Post and beam

Just checking up on a TF company. It is already in place with the walls mounted.

Thanks Stu. I will. I hoped the numbers designated it in some way as 'treated'. Personally i dont think it looks like anything other that white pine internal timber. The cut ends do not look like they have and impregnation of anything.

Does anyone that knows have a view on whether this timber is 'treated' timber. And by definition therefore suitable for a soleplate Many thanks in advance keith

Whats the concern?

Thanks dude.

A neater routing strategy is possible in my build if i drill 20mm holes through the kicker blocks at the insulation/screed boundary height. In my ignorance i cannot see why this is not a good idea. Is this routine, acceptable or a totally stupid idea for reasons i dont understand?

Under budget and under time. Congratulations.

Just ordered one. Generator out the back until the leccy is delivered.

To be honest i am trying to fulfill what i was told by the TF company is a requirement for them. I was talking to the TF erector and mentioned in passing that if the SHED i have built as a welfare unit for them survived the build it will become the wifes potting shed. He said 'of course it will survive, they wont use it' !

As i described, we thought the product looked good. We saw this in their offices in Lincolnshire. We also had a tour around the factory. Have gone elsewhere now for the reasons previously stated.

That'll be a no then i guess. As it happens , although the quality looked great they could not deliver the price they said they could when it came time to order.

I dont see how this provides the mains pressure water that the caravan water heater presumably needs. Regardless, i have built a 12 x 8 shed . Now i need to provide it with hot running water

Except they do. Well, the House frame builder does.

Thanks dude

I dont yet have mains water to site and have a need to provide 'hot running water' , All of the heaters i am aware of require a mains connection. I dont think a kettle will do the job, so an URN seems to also not fit the bill. Can anyone point me to an option that can be filled with a reservoir of cold water that can be electrically heated ? Thanks in advance keith

We will be using a 7kw Vaillant arotherm, so i dont suppose the power needs to be very heavy duty. Interested why this wont be enough power or data.

Mibec 4 bore heat pump insulated pipe. 1 each for flow & return and then a data cable and power cable tube. If so is it as much of a faff to get cable through it as i imagine it might be. Mibec-HP-Quadro-datasheet.pdf (insulatedpipe.co.uk)

George Barnsdale Timber Windows for their projects? Out of Spalding.

1000 litres at £108 inc VAT. Sorted. Shame it would have cost £1.20 if i could have used my own tap.

Would have been a plan but i dont have a towbar.

You dont mean all of the £6k to aero Barrier , do you? I spoke to them at length at one of the shows earlier this year. £2100 for a 200 square metre house. It appears they price by the metre. They said that basically they would stay on site all day and keep spraying to get down to almost whatever figure you need. Diminishing returns not withstanding of course.

Potton do this a lot. We looked at 2 through them before we committed. One near colchester and one very close to Stanstead. Our own Potton build will be open to viewings by their prospects once we get to that stage. £250 John lewis vouchers is the usual sweetner i understand.

Thanks Nod. Now i have something to compare with.

The groundworkers brought a 1000 litre container with them 3 weeks ago. There is no water available on site and they have asked me to organise it. So i need to but some.

I need to get a minimum of 1000 litres of water to site this week for the blockwork to start. Can anyone please give me a ballpark figure for North hertfordshire so i have an idea if i am getting a fair price when i get quotes. Many thanks in advance