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If the liners are on solid walls One per man hour including making up the frame wouldn’t be unreasonable Fitting to studs at least half as many again Oak type internal doors One per man hour including latch and handle would be reasonable These are site Joiner targets There can be a massive difference between all trades that are used to site work and the others JOBBERS But will also depend on the day rate you are paying On a house there is hardly anything that can’t be quantified and priced

Yes a window would help A change of flooring would also help

No you should be absolutely fine Back before all these design programs Your joiners title would have been Forman Sort deliveries out coordinate trades 20 years ago most large sites where run by a former Brickie or joiner

This quite common But first of all you need to realise what ever he calls this arrangement he’s not a main contractor He’s project managing the job for Indeed a main contractor would be responsible for trade rates and poor workmen ship Under this arrangement with him being paid a wage you would have to chase individual trades for any problems that crop up at a later date But in saying that I’ve seen this work on many small jobs

Looks great We have paved ours with a good quality block paver 450 m2 My wife said let someone else have the hassle and pay it out of our 30k vat claim No chance with quotes coming in between 44 and 51k So comparably to what you have paid

Bit late for me this time Looks like being of interest to nearly all Anything that save on unnecessary fees has to be a good thing Ordered Top tip Jack

Yes to narrow It would look like a tunnel

We had strict riot protection written into our planning by Brutish Heritage We fenced around both areas for the duration of the build When it came to laying the drive we had no choice but to lay the drive over the area of one of the protection zones We removed a few of the roots and the 80 year old tree is fine Just before we moved in NW water moved a water hydrant in the other protected area Dug down 2 metres Moved it forward 2 metres Then filled with concrete Killing the oak tree NW have been down and said it may come back next year UNLIKELY But if it doesn’t it’s just one of those things I contacted planners they asked had I protested the area mans said well you couldn’t have done much more

No your site insurance will cover the house as it goes up and damage to other persons property Yours included It will also cover anyone happening onto your build and injuring themselves

We are not far from Lytham St Anne’s There are lots of Victorian garden walls done in this style

My lad has older cars amazing the market for them He brings in Jap cars He’s a pulsar arriving on Wednesday from Japan Amazing how many people want these cars

That’s funny We have a large Porsche dealership opened not far from us and I test drove a cayenne last Saturday

No that’s the funny thing When we started the build we thought where will we find time

Well it’s nearly twelve months since we moved in and most of the Sumer has been spent finishing its and putting in a drive and landscaping and I’m bored After two years Well almost three of none stop activity I’ve found a couple of plots that I like but they are both equally difficult to complete on Hence I’m typing this out at 2am Thinking to myself there must be others that have found finishing there build an anticlimax Or am I just an insomniac

Good thinking I wouldn’t have it would matter When we submitted the questions where more geared to when had we moved into the new build Rather than when we had moved out ours Quite a lot of invoices and other bits where delivered to site and posted through to next door We really should have installed a temporary box

I just realised while my build was 284m2 coming in at 830m2 in with our costing are two double skinned double garages We must have spent at least 25 k on these Done better that we thought perhaps I should re calc ?

Scrape all the floor spotless Bleach everything Your better using a matting Ditra or dura Covering floors with plywood is a bit outdated Stick the matting down with Ardex AF200 No need for any screws or nails No chance of nailing any pipes

I ran ours for a week 24 7 started at 20 and cranked up a couple of degrees per day Then I turned the boiler off and let it cool down overnight Then laid the matting 150m2 Then laid the porcelain over the next four days

Make sure when you set up any accounts you use your own name As it may compromise your self build status I run a LTD company with several accounts But for the self build I opened three accounts in my wife’s and my name At merchants that I already had accounts at

I’ve been where you are now Rus The initial sap is a waste of paper I went elsewhere for the final sap As Built and still scored 89 without MVRH solar PV I was truthful about everything Others perhaps arnt We had a planning condition that we had to score 24% higher the the national average We had water harvesting and a massive array of solar panels as part of our planning With decided not to fit either and exceed all insulation spec I thought Em we may have problems at the end Paid my 100 quid and received my my detailed report the following day The Sap is at best a rough guide

A couple of caps full of grout remover in the tile bucket will help also

You should really seal the pourus tiles before grouting

Use Abito board on your top layer Far better acoustics and better to fix to than OSB

150 insulation UFH pipes 75 mil screed 18 mil Porcelain Oak stairs straight on top

It cracks me up the way contractors treat self builders I supply and fit plasterboard metal framing and insulation to large sites Loads of skips there to be used No chance I’ve to supply my own skips It would be more than reasonable for you to deduct the price of a skip and something for your time Had he not let you down Surely he wouldn’t have left a big pile of rubbish for you to get rid of