dogman Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 Winner gets all the "Likes" Rules 1. Must be specific 2. must "like" the winner if you enter they are still working so even i don't know
Bitpipe Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 From experience, probably the whole ground floor erected, although we had them in November so they were working by headlights for a good bit of the day so probably slowed them down somewhat.
Jeremy Harris Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) My experience was the whole ground floor, including all the internal stud walls, plus most of the flooring on the first floor and a few parts of the first floor walls. I was getting in the way on-site, so I left at around 10:30, when they were still lifting stuff off the lorry with a 100ft jib crane. I came back around 16:30 and all the ground floor external and internal walls were up. Edited March 30, 2017 by JSHarris 6
Tennentslager Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 Finished everything, hand printed the house warming invitations, went shopping and left crispy duck in the oven and cold beer in the fridge.? 3
dogman Posted March 30, 2017 Author Posted March 30, 2017 @Tennentslager i like your optimism. But they are still going.
jack Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 All ground floor walls and internal studwork, most of the first floor beams.
dogman Posted March 30, 2017 Author Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) MBC just finished for the day. I'm off to the pub after such a stressful day watching. Will announce the winner after 3 or 4 pints of West Berks best Edited March 30, 2017 by dogman
Nickfromwales Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 Ground and first floor all up less any roof trusses etc. Theyre like bloody machines. Are Brendan and his brother on site?
Trw144 Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 It's finished, except for some minor second fix snagging, and your moving in when you get back from the pub.
jack Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 1 hour ago, Nickfromwales said: Are Brendan and his brother on site? Brendan's brother is Darren. He's the (slightly more) talkative one.
Nickfromwales Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 I could not remember his name for love nor money. They never missed a beat, on site for 6-6:30 every day without fail, a true testament to honour, decency and integrity.........................................................................and then I took them on the piss for a night out in Oxford. Pint then jäegerbomb, then pint then jäegerbomb and so on until around 3am Darren couldn't eat his full cooked brekky ( at just gone 10am ) and Brendan wasn't far behind him. Mine went down the hatch, chuffing lightweights. Nothing like a Welshman to destroy your unblemished record eh ? If anyone sees them just ask about the glow stick
jack Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 All around just thoroughly dependable guys. Everything was always "no bother". Some of them still drop in now and again to say hello (they've done a couple of other houses nearby since doing ours). Remind me never to go drinking with you. The older I get, the sooner my "nope, that's enough" switch kicks in (and it isn't calibrated for shots). Multi-day hangovers have ruined drinking for me.
dogman Posted March 30, 2017 Author Posted March 30, 2017 OK ground floor, first floor joist cassette, and two first floor panels. They started early as scaffold was not due to be erected till Monday and found it was so much easier they got on better than they thought and will be finished with the crane tomorrow.
dogman Posted March 30, 2017 Author Posted March 30, 2017 Having read through the few replies I would say @JSHarris is the winner 1
ProDave Posted March 31, 2017 Posted March 31, 2017 8 hours ago, dogman said: Having read through the few replies I would say @JSHarris is the winner He had the unfair advantage of having first hand experience with then.
Nickfromwales Posted March 31, 2017 Posted March 31, 2017 36 minutes ago, ProDave said: He had the unfair advantage of having first hand experience with then. Sore loser eh? You owe J a 'like' so stump up matey.
PeterW Posted March 31, 2017 Posted March 31, 2017 If we had been able to drop the existing building and go for a full new build then they were my supplier of choice for this very reason - to be able to take a piece of ground from oversite to watertight in 2-3 weeks in the UK in February and March is just exceptional. Looks like quality and attention to detail is there, as is continual improvement of the product if things like the stud marking on the membrane is anything to go by.
Jeremy Harris Posted March 31, 2017 Posted March 31, 2017 Our build started in October, with the base and foundation going down from Monday to Thursday in the first week. The slab was allowed to cure for a few days, and the following Tuesday the house arrived on a truck, at around 08:30. By mid-afternoon of that Tuesday the house looked like this: By midday on Saturday the house was weatherproof, with the roof membrane and tile battens fitted. From starting the foundations to getting to a weatherproof shell took 12 days, with four days where no work took place whilst the slab was curing.
Bitpipe Posted March 31, 2017 Posted March 31, 2017 17 hours ago, Tennentslager said: Finished everything, hand printed the house warming invitations, went shopping and left crispy duck in the oven and cold beer in the fridge.? This thread is becoming worthy of a Pythonesque Four Yorkshire Men style sketch...
MikeSharp01 Posted March 31, 2017 Posted March 31, 2017 (edited) Cripes @Bitpipe are you still allowed to fight with black pudding or is there a law against it - I don't know, cruelty to pigs entrails or some such. Edited March 31, 2017 by MikeSharp01 Typo
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