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It’s very achievable, the only problem being time, don’t set unrealistic time targets. I’m not flogging myself into the ground either, as a family we’ve got to live life too, that’s how I’ve gone about it. ive made mistakes, but nothing expensive in terms of material cost, just time! Be prepared to learn, mistakes happen, but hey, so what, we keep fighting, and we’ll do better next time. If you get p’ssed off, tools down shut the door go and have a cuppa.

Brick/block 200 sq/m and about 215k flooring/kitchen/skimming and bathrooms to finish and this is me diying it from watertight. Targeting < 250k, but we will be taking a kitchen from rehome etc as this will see us through 5 years or so till I’ve got money for replacement, but even saying that if we choose wisely it could be longer. Not really skimped on anything other than trades so far. 5yrs and counting 🤣

Thanks @Nickfromwales, So I think a nice wide stripe of adhesive at about 900mm and about 2000mm from FFL should tick the boxes for now.

Looking to start dabbing the kitchen this weekend. I'm getting pretty good (i think!) at laying the adhesive on the walls as a frame with intermediate stripes of adhesive vertically at 400 and 800. With me moving onto the kitchen should I be considering adding more adhesive in horizontal stripes for fixing cabinets?

if you are speaking to the dno, they may well be fitting 3ph cutouts as standard now, you'd probably only need 100A for domestic use. However as time goes on you may end up with electric vehicles, faster charging may be a nice to have, so being able to pull from the 3 phases would benefit

Pretty much set and forget, set the firmware to update once a month, do a backup once a month, have a spare on the shelf ready to go JIC. Job's a goodun! Needs no extra input from me, just as it should be!!! VLANS set on the l3 switch passed through to the AP's for various subnets work no problem. Pretty happy with it to be honest.

access points on POE switches is how I do it at work. I run Unifi network server as an app on a general purpose utility server VM. Run a mix of AP's across the factory and offices. Switches for what it's worth are all HPE or Aruba

I’ll bag a t shirt or two… 5 years in here, cliche, but want to be in for this winter, well the heating season, I’ve had enough of overwintering in the bungalow. Had ideas at the start, that we’d get watertight then I’d manage trades, but then a financial reality check with how much trades want to charge and a big I can do that attitude! Means I’m doing it myself, the grunt work, like running cables, routing plumbing, installing mvhr, knocking up stud walls, res bar, mf ceilings, battening out for a flat plasterboard surface, boarding ceilings etc. Why the F would I pay someone to do that, I’d only be sat on my arse putting on timber. &nbsp The slowness of my pace has allowed me to do jobs and pay for materials out of my salary, leaving the build fund in the bank for emergencies. Truth be told though, I’m about ready for a holiday!

Lovely job, I like! Suits your place nicely.

Indeed, right of passage for any self builder. Sounds like you have plenty of room to practice.

Christ alive, indeed, yes, I’m sure it can be done cheaper, so what about 20m2 ish, quick search suggests 150 per m3 for crates, but i bet cheaper if bought from your local civils place. Then backfill with pea gravel, hire in a machine for a weekend. Back of hand calcs suggest less than half your 8k, or am i being optimistic

yep this, like most things, would these days cost more in labour than materials.

You'd need to run the pipes into something to allow the rainwater out, so some form of soakaway with crates, terram, and gravel should suffice. What would you deem as expensive? Have building control indicated anything size wise?

Yep graphite stuff will be your friend for this. This is what I have to use on my locks once a year to keep it smooth. https://www.ultion-lock.co.uk/product/ultion-lock-lubricant/

You will be fine, I remember mine being like a scene from a submarine movie when I put water into it the first time... It's all good experience in the bank.