Russell griffiths

Yes, but you still own it.

Does the forum still have a de coiler. forum member near me is looking for it. cheers.

That’s a fairly good argument for a reduction in price.

Trees with TPO on them, look into this now, if having the trees there will hamper the build then your in trouble. getting a TPO removed is a lengthy process unless they are in poor health.

4.8m lift n slide door from norrsken was about £5500. front door £1800.

Mix up a Solution of linseed oil and turps, brush it all over the joins and let it soak in. this used to be the way before the egger stuff was invented.

I hired a floor scabbler to take all the snots off mine. did a180m in a day.

You know the self build centre is in Swindon just down the road.

Vastern have a nice showroom if you haven’t been yet.

I personally think it’s better if the surrounding houses are all a bit different, there’s nothing really you need to fit in with. I had this, the local housing stock was a complete abortion of 1980’s fake Cotswold stone, there was no way they could say they wanted me to match in with a load of houses that shouldn’t have been built like they were.

No they are not removal men, i would want empty rooms, and even carpet pulled back.

Do you actually want to build design two. you might like the concept on paper, but I would avoid that roof design 100%, water needs to get of the building, don’t trap it on top and hope it makes it out of some small outlets. I like option one apart from the glass gable, that is pointless, you have large windows on two elevations already, what’s the glass gable for. design one is a more straightforward build, easier to find good contractors. obviously my personal opinion. one would fit in better locally, easier to build, no sleepless nights worrying about a swimming pool on your roof.

If you have cattle i bet you have a slurry pit, I bet you also have a slurry tanker, I bet you also have an old tank of some sort knocking around, old oil tank or plastic 5000 ltr water tank. dig a hole, put the old tank in the hole, connect caravan to this tank, pump it out when it’s full and empty into slurry pit. winner winner chicken dinner.

Do you have livestock on the farm or just arable. if you have livestock then there’s your answer.

Is that the system that used to be called polar wall

He said cladding was 11 kg a metre, add in 3m of roof batten. call it 15-18kg all in, divide by 9 fixings. under 2kg per fixing.

If you think about it each screw only has about 2-3 kg hanging from it.

Look at the manufacture details, you only need to find one plastic Webb, the others will be spaced the exact distance apart that the factory made them. they haven’t moved, some icf have vertical webbs and some have horizontal. find one and it’s just a bit of measuring to find the rest.

I agree it’s a bit of a bodge but it’s because it’s been poorly planned. The waste coming up should have been closer to the access panel end so he could reach in and make the connection.

Is that a drop on sink in that he can’t get behind there when the sink is in position, if that’s the case he’s going to struggle to get in there, isn’t he.

Are you sure you want it level with the top. wouldn’t you drop the bath into a pre built surround so the bath sits above the tiles. regarding the foam board it will be very sturdy once tiled. close your timber spacing up to 200mm and it will be solid.

Do you know about profiles for your blockwork ends/ corners. if your 1st floor is in it’s easy to make some 4x2 upright at the exact location of the wall ends, simple screw into some scrap timber and plumb up and fix to the floor joists. you can then mark your blockwork gauge or height on this timber and slide your string line up a course as you go.

If you think it could only have a 50 year life span, should you look at the cheaper options to build it rather than a structure that would be there in 100 years. you could go steel frame with timber infill panels, sitting on piles for each steel stancion look at the Australian view of house building. we tend to overthink things over here. .

What’s an FF

Ooh you got a jenson.