LSB

definitely,

well done Geoff, not that far from the finish line, just as it warms up for the rental.

where shall we do this.

ours was 120 with an extra 600 for pump regardless of how much we had. we had 3 lorry loads. they co-ordinated themselves, sent one and then the other one despatched whilst the first pouring and same for the third one as not enough room for multiple lorries We've found, not sure why, that we've needed more for every pour than we originally thought. First lot was mix on site, next 2 were ready mixed. There is a company near here who are slightly cheaper, but they are supplying Sizewell C build and a huge wind farm and I wasn't convinced that we would be treated seriously. the guys were brilliant and worked really hard in 30 degree heat, anyone remember that last summer 🙂 But, not perfectly level due to drying very quickly, but as we need insulation and screed for UFH it's fine.

we have been building ours block by block ourselves, we also have a blog, little stud farm. its been going on for years and will be many more before finished, but the only external people is concrete and the (very expensive) preliminaries, planning, drawings, architects, building control. I must get around to putting our latest blog update as I think the last one is months ago.

Our barn conversion is 120m from the road. Bins will go road side same as our host house, bit of a trek down a slope, but hey ho. We have to have sprinklers with their own water supply. So we have normal house water on a meter and a separate bigger supply just for sprinklers. Both pipes run from the road up the slope. No way a fire engine could turn, but was approved because of existing building and conversion with sprinkers.

One of my daughters is currently looking to buy in Felixstowe, but will only consider new build. This is despite me sending her details of lovely older house that are bigger and cheaper. another daughter bought a new build near Bristol, heap of rubbish, flooded downstairs bathroom, garden full of rocks and lots of other issues. And now she can't sell it because of the offers from the developers for new ones mean that she would need to sell for 25k less than she paid 5 years ago and she can't do that with her mortgage. Another daughter bought new in Oxford where the oven wasn't attached and they had to pay to have it fixed as developer wouldn't take responsibility and being young they didn't make a fuss like I would. So, yes youngsters like new, even when their dad is a builder and can help with an older one. That said, another one had just bought a 17c listed house in Suffolk. Yes, I have lots of daughters 🙂

We use a combination of heavy and thermalite blocks. Anywhere that we are likely to need to attach internal fittings to the wall (kitchen cabinets) we use heavy, but where it will be just a blank wall then we use lite. This keeps our SAP lower without the risk of blocks not being strong enough.

Sounds like a good plan. Baby pram is for grandchild no. 4, not for me in my 60's 🙂

If alan can't make 5pm them we could meet later somewhere else. I'm pretty free today apart from looking at baby prams 🙂 at lunchtime

Needs to be in daylight it we go to yours, so 5pm.

We'd love to see your place, but didn't Johnny B say yes as well. And the poachers is good as well.

Are we meeting tomorrow. If so where and when

as in the 19th ? fine for us

We can do this.