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Recently received this drawing to price up for a customer...... Anyone else think the designer has gone a bit over board with the block piers? the garage is to be constructed in 6” block.

If its a garden wall you can certainly give it a go.

Use concrete brick???

Doesn’t look too bad to me. Hard to tell really but I’d be more concerned if the outside walls were cracked also. It appears to be just superficial cracks in the plaster inside you should strip it back for a better look.

Does that include the cills? Also making good the render after they break it out? If so go for it (y)

Yeah don’t hear many people too happy with there persimmon houses up and down the country. :eek: It’s been particularly wet up here last few weeks aswel with high winds which probably hasn’t helped

Is your house in Scotland as it looks like a pretty common house we have up here. Presume it’s a timber frame? The green patch on the bottom pic is below the DPC which is designed to be wet so no worries there. above it the white staining is what’s called efflorescence which is a build up of...

Bricky I work with always uses minimum concrete and builds most of his founds 14” solid concrete block to do away with the cavity fill. If it is upto me though I’d spend the money on the extra concrete to avoid tight founds with heavy blocks.

You don’t you would just run it off the block inside the quoin. build the corner quoin and plumb it separate from the Blockwork that is stepped in. (y)

They will just build the brick quoins 25mm out from the Blockwork in between them. I can’t see what your issue is??

If your waiting half a year mealy chances are he’s busy enough which is always a good sign. Ask him if he has done any other work in the area and have a look for yourself if ye can. nothing better than someone who has already used him

aye I’ll agree with you there what yer using has to be specd. however the best way to deal with that is leave the customers with the catalogues for flooring doors windows and slabs etc let them pick their own.

Can’t speak for everyone mate that’s just how I do things not saying it’s right or wrong but I think itemising every single item I’m buying in say an extension is total overkill. when you do enough of them you can work out a decent enough timescale to work to and have a rough idea of how long...

Nah not for hourly or day rate either I have that worked out for myself and if it comes in under the timescale you price for your up slightly and if it comes in over that’s your mistake as a professional. The price is the price. unless you come across a major snag in the build. Then you have...

I don’t break down quotes to every item. I break it into 3 parts, materials, labour and hire costs skips etc....that’s it. if the customer wants the work done they will be happy enough with that

Depends on the age of the house if it’s older it may be imperial brick if it’s a relatively newer build 70s onwards chances are it may well be blocks. Most jobs that are being rendered are built with block where possible for cost effectiveness and speed so what your suggesting is the norm

My labourer is 72 :oops: He’s been there seen it all and is worth half a dozen 16/17 year olds. only thing is I have to give him a hand loading out when it’s the 140s :LOL: but aye no substitute for experience

Geo fix resin will save ye a days work pointing. pointing leaves the best finish when done right but geo fix is the lazy mans best friend :cool:

Your idea would probably work if the guy can do what he says he can do up to a reasonable standard.... And if he can’t yer goosed pal ;)

Brickwork looks pretty decent for a DIYer (y)