Author Topic: Solid wall buildings part elebenty - alternatives to lath and plaster (Read 48815 times)

Aunt Maud · « **Reply #225 on:** 07 July, 2016, 08:47:24 pm »

Then there's always Dulux.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #226 on:** 11 July, 2016, 05:14:14 pm »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 06 July, 2016, 06:50:39 pm

Also waiting for some people to come see me about lead.

Well the chap has been, will see how horrific the quote is soon...

Jaded · « **Reply #227 on:** 11 July, 2016, 10:59:37 pm »

I've got a small roll of Code 4 lead, if that might help...

Poly Hive · « **Reply #228 on:** 15 July, 2016, 06:43:13 pm »

Some pics of the new stove and inglenook. Plus the very clever tea towel my sister gave us.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/61480276@N04/?

PH

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #229 on:** 15 July, 2016, 06:50:39 pm »

Quote from: Poly Hive on 15 July, 2016, 06:43:13 pm

Some pics of the new stove and inglenook. Plus the very clever tea towel my sister gave us.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/61480276@N04/?

PH

Very nice. Also, is that an inch of cement render being measured there? Your house is starting to look brill!

Poly Hive · « **Reply #230 on:** 15 July, 2016, 07:20:44 pm »

Yes some places it is an inch thick.

Teh local historian thinks our house is a bit older than we thought. We were told 1750 odd but he says the type of mortar being revealed says 1650 odd. She is a lovely house and the garden is amazing as it was planted up by very keen gardners so whilst the range of plants is pretty much what you would expect, they are special examples of the say lupin. Very lovely to see, and the birds... dear me. We put some feed out to see what might happen and there were at times 5 or even once 7 working the oats.

PH

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #231 on:** 15 July, 2016, 07:29:43 pm »

Your house will be heaving a sigh of relief at being able to breathe again!

Poly Hive · « **Reply #232 on:** 22 July, 2016, 07:30:54 pm »

Oh yes she is loving it and she is so proud of her water tightness and her stove. She is feeling POSH! Ye ken.....lol

PH

Canardly · « **Reply #233 on:** 22 July, 2016, 07:33:11 pm »

Lovely stuff.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #234 on:** 28 July, 2016, 08:44:01 am »

Lovely house and garden, really lovely.

Poly Hive · « **Reply #235 on:** 29 July, 2016, 11:20:31 am »

Many thanks. We have been very fortunate in that the people who owned it for some 60 years were keen gardeners so the herbaceous border has a lovely selection of plants and they seem to be just a bit special as in unusual varieties. Lucky us and we are considering it a duty to maintain it as best we can. Most of the effort has gone into the lawn from which I have removed 42 barrow loads of moss so far. No doubt more to come but it feels a lot firmer than it did. We need to seriously trim the hedges as they have taken off a bit ad are blocking a lot of late afternoon/evening light from the veg garden. I will apologise to the sparrows who live in there before I take action but it has to be brought down a good four feet and trimmed back on each side. Late autumn for that.

BTW we have discovered rolled oats, as in horse feed with some sunflower oil mixed in is VERY much appreciated by the birds.

PH

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #236 on:** 04 August, 2016, 11:04:13 pm »

Finally the plastering is finished

IMG_4574 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #237 on:** 04 August, 2016, 11:05:51 pm »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 11 July, 2016, 05:14:14 pm

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 06 July, 2016, 06:50:39 pm
Also waiting for some people to come see me about lead.

Well the chap has been, will see how horrific the quote is soon...

Or not

Poly Hive · « **Reply #238 on:** 05 August, 2016, 11:09:33 am »

More progress up north. We are rather pleased.

Render Removal After Gable by Shenachieagain, on Flickr

PH

Poly Hive · « **Reply #239 on:** 31 August, 2016, 07:08:51 am »

Any news Mrs P. We have been up at the cottage for two weeks and woo the stove puts out some heat. Also found another log supplier at 2/3ds the price of the guy we have used so far. £80 + VAT rather than £120.

PH

Aunt Maud · « **Reply #240 on:** 31 August, 2016, 07:25:21 am »

I'd be interested to see how much and what it is you get for £80.00

Poly Hive · « **Reply #241 on:** 31 August, 2016, 10:38:13 am »

One tonne of hardwood logs cut to suit and as far as I know dry from an estate locally. Not put a meter on it but been shown the wood and very nice too. Mainly beech.

PH

Aunt Maud · « **Reply #242 on:** 31 August, 2016, 11:01:42 am »

That sounds like a very good price for dry Beech, it makes excellent firewood.

Poly Hive · « **Reply #243 on:** 31 August, 2016, 11:14:28 am »

Indeed yes.

!!

PH

Aunt Maud · « **Reply #244 on:** 31 August, 2016, 11:45:04 am »

It's a bargain, when you consider that I'm paying £25.00 per cubic meter (which isn't a tonne when green) for standing beech and I've got to fell it, chop it up, split it, transport it, stack it and dry it.

Phew!!

rafletcher · « **Reply #245 on:** 31 August, 2016, 12:10:51 pm »

Well I though our wood was quite pricey - £95 including VAT for around 1m3, nicely seasoned, but it would appear not - and that's in Bucks. Again, mostly Beech - as one would expect from adjacent to the Chilterns. It does get tipped in the road and I have to use the wheelie bin to move it round the back to stack (neighbours drive, then gateway then passage too narrow for barrow) but hey, I can always use the exercise.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #246 on:** 31 August, 2016, 12:47:57 pm »

News.....well, the fireproof plaster is all dry now. It may just be me but the area in the alcove where the worst of the damp patches were still seems to be slightly damp.... but I'm hoping that when I get the roof fixed (yet again) that it will go away.

On the roof front. The first bloke I had round who was recommended by the first contractors had a good chat but never gave me a quote and stopped answering calls.

So I asked the 1st contractors to quote even though they said it would be more expensive due to travelling costs. So they quoted me £5190 inc VAT, but their quote was very sparse and basically just regurgitated back what I'd said with no detail so I wasn't exactly that keen given their previous performance.

I then found another trad buildings contractor who mention lead roofing on their website so they came and had a good chat and their quote (which doesn't mention VAT at all so I'm assuming it's not included) comes out at £5740. but is much more detailed and gives me a couple of options.

Finally found a 3rd lot of lead roofers from south of Dundee who are a bit crap at communication - they came and looked at the roof but they didn't confirm they were coming so I wasn't there, therefore they quoted for something else entirely. I've spoken to them today and hopefully they will send out another quote. But unless it's a huge amount less than the last one I'm a bit put off by the communiation issues.....

The saga continues.

Poly Hive · « **Reply #247 on:** 31 August, 2016, 05:37:23 pm »

Dont it just lass. Poor you it seems to be never ending.

We are now a the mercy of Scottish Power who today told me that the earliest appointment to install an isolater unit between my power and their supply is October 27th. I had hoped for a lot earlier to co-ordinate another delivery with them but no way is that now possible so it will be two round trips of 680 miles each to sort it out. Also it sets back the decorating and and and..... grrrrr

PH

Aunt Maud · « **Reply #248 on:** 31 August, 2016, 07:58:50 pm »

Is that £5000 for the lead flashing to the chimney and soakers on both sides of the roof to one parapet wall, or something else entirely ?

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #249 on:** 31 August, 2016, 08:18:00 pm »

Quote from: Aunt Maud on 31 August, 2016, 07:58:50 pm

Is that £5000 for the lead flashing to the chimney and soakers on both sides of the roof to one parapet wall, or something else entirely ?

Yes, lead to chimney and copes, front & back of the gable end.