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On 06/01/2018 at 17:56, Luckylad said:

Some people use bonding to round out the ceiling

as he said-- a rounded bit of the ceiling

 

They started with board finish but have swapped to multi finish as its not going off so quick.

 

 

 

 

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On 06/01/2018 at 08:13, dogman said:

The next issue according to my wife is the colour of the sofa. 

 

Wife and daughter have been out sofa shopping today.  Bit premature I thought.  Amongst other things, I still need to do the Bath surround/Boxing in, and we all know how long that takes. ?

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On 1/6/2018 at 16:30, dogman said:

Kitchen is from Howdens. Most is here but their design and invoicing details are an absolute mare. The brochure. invoice, plan and delivery notes all have different codes. All the bathrooms have been chosen including a bath covered in copper:S

 

I have left it all to her other than a check to see if i can actually fit it.

 

 

Roof is 25mm cavity, walls 48mm. theses are left clear

 

its the internal studs and the floor void i have filled with rock wool. Its a real pain but helps stop a lot of the echo and resonance in the house.

 

We went with cellulose blown insulation

 

 

Any particular spec for the Rockwool? I've got 304mm posi joist so that woullkd be a lot of Rockwool, and it may be beneficial to get some heat transfer to the 1st floor?

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16 minutes ago, Silage said:

Any particular spec for the Rockwool? I've got 304mm posi joist so that woullkd be a lot of Rockwool, and it may be beneficial to get some heat transfer to the 1st floor?

 

You only need 75-100mm of dense rockwool between floors to reduce sound transfer. More than that will act as a very good heat insulator ..!

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2 hours ago, Silage said:

Any particular spec for the Rockwool? I've got 304mm posi joist so that woullkd be a lot of Rockwool, and it may be beneficial to get some heat transfer to the 1st floor?

 

I went with 50mm. Remember that if you fill too much of the void you've got to consider downlighters getting covered (not an impossible issue but will increase your cost of fitting and choices). I'm really impressed with the sound deadening effects of even just 50mm.  I strapped mine tight to the floor above using packing strap and a stapler.

The lump you can see in the picture is where it covers the radial duct for the MHRV.

 

Oh..... and its the worse job in the world ever!

 

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Another quick update

 

At long last we have finished the plastering. It has come up well and my decorator (wife) is getting on with the painting.

 

For those interested we used 270 sheets of plasterboard with very little waste to go to the tip ( so far two trips at £6 a time)

 

Kitchen cabinets are all installed. The island granite is on order and we are looking at oak for the rest.

 

One big improvement is the Oak porch and balcony. MBC provided these as an extra.

 

Well I am impressed with the outcome and there was not a nail gun insight.

 

Most of the wood came to site as long lengths and the team got to work with a chain mortice and hand chisels

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all the joints were dowelled

 

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The attention to detail was second to none.

 

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 MBC did say that they are doing a lot of oak inside so if you are after oak trusses etc they will use them with the timber frame system

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • dogman changed the title to MBC build- a year later

 

Staircase has arrived and I have now fitted it.

 

We used TKstairs  and have been very pleased with the outcome

We opted for oak with embedded glass and had it part assembled

 

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Although it was heavy the wife and i managed it without help.

 

Glass will be fitted once treated.

Everything fitted and they even send precut oak plugs to cover the dowels

 

 

 

 

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15 hours ago, dogman said:

We used TKstairs  and have been very pleased with the outcome

 

Another vote here for TK. My main stair came from them semi-assembled and it was spot on.

Also just ordered a smaller 3 step staircase for the split level and that's arrived today. It s a flat pack this time (cheaper postage) and even came with a bottle of PVA glue!

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3 hours ago, Barney12 said:

Another vote here for TK

I agree. They were the cheapest once we added the glass and landing balustrade. The software to design them worked:D unlike some. The sales team are really helpful. I did ring them a few times to ask silly questions such as where does this bit go and they could not have been more helpful

 

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