Declan52

When I priced mine up I sent that ces quarry the volume I needed and they gave me a price for both the liquid type and sand cement. As Dee says if they where a 1m3 short you paid a high price to get another small amount. In the end I got a local guy who laid my sand cement mix but put an additive in to speed up the drying process. Of hand I think I paid £1300 for the complete job of 14m3 with £200 of that the additive.

Ripped the felt of my shed roof. Rattled the back gate that much it opened and swung taking chunks out of the post and bent the hinges right back.

What about a reciprocating saw with a metal cutting blade in it. You can get blades over 250mm which means you can cut it all from the front.

The house that 100k built tonight is about a couple from Antrim. If nothing else we will find out where to buy all the weird stuff piers usually tries to use.

You will be under pressure to have the turkey in it this year!!!

What way did your arch at your front door end up Dee?? Did end up going with Baskil??

I think it was sliders who done a curved wall in his house. Check his blog. http://www.ebuild.co.uk/blog/16/entry-319-wanna-see-a-well-built-stud-take-on-something-curvy/

How do they get it to dry quick and not shrink if it is cement based??? What's it like for sticking tiles too???

Either buy all the materials now and store them or see if the BC guy will hold out for a month before he signs the form or use the money you will get back from the reclaim to help cover the extra costs. The goods have to be delivered to site before the house is signed of or you pay the vat.

The blocks where built when they where wet and you get the salts that are in the concrete and the mortar seep out. The tech term for it is effloressence . let it dry out and most of it will brush of. The best cure is just time so let it sit for as long as possible and just keep brushing it of as it drys out. An old wives tale to treat it is white vinegar and water.

Why does it have to a built into the hob type extractor can you not have a normal one above the hob that either vents out or recirculates???

I would let the outside sit for a at least 6 months to dry out as going by the stains on the blockwork it was built when it was very wet. It will shrink and crack so might as well let the bare blocks crack rather than what ever render you are going with.

+ Vat

We stayed in a hotel last year that had no wi-fi, my good god it was the like the end of the world as we know it so I know what you mean.

I have carpets over 3 rooms that have ufh and it works fine as long as you get a low tog carpet and underlay. Don't take the sales reps word the carpet and underlay is suitable check the documentation before you buy.

A good test if your stairs will work is how easy it is to get the likes of wardrobes up them. If you can get that up them easy enough then they will be fine.

They do glass as that's what I wanted first of all. They make Windows and doors as there main business so glass would be no problem. Having 3 kids we would have been cleaning it all the time so for our sanity we changed our minds. Don't think of hand it was much more expensive maybe a few hundred. Don't phone ballycastle joinery try ballykelly instead!!!!

Ended up painting the spindles white as with an oak for we thought it was just too much oak so needed to break it up. The dog sits there and watches the front door ready to attack and lick visitors to death.

So it's just that brand that is not great but the actual idea of a boiling tap is good then

What would the approx price of a qooker type tap and are they difficult to install

If you go on the self build.ie site and look at who is going to be there at the show it will give you a chance to Google a few of the companies and check them out first.

I also bought the lidl frying pan for my induction hob and for £12 it could not be beat. I have it near a year now and it's still good. Think the brand was Vita Verde or something similar.

I used ballykelly joinery in banbridge for mine. They where pretty good to deal with. Of hand I think for my stairs, open treads spindles Bannister in oak with the cut string in softwood painted white, and 14 softwood door frames was approx £2000. That was 3 years ago though but they where much cheaper than anyone else I got a price from. http://www.ballykellygroup.co.uk Will take a pic when I get home.

I have a neff induction hob and find it great to cook with. No more scraping caked on burnt food if it steams over. Heats up very fast same goes when you reduce temp. Plus very kid safe as it never gets red hot like a ceramic hob. And when you lift the pan off it turns of after a few seconds so you can never leave a ring on. Would never go back to ceramic.

Any site investigation company will be able to sort you out. They will do a few boreholes confirming what the ground buildup is and from this your structural engineer can design your basement to suit. Just a word of warning about a gshp they are expensive to install and maintain compared to an ashp so think long and hard before going down that road.