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We had to have a soil survey done and I seem to recall even with the soil analysis lab work it came to about £1450 . That was a new site, so no locating drains etc though. As said above, foundation depth just needs a spade! Quite seriously, have you thought of dowsing for the drain locations...

We have been lucky with our architect, though the first one we looked at was nice enough, too, but he did not seem to quite have the experience of our particular sort of build we wanted. The architect we have ended up with has been great and has explained everything in detail, such as "why such...

Deek47 - your comment above describes exactly what I've just been through on asking about an electrical matter elsewhere on this site! Your description matches my situation there exactly (like making out you need a part P qualification to dig a trench for the sparky... simply nonsense, and my...

If instead of getting all protective about the trade some folks had actually read my question, you'd realise that I'm currently pricing the list I've been given to buy, but unfortunately the plan they've done doesn't show the rating of the buried cable (though it does for the 2.5, 1.5 t&e etc)...

No reason why they wouldn't providing work is properly certified - I've made a point of going through everything with him to avoid issues later as much as I can (if you check out the self build forums, lots of folks wish they'd talked to their BR before doing things as they tend to pay a LOT...

We make very simple (I guess you'd call them liqueurs?) vodka, brandy and gin fruit from hedgerow things like cherry, blackberry, and I was lucky enough to find an entire wood last year where I work full of wild raspberry canes, so raspberry too. Of course, it's little more than bunging the...

Thank you for that. That's helpful. Yes, we had to put 2 cabinets in, one for the board for their meter etc and one right alongside it for our equipment (I know people have had problems where the board insists on a seperate cabinet, so we built it that way from scratch). Dad having been a...

Really useful answer thanks. Just the sort of sarcastic answer I noted other enquirers getting. Funny, because my dad was a sparky and was a nice guy, so it's definitely not a trade thing, and checking some of your responses to other people clearly you have ego issues. Unfortunately if I wait...

Drone load.

I'm really looking forward to Amazon sending goodies by drone :D Drone_loads_product_image_2 by Curlewhouse posted 24 Dec 2016 at 4:46 PM

Yes, I've used it, just a little harder to sand if necessary. In fact I'm sure I had a small box of one once which was marketed as interior and exterior before - so basically just exterior plaster in a different box!

I'd echo the others, not a hard job just to stick it back up for her, and very neighbourly too. Then when you get new neighbours it could "fall down" one night so they put up something better :D . As r896neo says, those type of walls always seem inherently weak to me, and I've seen ones where if...

Not allowed - Building regs are insisting on mains powered I'm afraid, otherwise the whole lot would have been 10 year battery powered ones.

Hi, I'm building my own house, and currently pricing electrics for the building society spreadsheet (one of the joys of a self-build). I've looked online for the calculation for this but get some odd results, and I've seen others asking this question on some forums and getting replies asking...

Yep. hired a digger to grub out the drystone wall ready for rebuilding. Really enjoyable actually. The waller has said he'll start to build it between Christmas and the New Year. On the builder side, we finally managed to get 2 to do proper quotes, and we've chosen one who tells us they can...