Ideal Easter DIY – What’s your project? Easter weekend is coming up again. We all love this 4 day holiday and it is a great opportunity to get some home improvement done. Here are some random ideal Easter DIY tips. While we all need a good break there are also all those jobs around…
New building regulations in the UK Building Regulations are Changing in England On the 20th Dec 2012 the Government announced key changes to the Building Regulation ensuring clearer and concise documents. Make sure you are aware of the new building regulations in the UK. Also remember they differ around the country. New approved Documents…
Health issues with wooden pellets releasing carbon monoxide. The Churches Legislation Advisory Service have issued the following statement about wood pellets. The Health and Safety Executive has issued a Safety Notice Risk of carbon monoxide release during the storage of wood pellets. For the attention of users, installers, maintainers and distributors of wood-pellet boilers…
Recovering from a bad building project? In the last week been asked to take over a couple of jobs that have got into difficulties. I am not sure if two projects in two weeks equals a trend. But it has set us thinking about how we tackle these tricky situations. In the first situation…
Fixing a ‘Tiled Timbrel’ floor over a basement flat! The Problem A Hole in the Floor! Not just any floor, but the entrance hallway to three flats. And not just an ordinary floor, but a ‘Tiled Timbrel’ floor, over a basement flat. Of unusual construction, these floors are historically more often found on the…
Adding value to your home with an extension, loft conversion or basement It’s expensive to move house, so we asked our team about adding value to your home!. There’s all the traipsing around estate agents looking for a better home to move to and then there are all the hidden expenses like the removals…
I’ve just finished a sustainability and running costs review for an extension to an existing house.
It was to be built to building regulations but the client also wanted advice on making it more sustainable. So, a few calculation and models later, plus some simple suggestions, and we have halved (read more)
Does dynamic insulation really work? There have been a few innovations emerging for better building performance over the last few years and months as building regulations tighten and we all seek cheaper and easier ways to meeting them. They include (read more)
Why do I need a contingency? When thinking about a building project people often start with an idea in their mind of how much they would like to spend. Sometimes this is realistic. Although more often that not we find that the final cost of the project turns out to be far more than the…
Renovation of a Georgian House “Build costs could have gone anywhere. Paying a fixed project management cost meant that the costs didn’t change even when the job hit obstacles along the way. Using CLPM has saved us a six figure sum and given us a home that we’re delighted with.” A Musson, Blewbury The Project…