CalvinHobbes

The lads were there today and put in a heavier new pole and stay which is a good job, safer and it goes along the perimeter rather than at 90 degrees.(on right). They removed the wire stay to the old one and no doubt it will go soon. I know the old pole had 3 phase going to it but not so sure about the new one. They are restringing the neighbourhood and have put in 3 new poles up the street too. It lets us move the driveway. Whatcha think?

Budget is a massive issue, architect put on a zinc roof on the plans lol. Short of winning the lottery that isn't happening. We have 3 weeks before a roof goes on. Architect directed us to another house with corrugated steel and it did look great. Lots of new products on the market and now at the confused stage lol. Any tips?

Hey there, we are looking for something for the roof and some cladding. Friend just used cembrit and it only cost 8k. Any thoughts?

Been informed the unit price is the same regardless also I could get an economy 7 style 3 phase meter.

New build, sliding door moment, had an electric car, cheesed off at slow charging....dunno what to do.

So have a row of mannock blocks along the bottom and at the top of our new build. Now reading about schools and hospitals etc having used aerated concrete in the 50's right up to the 80's and it should be regarded as bad as asbestos. Tell me not to worry!

Impressive thanks

Cheers Jenki.

Hiya, so joists are going in next week, joiner said to use cabershield. I have been ringing around local suppliers to see whats available given the short timespan, I think we can get both cabershield and egger, getting told its 'similar' by the merchants. Is it? Also should we cover it with plastic anyway for added protection? The fecking rain would break your heart. As for tradies not turning up, don't talk to me.

What happened?

What should it have been attached with?

Hello, again - my apologies, agin am here to pick your brains. So our posi joist and posi rafters are due to arrive Friday - yay/phew, equal measure. So the design has a small terrace between our part of the house and mums granny flat. The design was spposed to have a zinc roof (lol, unless we won the lottery that was never happening) and the guttering wiithin the cavity (again, cost led the change) . So trying to get stuff ordered to do the 2 pitched roof's and the flat terrace roof. It's hard for me to understand the architects notes. This trocal Type S waterproof membraneand the trocal sgma protective layer - are there eqivalents you could use? Cheers.

cheers Mike.

Thanks, much appreciated. So even roughly on a house thats 194m2 roughly how many rolls of tescon vana tape and tescon profil would you think?

Hello,architect specified dearest materials on the plans inclding intello plus air tight vapour control membrane and proclima tescon vana tape. Can we use something less high spec like PHS astra membrane instead?

Tiny question in the grand scheme of things. Went to the site to clean out cavities and look at the shape of the tap. Everything is shut here for a bank holiday but I expect the brickies to be back in the morning. I checked the ground, can't see the handle anywhere. Will I have to replace the whole tap or can ye replace the wee handle?

JohnMo I was thinking we should do something similar and hold off for these ones since the factory is opening https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/metal-perovskite-solar-cells-vs-silicon-efficiency-550212/ like would it pay to invest now when the price is set to plummet?

Whoah just saw this, surely we could save on the joinery then by going prehung? What are the downsides? Guessing cost?

Sorry looking at the plans and see this 'Door Leaf 2040 x 826' does that mean that is the size of the door we need to buy? Started looking, jeez the glass ones are dear. I take it the solid ones are best re sound insulation? Anywhere in particular is good to use? Obviously are on a tight budget so swanky is out.

Why are bats so protected? They host the most goddamn awful disease. I thought ebola came from bats in equatorial guinea and bats near wuhan harbour ebola.

Heat pump warehouse says they only deliver to UK mainland. I asked plumber to give me a list of what he needs and I will price around.

So plumber just said the panasonic he priced and well everything really is coming out eye watering. He appears shocked. So thinking is there other reliable brands or ones to clean avoid?

I used to love a gas hob but now, especially in an airtight property I will skip it. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/20/gas-stoves-benzene-levels-study#:~:text=measure benzene indoors.-,Even low doses of airborne benzene raise the risk of,gas stove is turned off.

It doesn't matter what the rules say, if a landlord can sift through cv's they will hardly pick anyone who isn't 'two working professionals who don't have a dog, kids or smoke'. I appreciate why but it's still crap for the many decent people who don't fit into that box. The answer I reckon is to turn many offices into residential. People I meet are constantly telling me they don't want to go back to office based working. I appreciate repurposing buildings isn't easy either.

I was told around here there are 300+ applications for rental homes and the owners go through effective c.v's and no dogs no dhss is common. We got this rental through the architect and we have a dog.