joe90

Ha, was digging with the JCB yesterday afternoon in an area where I knew my incoming cable was and bingo everything went off, I knew the cable was about a meter deep and I was only taking top soil off so knew I was nowhere near it but I still got flak. It came back on shortly afterwards and heard on the news about the cuts (but was worried fir a bit ?).

Glad you got it sorted BEFORE it leaked, cuz it wud have.

Thats what I used on my build, although with a slate roof, it looks good and not like most plastic stuff.

Oops @canalsiderenovation Forgot the attachment ? https://www.guttersupplies.co.uk/steel-gutter-graphite-c-75/

Perhaps this would look better than plastic unless graphite clashes with grey ?

this from bbc news, is it correct? Under WTO rules, after Brexit, cars would be taxed at 10% when they crossed the UK-EU border. ... The government has set out its plans for tariffs in the case of a no-deal Brexit. Its temporary schedule would mean that 87% of imports by value will be tariff-free, compared with 80% before Brexit.

Why don’t you get another quote or two for a fixed price, gives you a better idea on price accuracy.

Depends on what you store, carpet is heavy,

I used scaffold boards on a previous garage, I also used wires from ceiling joists at two intervals to stop them bending.

We drain our treatment plant (Vortex) into a ditch that’s dry for a couple of months by using a rumble drain, accepted by the powers that be.

I’ve got a big comfy settee in my conservatory (that has big opening windows to make it feel like your outside.

Gosh, looks a little narrow down by the farm, not much room for error (if you get the first bit right ?).

Or a long screw or rod down through the joints (need a long drill bit).

If it were me I would want cordless, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Senco-Duraspin-DS202-14V-Collated-Drywall-Screwdriver-Screwgun/132936407643?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D57477%26meid%3D53b431a0d8684440b07f296b20ea87d0%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26mehot%3Dlo%26sd%3D113787493419%26itm%3D132936407643%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

We had tank LPG in a park home fir 6 months before our build was complete (in winter) and it cost us a fortune .NOTE standing charge fir electricity heating can be discounted as it will exist fir lighting etc enyway.

I think this is not necessarily the case, as the customer you have control and why assume decisions may be rushed or taken for you? Neither were true of my builder (fixed price).

However @nod an established local building company with a large team may be like the builder I employed, not a major player and a large team need not sub out work to anyone available. Perhaps I was lucky with my local builder but they did it all (apart from the work I did) and were great. @gc100 if I were you I would ask to see work “widget and co” have done and speak to the customers to get a handle on how their build went. You have to be confident in your decision.

Go for it then, my only worry was being able to clean the convoluted chimney run of soot!!!! Loads of info in the interweb on how to build you’re own.

Not if they are good and value their customers.

I was intrigued by these stoves but in a well insulated house (not in the artic circle) it won’t be lit often enough to warrant it. Some on this forum will tell you your house will over heat with a wood stove, my wood stove is only lit in very cold weather and is surrounded by a large brick fireplace which sucks the heat in and radiates heat during hours after the burn.

Yes, 12mm, at the wall plate see above about rafters. Between wall plate and bock this was wet plastered over with metal mesh, top of wall plate - rafters, OSB, = foam.

No, I used a local builder with a brilliant reputation, fixed price (for what I wanted as I was supplying and fixings loads myself) I did not even get another quote. I think the difference in timescale is the cruncher ( I.e. rent and frustration at waiting for completion) as they both appear “good” and I would make sure you visit as much as possible and “cast your eye over the work” to make sure everything is exactly as you want as they build it, not afterwards when it can’t be changed. Another thing is the fixed price, it’s amazing how things can go over budget when applying a day rate, you need to budget your build from day one, not have to cut corners later because costs go out the window. I think bill and bob would do a good job but at an unknown cost to you.

I was lucky, they were doing lots of resurfacing around me and I bought about 40 tons of the stuff for my drive and paths etc. At £4 a ton.

We had cess pit that serviced the old bungalow, I had it emptied,knocked the top off and filled it with builders waste (soil, clay, rubble) and topped it off with top soil, cheaper than a skip!!!,

Sorry been away on hols, sort of, used ordinary osb, no membrane, internally below insulation. All joints both vertical and horizontally were covered in 3” osb strips bubble glued and screwed on, didn’t bother trying to land joints on rafters as too much waste and a faf. At the rafters I cut osb to give a 10mm gap around rafters and foamed it too death. I believe this is airtight enough with no droughts and my air test proved this. If you want it more airtight then paint it with a non breathable paint . I am not a fan of tapes and membranes ?.