Every plan, schedule and permit note on the site, newest first.
Leave a 10mm expansion gap at every wall and fixed obstruction for a domestic room up to six metres, and add 2mm for every additional metre....
Nicole BickleyBook the key trades eight to twelve weeks before the intended start, and the specialists, plasterers and tilers, twelve to sixteen weeks ahead. A good plasterer...
Nicole BickleyYes, 300mm is a realistic lowering depth, but it is a structural operation rather than an excavation: the existing foundations have to be underpinned in sequenced...
Nicole BickleyUse a water-based eggshell or satin with a fungicidal additive on walls, a moisture-resistant ceiling paint with the same additive, and an acrylic primer-sealer on any...
Nicole BickleyUsually ten to twenty percent cheaper in cash and considerably more expensive in time, because you take on the coordination, the sequencing and the liability that...
Nicole BickleyThe order is strip out, first fix, close up, second fix, finish, and any trade that arrives before its predecessor has finished will be back to...
Nicole BickleyIn writing, priced before the work starts, with a signed instruction and a programme impact stated. A variation agreed verbally is a variation that will be...
Nicole BickleyEight weeks is the statutory determination period for a standard householder application in most jurisdictions, and ten to thirteen weeks is the realistic average once validation...
Nicole BickleyReplacing cabinet doors and boxes in the same positions normally needs no permit. Changing the layout, moving gas, adding circuits or altering drainage usually does, and...
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