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Hi Noseall I am buying a good quality second hand kitchen and I do all the tiling myself in my home. 6 years ago we were quoted 24 k for a single story extension, we project managed it ourselves and built it for 7k!!!! and put a kitchen in for 3k including the tiling. This is our 2nd project...

We are currently building a similar extension, 2 story, ground floor will be large kitchen and single garage, both around 13 foot wide and 18 foot long and 2 bedrooms upstairs. We set aside 25k for the shell complete with windows and roof and we are almost in budget all but 2k over. I am...

Hi After pricing up catnics and Birtley, the birtley comes out a lot cheaper. Is there anything to stop us using Birtley instead of catnic? Lv Gel

Its to support the 2nd floor of a 2 story extension LV gel

Hi all Our plans specify catnic cn71 over a 2400 opening and after pricing it up another company called Birtley comes out £100 cheaper. Will Building control allow the use of a Birtley instead of a Catnic? Lv Gel

thank you nelliedee

Hi all I am having difficulty reading the steel plans for our extension. we padstones listed as; 600x150x215 ps . so my question is this the size of the padstones i need to order? thanks Nelliedee

Thank you woody Nelliedee

They cant go either side as the soil would be in the way of at least 3 joist hangers.

Hi We are building a 2 story extension and We have a problem in that our soil pipe (the part comming from loo then joining main vertical soil) is in the way of our intended joist hangers for first floor timbers. What options do we have apart from divorce Nelliedee

Not sure what u mean, it is the oversite and on to of it will go insulation then screed. We are hoping it is delivered wet enough to find its own level Nelliedee

Hi all we are due our concrete delivery tommorrow and the forecast is rain again, would you postpone the slab till the dryer weather? Nelliedee

We probably have the highest water table in the south... We thought that this membrane would be soooo easy!!!!! mind you, hubbys a cabby and i am just a housewife,, enough said. thanks for your help Nelliedee

Thanks for your advice, we have already cut the x on top of the manhole but once we smoothed it down the sides of the MH, it is now cut level with the sand!!! thats why i wanted to patch this bit with an off cut of membrane. Nelliedee

Hi We are having problems laying the damp membrane, we have a manhole, pipe work and a Nib to cut around whilst laying it and we are frankly making a mess with it. Is it ok to patch the membrane, around awkward shapes? taping it as we go? Nelliedee

Hi He is 78 and he is only doing the blockwork, my hubby and I are doing the slab, steel fitters will hopefully fit the steels, carpenter will fit the 1st floors and so on. He is a great old fella and has recently lost his wife so the blockwork is keeping him busy. Nelliedee

Thanks Guys Nelliedee

Hello Our new french doors are almost immposible to lock and a bit tricky to unlock, the lock works perfectly if the door is in the opened position and after reading other posts I understand it may be the frame strikes, could someone please tell me, what are frame strikes? where are they...

Thank you for your reply, do u think its likely to be more expensive using the steel cutting company? nelliedee

Hi We are building a 2 story extension and have almost got the slab finished (hubby is doing the slab) We are using a builder who is getting fairly old but still very very good at his job, we have used him for over 25 years and trust him 100% but we are going to have a problem when it comes...