Probably bitten off more than I can chew...

[Allthegearnoidea]

Hi All,

 

I'm glad to have stumbled upon this fantastic resource, as we've started a single-storey extension and I have a lot of questions!  Fingers crossed I'll be mostly OK once it's watertight, but everything up to that stage is all new to me.  After having some proposals done by an architect we know, we approached various builders for pricing and at that stage realised we would need to contract individual trades, do as much as possible ourselves, and have a lot of patience to be able to do this on our budget.  To date, the groundworks are complete (although, the drainage installer forgot the connection to the new W/C and is now having to dig up part of the slab) and walls are up.  I spent most of yesterday covering up the cavities to stop the insulation getting wet over what remains of the winter.

 

I'm waiting on advice from a structural engineer on building the roof, as the low pitch has made things a bit difficult and I have only millimeters to spare.  I'm currently struggling with making sure the drainage from the existing upstairs W/C is building regs compliant, and making myself very confused...thread pending.

 

I'm pretty good with AutoCAD and Google Sketchup, and being able to visualise things in CAD has been a real help.