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Carpenter reckons he has half a days work to do at some point. I do not know what work that is. The roofer is currently putting tiles on. The roofer has said he will put the 'veluxes' in but he thinks it's the carpenters job to put the windows in the dormers. The carpenter has asked where...

Hi, We have a self build. We are just getting the roof tiles on it currently and will be putting the windows and doors in it over the next few weeks. When should we get it insured please? With whom? We have never had any sort of insurance on it apart from at the beginning of...

OOooh I hadn't though about using illegals. They would keep it warm up there is there is enough of them.

Hi, OK so 100mm between rafters and 50mm in the upright bit. Yes I will be looking at the Seconds and Co bundles on Ebay as i go along thanks. Thanks for the replies.

New build with room in roof trusses. I am confused as to what meets regs. Can I have insulation boards just between the trusses (eg Celotex or Kingspan) with plasterboard over or do I have to also have some over this, intruding into the habitable space thus reducing the room sizes up there...

Thanks all. Interesting. I know the college he reckons he went to so I will ask them which body awards from there perhaps and take it from there. I fully intend to go to small claims court. I am reluctant to post pictures at this stage but pretty well every sin has been committed I suspect...

How the chuff do I find out if he's lying?

OK so I've just had another look at his website and it says NVQ level 2 brickwork. Is that the same as a City and Guilds qualification please does anyone know?

Hi, I had the BCO officer out to look at it and he said it had to go. I had to quickly find another builder as I had scaff on hire and a schedule of works. I took photos on a digital camera and on my mobile though. I will have to find out how to download them to the computer. Between the...

Hi Bonni, thanks. It's really that I have locked horns big time and am going to court to get him to pay me for the materials he has wrecked. I want to prove he is lying about being qualified and about having insurance as I think it will help my case. Seriously, I have things growing near my...

Hi all, Please can someone tell me if there is a way to check if a brickie has the level 2 qualification he says he has on his website ? I have tried contacting the college he says he went to but they are saying that due to data protection they cannot advise me. I cannot ask him to show me...

Thanks New Forest Roofer. I suspect this fell won't take the artisan approach that you take sadly.

Hi, no means of posting a photo but they are a mix of all sorts of old hand made tiles. Some of them I suspect will never make it onto the roof as they are so weirdly shaped and flared at the bottom to catch the wind. Lots have no nibs at all and so I might try and drill them maybe? Thanks...

I have a roofer coming to make me an entire roof later in the year. I think he is going to have a fit when he sees the tiles! They are stunning but I don't think he will be able to throw them on like they were uniform tiles as they are so oompti. My question is this. I have bought the last...

Nice windows God. I didn't know that on the eighth day god made windows but I may have wagged school that day eh ; ) So whereabouts are you please and how do I find out more?

I am shopping for windows and finding it a near impossible task! I am after cottage style windows with one central horizontal bar. I want them cream in colour so either UPVC or timber and paintable. I'm not bothered about painting windows. I would like to be able to have the 'monkey tail'...

OK thanks for that. I am going out Monday to a couple of local jobs that I have admired passing by and will go to the local builders merchants as advised.

So how do I find brickies? I signed up for MyBuilder and heard nothing. I have messaged three via either their own websites or FB and not heard a dicky bird. I have now messaged four new ones that are a bit out of my area. I get that they are busy but I have not said when we want the work...

Thanks for the replies guys. Try nearly 40k ! It's a walk in, do the job, go home sort of site too. It will have been freshly scaffolded at the point of trowel wetting and it's all boarded out ready to walk about on and go. All the bricks are clean and randomised ready to lay etc etc...

Hi Doggit, thanks for replying. He has given us a price but it is almost half again as much as I expected. It was a labour only price as we have all the materials here and those that aren't we would source. I am waiting on other prices from two other builders but this guy really seemed to...