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ShiverinEskimo

Up to 10 working days for ESB, up to 20 working days for Eircom.

ShiverinEskimo

While I'm passing actually. I never imagined what a good feeeling seeing piles of blocks on site would be. Even with my limited knowledge of all things construction, the lads seem to be flying. Dry weather for the last week may have helped.

kboc

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

While I'm passing actually. I never imagined what a good feeeling seeing piles of blocks on site would be. Even with my limited knowledge of all things construction, the lads seem to be flying. Dry weather for the last week may have helped.

where is that site?

ShiverinEskimo

Just outside Dundalk.

esox28

looks like you have a good sound footing...

I had to pump water fulltime from footings see pic

anjisbuild

I also just started after 2 years (and a fortune) trying to get planning and then battling with engineers and the like. Poured foundations (raft) last week and builder back to me again on Wednesday. Driveway also in with stone from parents quarry at back. Will post pic of poured foundations soon but bit lazy with camera.

just do it

anjisbuild wrote: »

I also just started after 2 years (and a fortune) trying to get planning and then battling with engineers and the like. Poured foundations (raft) last week and builder back to me again on Wednesday. Driveway also in with stone from parents quarry at back. Will post pic of poured foundations soon but bit lazy with camera.

Congrats on start. Looks like a large foundation! Do you mind me asking square footage and cost?

Fracking Cylon

just do it wrote: »

Congrats on start. Looks like a large foundation! Do you mind me asking square footage and cost?

Massive looking foundation, and that's usually the stage where the house looks small!

kboc

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

Just outside Dundalk.

blackrock by any chance or maybe Lordship direction, possible areas which provide that kind of view around Dundalk

ShiverinEskimo

kboc wrote: »

blackrock by any chance or maybe Lordship direction, possible areas which provide that kind of view around Dundalk

Kilkerley actually. It's quite elevated so we have good views. Very nice site inherited by the missus. We were blessed.

esox28

have been snooping at everyone's pic's on 'live builds' for years finally figured out howta post my own.:)

started digging out the site last jan2012, we really only got a small window with the weather over head bucketing down every chance it got, a dry week came and we went to work. turned out the wet ground was help-full in pointing out an old hand dug stone shore which ran through the middle of the foundation 700mm from surface and which carried an estmated 50 ltrs/min.



just rerouted the water source around the side of foundation for the time being, will eventually use this source and the rainwater combined to supply most of water needs for the house.


was very nervous pouring the footing concrete as the ground was wet and the concrete was underwater in one stop, the guy one site assured me it wouldent effect it too much..:eek: have out lined the line the shore took through the house.




To say the least I was very happy to be outa the ground even if I had to fork out of 30 tipper loads of 6" and 3" down stone fill.

Villain

PIV Ducting in place









Suspended Wooden Floor joists now 90% finished, front hall



The Kitchen Living Dining area, the lower Living area now starting to take shape.




Some Scaffolding removed

anjisbuild

just do it wrote: »

Congrats on start. Looks like a large foundation! Do you mind me asking square footage and cost?

I know I was kind of shocked at the size of the foundations as I had been prepared for the 'cottage feel'. Build is just short of 3000sqft, the foundations are only the first floor(with garage being only one floor). We have planning for 2 storey and are trying to go passive. Quote for builder we are going with came in at EUR232,000 to doors and architraves but there is already another EUR8,000 gone onto that as we went with a raft foundation which wasnt necessarily needed but a fault of the engineer who we have since changed. Gave EUR 17,000 to builder yesterday. Nearly cried handing it over and thats only the start...

anjisbuild

esox28 wrote: »

how do you post photos then? Share the knowledge.:)

muffler

anjisbuild wrote: »

esox28 wrote: »

how do you post photos then? Share the knowledge.:)

See Q.10 here or you can use this site to upload pics from your PC - very simple to use.

anjisbuild

muffler wrote: »

anjisbuild wrote: »

See Q.10 here or you can use this site to upload pics from your PC - very simple to use.

Thanks a million - spent ages trying to attach pics last night - put its easier to follow posts when pics are visible with notes. Thanks:D

M three

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

While I'm passing actually. I never imagined what a good feeeling seeing piles of blocks on site would be. Even with my limited knowledge of all things construction, the lads seem to be flying. Dry weather for the last week may have helped.

Solid site. You wont need to be buying gravel going by that pile of it you have at the back! Did you have to get a rockbreaker in?

