Do you ever feel like giving up

[daiking]

On 15 September 2016 at 08:07, HouseE said:

Don’t try to finish off everything at once.Take a break and rest it out before you begin afresh.When you do things on your own you a learn a lot of things.By undertaking projects on your own you learn and gain a new skill in maintaining and upkeeping your home.Once you have learnt especially if you have learned it with interest it is unlikely that you would forget it.Taking up projects on your own saves you a lot of money,though contractors are specialists in their area they may charge a lot and you would not be properly aware on how to fix things and you would be thoroughly dependent on professional help even for small things like fixing a leak. Though sometimes it can be really tiring, it can be fun especially if you rope in your family members in to help you out.Here is a blog from a disposal bin rental company called gorilla bins that mentions the benefits of a diy approach to save money http://www.gorillabins.ca/blog/renovation-plans-save-money-with-a-diy-approach/ .  

 

Whatever happened to the other Canadian blog spammer?

 

A great philosopher once wrote
Naughty, naughty, very naughty
Ha ha ha ha ha

 

[Onoff]

1 hour ago, daiking said:

 

Whatever happened to the other Canadian blog spammer?

 

A great philosopher once wrote
Naughty, naughty, very naughty
Ha ha ha ha ha

 

Mr C wasn't it? Chap I worked with was mates with him.

[daiking]

2 hours ago, Onoff said:

Mr C wasn't it? Chap I worked with was mates with him.

 

I was 13 when that came out to it was the soundtrack to school discos throughly much of my youth. I didn't understand it till much later.0

[Onoff]

21 minutes ago, daiking said:

 

I was 13 when that came out to it was the soundtrack to school discos throughly much of my youth. I didn't understand it till much later.0

 

I remember being rather miffed that some of the radio edits weren't on Boss Drum!

 

Not a bad idea, a bit of L.S.I when I need a lift!

[Vijay]

On ‎23‎/‎09‎/‎2016 at 17:16, Gimp said:

I think sometimes there is a degree of luck involved. However, good site analysis can help when choosing plots.

 

My plot came up with a few issues during purchase but it all turned out surprisingly smoothly so far. A lot of the areas where big problems could have arisen turned out to be of little consequence, even ended up as probable plus points.

 

Your statements make me wonder what sort of house your building. If its a Grand Designs style build then your not setting out giving yourself the easiest time in the first place. Most builds can have something individual about them without pushing real far out. Many of the guys you sign up, Architects, SE's, Contractors, etc will likely think from a 'providing service' mentality rather than a 'real involvement' mentality so will go for off the peg solutions that are a given answer for them rather than their own individual thinking. It's not how many of them are trained up I think to think individually, more a use the accepted respected given method and they don't look real deep into whether/how it fits - its how they passed the college education system. That's my thoughts anyway. 

 

It's a large house but certainly not pushing any boundaries in terms of design. Put it this way, it got planning approval first go after 2 pre apps. I genuinely think people don't listen and then the process gets completely drawn out. When you get drawings that you can instantly find basic mistakes, then surely something has to be wrong. Just an example was my first architect having no windows on the landing. When I asked about no natural light in the landing, they said I could get round that by having light tubes from the roof. Now I'm sorry, is that just complete laziness. I won't even go into the issues I've had with structural engineers where a 2 week job is at 7 months now - but almost there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol   I think people just pass the buck to another trade and you can be left running from one to the other week after week

[daiking]

Giving up is what one feels like when you discover your first hollow floor tile. When the only thing you think is not complete sh!t lets you down, you really should give up.

 

I'm going to buy a tent, pitch it in the garden and live there instead.

[ProDave]

I am about to have a break from my new build. I have spent the last 12 months since the basic frame was up, working on my own to get it fully wind and water tight. Last winter came WAY to soon, the building and me were not ready for it.  Only now are things in a state where I don't mind winter arriving.

 

I'm having a break now from the new build, as our existing house has been neglected.  the garden is a jungle all the windows and other woodwork need sanding and re varnishing, and there are lots of minor repairs like two rusted drain covers to be replaced, gutters to clean and unblock etc. So that's the priority now, get the existing house back in shape before I do much more on the new build.
 

[Onoff]

3 hours ago, daiking said:

Giving up is what one feels like when you discover your first hollow floor tile. When the only thing you think is not complete sh!t lets you down, you really should give up.

 

I'm going to buy a tent, pitch it in the garden and live there instead.

 

I reckon you, like me must envy on occasion those starting with a clean slate. I look at some things in my place and the ONLY option is remove and start afresh and the work involved in that can be immense. In just my bathroom the concrete floor was 60mm too high to the rest of the house, the ceiling 150mm higher at one end. The wall being 75mm out paled by comparison. Later I've got to LOWER the whole kitchen where that floor is about 100mm too high, beyond that the boiler room steps up again. Sometimes it's good to look back on old photos of how far you've come rather than how far you've got to go!

 

Trying to think ahead is so important when you've say got to mod the soil stack taking all three WCs whilst still having "facilities" avaiable!

Edited September 29, 2016 by Onoff