Hi Rich, Welcome to the world of the self-builder... You want to know how realistic your budget is.... Well, I am sure there will be many who can tell you they...
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Hi All, Great postings. I have a quick question about Party Wall Notice. I have started a construction of a house but didnt give the neighbour a party wall...
I need to build a workshop 3.5m x 5m only single storey with a mono pitched roof. What do you think would be the most cost effective method of construction to...
Hi Ho Yin, An architect asking self builders??? The lunatics have finally taken over the assylum! For me 1 is out. Attaching things to the wall would be a...
Who better to ask for opinions? Architects should never think of themselves as higher in terms of knowledge from selfbuilders. How many architects actually...
Fair comments! I did my basement as a cast in situ reinforced wall with CLS rail top and bottom and vertical studs at 600 intervals. It went so well that...
I just failed to put in the winning bid on a plot of 0.04 Ha (1/10 of an acre), about 120 miles outside London. This is in a commuter village about 5 miles...
With a "true" timber frame, can you build the outer wall first? Don't you need to put in screw-in wall ties to the TF as you build up the outer leaf? Or can...
I've just stickbuilt a similar 4x4m workshop. Loads of 4x2, 4x4 uprights, 18mm shuttering ply (£14 per 8x4 sheet) to rack it all, clad in Red Cedar to match...
We're starting to get ready to tank the outside of one of our garage walls (the only one which has ground up above the damp proof layer) which is made of old...
Since it's only going to be a garage wall it won't exactly be the end of the world if it should spring a leak. I'd go for simple 'bitumen paint' which will be...
'not far off that up here ... I suspect a straight price per acre does really work for village in-fill ... maybe there's some sort of peak, perhaps it's around...
I agree entirely about the size and car concerns, but the reason I liked this one was that the architects had done a pretty good job of it. The plot was only...
ouch ... just seemed to me, with SIPs, for floor & walls & roof, and a lightweight zinc covering, the labour content would be small & an architect might stand...
Why not go for the brick and block cavity wall construction, but use smooth faced blocks which can just be painted, rather than plastered/plasterboarded?. If...
I did a full plans submission to Building Control with the cellar included, but the planners never got those. As I said in my earlier post, I asked planning...
I would check the ground conditions before depending on just painted on bitumen . If the water table is high at any time of year, you need some method of...
Chris No injury intended! I was just amused. Still on hols in the Maldives, so easily amused. Back tomorrow. Hope the Viessmann computer has remembered when...
Have a metal flexible tap connector that needs to connect to some plastic piping. The fleible tap connector only has a copper compression joint in the ...
RIW Lac However I doubt it will be cheap. See: http://www.riw.co.uk/applications/external_tanking.htm Ho Yin ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hi Ho Yin Been there. If what you are describing is a captive female nut on the end of the flexible, it is really designed to fit the European standard which...
Compression fittings on plastic are fine. Just ensure you fit the nut & olive b4 the pipe insert as otherwise u will struggle to slide it on. Hand tight and...
Peter - No worries ... never been to the Maldives, but I did hear that seas- levels there are (truly) 80m below the global average - presumably due to some...
Great thanks for the replies they have put my mind at rest. I'll buy some inserts tomorrow and get it done! Looks like I will have a kitchen soon and can...
