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Hi all, We are replacing our roof for the whole house,its a detached 4bed house with 3 dormers(2side and1 rear).can someone suggest which roof tiles are good to choose and how can we make sure that our builder is using good quality tiles? also we want togo for small tiles instead of big ones...

Ok, sounds like he tried to save some money by using blocks instead of bricks. except cost, will there be any difference in insulation when using blocks instead of bricks? and what about any problems in future in walls etc? Please advise. thank you.

ok ,thanks for checking it Stuart.

Thanks for your reply Woody. Could please let me know whats wrong with that build? we are new to this process and totally relying on builder. Thats the main reason i posted in this forum too,to make sure if he is doing the work properly or not.

Thanks for your reply stuart.pic attached- this is how he has done it.does it look ok?

Thanks for your reply. My house is made of bricks and its all plastered and painted.The planning permission was granted with conditions to use matching materials. hence we opted for plastering the house and painted. We got plans to follow from a certified architect with full planning permission...

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Thanks for your reply. Planning permission is to use matching materials i.e do the plastering work as existing walls are all plastered and painted. He agreed to do whatever we like either brick work or plastered and pained and we wanted brick work but unfortunately due to planning permission...

Hi all, We are very new to Diy/house related works and looking for some advice regarding our project.We have hired builders to build a part single storey side extension and rear double storey extension and loft. My builder have done the rear extension with concrete blocks,and i'm wondering why...