How to Achieve Self-build Success
Self-building needs a mix of many qualities, but are you cut out for the challenge ahead?
How to Achieve Self-build Success
Self-building needs a mix of many qualities, but are you cut out for the challenge ahead?
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Design Ideas for Sloping Sites
A look at the design implications of building your own home on a sloping site
Now the plasterboards are up, we’ve had them skimmed over with plaster. You don’t have to do this; you could just tape over the joints and put slurry over it but plastering over the boards gives a better finish for decorating, so that’s what we’ve gone for.
We’ve started work on the downstairs underfloor heating – the plumber has laid the heating pipes, then we’ll be putting a concrete screed over the top. No-one will be able to go on it for ten days, then once it’s set, the plumber will come back and do the rest.