scottishjohn

measure 3 times --mark twice-- expensive mistake if you don,t get all the pipes in right place

plenty of tasteful stone cladding about,don,t hav to be the coronation street bad taste stuff-but it will be more expensive than render --but maybe a feature wall? its your house i see you will have fyffestone bottom anyway looking at piccie i come from that sort of area and cost of it instead of repointing was not that expensive and many of the terraced houses the bricks were getting scabby and faces falling off -- So you can see why it was popular

maybe the blocks were wet onsite before errection --then froze --breaking them up to start with all these type of aero blocks ,must not get wet +frozen or they loose integrity over time

but by the time you count up scaffolding costs and time --maybe a not so bad i would do a deal for the whole roof at beginning -then its up to him how many he breaks

sell them where they are ?buyer removes

I suspect these were built before the requirement for expansion joints in block work . seen plenty of cracks due to that

good idea ,but convincing DNO,s to spend money on up grading grids to take power is the big hold back at this time and the reason why there are not more solar farms --they expect farm developer to pay to upgrade grid to take the power they make -that kills it most times I have already come across that hurdle with my 30 acre seaside plot --ideal for solar --but until dno upgrade network --its a non starter--so could be 5 years before it gets upgraded as all spare capacity has been sucked up by wind turbines already . power companies have too much vested interests elsewhere - not suprising as most are EU based companies and its EU based companies that make and build the wind farms that certainly could change if we go hard brexit with right rules on whgo can build such things in uk EG wholly owned UK companies,building them in UK and paying UK taxes

myTF house was built in the 70,s and no sign of it fallng down or rotting away ,or indeed house values of these early houses being effected by thier age so providing built correctly I see no fixed life for them ,no more than they say brick houses etc have a 60 year life span

I do not consider talk of rainwater harvesting is off track when talking of bore holes and costs and remember there is NO cast iron warranty on how deep they need to go to find a suitable clean supply of water there are lots of other ways to make ranwater drinkaalbe part form a a slow sand filter - Even if you have a bore hoile you still need to make it safe to drink WIth at least UV and maybe other things depending on mineral content of the water one close to me had to have extra gadgets to get rid oF a small amount of arsenic in the water . there is no where in uk where there is not enough rainfall that harvestinbg would not work --If you use national average for water consumption of 150 litre per person per day and 2 people 300x31 =9300litres then a 4 week of NO rain would mean you would need a tank of a minimum size of 12000litres ----to have an emergency reserve .. If money is a consideration --then examine that option --my guess it would be well under 10k even with bore hole you will have maintainence and pump replacements now and then . and bore holes can dry up as well. I am considering this as my plot would need a pumping station to get it up the 100mvertically and 500m horizontally to the house ,so guessing at £15k and 10year replacement of pumps @2k for parts. I would get mains connection to my site at bottom of hill next to main road --then its up to me after that with pump station and elec supply from house down to it the attraction to going mains is no maintainence for me ,and if i want to build some holiday homes then i would need even more storage capacity if own supply from rainwater --30000litre ? looked at borehole --and costs were estimated at £15k for 130m deep hole in granite --,but again no warranty . they could find enough water at 40m --do you feel lucky? I would certainly want to use a contractor that has done boreholes in your area already I went off that cos my plot is right next to my quarry and that has water coming out of rock faces ,so i am suspecting that could effect how much water I would get from bore hole as some of underground water is already escaping into my quarry lake plus i know in summer the flow is much less into the quarry

yep. at leas 3 brands i know of are made on the Island of Ireland

how much sand did he leave ?==its only £30 a ton anyway ---just move it and loose it your garden ,mix with top soil -whatever not worth getting up tight about --

I think northern Ireland is cheaper than mainland UK - It was when i last checked ,but carriage could be a problem to end cost

my view only but the finished job shows he did need them -- and the bigger the tiles the more you need them the finished job is all the facts you need

probably what i will don is 2g and fit thermal blind as i have now --very noticable difference inthe room --they claim 25% better --can,t comment on that but the £80 for blind is definitly worth it if its a big one --which ours is --the biggest std center tilt they make

first thing is when you get this house/plot --work on house that is there --keep it for a year at least --so you can sell it on and have no CGT to pay ,as it is your dwelling --selling it on and not lving in it long enough will trigger CGT. split title soon with any terms for access and road repair written in etc ,etc I would suggest splitting Title FIRST and get favorable valuation on both --then when HMRC come knocking later you are armed with an arms length valauation o fboth bits .just bear ih mind if you value plot too low and you decide to sell it --you will be hit with big tax bill

and they start at £1100--think triple glazed with thermal blind will be good enough for me

you know what they say a verbal agrrement is not worth the paper its written On

just looked at velux brochures can only see triple glazed --

for those of us cwith less money I can reccomend these very highly - work very very well to keep temp up in bathroom in winter +c shade in the summer https://www.velux.co.uk/products/blinds-and-shutters/blackout-energy-blinds

maybe that is the point we should take from this cautionary tale -- If you buy cheap ,then better check qualkity very carefully before laying the extra in adhesive to get a good job could be the cost difference between cheap and good

No not really,as a professional he should have checked the tiles before laying if its such a common problem and if not flat -report to customer before commencment of tile laying

I don,t attempt jobs -- i do them- so do it once do it right with correct tools and no I would not strat without a tile edge leveling+spacing system-not as though they are exspensive

NO YOUR ARE NOT BEING PICKY If you were trying to get the antique 150 year old look its effect like old floor boards personally i would attmept to do that tiling job without using a leveling system

zagger + evans i presume

my wife would go potty if i left gaps like that for her to clean-- all things in bathroom and toilet areas must have no gaps and sealed to meet her spec for cleaning