sorting it out It all needed redoing really

You can fill like the pictures While joint cement won’t stick to paint Easy fill will If the area has been sanded first

LTP

We are not Passive House Traditional Build Very well insulated UFH 18 months since moving in We have never used the first floor radiators Or the three very expensive towel rails in each bathroom

The whole house accept the integral garage

My wife’s a theatre manager and frightened of heights But soon got into the slating

Is roofing Something most of us can’t tackle ourselves I had little experience in skating before myself and my wife slated our and the two double garages It took us about two weeks to do the house including the lead work and three day per garage We spent £150 on bumper hoist hire for a week I think there was around 300m2 The quotes we received had no baring to any kind of a day rate 12 -17 k both said allow 10% waste Rather than throw the bent slates off the roof I took nearly a 1000 back Saving about £1000 Something a roofer wouldn’t do

This is probably more common than you think You would need to contact the merchant in advance to request a Moffet delivery Which is a three wheeled forklift which can bring the materials from the road

Worth trying Almurad There one of the few that will do a discount to non trade I buy most of mine from Rocia 40% off the showroom price Stay away from Chinese &Turkish

Wet dash is the most durable of all the render finishes

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Drawing or a plan would help

The dry dash is where the stones are hurled onto a top coat dry Wet dash is similar but the stones are mixed in with the cement and hurled on in a runny concrete type mix In the Lake District we are usually asked to either use white cement and silver sand with limestone clippings to give an off white finish or granite chippings to give a blueish green finish Most of the modern houses use a k dash Lots of colours Can be sprayed on not great pictures but this is one we finished over lockdown Left natural colour

We have a dry dash job to start in a couple of weeks I can’t remember the last one Mostly wet dash nowadays Just for information 5-7 colored chipping £5 per bag 1.5m2 per bag

If it’s not open to the elements A plain 22 mil is fine If you roll paper protection out before the studs go down and tape the joints It will keep It like new till the wet trades have finished