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Advice articles written by experts based in Ireland about the cost of building, design and build tips, and garden and DIY.

Leslie O'Donnell

Watchpoints for walls

What to watch out for when building your walls, from ground floor to roof level, including watchpoints for both masonry…

Leslie O'Donnell

Watchpoints at the roofing stage

Roofing is a specialist trade but there are watchpoints you need to know about. In this article we cover: Watchpoints…

Leslie O'Donnell

Construction timeline

Once you’ve secured planning permission and have all of your building control and health and safety approvals in place, what’s…

Keith Kelliher: Quantity Surveyor / DJ Ramsdale: Builder and Cost Expert
Micah Jones: architect / Barry McCarron: Chairman of the Passive House Association of Ireland / Patrick Waterfield: energy assessor Andrew Stanway: project manager Les O’Donnell: structural Engineer and architectural technologist / Pete Cole: Clerk of Works and Building Surveyor
Anne Byrne: garden designer / Harrison Gardner: DIY self-build expert
Anne Byrne: garden designer / Harrison Gardner: DIY self-build expert
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