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Posted: 01:41 - 28 Aug 2018 Post subject: |
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I know naught about the house construction but that pole outside looks fine for chaining a bike to. ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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MCN wrote: | I know naught about the house construction but that pole outside looks fine for chaining a bike to. |
One I'm looking at has a detached garage with double drive, plus wrap around fenced off gardens, it's all I'm interested in There's potential to convert it to a double garage but it would require the foundations to be extended and probably not worth the investment, as I've viewed houses I notice 99.9% people don't actually use their garages and just fill them with crap, it's only bikers and cyclists, and the odd car fanatic who bother with them. I had one or 2 people just deny me entry to the garage as if it's no big deal, sort of a deal breaker to me not being allowed to see part of a house I'm interested in Seen some right states, thought I would prefer new builds but after looking at a few that are 10ish years old, massively over priced, have no garden and tiny rooms, plus are falling apart in some cases, I think not. ____________________ KTM 990 SMT & Suzuki DR-Z 400 SM |
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Posted: 08:50 - 28 Aug 2018 Post subject: Re: Anyone know about house construction? |
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If you ask them a question in person then you can almost see the cogs in their head turning as they try to figure out what answer you're wanting to hear from them.
OP... this thread might be easier if you post the link to the details on Rightmove. |
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Posted: 11:51 - 28 Aug 2018 Post subject: Re: Anyone know about house construction? |
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Riejufixing wrote: | Irn-Bru wrote: | Now, I thought it looked a bit quirky so I looked into it, and it looks very similiar to the Cornish fabricated houses which of course are non standard construction and basically unmortgagable, but this one is obviously brick built but I'm assuming timber framed? |
Phone the estate agent up and ask. They will know what they are selling.
Note: the problem with the "Cornish houses" was not the construction method, it was the materials used in the concrete used in some houses before 1950. |
That's what happens when you build on the cheap and use crappy steel rebar, a perfect example of 'concrete cancer'.
Come on guys, just look at it. An eejit can figure out those are solid brick gable walls, the upper floor exterior walls , faced with roof, have to be timber framed because of the roof style, the lower floor will have solid walls interior and exterior to hold the gable walls, and the upper internal walls are quite probably brick as well to tie the gable uppers.
Not as well built as a Victorian/Edwardian place but makes a modern timber fraed place look about as robust as a cardboard box. ____________________ Make mine a Corona. |
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Mentalboy is correct. The areas of brick walling you can see will be a standard 'brick/cavity/block wall and the roof will almost certainly have purlins beneath and above the dormer, ends sat within the inner skin. The rest of the roof construction will be rafters, lats etc like a standard roof, only in four planes rather than two.
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Yes, I understood some of those words
Aye, I'll ask Purple Bricks about it, I'm sure they won't lie to me ____________________ KTM 990 SMT & Suzuki DR-Z 400 SM |
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Ah, Purple Bricks, this just keeps getting better.
Find a different house to buy. |
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Another one I viewed had a garage door from the outside, and on the inside it was a converted room with the door boarded off ____________________ KTM 990 SMT & Suzuki DR-Z 400 SM |
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I am looking at houses at the cheaper end of the market. Would like more info on construction methods to be avoided.
Trying to find one with a typical council brick shed, which would be ideal for the lathe but also need a garage. Not many garages in areas near work |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 240 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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