CalvinHobbes

i am getting a quote of 3k to set up and dismantle and 70 a week on top for inspections for whatever weeks it needs it. Thats with me providing the scaffold.

Doing the foot work.

Sorry for all the questions. I am embarrassed to be asking you so much. So the builder said that they would charge us £75 per hole through the blocks to put in pipes/ducts whereas if we do the beforehand then it costs nowt. So trying to come up with a list of holes we will need to factor in and give them pipe or conduit? So the ashp will need a flow and return as will the MVHR? We will need a hockey stick (still unsure if single phase or 3 phase) exterior light . What other pipes/ducts should I be thinking of? I saw this, could the brickies insert it like they did the meter box? https://www.screwfix.com/p/ip54-weatherproof-outdoor-box-kit/455hh

It's kwikstage.

What is the best way to make the pipe ourselves? We won't need that much of it. I cannot get over the price! How do you get PIR down a pipe?

Thanks, so would you say go with a plasterer as opposed to a builder doing it?

Sorry I should have said we bought the scaffolding and are paying a scaffold firm to put it up and do the inspections/ticket it. We pay weekly for the ticket and any weeks the site is not in use we don't pay. It's so we don't get caught for the horrific delays friends have had.

Just trying to understand the process. Our home is block construction 2 story which is to be rendered. So is it .. blocks up to roof plate, then steels, joinery, roof on. Then rendering (presumably by a plasterer?) then cladding of the top part, then guttering/fascia, any electrical lights So is it after that the scaffolding comes down. Can it be taken down by us - eg. not by a scaffolding firm if no workers are around? Physically we can, I know it's at our own risk. Like does it come down in one go or would the plasterer for the rendering need it to be taken down in stages? If its not tight to the wall surely he can work within it? Looking where we can save money. So hoping we can save by dismantling it and also the render - who can do that? Is it just a plasterer? Can a builder? Can we? How skilled is it? I know plastering inside is skilled. Thinking out loud whilst just about to pay more invoices so feel free!

Would a heat gun help?

Dear god, my head is deeved. We have to make a decision on this roof. Budget is pushing us towards corrugated steel but its 2 story and scaffolders hold you hostage. The thought of paying out for it for regular inspections leaves me sick. We have a 1st floor terrace but could anyone safely get on it to inspect it from there? One side will be accessible by a cherry picker the other side won't. I guess standing seam won't be as needing tlc? Jeez but the price of it.

We have had disagreement about the radon barrier on top of the slab.The groundsman and various builders say you so the perimeter and where the walls go internally & get it checked by the building control, thats what they do elsewhere. Later on you obviously do the rest. BC came out and said no way, do the lot. So that means a lots of stomping on the radon barrier. It seems a risk to it but if it's the way BC want it - it shall be done. I can only guess other BC officers take a diff approach. As a self builder it's confusing but I appreciate our BC is trying to keep us right and he must be following rules. I DO want to do things right. So now got lots of carpet ends and after building control has signed it off with cover it in carpet in the middle to try and keep the plastic undamaged. I said this to the builder and his eyebrows raised above his hairline lol. Other thing, how do we do the windposts? Does the radon go under the windposts or do we tape it around them?

I noticed Fenbro had a Black Friday sale on last November. We expect to be ordering windows in 2 - 3 weeks, are there genuine sales in the UK or Ireland for windows?

The amount shocked me! How common is this? What is the average amount?

I thought they were doing away wth phone lines?

got them laminated locally for speed. It worked for a while but the rain and rough and tumble of the site left them peeling. Still glad though.

bumping in the hope someone knows

What do you wrap around them re thermal bridging?

Whats this? https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/Event/LotDetails/96981372/PLASTIC-DUCTING-SYSTEM-WITH-EXTENDABLE-HOSES-AND-TUBING Ok will stop now but is this stuff any good? We were recommended a vent axia high flow R/H with quiet vent premium radial ducting kit. I think its lines with antibacterial stuff. Kinda tempted by this if it were useful since its not too far away.

I was recommended vent axia through bpc...hmmm https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/Event/LotDetails/97677119/2-X-MIXED-BOXES-OF-ASSORTED-ITEMS-TO-INCLUDE-VENTAXIA-SVARA-APP-CONTROLLED-BATHROOM-AND-KITCHEN-FAN-BLOCK-A-COLLECTION-OR-OPTIONAL-DELIVERY-AVAILABLE

Dunno if it's any use but https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/Event/LotDetails/97307313/GRANT-AERONA3-6KW-INVERTER-DRIVEN-AIR-SOURCE-HEAT-PUMP-HPID6R32-RRP-4483-LOCATION-B2

Your wife is right.

Many many moons ago dad had me at a toilet factory in Stratford. I recall the guy who was making them explain to me how they were graded. It was all to do with how smooth they were, explaining how the bumps caught the faeces. He also said something about the glaze, the hotel loos - best quality had an extra coat. The man said don't skimp on your toilet bowl because you will pay for it in years of cleaning. I asked a retail bathroom salesman about this and he looked like a rabbit in the headlights. Also, this water conservation stuff - do the water saving toilets work? Do they clear the jobbies?

Fabulous, well done. That is so inspiring.

No problem yet and now you have explained it so well I will ensure there won't be if we go with it. The yikes was the thought of going wrong. Much appreciated.