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22 to 25 would be what you would expect on a commercial job Say car showroom and pay tax on that But if yours is pretty straight forward He could take ten days To complete Which is loads of time

I do a lot of fire checking on TF and others While the fireproofing is good on commercial Houses are not so good The main objective when fireproofing is to keep the fire out of the cavity The main problem is insulation Gypsun and Hilti have some great products But they are hardly ever used on houses If I was to build a TF house I would close off all window and door cavity’s with Gyp fire batt Extra cost 100s and I’d include a horizontal brake around the perimeter to check any fire reaching the roof space

I’ve kept this to myself As Didn’t want to sound anti TF I worked on a block of for houses where a plumber was soldering in the exterior gas box caught the insulation The fire swept through all four before the fire brigade arrived

We have a similar arrangement with a Neff onto quarts Spring clips Seem to do the job I would put a bead of silicon round rather than risk drilling the quarts

I use a lot of expensive acoustic insulation in my job But yet used Wickes loft roll in ours The Acoustic insulation is there to stop the sound bouncing around As pointed out Res bar and single 15 board will make a big difference also

No it makes no sense I would check that it isn’t a Typo

A friend of mine has been using a company called Brick Hunter Great prices and service

Builders merchants give so little discount now That you will find setting your own account up will give you the same discount as he is getting

Yep With timber frame it’s shrinkage How ever dry it is there’s always moister in the timber then added moister from wet trades On the commercial TF we add expansion joints all over the place and simply caulk them in 6 months later People would want that on there nice new houses

I frame and plaster quite a bit of TF Mostly student accommodation Its normal to have a 5 % retention The retention isn’t taken for TF We are paid to go back several times to sort out the cracks

House worth 230 at 33 wow and fantastic Equity also I know I keep saying it Its all worth it in the end Everyone on here gets it But others may not I envy you I wish we had been in a position to do this at 33 You are lucky that your parents or in-laws Where able to help you We are now in a position to help our Children Great feeling

I’m 57 and have also worked to put my self in a position to do this build We managed to stay in our home and finance the build out of what we where earning We also had one eye on the final value Total including land was £407000 Value of completed house Is £750000 No mortgage or loan

I wouldn’t factor anything in I would keep the two separate I Think the cost per m2 mtr was originally introduced to give Newbies some ballpark figure of how much things may cost As most have already purchased or been gifted there plot by They time they arrive on the forum Now and then people come on with there first post being how much is a average plot Normally they are quickly answered How long is a piece of string At least with the cost per mtre a more detailed answer can be given

The land thing again I still think it should be separate from the building costs I’ve just the first fix joinery for a friend who mother has gifted him a large plot next to her house The only cost is that he pays the legal and gives his brother and sister 20 k each If he includes the land in his m2 cost It will be quite misleading

Thank you We had a nice life Money in the bank Rental properties A business that was doing ok We needed a challenge I haven’t worked Fridays and weekends for years So would t have been earning those days But I get your point My wife kept saying we should of had a job at Aldi Stacking shelve doing so many hours I think the truth of it is that it became more of a mission I enjoyed nearly every minute of it

Yeah but to be fare building wages had dropped about 30% after 2008 So the last few years have been make hay while the sun shines

Thanks Ian it’s very kind of you to say that

Much has been written about the cost per m2 mans folk massaging figures We where due to take delivery today of the last of the landscaping materials Last big spend Which prompted my wife to go through the spread sheets and also with our vat claim being paid last Monday Get a final total of our spend While Ive kept track I have always said about roughly Hope to Well everything has been accounted for All fees and right down to tubes of silicone The only thing admitted was the purchase of the plot She has even included the materials I haven’t yet used on the quite expensive drive £14000 The grand total comes out at 812 per m2 If we had paid 10k for a kitchen instead of nearly double We would have dropped under the 800 Labour has been the key to keeping the costs down Or lack of it

I would always favour Traditional over TF If your ever likely to sell Most buyers would prefer Traditional Largely due to the bad TF houses that where thrown up in the 80s Cons for TF More expensive Less solid feel Can be a bit creeky Far more settlement cracks From a self builders point it’s a no brainer Far more pros than cons You will Pay Far more to get to watertight But you will have a fixed price Same work and timescale for drains and foundation But you will have a watertight house in a matter of weeks No weather reliance

We have recently completed For slightly over 800 per sq mtr 5 bed 284 sq mtrs Not including land purchase Still some landscaping to do and lawn to put down

We never came across any roots We had 500 mil to take off the whole plot 1800 deep for strip foundation for house and garages due to the heave from the near by tree Clay board etc 750 tons of much out At least the same back in The muck away cost 13 k

If you are automating your door you need to consider the height from the bottom of the lintel to the underside of the trusses That will usually dictate your door opening height In our case we needed 350 for a roller shutter Which left us with 2250 opening height

No ours was flat as a pancake Just lots of trees and deep foundations