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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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Nigel Giddings
nigelgiddings
Mar 1, 2008 9:16 am
Paul, How have you interfaced the key fob to comfort? Nigel ... From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups2@...] Sent: 22 February 2008 20:02 To:...
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UK_Selfbuild@...
Mar 1, 2008 1:12 pm
Just a reminder on how to join to join the UK_Selfbuild group - been asked to re-post this for people who wish to send to colleagues etc. The UK_Selfbuild...
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simonchancer
Mar 1, 2008 5:23 pm
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...
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Ho Yin Ng
hoyinng
Mar 1, 2008 9:27 pm
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...
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Peter and Jane
petethebu1lder
Mar 1, 2008 10:08 pm
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...
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Ho Yin Ng
hoyinng
Mar 1, 2008 10:50 pm
Who better to ask for opinions? Architects should never think of themselves as higher in terms of knowledge from selfbuilders. How many architects actually...
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Chris Hunter
chris_j_hunter
Mar 2, 2008 12:25 am
How about a challenge, how about SIP & Sto, with a zinc roof, perhaps with Foamglas, and something interesting for the windows ? Chris...
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Peter and Jane
petethebu1lder
Mar 2, 2008 4:55 am
Don't forget the gold plated garden tap (and Idratek controls)!! Rgds Peter ... From: Chris Hunter To: UK_Selfbuild@... Sent: Sunday, March 02,...
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Peter and Jane
petethebu1lder
Mar 2, 2008 4:57 am
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...
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Jeffery Hardy
jensenhealey...
Mar 2, 2008 7:52 am
Is there a set distance within which the Act applies? (i.e. outside of which they can't sue!) To: UK_Selfbuild@...:...
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Jeffery Hardy
jensenhealey...
Mar 2, 2008 8:00 am
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...
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Jeffery Hardy
jensenhealey...
Mar 2, 2008 8:06 am
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...
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Nick Laurie
nick115398
Mar 2, 2008 8:08 am
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...
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Matt Smith
mattysmit
Mar 2, 2008 8:18 am
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...
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Eric Mears
ejmears
Mar 2, 2008 8:26 am
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...
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Chris Hunter
chris_j_hunter
Mar 2, 2008 8:35 am
'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...
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Jeffery Hardy
jensenhealey...
Mar 2, 2008 9:05 am
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...
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Chris Hunter
chris_j_hunter
Mar 2, 2008 9:08 am
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...
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Tracey Gardner
traceygardneruk
Mar 2, 2008 9:25 am
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...
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sj_purser
Mar 2, 2008 9:58 am
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...
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sj_purser
Mar 2, 2008 10:18 am
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...
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Peter and Jane
petethebu1lder
Mar 2, 2008 11:51 am
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...
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Ho Yin Ng
hoyinng
Mar 2, 2008 3:51 pm
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 ...
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Ho Yin Ng
hoyinng
Mar 2, 2008 3:54 pm
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...
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Peter and Jane
petethebu1lder
Mar 2, 2008 4:25 pm
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...
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Rob Mouser
mouserdrip15
Mar 2, 2008 4:32 pm
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...
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ian
marsac23
Mar 2, 2008 5:04 pm
... Also best to only use copper olives with plastic pipe....
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Chris Hunter
chris_j_hunter
Mar 2, 2008 6:02 pm
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...
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architect.hoyin@...
hoyinng
Mar 2, 2008 6:25 pm
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...
