Declan52

I used keylite in mine and they are performing well. Just make sure when you get the prices in that they are for the complete unit with all the collars and flashing strips that you need.

Think they are all one and the same just a different branch to the lagan group. I had samples of nearly every tile lagan had a set them on the roof and me and the wife stood back and ruled them out one by one. Being concrete I didn't think the rough leading edge would weather well and end up with grey stripes over the roof. A roof I looked at only had them installed a few months so was no help to me. My own plain concrete tiles have faded a bit but as long as they keep the rain out I will be happy enough. What did they look like at the Hillsborough site.

That's is a mighty fine looking house you have built there. Congratulations and I bet your glad to see the back of the caravan. Oh and the joys if a self build mean there is always something left to do to keep you occupied for another few years.

If you went into a butcher's and asked for sirloin steak and he gave you pork chops would you not think it was a bit strange. If you ask for a price for a particular product why would both merchants price up a completely different one. All sales reps get backhanders from companies in every line of work wether it be dinners out or golf days it's how buttering the wheels work. If they had included the price for the earthwool and gave an option of the actis product then that would have been fair enough but they didn't.

Just a standard drum from screwfix. About a litre of pva into a half full builders bucket is what I used. Just make sure the floor has cured fully first. http://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-pva-5ltr/57248

Weak pva mix put down with a paint roller worked for me.

Can you not just use a 110mm slip collar and make sure pipe is cut square and filled smooth so there are no jaggy edges on it. Will give you a collar at the top to which you can attach whatever you want.

It's very hard to paint or plaster in poor light. Impossible to get it good under a floodlight as well. You wouldn't want to be breaking ground in December with a high water table or your site will be a complete mess in no time and you don't be long churning the ground up with machines and delivery lorries. Get a good hard road in with a wide access point, some drivers are amazing others are amazing how they are still in a job. A nice flat area to unload all your materials on to. These will make some difference to how your build runs.

Is there a hole in the bucket. When you dig and its wet it sucks into it like a vacuum.

Tap where it is to see if there is a joist there. If there is no joist it can't be a screw. Never seen that one before .

Having worked outside for too many years you would be surprised how few days over winter where it would be a complete washout. The cold stopped work more as scaffolding isn't much fun when it's frozen. If you had the roof on before the cold came you would be flying. You can cover up any openings easily enough till the windows go in.

Gearbox oil is usually every 1000 hrs. Depends on machine but they take about 1 to 1.5 litres of oil. Hydraulic oil every 3000 as its a full drain but maybe as yours is an older machine it might need changing more often if it gets cloudy. Check your filters and see how dirty they are. 140 hrs isn't a lot of work and as you say it hasnt been abused either. Give it a good few tubs of grease esp on the track tensioner and it should keep it going.

And half the weight esp if they are rubber.

I ran mine from the boundary to my door just buried in pea gravel. Only went into a duct when it entered the house to where it came out through the floor.

One guy working,digger driver, one guy looking for worms and 2 supervisors keeping a close eye on them. Standard site practice in operation there.

Use a long 90 sweep to come up through. Easier to push pipe through and less chance of kinking the water pipe.

High tech (expensive) can do distances but mainly used for level. If it's just to put levels at the start then I would just hire a good one and make a few marks on site that everyone else can take levels from.

Go to a different builders merchants and ask for a price for what you want not what they want to sell you. Make it clear you only want a price for the frame therm type insulation not any other materials that he thinks you need to use. If that fails email knauf direct and explain the situation and could they give you a price direct or the contact details of someone who will be able to. Your money so be firm and take no shat of anyone. Spend it on what you want for your build not what will get a rep a big bonus.

Boat drops anchor, handbrake turns, throws all the cheap Chinese stuff overboard and is back pointing homewards before customs have had a chance to inspect.

The grout against the door frame would come loose eventually as the frame expands and contracts with the sun so a good flexible sealant would be better.

They will slide easy enough on a scaffold pole or plank. Tracks wear away quicker if on hardcore so it will depend on what you are driving on. Easy enough to replace a track. Grease gun, crow bar and a set of spanners is all you need . But for that size of digger it will be a 2/3 man job lifting it into position.

With the bucket of it might but def not side on or you will tip. You will end up setting them on the walls at the start, maybe 2/3m in and walking them to where they need to be. Lifting with forks is not easy and when it goes wrong it goes tits up very quickly. You will blow a check valve or end up on tipped over before you have a chance to do anything.

Pop a floor board above and confirm if any joists are sitting on the wall. After that it's a couple of accrows and a big sledge and fill your boots. Depends on what you find you might need a steel beam in as support.

Bought a cheap hoover from screwfix and me the wife and kids got stuck into it. A mist coat on the walls and ceilings will help to keep the dust down plus some weak PVA on the floor.

We done a lot of boreholes along routes for roads, pipelines and even electricity cables. They like to know what's there so they don't come across anything like peat or even shallow rock for example. I done a job for a new water main near the length of county Armagh from top to bottom with a hole to 3-4m every 500m.