Kelvin

Isn’t one of the issues that the concrete has steel reinforcing bars that rust due to leaky roofs (as it was commonly used to span wide flat roofs) and over time this has failed? I have Mannok foundation blocks too. I doubt I’ll see another 30 years so it will be someone else’s problem 😂

We didn’t get any questions for our registration but I did provide a full ‘pack’ of information that covered every question asked. Registration was pretty quick too.

Great news you’re doing your due diligence on this I did the same. Surely this percolation test failure is a point of negotiation as it will be the same for anyone else interested in buying the plot if you didn’t. Therefore I’d making it a condition of sale that they grant a wayleave as a minimum as part of the purchase. I’d also be talking to them about how to solve the problem for both you and them by coming to some financial agreement on splitting the cost. As it’s an estate do they have access to diggers etc? Reed beds are very difficult to keep from everything I’ve read and prone to failure.

You already own the plot? I’d contact whoever owns the land you need to cross and get that process started now. They might say no, they might want to charge you a load of money you can’t afford so best to establish that ASAP.

I lapped the external wall membrane back into the reveals and placed DPC on the bottom then the window was mounted, foamed to fill gaps and then silicone to seal around it inside and out. I used Siga Wigluv tape to seal the window to the timber kit. The joiner then built the reveals as part of the cladding install and I’ll seal these eventually too. On the inside you lap your airtight membrane around the reveals and then tape to the internal frame. I used pro clima profil tape. Practice how to make corners for a neat finish.

Do a search on here as this has been discussed before. The general consensus seems to be it’s fine as it’s not a huge amount of brine. I’m fitting one to mine.

Materials aren’t more expensive in the SE relative to say Scotland. I bought stuff on-line from all over England cheaper than I can get it locally. Local builders merchants trade on convenience and the ability to same day/next day urgent materials. I’d also say labour seems relatively consistent across most parts. The biggest difference is land cost.

We have two sets of large double Velux rooflights so mounted side by side. This creates bit of complication with every aspect of fitting them including insulating around the frames and airtightness detailing. I’ve dealt with all of that and have now started to look at how to finish the centre. Velux have two ways of doing this. One uses a centre trimmer post which is quite bulky and the other uses a flat trimmer kit which is neater but only comes in white whereas our windows are clear coated. I managed to secure the last two clear coated trimmers posts in the country (I think as you can only get them in white now) however they are very bulky looking. Therefore the options are fit the bulky but matching centre posts I have or fit the neater trimmers and accept they don’t match. I can’t make my mind up which looks best. The first pic shows an off cut of the post in situ.

The whatever reason is likely to be because their sewerage system is now theirs and theirs alone so any problems is on them without relying on other people. They’ve also removed/reduced one considerable difficulty come sale time. Make sure you ask them where they discharge the water from the treatment plant to.

Our planning took 11 weeks but the warrant took 8 instead of the 12.

French doors are a bit more likely to be used than hauling open the bi-folds. We swapped a large impractical balcony door for French doors and glad we did

Nice layout. You’ve left your address on the drawings in case you hadn’t realised.

If you put the post where people are likely drive into to say turnaround or let others past it will get driven into. We had them at our previous place. We had a shared Y shaped drive. We wanted vehicles to use the long branch of the y not the short branch as it passed a house at the bottom of the drive. This was a condition of the planning. The posts got driven into twice. In the end we put on a large very visible planter.

Good stuff. Get onto whoever makes the tiles and ask them which membrane they use, require, recommend. Tell builder to use that one.

That’s awful. Our entire pitched roof was covered like a snooker table and not a single drop of rain came in even in torrential rain. I did it with my joiner and neither of us are roofers or general builders. What’s the roof buildup underneath it?

Pretty much our only condition stipulated how the belmouth should be formed. We got a document that showed all the different types with outs highlighted. I asked how to detail the link between me and the road and was told it had to be done to road spec which wasn’t terribly helpful. Subsequently I’ve got a hold of the guys that do all the roads round here and they are happy to complete this for me for not a huge amount of money.

It’s not cheap to get to a weathertight shell which is what he asked. It’s cheap for a full finish. To get to weathertight including groundworks, cladding, standing seam roof, flat roof, fully insulated, 3G windows and 3G rooflights, first fix plumbing and electrical, and 10m x 6.5m garage we are at £1025/m2 . But I agree in that it won’t get any cheaper as labour costs are still rising. Material costs might come down a bit if there’s a downturn. Hence we decided to crack on with it as waiting would have made it unaffordable.

The garage is connected to the foul pipework.

My SVP comes up through the roof in the detached garage so no penetrations through the house.

TBC nails it above. Sharing anything with neighbours is fine until it isn’t then it can become a pia. Our previous house had a shared catchment tank and associated pump plant, shared visitor parking, shared grounds, shared drive, bin store, shared large brick shed. We managed all this via a mgt committed run by the home owners. It mostly sort of worked but became challenging as we were selling and got worse after we moved. I vowed never to buy another house with shared anything.

I have both materials so can compare side by side. The plastisol coated steel looks great too but it looks painted by comparison.

I have a neater pile of bricks.

Cemfloor recommend windows stay closed for first 24 hours and then open them all afterwards. There will be a lot of moisture. Most people on here will have fitted timber windows with a screed floor.

I do too but I’ve never owned a microwave.