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I’ve one drain simalar to yours running parrelel to our build We has to start high to get the required fall So about two metres has hardly any cover on it BC said its ok just put a strong mix over it when I bed the flags

I recently plastered out two virtually self builds One TF The other traditional I asked the question of cost so far TF £110000 Traditional £70000 Which perhaps explains why mainstream house builders don’t do many nowadays. Also I You would limit your market As some people will always want bricks Another was that the TF house was started seven weeks after the tradition and had caught up by pre plaster So that’s something worth considering

Bloody hell Now that’s an estimate

Ah so it is Scotland What I rip off

Is there some confusion here I thought a building warrant was a scrimshaw term for inlisting building control Or am I wrong? Im building a 284 square mtr house and as previously stated only paid £795 for the duration of the build

It really is a best guess Situstion You can be within budget Building at under £1000 per square metre and decide to install an elaborate exspensive kitchen or spend a packet on bathrooms Which would impact your sq mtr cost drastically BC fees are very low and good value when you go through your local authority Im paying £795 All in

I took the plunge and had both my eye lenses replaced at the same time Make my work life easier I had pretty bad astigmatism Now I’ve great distance and close up

You make a good point The TF go up fast Somtines to fast I work on both It amazes me how far some of the TF can be out of aquare and out of plumb They usually blame the slab construction But seem to get away with it As it’s to difficult to alter afterwards

Yes clear the area quickly then get your fence in just as quick. If you leave it a few more weeks It won’t look like you’ve touched it a month later where as if you do anything in the winter months it’s pretty obvious what you have done When we moved the fence out at our house one neighbour rumbled us and came round As he didn’t want us getting in any bother We thanked him for the heads up and moved it anyway Five years later guess what he moved his boundary inline with ours On the new plot we contacted the land registry They told us that they mostly relied on estate agents measurements I couldn’t believe it either So the wooded area that separates us from the eighteen green Half has become ours We has to fell six large tree The green keeper said he would be upset if any droped his way That was twelve months ago The six stumps have virtually rotted Our neighbour has started clearing their half now

Yep done it at the house we live in and fenced an area off in the woods at the back of our plot

I’ve done mine in block and block Timber frame are easier to make airtight But if tradition is done right you will be able to make it airtight and easy to heat The big advantage of timber frame is that you can quickly get on with the inside Disadvantage is the cost

Yep Exactly ny wife’s point when I sugested chrome origenally

Yes we’ve always had white But it sort of made sense what the Architect said Our electrician made a simalar comment early on saying that there is an awful lot of socket and metal will stand out

We had intended using a good quality brushed steel S&S But after watching a recent episode of building the dream The architect talked a couple into using a small profile white Telling them he hated sockets Why would you want to highlight them Iwas wondering wagat others have done

Great topic post very helpful Thanks again Ferdinand

Yes Ian its a pain when you make extra work for yourself But really annoying when it is caused by others

I’m hiring a paint sprayer from speedy next week £105 for the week Does anyone no the coverage per 10 ltr bucket I’ve seen a post from a paint sprayer on here Apology’s as I can’t rember the name

I served my apprenticeship with a Wigan company and the boss used to say Go on tell me your Lerm didn’t go off this morning

Rik Of eye twist of gob

I would simply build it up between the two joists with a solid concrete block A simple way would be to pack it with insulation

Yes I used to do mine at the beginning of Sumer and it would stay pretty clean But once the cold wet weather arrived It was back In the ninetys There was an estate that near us either several hundred houses that was badly effected I think if there was a way of stoping it coming back the mainstream builders would use it

It’s mealey Salt in the brick our current is a simalar brick to yours We would simply jet wash it off It stoped coming after about ten years arrest are building near our plot Using a light coloured brick and all the houses are caked in the stuff Tgey cleaned them all off about a month ago but they are starting to show white patches again

Unfortunately these things happen with render systems Most they don’t use if the temperature is likely to fall below +5 But then when the cold weather breaks the rain comes Three of us put 80 mtrs of render on yesterday afternoon It has baked hard by this morning It’s taken three of us till now to rub down rock hard render Normally one person would have an easy day doing such a small amount Hot weather can be worse than the cold

Yes the state was taking all of there earnings A billion $ per year Its a bit of a myth how hard the Euro workers will work My brother worked as a Brickie in Germany back in the early 80s and was earning five or six times what he could earn here So would go anywhere and work silly hours

I had to chuckle whilst watching a documentary on North Korean labour The gang master at a shipyard in Poland said The problem with Polish workers is they won’t work exstra shift and don’t want weekend work He obviously not been to the U.K.