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  1. While your quote is quite high You have done very well to get a detailed quote Most groundwork’s companies won’t give a fixed quote So it would be madness not to load it a little bit Don't be surprised if the muck away rises Very difficult to estimate As BC may come along and ask for mor depth
  2. Yes you will always pay a premium for any trade for a one off
  3. I’m a contractor and have lads working for me If you get an individual or gang They should be a little cheaper £10 all in is good While your job is quite a small job 3 days for two men to skim 5 FS They should have similar or larger jobs that you could have walk round That they are on with or just completed There is a massive difference in finishes amongst plasters Your going to be looking at the walls a ceilings for a long time after they have gone Keep a small retention Quite normal %3
  4. £4.50 -£7.00 skim £7.00 -£10 FS Lower price up to 2.7 S&C add 1.50 m2 Prices for NW Add 30% for Manchester May give you some idea for budgeting
  5. He normally makes around £250 So the £85 per week he will receive won’t make much difference I think he’s just doing what he thinks is right I’ve had someone there today finishing his job and collecting his zero cutter I said before that most of what you will get on self builds are at the best second tear builders With the better more reliable being looked after by companies I always chuckle when I see drainage drawings posted Ground-workers rarely look at them let alone follow them But everything seams to work when finished
  6. Young guy who is tiling on a job for me One days work left Rang in on Friday to tell me he’s going to self isolate for two weeks walk up with a dry throat Self builders will get a lot of that in these coming months
  7. OR It could be that most contractors are very busy and fitting in your one off job around regular customers It’s going to get worse
  8. A 50 mil metal stud would work perfectly
  9. I stud and timber doesn’t compare stronger Straighter Doesn’t warp Can be independently built upto six Mtrs
  10. Roof lights all day long Great design
  11. That’s a lot of Roof lights
  12. I did them on one of our rentals and hired a brick saw for the day from Smiths rather than using an angle grinder Cuts through like butter Less mess and much quicker and neater
  13. Short answer would be bugger all There should only be the CC searches
  14. We have eight sash windows in our kitchen area bifolds and French doors While we open the windows all the time The bifolds and F doors Tamsin shut most of the time
  15. Just watching the local news showing most restaurants in Chinatown Manchester showing bookings are down 40% Its not helping with the majority of Chinese students waring surgical masks Also panic buying has already started one lady on the national news stated she still had her Brexit box so wouldn’t be buying extras in The government needs to cain things down
  16. I was talking to a HSE who covers 12 sites He said while hand washes and gloves can be provided he sees little point with some many people coming and going He said most measures will be token I’ve been working on one of his sites with about 30 others One porta loo no warm water While it is cleared out each week You can see from the picture below it isn’t suitable for 30 + I do worry for cafe pubs and restaurants If you where so concerned as to ware a mask when out You wouldn’t eat or drink out
  17. We came in about at £820 m2 Doing most things ourself on a 285 m2 Three German bathrooms Very Large German Kitchen Over 200 mtrs of Italian porcelain So figures are very achievable Ok on here but I wouldn’t mention the hair salon elsewhere
  18. 600 mil or 60 ?
  19. 3000 homes have just been past on flood planes Greater Manchester The guy on the news said they will elevate the foundations Shouldn't effect nearby homes
  20. You could check with BC if you are worried Or use a foil backed or foam back plasterboard
  21. No it’s not compulsory
  22. Looks tidy Zoot You can rap a membrane from the ceiling to walls Plenty don’t Your good to go with the plaster-boarding if all your services are in
  23. nod

    UFH

    We have 156m2 of UFH down 18 months on we still haven’t used the bedroom radiators We heat the downstairs upto 18 The heat rises and has nowhere to go. Your money is better spent on insulation
  24. nod

    UFH

    I agree. Some of these companies are a bit handy at telling you what you can and can’t have
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