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Afternoon all :wink: Have a Vaillant 824 TurboMAX fitted on a 3 bed house. Was checking the Magnaclean filter on it (been installed 4 yrs approx) and did this after draining out the whole system (as the isolators on the Magnaclean are crap and don't work very well). I do this filter...

To be fair Polstar that's very cheap in my opinion, but good luck to you......

Polstar is that £450-£500 (for a fairly standard 2 storey side extension) for BOTH Planning and Building Regs? Or is it £900-£1000 for both? Also, unless I've missed something isn't £450-£500 divided by 16 hours approx £30 per hour? :wink:

What an absolute load of complete and utter rubbish. If I had a client like yourself I'd have charged 'a bit extra' aswell :wink: If it's so easy why don't you just do it yourself?

Thanks for that foxhole So this through fixing method is not a good joint long term then? Am I correct in assuming you would normally have a metal dowel + nut joint?

Mate is just getting a Kitchen installed, went around last night + noted that all the wall units are through screw fixed from the side? The installer has then fixed a coloured end panel to hide the through screw fixings? Looks very untidy in my opinion. I went home + checked my units? They...

bump :wink: Any advice on my proposal for the repair?

I would have thought this is more a matter for Planning? all I need is a legal start on site.......don't want to have resolve the levels + approve samples as they're conditioned. Only once those matters are approved could I involve Building Control. I've e-mailed the planing officer, I'll let...

Just after clarification freddy...... woody was asking me to ensure the demolition of garage is quoted on the Approval Notice, which it now is. So I take it all levels info + samples of facing materials can be deferred for now? Just get rid of the Garage + we're ok?

Finally got the Planning Approval through. As a reminder the client doesn't want to build the house yet, just wants to do the absolute minimum with a view to sell the land in the future with the Planning Approval in place. It describes the proposed work on the Approval Notice as 'Demolition...

Just had a quotation from a local roofer, reputable + been around for awhile. Replace the 5.5m length of lead, so take off old lead + replace with 1.5m lengths + once in seal with roofers mate (not re-mortar as roofers mate is flexible) @ £250......sound reasonable? I then got a price for...

Thanks for replies all, much appreciated. Apologies tim00 but don't know how to upload photo's. I am hoping to extend the house in 4-5 yrs + am of a mind to fully repair / replace the lead flashing whilst I have the builders in. So I'm gonna go with the DIY repair for now + keep an eye on...

Morning all Have a lean to roof over a GF garage + porch. I have recently noticed small cracks in approx 3-4 locations across the lead flashing (the length of flashing is approx 5.5m). The cracks are only a few mm in width and vary in length from 5-10cm to most of the downstand in some...

So woody the PWA wouldn't apply if he was to build a Consevatory on the Party Wall line?

'Speak to thy neighbour', they seem reasonable enough to at least let you know of the intention to build. Ask them for drawings, to what point they will build upto and if anything is going to overhang your land, how is the roof going to drain.....will they therefore require access for...

Yep it's a crying shame my fees are 'so high', otherwise I may have offered to quote :wink: But I'm sure the OP will find somebody who'll be good, I may know of somebody in Sheffield who's very well thought of :lol:

Agree with DAZB, if you can get together the relevant details you can submit yourself. Otherwise I'd say get 3 decent quotations & proceed from there.

No masona, the client was 100% going with the Sheffield architect. He was very ****ed off with me as he felt like (as compared to the £300 fee) I was trying to rip him off, not looking for a discount at all..... 'I don't want a gold plated extension you know' was his parting barb. After...

Yes XtraRaptor, I wasn't really complaining about not getting the job. It was really the £300 quotation, it kind of shocked me tbh. Just wanted to know if I'd missed something in the latest round of price cuts. Good luck to the client, b'cos he's gonna need it I think. In terms of my fee...

Woody - It's how I calculate my fees, I'm not going to apologise for it. I've never had a client complain about the service they receive, I don't advertise, and only pick up work from referrals tbh. I've done many a job for those living in less well off areas and have dropped my fee accordingly...