Recent content by jim88

thats fantastic mate, thank you very much for your time and effort in working that out!

well my architect is saying they are well over 40m3 allowance without even accounting for the dropped ceiling which doesn't seem right. I had a dormer and hip to gable put on my old house and it didn't exceed the allowance. On this house im only looking for a hip/gable conversion, not even a...

yes logged in from an old account on my Mac, my phone was a different account

Hello all ive been in with my architect today regarding a hip to gable loft conversion and they've come back and said its exceeded the 40m3 allowance (victorian end terrace) From my understanding I can't increase the space of the roof by 40m3. Just for context the property is 8m wide and its...

thank you for the reply. ive just been reading a few documents, still very much a grey area. It seems only certain aspects are exempt. Im trying to find out if the shell if exempt, i.e footings, structure, roof etc The customer definitely thinks all the VAT on the total quoted price is...

Hey all, i priced an extension a few month back. Customer has just accepted few weeks back and notified me that hes exempt from paying the VAT on the quote. Claiming disability etc, he is disabled so im just trying to understand how it works. Has anyone had any experience with this? Struggling...

Just re built my side, neighbour is happy, stress over. Thanks for everyone that took the time to advise

i will get some pictures tomorrow, I’ve had a chat with my neighbour and I’ve started today. so the party wall is 9” (2 brick) and it looked like the Single party wall in the stack was supported on her side of the party wall, so my plan was to use my side of the party wall to re brick with a...

So am I ok to remove my half then straight away

So I’ve gave my neighbour a party wall structure notice last week soon as I realised the brickwork on my side is unstable, it is bowing out about 35mm, the flauncing is cracked etc. I’m not using my chimney breasts so I want to completely remove it instead of re building. Neighbours side is just...

ok so would that work if i bricked up the external face of my wall between the rafters. So my question is if i used over fascia vents would the air flow through this and then through the top of the breathable membrane down to the 50mm air gap above rafter insulation. Im probably not explaining...

I will be using a good breather membrane, I’ve tried googling the chocolate box but nothing is coming up besides Cadbury’s milk tray It’s new ceiling joists at wall plate, and yes I’ll have loft quilt. I have no fascia and no soffits, gutter brackets are fixed to the rafter tails. Brickwork...

Definitely, I’m sure I’ve got a family of them in the loft at my current house!

Thanks again Doha

I've always had the intention to remove my chimney breasts from ground and 1st floor and support the loft breast and stack with steels, so I got struc calcs done and give my neighbour a party wall notice about 6 weeks ago. I’ve been stripping my roof today for a re roof and I’ve seen my stack is...