ShiverinEskimo

Yea they needed a rock breaker but it's quite slate-y so it came apart fairly easily. Architect fúcked the builder off when he tried to claim an additional cost. I'll let them argue it out. Builder built the house next door through the trees also and met similar circumstances so the Architect is saying he didn't hit anything he didn't expect - he's just not entertaining extras at this early stage.

We're cladding the front perimiter wall and parts of the house with the stone removed and as you said, we'll have no shortage of stone for other purposes as they arise.

M three

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

Yea they needed a rock breaker but it's quite slate-y so it came apart fairly easily. Architect fúcked the builder off when he tried to claim an additional cost. I'll let them argue it out. Builder built the house next door through the trees also and met similar circumstances so the Architect is saying he didn't hit anything he didn't expect - he's just not entertaining extras at this early stage.

We're cladding the front perimiter wall and parts of the house with the stone removed and as you said, we'll have no shortage of stone for other purposes as they arise.

Good stuff, sounds like the architect is fighting your corner.

Brother in law bought stone to do something similiar with his house. there must have been some iron deposit in some of it though, theres a few stones around the front door that have started to rust. Spoils it a bit.
Probably wont happen with more slate like stone

muffler

muffler wrote: »

anjisbuild wrote: »

See Q.10 here or you can use this site to upload pics from your PC - very simple to use.

anjisbuild wrote: »

muffler wrote: »

Thanks a million - spent ages trying to attach pics last night - put its easier to follow posts when pics are visible with notes. Thanks:D

I always forget about this (and a lot of people dont know of its existence) but there is Test Forum where you can practice all these things such as uploading pics or embedding etc etc. You can just delete the content when you're finished practicing

Happyman42

anjisbuild wrote: »

I also just started after 2 years (and a fortune) trying to get planning and then battling with engineers and the like. Poured foundations (raft) last week and builder back to me again on Wednesday. Driveway also in with stone from parents quarry at back. Will post pic of poured foundations soon but bit lazy with camera.

Lovely looking site, what part of the country is that?

New build in sight

Started July 7th

Roof started this week. All going well, we were held up waiting on steel for roof for almost a week. (8x5's)

Just requested second draw down....

Very happy with how things are going. Just looking (again) at window options.... think we are swaying more and more towards alu-clad as we love the timber finish on internal frames.

wclarke20

Starting on the roof next week. Got held up waiting for the esb lines to be moved. Natural stone cladding on the front started this week.

Requested 1st drawdown about 3 weeks ago and still haven't got it :mad:. Better come soon.

A point to note for anyone building at the minute. The mortgage relief which is been abolished in December will only apply to the amount you have drawn down by that date.

Villain

wclarke20 wrote: »

Starting on the roof next week. Got held up waiting for the esb lines to be moved. Natural stone cladding on the front started this week.

Requested 1st drawdown about 3 weeks ago and still haven't got it :mad:. Better come soon.

A point to note for anyone building at the minute. The mortgage relief which is been abolished in December will only apply to the amount you have drawn down by that date.

Yikes that is one big looking house, what sq ft is it in total

wclarke20

I think it looks a bit bigger than it actually is. It's 2800 sqft.

observer2u

anjisbuild wrote: »

I also just started after 2 years (and a fortune) trying to get planning and then battling with engineers and the like. Poured foundations (raft) last week and builder back to me again on Wednesday. Driveway also in with stone from parents quarry at back. Will post pic of poured foundations soon but bit lazy with camera.

Goodluck hope all goes well.

ShiverinEskimo

Dar be walls ahoy!

AntrimGlens

Good luck with the build eskimo, having just got rid of the builders yesterday i spent all day tidying up the site and getting ready for the roofers next week. Enjoy it i say.

AntrimGlens

So eventually we have got to the stage where the roofers are hoping to be on site next week. The builders finished up yesterday with just a few small things for them to finish off while the roofers are in. Its been a labour of love, but at least we're in control of things as i was able to make a couple of small changes to rooms during the process. The missus is expecting twins in the spring so we ended up making the master bedroom a wee bit bigger to fit in a couple of cots if needed!!!
We had a window company on site today to measure up for a quote but i doubt if we'll be going with them as theres nothing i hate more from a salesperson than them running down another company and dissing their products.
I spent all day on site today tidying up and i must admit its great to have your own machinery to move things about site, such as tractor and telescopic. Hope to have the roof on in the next fortnight and slated soon after provided the weather stays good, the spark has been on site to measure up and ufh and plumber are chosen. Really need to get on the case with the windows to get watertight asap.
Took a few pics while on site today:

just do it

AntrimGlens
Is that an external staircase at the rear? I'm interested to hear your reasons for it. We're looking at something similar in order to have a clean and dirty entrance (farm and dogs).