Hecateh Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 7 minutes ago, Tennentslager said: What...no sarking For the extra few Bob I don't know why it's not standard throughout the UK. Aren't sarking and felt the same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billt Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 It is in England. In Scotland sarking is wooden boards, these days likely to be OSB sheets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hecateh Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 16 minutes ago, billt said: It is in England. In Scotland sarking is wooden boards, these days likely to be OSB sheets. and you meant the boards - must admit it sounds better - however we are (me and my builder) already in dispute of what comes under the quote and what is going to be charged extra. And - as he's the builder I am probably going to be even further over budget - so no more extras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 This was the sarking being done on my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 It's standard in Scotland due to BC because the weather is more wild. See my blog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, Tennentslager said: It's standard in Scotland due to BC because the weather is more wild. And ain't that the truth!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 I have often wondered why roofs are not, shall we called it sheeted. Just seems to make sense to me. I am also surprised that it is not standard down here in the wind and wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 My 1920s bungalow, that is to be demolished, has T&G pine sarking boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Our roof has 18mm OSB sarking boards, too, and we're only about 30 miles or so from the South Coast. It's always seemed daft not to board a roof to me, for a whole host of reasons. The sarking boards stiffen up the roof a great deal, they stop a roofer putting his/her foot through the membrane, they improve airtightness on the outside, reducing "wind wash" of roof internal insulation, etc, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryE Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Ditto. It makes the roof a lot stronger and racks the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hecateh Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 This week I was left owing under £3k I have had a minimum of 5 workers here every day. 8 until 6 Monday to Wednesday. 7 - 6 Thursday, 6 - 6.30 Friday and 6 - 6.30 today. Made them bacon butties this morning and Pizza this evening. Half this effort a few weeks ago and we wouldn't have been in this situation. Scaffolding down and relatively clear site 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Brickwork looks great, very nice? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Looks a nice shell to be getting on with that. Weird ref gables. It's mix down here, some places have gables viewed head on from the road. I understand it was a planning condition of our garage (we didn't build it) to have a hip facing the road. All that wasted space! Our ridge is parallel to the road and we have hips. I'd love to change to gables. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Galan Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Wow, very nice Brickwork Hecateh . My walls are very similar I am looking forward to the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hecateh Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 Electricity finally connected today. Yay! Windows were fitted last week and doors are supposed to be tomorrow. I will then have a finished shell. Whilst there is lots still to do I think a fully watertight shell is a definite landmark and reason to celebrate - even though I had hoped to be in by now. My current house will hopefully be fully on the market by the weekend in order to get the bank holiday viewers. Hopefully my luck will be in and someone will fall in love with it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivienz Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Congratulations! Everything takes longer than you think even when there are no major hitches, as I've found out. Enjoy the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hecateh Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 Uh oh! I think i have a bird nesting in the rafters of the new house. Just been standing in there ruminating and could hear a constant tweet, sounding like an alarm tweet. There is still a 2.7m gap where the patio doors are going to be as well as 2 doorways so I don't think the issue is finding it's way out. I can't see a nest but there must be a reason that bird was going nowhere. There was a collared dove in there last week but that made a hasty exit when I went in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Maybe light a disposable BBQ in there and smoke the little bugger out. Weve got Capt. McChirpface on the gutter at around 05:00 everyday waking everyone up. He'll be getting a cricket bat around the ear if he doesn't shut his little beak up. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Galan Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Bravo. The worst is behind you. The finish is the most pleasant. Good luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 17 hours ago, Nickfromwales said: Maybe light a disposable BBQ in there and smoke the little bugger out. Weve got Capt. McChirpface on the gutter at around 05:00 everyday waking everyone up. He'll be getting a cricket bat around the ear if he doesn't shut his little beak up. At least it isn’t a peacock. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 19 hours ago, Hecateh said: Uh oh! I think i have a bird nesting in the rafters of the new house. Just been standing in there ruminating and could hear a constant tweet, sounding like an alarm tweet. There is still a 2.7m gap where the patio doors are going to be as well as 2 doorways so I don't think the issue is finding it's way out. I can't see a nest but there must be a reason that bird was going nowhere. There was a collared dove in there last week but that made a hasty exit when I went in. If it’s a collared dove you can shoot it provided you can prove damage to crops. Or make like Cromwell and use a pike. if the head stays embedded in a rafter you get instant tradition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hecateh Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 the dove flew out. There is a fledgling greenfinch up in the rafters. I've opened all the windows and am hoping it will find it's way out. It's flown into the glass a few times though so it is wary of trying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Collared doves make the most annoying noise. My neighbours used to keep doves (aka manky pigeons) in a dovecote. They used to spend all day on my other neighbour’s roof and crap all over it. They were hoping that when we built our house they would use our roof instead but they never did lol. One day he got pissed off with them and threw a rock at them that missed and went through his bathroom window . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hecateh Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 I agree their noise is soooo irritating. They nest (well pil a few twigs) behind the Sky Dish, Had three lots of babies lat year, even though I removed the nest between times. This year they have had one baby, I removed the nest straight after it fledged, (about a month ago) and no sign of them since. As I'm selling they aren't going to get chance to build another this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hecateh Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 Milestone Moment Front door panel finally fitted - wishing I had done the same for the back door as well now. The panel is much more contemporary for a new build and as both doors can be seen it would have looked better patio doors finally fitted and open - the door to the right folds right back against the house, will need to fit some sort of restrain for it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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