markc

Basic surveying shouldn’t cost much at all. You don’t need fancy instruments. for your project a water level or basic laser is more than accurate enough. and yes a layperson can do it.…. What is a lay person anyway?

You shouldn’t shim but it often happens. If these are not ground floor then packing puts the tops level but makes boarding the underside a real P.I.T.A.

“Bounce squared” now there’s an equation I’m not familiar with ?, has a nice ring to it tho.

As it’s in a garage and intended as a utility I would probably go with Vinyl planks

+1 to the above. trying to fit corrugated around Velux or other box protrusions is very difficult aesthetically and mechanically. fit the protrusion to suit the corrugated sheets as half corrugations are a pain to seal and never look right.

Haha, can’t knock a bit of galvanic action

Galvafroid , not galvonoid, brilliant stuff, haven’t bought or needed any in years so not sure if you can still get it.

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Spa tub look amazing in adverts and sounds wonderful, in reality they are rarely used and are a pain to clean and keep clean … water hangs around in the pipes and jets and they need regular cleaning and disinfecting

No problem, council tax should really have read rateable value, nothing to worry about as a tenant.

Council tax! Our business premises are measured approx every 5 years. Quite common with blocks of flats and they often use a typical flat for the measure instead of doing them all

As above, if you already have a backhoe (assuming it’s 3cx or similar size) then a breaker for that will be ok. Pecker is easy to use but knock he’ll out of the machine , 3cx we’re known for shattering glass or it falling out while pecking. granite shatters so pecker away from yourself and have some boards propped up to catch most of the flying debris

Get a 13 to 20 ton excavator in with a pecker and save yourself a lot of work. Have it done in a couple of days

Who’s Dewalt? ?

I’m a Winner …. Not dead yet but also not intending parting with any tools

That’s high unless it’s a lot of hand digging.

Oh no! How come?

??? nice 1 any pics? I’m curious what you have done and how.

A country or nation using its resources to benefit it own people? how dare you ? next you will be suggesting politicians and governments should do the best for the people too.

As above, also roof pitch. Steep roofs shed water quicker and this can hit an half round and go up and over other edge

Why would a man-made slate require different fixings? Many are slate dust in resin so are just tougher, longer lasting but more uniform

Agreed

The builder is talking crap, no way would they be able to do that and get the same compaction and layer to match the original. you have made sacrifices to accommodate their error, instead of money changing hands go for something additional as compensation, patio, landscaping etc.

The floor finish would be a better insulator than what’s under the pipes so nearly all the heat would be lost to the block and beam which would suck heat away

About 4 years ago my daughter moved into (luckily renting) a brand new 4 bed development house …. Unbelievably bad quality, insulation was thrown into the loft space, plumbing was forever leaving, flickering lights and appliances due to loose connections. At least they didn’t need the lounge concrete slab breaking up to get to the foul drain like next door. just bought her a 50’s council house and she immediately noticed the difference in build quality .. walls don’t move when you close doors, can’t hear the neighbours talking outside and she says it feels so much warmer