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Ye this seems to be about right. He might be pushing the boat out a bit on the €1300 but there are extra charges involved for the 300mm work. Try bargain with him and im sure he will do it for €1000 in the end he wont loose the job over it any way. Hope that is of some help www.build4less.ie

I think we all may accept that this country is bankrupt and is unlikley to work its way out of this anytime soon. I say bring in the IMF kick out all those asses in the dail and start again. How did bertie get away with all this and leave Cowen with a dirty bed. As for Cowen he needs to step...

Here are some links for you to look at it is scary stuff. There is you tube video on it aswell. Non of the compartmentation seemed to work!!!! http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/blaze-destroys-unoccupied-glasgow-flats-1.1048971...

No sorry did not here about that wall but yes I except that garden walls do get blown over. Ive seen plenty of gable walls blow over in the wind and that is not a nice sight, especially when you see grown men running for there lives. The 150mm depth foundation I refered to was purly for garden...

Yes thanks for the help but I dont want to bring the wall out through the roof as it means it needs to be maintained then and climbing up a ladder to paint this is not my idea of fun or if there is a leak. So if this detail will work on my wall why has it been shown to fail so many times just...

I understand what you are saying but my engineer has specified the fire stopping that is illustrated in TGD B for my party wall but yet I have been told that this detail has never performed in a fire and does not give me one hour as the wall does. Once the roof collapses this detail fails and...

Does anyone out there know what is required to stop a fire spreading between my neighbours house and mine in the attic. I know there is supposed to be some sort of fire protection on my seperating wall but there is none. Is this normal or should there be a fire stop on top of my wall. If so...

onq, I did not go into every detail into how to build a garden wall but just some general advise on how it could be done with out making a meal out of it. I did say however assuming that all ground conditions were correct and adaquate than a standard foundation will suffice. It is not a house...

Mr Tea, Due to the fact you bought a council house it would be resonable for me and you to presume there is no fire protection in the attic. Get up into your attic and have a look at the seperating wall between you and your neighbour. You will note no fire protection. This will need to be done...

A) Yes get quotes from all three based on fully completed drawings and specs. Thats a must. B) Yes no harm to visit a site they have worked on but more importantly speak to the client and get feed back from them on the builder in question. c) A standard contract would do you may find the...

Guys no point making a mountain out of a mole hill here. The girl just wants to build a straight forward wall. And by the sounds of it if she gets her hands on a good blocklayer this would be a straight forward job providing there are no anomilies we do not know about with the conditions of the...

Hi, It is very hard to comment on something like this without seeing the house but I will have a stab at it and base my prices on everything else being in order. To rewire the house (just rewire no stripping of old cables) You could be talking about €3500 depending on how many sockets and...

I dont think that UFH is a good job. You have little control on the turning on and off the heating in hot and cold weather. It takes a long time for the slab to cool down in hot weather but with hot weather sometimes comes cool evenings and you cant turn on your heating as it takes hours for the...

Planning the style of your house is one of the most important things you will do during your lifetime. Setting the layout, picking the colours,choosing the furniture and how many rooms. Get a good architect who knows what it is you want from your home and you wont go too far wrong. Stay calm...

In my opinion rockwool flexi slab would be a better job than using a rigid board insualtion in between your rafters as it is nearly impossible to cut the rigid boards into the space between the rafters without leaving gaps and once there is a gap there goes your u-value out the window. The...

Aishling, ICF is a very safe form of construction but agreeing with ong great care needs to be taken during pouring stage, but that goes with any building project whether it is concrete, timber or steel. There are a number of companies out there that specialise in this one. I have come across...

Non-compliance with building and fire regulations in this country is the norm rather than the exception. Our fire regulations are never met and if you go to any new or old apartment,semi detached or terraced like building you will see that is there no fire stopping on the party/seperating...

House prices vary from town to town and county to county. But around €100 per sqft is a good guidline for a new build. Get yourself a good builder and your sorted. If you are doing direct labour make sure you put the time and and vet every tradesman working on your house and be there and make...

Really you need to make sure you know what it is you want and stick to it. If you go swapping and changing during construction you will pay through the nose for this as the builder will go to town on you with extras. There is an old saying in the building trade "the price was great but the...

I dont see a problem with this. I would not go to the planner if it was me as it may draw attention to what is is you are doing and they may object just for the sake of it because noone will make a decission on it. Once there is enough room to get in and out without causing any disruption...