Following on from my first post on what is now SI No.9 (I wonder if the Dept are John Lennon fans?). I was speaking to a colleague yesterday and a few additional, important points need to be made: 1. For Read More …
This personal viewpoint is my opinion on how to maintain the self-building industry in Ireland. This plan of action could easily be implemented as an adjusted form of SI80 In order to maintain the self building industry (remember that 60% Read More …
I’ve written about this a lot already and below is the post from the BRegsForum which details the current situation regarding self-builders and the SI80 Building Regulations Amendments: http://bregsforum.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/self-builders-to-be-phased-out-under-s-i-80-bregs/ This post therefore concentrates on what you can do if the Read More …
The forthcoming changes in the Building Regulations in March 2014 (S.I. No. 80 of 2013 BUILDING CONTROL (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2013) have big repercussions for residential self-builders. Nearly 60% of houses constructed in Ireland are self-builds (source NaSBA) and with the Read More …
Here’s a slideshow of a project we’re working on with self-builder for 2 extensions to Irish dormer bungalow. Features include: Contemporary yet traditional curved walls at one end with curved ‘barn’ roof at other Traditional concrete barges but curved Read More …
This continues on a bit from the last post on the problems with Inspecting and Certifying Self-Builders and I’ve written stacks already on the Building Control Amendment, here’s one of the posts HERE. The main item that’s going to hit Read More …
I was just going to mention this in a tweet but I think it needs a few more words – it’s still going to be a nice short, punchy post 😉 When you’re working on a main contractor built project; Read More …
The image below (and it’s been on the home page for a while now) was used to illustrate ‘The art of building a house in the countryside’ in Self Build & Improve Your Home magazine. I’ll also pop it into Read More …
So, it looks as if the Building Control Amendment is a step closer as far as I know it was signed into law last Friday. Obviously nothing has happened yet as far as working practice and I’m sure there will Read More …
I’ve written about something similar to this in ‘YOU are the contractor!’ but I think a little more needs to be said: The comes a time when YOU as self-builder need to step up to the plate… Remember in ‘YOU Read More …
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