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There is no written agreement only verbal. What is the 5 blobs method please. Consumers like myself are not building trade savy, so whatever he says we would have to believe the 'expert'. He already started the job. He bought big square slabs, which are by the way looked stained on them and not...

He is going to do the garden paving path and new patio on existing patio with dry mixing. As I don't know the technicalities. What's wrong with dry mix and what's the best way. What way can I ask him to lay? I bet he will say his method is right.

Hello Folks, Having a new patio and a paving garden path. I've seen some of the new paths in friends garden where slabs wobble. The builder in my garden assured me that after 3 days the slabs will be firm but his previous work in friends garden the path slabs still wobbles. He did mention...

Hello folks, Having our garden re-done at the moment. However, I am unsure if the builders are doing the right things. The new concrete path in the middle of the garden, he says the slabs would wobble a bit for few days until the cement is fixed. Is this true? Shouldn't the slabs in the path...

Now I've agreed to do insulation. He is going to use thermal boards then plaster on inner walls and ceiling. On the ceiling he is going to use insulation wool and then thermal boards and then paint.

Thanks for the reply. We wanted to just plaster the walls and paint them, but the builder advised against this and says large cracks would appear on the walls? He said without adding plasterboard on the walls, it's not a good idea to just plaster on the inner walls. Is this true? On the...

Hello and thanks for your reply. Yes, it has uPVC door and also uPVC two windows at the sides. We had a chest freezer before in the old shed with no problems. Is there no alternative to insulation the walls and ceiling? Can we just plaster the walls and put wooden cladding in the ceiling? We...

Thanks for your detailed reply Doggit. 20 sqm is the floor area. What the builder is proposing is just an insulation board (I think Celotex)and then plaster the walls. On the ceiling, don't know how thick the board he is going to use and then plaster over it. The airflow across the roof, he...

Hello folks, Just finishing a new shed being built by builders but I'm a bit confused as to what materials they would use in walls for insulation and ceiling. As it is the walls and ceiling does not look nice, with concrete showing and the ceiling is unsightly. At the moment, we're undecided...

I attach a photo of the back garden. The new shed is just being built with white walls. It's the houses at the back and the loft at the left hand side, that spoils the view.

I've just got a similar job to do, but would need a professional, who are hard to find a reputable one. We're re-doing our garden. We plan to put paving on to our old concrete patio and lay new path through the middle of to be newly laid lawn and edging at the sides. Wonder how much the cost...

Wanted to have some advice and help. Never heard of or seen remote control lighting but someone told me about this and I think it might be better than PIR outdoor lights, for me. Building a new shed and want to have two lights each side of the shed to switch on at dusk. With the PIR you have...

Hello Folks, At the rear of garden there are unsightly views of other people's loft. I wonder if there is anything I could erect to block the view. Apart from growing trees, which would take several years to grow. We're doing the shed and the garden make over, but the loft conversions at the...

Thanks for the reply. Do you have a picture bolting timber post attached on to concrete post? I don't quite understand your message. Are you saying attaching timber onto existing short concrete post, will be better than installing a new higher concrete post, regardless of the cost?

Hello Himaginn, Sorry to bother you. We are asking having the floor insulated for the cost £400 extra, as original agreement was no insulation at all. The wife is keen wooden ceiling cladding, with wool insulation, again this was not the agreement. Now the builder is saying without the full...

Hello and many thanks for your reply. Now understood about the new fence. The concrete pillars, is there truly no alternative, apart from digging the short pillars and installing taller pillars for higher new fences? This will be expensive. One of our friends suggested putting a wooden strip...

Hello folks, Getting couple of new fences for the garden, people tell me that fences need to be protected from the elements so better to paint them? I would be getting them from Selco. Can someone advise if these is true? Also our concrete pillars are small in one side, was thinking of...

Sorry to bother again Himaginn. Regarding the floor, my wife is keen to add tiles but if the builder does not put DPM, will that be bad for the new tiles, I know you said we have to get exterior tiles?

Hello Himaginn and thanks for your reply. We chose not to have insulation as the cost goes up to £10k where is the above work is for £6k. The external face will be rendered and then painted. The internal face won't have any plastering but told we could just apply masonry paint, he told us if...

Thanks for your reply. Yes, it's a stand alone shed and I meant internal facing walls. The builder will plaster outside of the wall. I'm worried about dampness that could damage the walls. Here is the brief work he laid out. 1. Existing old shed taken off. 2. 500 X 400 Foundation 3. 3 lines...