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  1. Big Jimbo
    I expect you will find it cracked all over, and prob end up re-doing
  2. Big Jimbo
    If i could'nt get a clearance of 1200mm to an island, i would dump it. Just me. I always find that if two people cant pass easily, it's a pain in the butt
  3. Big Jimbo
    Fingers crossed it is just a badly laid screed.
  4. Big Jimbo
    It could well be badly laid screed. Not compacted enough when it was put down.
  5. Big Jimbo
    How about cladding them. Timber, or cement board.
  6. Big Jimbo
    As i said i would rather build in timber. I think i will have to speak to some mortgage lenders, and brokers to see how different building methods are viewed.
  7. Big Jimbo
    At 45 degree pitch, with much larger floor joists than your existing ceiling joists i would guess at an inside apex point of 7.5 mt. So say dwarf walls either side of 1.2 mt, might end up with a room 4.5mt wide but with sloping ceilings either side. I expect that the actual 6ft tall person would have about 3.5mt x 20mt, if gable ends to walk around. Less the space for the stairs. Fitting kitchen units, fridge freezer etc, will be a pain with sloping ceilings. I find sloping ceilings quite oppressive. The result i feel would be a dissproportunate long thin room. And i would want a toilet up there. I don't want to have to go downstairs for a wee. My option would cost you more, but the extra square footage would prop pay for the extra cost in value.
  8. Big Jimbo
    I am currently thinking of whether to build in Block and Block........Timber frame, with external Blockwork......... Or just timber frame, clad up top with Cement Board, and rendered on the Bottom half. I would rather build in just timber. Wood I beams would be great for walls and roof. The biggest problem i have is re-sale. I know that these days insurance can be just the same for standard and non standard construction. I am however concerned that somebody looking to get a mortgage on a house that is considered "Non standard construction" could be limited, and that might put them off buying my house . That and the though that non standard (through perhaps lack of understanding) might put them off altogether. I don't want to limit my end market if i decide to sell and move on.
  9. Big Jimbo
    The whole place looks fantastic Herb
  10. Big Jimbo
    I stand corrected on what the top coat might be called. Still an utter shite job by builder, and Grp'er.
  11. Big Jimbo
    I have heard that the price would make your eyes water. It is basically, a finished product craned onto the top of the existing, so would defo save a load of time.
  12. Big Jimbo
    Warm roof = joists, firing pieces, osb, Vcl, insulation, + roof finish epdm etc....... No void.
  13. Big Jimbo
    You dont get a void with a warm roof Mr Punter. Insulation is on top of the roof. Including the firing pieces.
  14. Big Jimbo
    Very expensive from what i have heard.
  15. Big Jimbo
    No it's not. It's a bodge. might be ok for a few years, But...................................................
  16. Big Jimbo
    8 meters even at 45 degree pitch won't give you a huge room. In my opinion you would be better off considering adding perhaps a half storey in timber and then a pitch at a shallower degree. This would give you the footprint that you have downstairs, with eaves at perhaps 1.2 plus metres. Much more usable space.
  17. Big Jimbo
    That should help then. Meet your Architect without your builder being present. Let him know that the construction of your roof has been done with no firing pieces, and that the quality of the GRP roofing is very poor. He should also be telling you that the roof needs to be ripped off.
  18. Big Jimbo
    Just to say, if your Architect recommended the builder, be very careful. He will be on a few bob from the builder for recomending him to you. This means that he will usually side with the buider and tell you that what he is proposing is fine. Seen it many times.
  19. Big Jimbo
    So it's a warm roof. Needs to be ripped off then. I don't care what others say. The GRP bodger has used cut edges of glass on your trims, instead of fraying them. And, i can see the glass through the gel coat. This GRP roof was not done by a pro. It was prob done by his lads who did'nt have much of a clue. Unless your builder is a total muppet, he knew your roof had not been constructed properly. (No firing pieces) However, he hoped it would be ok, and carried on regardless. He has been caught out. (Thankfully) Make him do it properly. The bodge he is proposing will cause you untold problems in the future when he and his g-tee is long gone. Anybody in the future who comes to put your roof right is going to tell you that to do it properly is going to be roof off job. That is going to cost you a fortune, and a crap load of stress. You have the chance to avoid all that. Up to you, but without question, you have not got what you are paying for. Get it ripped off, and done right now. Or, live to regret it.
  20. Big Jimbo
    What a very nice bunch of people on here. The paid builder built a roof and did'nt bother to create any fall with firing pieces. This is'nt DIY. This is a paid local professional builder. Has he never done a roof before ? None of this is canalsides fault. He has admitted that he knew it was a crap job, but instead of adressing it, he has carried on with the build ! So how is he now going to fit the firing pieces that he did'nt bother to fit ? Is he going to glass them on to the existing roof finish ? Is he going to screw them down through the glass roof into the joists below ? (He is going to need bloody long screws) If that is a warm roof, he is now going to create an unventilated void above it that condensation will love. If he does screw the firing pieces down, there goes the waterproof layer of the existing crap grp roof. Those new firing pieces in the unventilated space are going to get seriously damp, and rot. What he is proposing is going to leave you with nothing that will ever be any better than a bodge job. And a bodge job that you will have paid for. I'm afraid to say it's time to put his hands up. Stick a tin hat on top of those sections of your property, rip that rotton roof off, and do the job properly. In my opinion anythink else is just a total bodge job, and not what you are paying for. Regardless of what you end up doing, tell me you are not seriously going to let the same GRP specialist !!!!!! that has done such a rubbish job anywhere near your property.
  21. Big Jimbo
    IMO the biggest problem will be planning.
  22. Big Jimbo
    I always prefer to do it. Id rather it leaked air than a load of water. I normally test at about 4bar. Higher than the crappy water pressure supplied to my house. I usually leave it for an hour.
  23. Big Jimbo
    That looks like the dog's bits. Love it.
  24. Big Jimbo
    So glad about your "Good news" fella. Can't have you going anywhere. Much too valued on here.
  25. Big Jimbo
    I know you can get daylight bulbs... Might help a bit. I dislike the winter. Dark mornings, getting dark early. I must get some vit D.
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