Just changed timber frame supplier

[Kevan Marshall]

Hi,

Was going down the route of Sips build with vaulted truss roof, contacted a few companies and picked a company for the kit that assured me they would build me a nearly passive house and build it in an efficient manor with no hidden extras, 

they told me in second week in January drawing for BC would take about one week, to cut a long story short nearly eight weeks later no drawings, very poor communication, I found another company and now going down total TF design with same U-values as SIP’s, price is 12k dearer but includes all windows and doors, all walls inside, fully plaster boarded inside, I phoned the first company to speak to the director who I could never get a hold of and spoke to the receptionist to say I had lost confidence in them, surprisingly he phoned me back in five minutes and totally understood my decision and apologised for lack of communication and said he was sorry for the delays and could not find an engineer that could do calculations for the steel work, I told him that I was sorry but if things are going wrong at this stage then I cannot let you continue with my build, I am now really glad I have swapped TF supplier…

[Nickfromwales]

16 minutes ago, Kevan Marshall said:

Hi,

Was going down the route of Sips build with vaulted truss roof, contacted a few companies and picked a company for the kit that assured me they would build me a nearly passive house and build it in an efficient manor with no hidden extras, 

they told me in second week in January drawing for BC would take about one week, to cut a long story short nearly eight weeks later no drawings, very poor communication, I found another company and now going down total TF design with same U-values as SIP’s, price is 12k dearer but includes all windows and doors, all walls inside, fully plaster boarded inside, I phoned the first company to speak to the director who I could never get a hold of and spoke to the receptionist to say I had lost confidence in them, surprisingly he phoned me back in five minutes and totally understood my decision and apologised for lack of communication and said he was sorry for the delays and could not find an engineer that could do calculations for the steel work, I told him that I was sorry but if things are going wrong at this stage then I cannot let you continue with my build, I am now really glad I have swapped TF supplier…

The new team are providing a heck of a lot more for £12k  ?!

 

What doors and windows? 1G?

[Kevan Marshall]

1 hour ago, Nickfromwales said:

The new team are providing a heck of a lot more for £12k  ?!

 

What doors and windows? 1G?

Price is for double glazed with u values 1.2, I can pay a little extra for triple glazed with u values down to 0.8, I think with being let down by the first crowd I spent about two hours going through things and asking hundreds of questions, he also taken me to a house to show me the standard of workmanship and I was impressed with the quality of the build

[Nickfromwales]

3 minutes ago, Kevan Marshall said:

Price is for double glazed with u values 1.2, I can pay a little extra for triple glazed with u values down to 0.8, I think with being let down by the first crowd I spent about two hours going through things and asking hundreds of questions, he also taken me to a house to show me the standard of workmanship and I was impressed with the quality of the build

Sounding better with each sentence. Great to hear you've done the proper due diligence of "prove it".

 

3G is a good option if noise from roads or neighbours is a consideration, but other than that I think 2G is suffice for most.

[Kevan Marshall]

8 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

Sounding better with each sentence. Great to hear you've done the proper due diligence of "prove it".

 

3G is a good option if noise from roads or neighbours is a consideration, but other than that I think 2G is suffice for most.

He is going to give me a price for 3G but he says there should not be a big difference in price, my two patio doors at the rear were aluminium lift and slide and I have changed them to PvC composite so he said the quote may be cheaper than original, the fully glazed gable needs to be aluminium lift and slide as it is nearly 6mtrs wide..

[dpmiller]

there was certainly a massive range of levels of completeness and support when we were dealing over ours. I'm really glad we went with our second option. @Kevan Marshall drop me a PM if you want an overview...