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  1. Russell griffiths
    The lads I’ve had on site I can count with one hand. I think I have probably saved £200,000 in labour though which is what I wanted.
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    The last house I built in oz I did 75% and had help with the rest, when we started this I said I needed more help. then as we started I just kept doing everything myself got quotes to do stuff but didn’t like them, everything seamed to expensive when I knew I could do it, even if it took longer, then covid came along, things went up, ran out of money, things went up again, ran out of money again. plus I’ve got multiple other things on the go. I’ve also had large periods of time when I just couldn’t be bothered spent hours wondering what on Earth I was doing and why we even started. and I’m just about to start a couple of small refurbishment projects. must be mad, could be sitting on a beach with a cocktail.
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    February 2018 seams like yesterday.
  4. Russell griffiths
    Yesterday we moved into our place, started in 2018 still not 100% finished in 2026, I estimated it would take me 2 years, 🤣🤣 thanks for all the advice from fellow buildhubbers. What we bought, what we have now.
  5. Russell griffiths
    Just be aware lead should not be longer than 1.5m, I’ve seen lads run a roll of lead from top to bottom of a valley, as it’s long and thin it looks like the obvious thing to do, but expansion kills it.
  6. Russell griffiths
    Top pic in my previous post was after washing the floor ready to prime it for tiling. middle pic was the day after it was laid.
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    I remember why the softwood option was cheaper I left large gaps between each board so used a load less boards not saying how big that’s up to you to decide. all fitted with 90mm galv ringshanks nails my labour was free, it took a bloody age. I researched this forever and found that a lot of EU countries used big gaps, and they have been installing this stuff longer than us.
  9. Russell griffiths
    I priced up ply versus sorft wood 100x25 the ply was a lot dearer. but this was in 2020.
  10. Russell griffiths
    I wouldn’t consider osb under the sheets, pull out strength of an 18mm screw is not great. 25mm sarking boards for me.
  11. Russell griffiths
    Go and see the neighbours rip the hedge out and re plant a new one, by the time the house is built it will be 4 feet high and nice and lush.
  12. Russell griffiths
    Cash flow if a contractor supplies a service and materials it’s zero vat if you buy the materials you pay the vat and claim it back, this could be a long time before you get it back.
  13. Russell griffiths
    Depends what door you have, we have a mat well simply because a lot of the modern low threshold doors are very low to the finished floor, so you physically can’t put a mat on top of the floor or the door won’t open. also with the low doors they tend to trap small stones and scratch the floor, the mat wel allows the stones to fall lower allowing the door to open.
  14. Russell griffiths
    How much is the huge fee from the planning consultant our was about £4000 and she worked with us for 18 months getting the plans passed. your not mixing up all the survey fees and other documents with her cost are you. the rest of the fees took it up to £16,000, but the actual planning consultant I felt was very good value.
  15. Russell griffiths
    The cement faced foam core boards can be skimmed, but you use a specific primer. definitely not pva.
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