Howdens kitchens - roughly how much are they to trade?

Howdens kitchens - roughly how much are they to trade?

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andy43

9,545 posts

253 months

Friday 18th June 2010
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Busamav said:
andy43 said:
yes
I have a set of plans here, which show a new cavity wall tray 15 metres in length. No problem. But it's to be retrofitted to an existing wall banghead
What is wrong with that , other than the time and labour involved to do it ?

I think on even a mildly exposed site , the building inspector would be negligent on not requiring it .

Build an extension against an existing cavity wall and that is what will appear on all of my drawings , it is the correct thing to do . You can buy trays for just that situation too .
It's a raised patio. As it's more than 600mm above ground level, due to the rules, we need building control and full drawings. A cavity-tray-less raised patio has been in the same place for 40 years, it's just it's falling down and we fancy a bigger one.
Time to do it is fine. Cost of labour is another issue smile

andy43

9,545 posts

253 months

Friday 18th June 2010
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Busamav said:
andy43 said:
yes
when there's actually a masonry internal wall within 12" of proposed beam position.
If I had a sharp pencil and some big paper, I'd do it myself hehe
Out of interest ,what are the foundations like under that wall ?
Chocolate mainly. With sprinkles.
BCO didn't bat an eyelid when builder suggested no steel and an extra 12" of joists.
There is an argument that the architect is covering all bases by assuming founds won't take any extra weight, but there were already an existing set of joists sat on the wall, all we were doing was fitting newer deeper joists (and actually reducing load on the internal walls due to a steel ridge beam suitable for spanning the Mersey - drawn on the same set of drawings - taking a lot of the roof loads from purlins/internal walls and loading the gable walls instead).
Same with everything - find a good guy and you're sorted.