Usually when I've been to something similar there is something interesting to learn or see but this was just a small uninteresting 'warehouse' half full of trade stands that I've either seen before or completely disinterested in what they had to show. How many window stands can you have in one exhibition?! I know a window take many forms but on the whole unless they're amazingly big or have interesting mechanics (note to self now sounding like I'm bordering on geek window enthusiast) there really what's the point?
Ok we're waiting for the Keith the QS to send us the paper that may or may not tell us we've got a chance of building our house for our budget. It's now getting slightly frustrating as I know I'm going to mentally tear it apart as it's 1) using all the traditional / easiest to get to materials and 2) I'm going to have to spend ages typing it out onto an excel spreadsheet in order to then be able to send to prospective builders in the tending process and play with the other possibilities in our materials research.
I may have possibly said this before but it is rather simple trying to calculated how to build our house.
New material vs old tradition stuff
- New material is generally more expensive to buy
- Takes less time to build the house using it
- Potential to have a really well build house in terms of thermal insulation and air tightness is easier to achieve
- Tradition stuff can be bought down the road at a local builders merchants
- It's possible to achieve a very high standard of build but more difficult
- Most builders know how to use the materials but it will take them considerably more time
- Therefore more venerable to bad weather patches
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