Dave Jones
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agree with other comments, it needs taking off and sorting. https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Conical_roof_slating
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says it all.
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use 7n blocks and fill the cav.
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put the socketts where you want with blanking plates on them. after BCO signoff remove plate and ft socket.
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Who should pay for this: me or my builder?
Dave Jones replied to hendriQ's topic in Costing & Estimating
builders merchants, jewsns, travis etc stock them. Not worth losing the good will of the builder over a £60 flashing kit. wood for the trees mate. -
ASHP Unit distance from property?
Dave Jones replied to ashthekid's topic in Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP)
don't forget your neighbours, how far will it be from neighbouring buildings ? Expensive to rip it out when they complain about the constant noise. -
Heresy! You are preaching to the converted here ......
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cheap method, clean it out then epdm it, try and lap the epdm under the roof sheets ,
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Return on investment - price per sqm?
Dave Jones replied to puntloos's topic in Costing & Estimating
ditto if not 150% too low. -
Who should pay for this: me or my builder?
Dave Jones replied to hendriQ's topic in Costing & Estimating
who is supplying the door handles ? Hinges and latches are normally part of the kit. builder will have priced for normal consumables like screws, nail gun nails and gas etc the flashing kits are separate because there are different kits depending on the roof tiles they need to flash. Just apologise to the builder explain you didn't understand and everything will be fine. -
Boundary Debate...
Dave Jones replied to Mulberry View's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
problem you have is scaling from LR plans is next to impossible, so you either mark it where you 'think' it should be and see what they say then be prepared to comprise until you don't want to anymore and fall out. All depends on how reasonable both parties are and who will likely to be selling up first as boundary disputes have to be notified to future purchasers. -
Boundary Debate...
Dave Jones replied to Mulberry View's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
get a copy of his deeds and see what boundary detail, if any, is marked on them. £12 from land reg. -
looking at the rep[ies, what did i tell you at the fanboys. "My house is 10000m2 and only costs £1 a day and its never on for more than 1 minute etc etc " You'll only ever hear one side of heat pumps on here, have a good read up on the other side.
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id really have a think about that. It will be a LOT cheaper to run oil. If you have an old house without massive insulation then you will have an uphill battle. the tepid water from a heatpump needs massive radiators (3 or 4 times the size of normal ones) unless you fig up the floor and put in underfloor. You will go from limitless hotwater to limited, which may be ok for a small househo9ld but if you have kids etc its like going back to the stone age.
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just realistic. A normal brick and block house with a family they are unsuitable when compared to gas. Yes you can go back to the 70's with tanks and cylinders in the loft, real world you will be paying 300-500 a month in the winter for electric as they dont work when it gets very cold. Read up before taking the plunge.
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Getting stuff up/down stairs
Dave Jones replied to puntloos's topic in New House & Self Build Design
take a window out and crane it in. -
crikey the luddites here all run silent heatpumps that cost 1p a day in winter and never run out of hot water. Dont expect to get impartial advice.
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will be hard to get the correct shade and colour so the ridge would stick out like a sore thumb against the rest of the roof. It would also stick out compared to the neighbours each side and may look odd.
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get a quote for mains gas. Anything upto the cost of the heat pump id pay to have cheap limitless hot water and heat.
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should be fine with a final level and wacker before laying. Use a strong mix sharp sand full bed under the tiles.
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20mm scalping instead of Type 1
Dave Jones replied to dangti6's topic in Landscaping, Decking & Patios
planings are excellent and cheap. -
go into the loft and put your iphone on one of the trusses with the angle finder app.
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composite decking all day loing.
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thats a job done properly. Looks great as it should.
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Seeking advice re standard of roofing work
Dave Jones replied to dave1899's topic in Roofing, Tiling & Slating
thats a good idea. Its not a lot of work to strip and redo that roof properly, a day to get it off a day to recut the trusses properly to drop them 150mm to enable the lead to be fixed and set out the velux spacing so they work to your tile gauge.- 45 replies
