Pm1987

Does anyone know of any decent glazing companies that could build a glass partition wall suitable for a bathroom ?

Durisol told me I didn’t require bracing for anything under 2.5m pours. The concrete pump company told me to brace everywhere and wasn’t convinced I wasn’t going to have burst everywhere when they arrived to do each pour as I had done a bit of a happy medium as didn’t know who to listen to. In the end I had no burst and only two blocks slightly move during the pour. The concrete pump company who do loads of ICF pours say it’s the first they hadn’t seen any burst so maybe durisol was right all along. In total I had around 8 pours done. The first half dozen blocks don’t weigh much at the lower courses but wait till your at the top of the first floor gable end and you’ll feel the weight of them. This is especially true when they have been sat in the wet for a few months.

I just hope as many people see this and avoid like the plague. Craig Luff the director has tried to pin all the issues on Covid but most are due to the staff incompetence. Covid has no impact of breakages, windows And doors being measure wrong. He also emphasises how they are health and safety played a major part in the Covid delaying the site team but the site team followed no government advice such as face masks , gloves, 15min close proximity working periods or even hand sanitisation. He also refuses to reimburse the timber he used without permission but now offered to refund it if I remove my one start rating on google. If that one star rating puts at least one person off using them I would rather do without the cash. Does anyone know if triple glazing falls under the 2015 consumer rights act ?

Hi John I’m just outside of Beith. Small place with lots of local gossip so you may well know the build location ?

I changed architect during the design stage due to the costs increasing and had no issues. It was all very amicable and no bad feelings from us or them. They fully understood we had a very tight budget and a 5k saving on architect fees meant more money to play with. We are still in contact with them and they happily answer any questions we have when we cant contact our new architect.

I used Durisol myself. Although they are heavy there is nothing complicated about the system and a decent builder should be able to throw them up. I had quotes from Durisol, Econeckts, Nudura and a few others but went off the idea of the poly blocks due to me imagining difficulties with attaching fixings into them.

Hi guys Im Phil from Ayrshire. I had always dreamed of a self build and eventually started the dream 3 years ago. There have been highs (buying the land and the foundations being dug) and lows (specialist blast loadings and window issues) on the journey so far but we actually started building last August and now at the plastering stage so nearly there or so I keep telling the wife.

We went with Ecohaus internorm and I would warn people to steer well clear of them. Its been nothing but a shambles since placing the order. Below is a small samples of the issues I have found. Once they have your money they don't care. Constant lies about delivery dates (They couldn't even tell me if the windows were in the country). Two doors didn't fit the correct position they were meant to be installed but "accidentally" installed were they would fit (back and side doors wrong way round). Offered to change the doors at my cost but after pointing out it was there error received a partial refund but now been waiting over 6 weeks for replacement parts with no final installation date. One frame was a different width from all of the others. Been waiting an additional 6 weeks now with no final installation date. Two windows broken during installation. Been waiting 6 weeks now with no final installation date. One window didn't fit so cill carrier removed without being asked if this was ok. I have told Ecohaus Im not happy and want this fixed but have been ignored.This window now sites lower than the rest of the windows. When the guys arrived to install they informed me they required scaffolding (at my cost) after the pre-installation visit a week prior when no such thing was mentioned. This led to arguments on site before Ecohaus did provide it. Argumentative directors who don't understand whats happening on site.The fitters do not pass any issues to management and when you call to discuss issues they have no idea what your talking about. On site team have to be reminded daily to remove waste from the packaging from site. Argumentative site installers. Unsafe working practices. Installation team should have used a genie lift to move the windows onto first floor but instead build a frame (using my materials without asking) and pushed 135kg panes by hand. See attached death trap. Unsafe working practices. 2 / 3 men expected to lift 135kg windows into place when standard maximum lift weight is 25kg. This was questioned but told they always use three men. Poor installation in general. We were never asked to do a walk round and we sent a snagging list of around 50 points they had to come back and amend. I have noticed another few areas around the windows that you can still see daylight through since then. The windows themselves are aluminium clad and do look good (still haven't removed the protective films) but for £40k I would have hoped for a stress free installation.