Blocks and stuff

hairyslug

Ive been given a list of things to get from my blocklayer, Ive sent it off to a fw of the suppliers around the area but being impatient can anyone let me know roughly how much I will be looking at.

Firstly is there much of a difference in buying blocks from a builders providers or direct from the likes of roadstone

550 x 4" block
100 x 9" block
200 x stock brick
1 tonne cement
heads (4" x 3") 4 x 2.5m, 4 x16m, 2 x 1.35m
cills 2 x 1.35m
Radon barrier x 1 roll with box of tape
4 x wall starters
Damp course, 1 roll of 9", 1 roll of 13"
2 gallons of mortorsizer
5.5m3 of readymix
32sqm of K3 140mm kingspan or equivilant (any advice on this would be great, house at the moment is, going by kingspans estimates, "D" rated)
35sqm of K17 92.5mm
35sqm of K12 100mm
Again if there is an equivilant out there that will give me the same rate and cheaper Ill have a look at that

Cheers

Poor Uncle Tom

hairyslug wrote: »

Ive been given a list of things to get from my blocklayer, Ive sent it off to a fw of the suppliers around the area but being impatient can anyone let me know roughly how much I will be looking at.

Firstly is there much of a difference in buying blocks from a builders providers or direct from the likes of roadstone

550 x 4" block
100 x 9" block
200 x stock brick
1 tonne cement
heads (4" x 3") 4 x 2.5m, 4 x16m, 2 x 1.35m
cills 2 x 1.35m
Radon barrier x 1 roll with box of tape
4 x wall starters
Damp course, 1 roll of 9", 1 roll of 13"
2 gallons of mortorsizer
32sqm of K3 140mm kingspan or equivilant (any advice on this would be great, house at the moment is, going by kingspans estimates, "D" rated)
35sqm of K17 92.5mm
35sqm of K12 100mm
Again if there is an equivilant out there that will give me the same rate and cheaper Ill have a look at that

Cheers

Hi hairy, I'm just curious here but,

If this is to bring the footings to floor level, why is there a need to get Heads and cills now? I'm sure the 16m heads is a typo. Is there no radon box or pipework? What are 9" blocks (cavity) doing in footings? Why the variety of insulations and why is there no perimiter insulation?

hairyslug

Sorry, should be 1.6m, (walls going up as well
Radon box and pipe: builder has one from a previous job
9 inch blocks for a seperate job, might as well throw it in, may get a better deal if Im buying the rest now
To be honest, the perimeter insulation wasnt on the list, will ask him about it
Im looking at getting the k12 between the studs and k17 over it or it that overkill, again questions I will ask the builder

Again to be honest, I have little experience of this so im going on the advice of friends who are either carpenters or where blocklayers.

BryanF

hairyslug wrote: »

Sorry, should be 1.6m, (walls going up as well
Radon box and pipe: builder has one from a previous job
9 inch blocks for a seperate job, might as well throw it in, may get a better deal if Im buying the rest now
To be honest, the perimeter insulation wasnt on the list, will ask him about it
Im looking at getting the k12 between the studs and k17 over it or it that overkill, again questions I will ask the builder

Again to be honest, I have little experience of this so im going on the advice of friends who are either carpenters or where blocklayers.

eh maybe you should get someone to advise you who knows what the current building regulations are?