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Beginners Guide to Selfbuild
As a guide for newcomers to the
Selfbuild process I will try to guide you through the typical process step by
step, from the initial question of Why should I selfbuild? to What curtains do I
fit in my new House? This guide will be constantly changing as new sections are
added. If you click on the photos below they will enlarge and the idea is that
if you are at this stage of the build then you will need the items listed ie
Tools, Tradesmen, Materials. If you click on the titles below it will take you
into a more detailed explanation.
The pictures that I have used are
of my own Selfbuild, so they are reality. To read my story click Glenns
Build It is a truthful account of my day to day Selfbuild, including
the highs and lows of building your own house.
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Timber Frame House Design |
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10 Year Building Warranty
Building Site Insurance |
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Tools - JCB, Minidigger, Tipper Lorry,
Toilet (for tradesmen)
Tradesmen - Driver, Site marker out,
Groundworkers,
Materials - Hardcore, Reinforcing steel,
Drainage pipework,
Extra - Building inspector, Warranty
inspector
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Foundations + Concrete
Pour
Tools - Concrete poker, Power float
Tradesmen - Builder, Labourer
Materials - Concrete
Extra - Water
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Footings
Tools - Cement mixer,
Tradesmen - Builder, Labourer, Site marker out,
Materials - Blocks/bricks, Sand, Cement, Airbricks, Beams (floor) +
blocks or concrete,
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Sill Level
Tools - Cement mixer
Tradesmen - Builder, Labourer,
Materials - Stone, Brick, Timber frame, Insulating block or block plus
insulating slab, Wallties, Sills Jambs Heads Mullions, Window frames,
Door frames,
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Wallplate Level
Tools - Cement mixer, Scaffold, Trestles,
Tradesmen - Builder, Labourer, Scaffolder, Joiner
Materials - Lintels, Floor Joists,
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Trusses
Tools - Crane,
Tradesmen - Same, Roofer
Materials - Trusses, Soffit board, Facia board, Soffit vent, Truss
bracing, Lead,
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Roofing
Tools- Scaffold,
Tradesmen- Roofer
Materials- Slates or Tiles, Lathes, Roofing Felt, Ridge Tile, Roof
Vents, Copings, Barge Boards, Chimney Pot,
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