Russell griffiths

Chop back the reveal plaster, if old window is a bit loose whack some angle brackets on them screwed into reveal, remove these when new windows turn up.

That last place was probably the most poorly finished, load of crap I have seen in a long time. I hope he never has to change that thermal store once the house is finished.

You will need a full site fence as part of your public liability insurance, make it a good one.

You won’t want to double handle them, get them unloaded on to your slab, who would want to steal them ???

Imho, mid build fire risk in a brick n block home would be so minimal I wouldn’t give it a second thought. However flood risk is far higher up there, every evening check everything is dry and how it should be. On my last place a plumbing apprentice decided to leave a leak in a newly fitted kitchen cupboard, whilst rushing to get to the pub on a Friday, I called in an hour later to check they had locked up properly to find a damp patch on the floor. They where given the heave ho on Monday morning. A far higher risk I believe.

Somebody on here has just started the exact same thing, they discounted durisol and went with nudura as it was easier to build in the stanchions. Cant remember who sorry.

KASPLOSH. sorry that was no help but it made me chuckle.

Insulation on the cold pipe before you cross over it.

I think the problem you have is the specification you asked for a power floated floor, you have one. Did you ask for it to have a shiny surface like the ones you see in b+q ? did you specify the tolerance? the main problem is contractors are not used to supplying something not normal what you have is perfectly acceptable to 90% of customers, but as self builders we are looking for something better if you had been in America or Australia that floor is far below standard but in England for a garage floor it is probably better than 90% of what is normally carried out.

What time in the day was it finished.

That’s shit, but I have the opposite opinion of Jeremy, its been hit with the power float whilst a bit tacky which is fine, but it should have been done again with the blades angled flatter to shine it right up.

TBH I was very impressed with both the people building last night, I don’t have many good thoughts regarding the younger generation and think the majority of 20-30 year olds are a bunch of wasters, however I was pleasantly surprised by the chubby lad and his misses. Well done to both builders, ( I was going to say couples, but she gave him the elbow) hope he finds a better model and the old one is jealous as hell.

@scottishjohn any idea of the treatment type, I looked at their website and there was a multitude of different products, and where did you buy it, cheers russ.

Fit a stop bead and fit it 3-4 mm away from the soffit, leaves a nice neat line.

Yep been looking all year, must have a dozen samples im afraid none of it fits the bill, if it’s man made it looks man made, nothing compares to the shade variation of natural timber.

I can’t fault Cotswold district council, e mail the day before and he’s on site the next day i don’t know why anybody would go with a private company, unless it’s linked to your warranty. £700 all in plans approval and inspections. At the end of the day if it all falls down you will be on your own. I don’t believe warranties are worth the paper there written on.

Oh if that’s the case 10mm drill and a couple of hours work to keep the retard happy.

Pictures, pictures.

If he wants a weep hole, he should say it needs a cavity tray above them to deflect any falling moisture to the outer face. In theory he’s sort of right, but in reality it’s never going to get any water coming out of them. You might as well say every single wall tie needs a weep hole above it in case moisture drops on the tie and doesn’t drip of.

@Vijay how about that lot, for sale in Bedford

I think we might have covered this before, but is there a reason you need to scaffold all the way around i just brought as much as I wanted to pay for really £4000, we do spend a lot of time moving it about, but paying out £12000 would be a bit painful i suppose you can sell it as it comes down so you can do your internal fit out. I think i have just convinced myself to buy some more.

Pay for him to go private it could be the best grand you’ve spent.

M4 junction 15, you can play with mine anytime.

Can you go somewhere and have a mess with it,

I think Pinterest is the place to look.