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Labour rates are still very high Partly due to inflation Mostly due to the pandemic Most sites I work on are deserted by 330 pm Quotes for one off jobs are still very high Shop around

Yep I e used all sorts and never have any tiles come up It’s not that the expensive ones are no good It’s more that flexi adhesive is all pretty bombproof Back in the day we would screed a floor in the morning and go on it with boards and tile in the afternoon Then came flexi 😁

There’s nothing between any of them I never pay over a tenner for flexi I tend to use Tilemaster as it’s made local to me and Rocia and others sell it Unless some dippy Architect's specs Mapei 😁

Our first build is by no means passive But far better than most new builds Sealed with in an inch of its life 70 mil insulated plasterboard on all exterior walls Bit disappointed that hardly any where interested Location m2 privacy Bed-Baths-kitchen

Pretty stupid As we had already had two asking price offers

I wonder if there was two similar homes side by side One Passive The other not Could they ask a premium for the passive house We had about 20 couples around ours Nearly all doctors Only only one asked about the EPC and bills Two computer bods Though they did offer us 100 k below the asking price 😂

Copper is good Most of the sites use plastic Partly for speed and also theft

We had a problem with our four year old tap Paid Quooker 150 for a service and he replaced it with top of the range tank and tap within the 150

Overkill

No

No. This is K dash But no You don’t need white cement or silver sand in the scratch coat

I’ve wet dashed ours with K Dash Ive several pumps that spray the dash but my wife wanted it more random Like I used to do 30 years back in the Lake District White cement Silver sand 3-1-1 The silicone renders keep there colour better

They should be called best guess online 😁

Most of the more powerful extractors state 150 6 inch

We’re nearly finished 2nd fix electrical 310m2 Plus a two story workshop 130 m2 mans an outside boudry box So far I’ve paid him £3600 He’s a day to finish both the house and Workshop burglar alarms and a day to come back when the kitchen is in and I’ve allowed a day for testing He’s working on £200 per day clear I’ve no access to my spreadsheets for material via my phone But can get this if needed

Five years on my wife become a bit of an expert I broke my hand whilst battening out our workshop and was only able to cut and carry the slates So she was left to slate it herself

I would think he’s referring to a cavity tray Which would mean taking a row of bricks out just above the roof and putting a tray into the cavity Many years ago I built a 16 degree extension on the back of my mums house We also had limited room for the lead I slipped the lead under the new trays

I’d check that you dont need planning if it’s on the front of the house

For both you will need a traditional slab or block and beam The polished concrete will go down like a screed afterwards The timber floor can be easily matched as a floating floor

Spot on You move from self build to commercial venture

Yep that grant makes self install pointless

We’ve just had an 11 KW system installed 7.5 grant and 5k for us to pay The problem with self installing is I couldn’t buy the equipment in for 5k The cylinder alone was £1800 The installers know this

Ours are wall sleeved and insulated upto the wall either side