Weather and self build!!

Villain

Well I started my build this year and was lucky to get the foundations dug and poured when it was dry then got floors in and blocks finished about 4 weeks ago, I got the garage roof latted and felted and was hoping to have it slated and roof done on house by now but the weather put a stop to that.

So now I'm thinking that maybe I should just finish garage and hold off on house until next year, most work on my house is done a few days at a time and in the evenings and weekends so if we get a dry spell I might get the house joists in and get the roof up but I don't want to get that far and then get caught with wet weather and not be able to finish.

If I stop now I might be able to put off drawing the next stage of the mortgage because if I start the roof and have to stop I'll have the mortgage money sitting in my account and be paying more on the repayments over the weather when I can't get anything done.

So anyone see any issues with leaving the house with just block work finished until next February or March?

charliecon

I left my house from Jan to April and had no problem but it was only to first floor level, if you have a two storey house with high gables I think that the biggest risk you will have is wind which could knock them. As far as I know rain , snow ,frost etc won't do the blocks any harm

sinnerboy

tragic to post that in August isn't it ? do all you can to stop the blocks from absolutely soaking . Tarp the tops at least

Don't give up yet!
September is usually a good dry month, but not always as I found out.

Are you doing the roof yourself or have you roofers lined up.

De_man

yep i'd agree you can get quite a lot done usually in september
but you'll need a lot of help


to help out with the forecasting


www.meteireann.ie give a three day outlook

TV3 teletext is excellent. five day outlook broken down into provinces

for on the spot weather info look at www.meteireann.ie on the right hand
side you'll see the rainfall radar....very very useful

Villain

Cheers for the replies, I have a few mates that are roofers who will be doing the work but they have other jobs on so not sure they would be able to get it finished in one go i.e. could take 2 months to complete. The gables aren't up so no risk there, I'm a weather watcher so I can read long range charts but at best they will only give a weeks accurate weather. May just wait and see I suppose.

Lainey

villian we are in the same position only we are renting so are mad to get house finished.. roofers supposedly starting on monday so hopefully de weather holds out for few weeks to at least get roof and windows in..

Quazzie

Just a theory but does mortar not deteriorate when left exposed to the elements for extended periods of time?

I might be wrong about this but I always thought that to be the case

budo73

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Just a theory but does mortar not deteriorate when left exposed to the elements for extended periods of time?

I might be wrong about this but I always thought that to be the case

Hi

theoretically you are correct, but, you would be talking about a few years before any effects (even miniscule) would become apparent....providing of course that it has been mixed correctly