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Plus 1 with above If a supplier or contractor does charge vat when he should of He’s liable I did exactly that on some newbuild apartments and ended having to pay the vat out of my own pocket 7k

Most of our commercial jobs separating offices and even bedrooms on Student accommodation use 25 mil and 50 for 300 mil party walls It’s simply to stop the sound bouncing around

25-50 mil of iso acoustic insulation is plenty

Definitely As soon as it becomes hard going It’s time to stop

As. Business we tile lots of liquid screed As part of my business we tile lots of these What doesn’t come off in one pass Doesn’t need scraping If it’s hard to scrape

We normally have an hour Once pass then tile it over Never has an issue

Your probably better putting up a drawing with your question

I’ve had to put ours at 1500 on the wall As designed Not ideal But preferable to long runs of ducting I thought there would be a minimum height But BC stated High as possible

It sends what you mean by sewer pipes 4-6 inch pipes are easy to divert or build over Larger main sewage runs arnt But are mapped out and easy to identify (manhole covers)

I’ve put ours on the wall Not ideal adding a cold spot in you VC

We use both BG metal is thicker and better quality

Like Hoover BG was the first While there metal frame is better than the rest Nothing between any of the PBs Just price

We just use a battery Dewalt 100 quid

I’m currently pricing four self builds for render plastering and tiling All four have purchased the plots from an individual While he’s done all the site surveys and sorted out the planning for each individual home He’s not the main contractor But for a small fee he will bring in Groundwork’s bricklayers etc and a bit of hand holding also The self builders are responsible for paying for materials and contractors I think this is a really good business model The seller sold the plots within six weeks The buyers no exactly when there build can be started There’s no incentive for contractors to overcharge as he has two more of these in the pipeline He reckons there will be about 25% saving on a turnkey build Without the hassle of trying to find trade All are individual designs 2 TF 2 Solids Perhaps the way forward in uncertain times

A lot of companies don’t want generic products I’m governed by the bill of quantities

These are 15% up on what we are paying at the moment But still not much in it

A lot of jobs won’t let me use Knauff mor G ltech

Just thought I’d post a price list BG have sent me for the next 9 months It’s shows how little there is between someone buying one boards and someone like myself who buys thousands Wickes often sell multi finish for less than I buy it

They should really have said that they would prefer it It’s normally Architects that add it to the spec About 50-50 If it’s in your building materials spec You are stuck with it If it’s not thank BC for the ADVISE and tell them your good

VCL isn’t a requirement BC often prefer it As a plastering contractor I price lots of jobs each year Some specifing VCL Most not I didn’t use one on our previous build and won’t on this one I would prefer a foil backed board But the majority of house builders don’t even do that When I quote for VCL it’s normally around £9 m2 supply and fit

I can’t remember ever working on a housing site that doesn’t have mains gas I suppose if there’s so many units they can go to great lengths to get gas on site Our friends self built two years ago and went for LPG over HP and bitterly regret it now

To be fair most jobs we use T bar 3mtr are to big to handle at heights

Theres an exclusive development about 20 miles from me where the builders have been ordered to demolish the lot due to planning breaches Councils seem to be getting tough on planning breaches

Your going to struggle No one keeps them Ordered in them straight out T bar and a 600 piece Just looking at my books I get charged £40 plus vat for part pallets on specials You could offer to pay that It’s only two and a half boards