Calediona Homes

Floor	Floor joists, generally 38 x 140mm treated whitewood at 600mm centres are
	are laid on wallplates with 22mm moisture resistant T & G flooring grade chipboard
	A sunk matwell is provided at front and rear entrance as required
	Insulation is 100mm glasswool on supporting netlon mesh
Exterior walls	Walls comprise an inner and outer leaf separated by a 50mm cavity
	The inner leaf is framed timber 38 x 140mm nominal treated whitewood
	studs at 600mm centres, clad on the cavity face with 9mm plywood
	or B.B.A. approved sterling board, and ‘Frameshield’ breathable building paper
	with 38 x 50mm cavity closing firestops on face
	The ‘Frame’ is insulated with 150mm glassfibre and faced internally with
	Gyproc 12.5mm vapour checked plasterboard
	The outer leaf, generally of concrete blocks, is tied to the inner with
	flexible stainless steel wallties and is roughcast externally with 19mm drydash
	Fyfestone being substituted in specific areas as designed on plan
Single storey roof	Marley Ludlow Major Slate grey concrete tiles with plastic dry ridge and verge system
	on 25 x 50mm treated tile battens on 10 x 38mm treated counter battens on 1 layer
	layer reinforced underslating felt on 9mm plywood sarking or B.B.A. approved
	sterling board on specialist designed roof trusses at 600mm centres
	Roof braced horizontally and diagonally with 100 x 22mm treated whitewood
	Ceiling insulated with 250mm glasswool and formed with 25mm taper edged
	plasterboard fixed to trusses and dwangs as appropriate
	Facia and bargeboard of 20mm redwood with linings to both ends
Storey and half first floor and roof	Fabricated with specialist designed habitable roof trusses at 600mm centres
	except at dormer/stairwell where doubled up or treble trusseswith longitudinal joisting
	purlins and infill is employed: 22mm T & G moisture resistant chipboard flooring
	All ceilings dwanged and plasterboarded, with 250mm glassfibre insulation
	(150mm to sloping part and hanging posts).
	Main roof with ply soffit and redwood fascias, having plywood sarking
	or B.B.A. approved sterling board, underslating felt, 10 x 38mm
	and 25 x 50mm treated counter and tile battens respectively
	and Marley Ludlow Major concrete inter-locking roof tiles
	Dormer roofs are tiled as last, the vertical haffits being tiled with flat concrete tiles
	and lead side, valley and apron flashings
Partitions	38 x 65mm nominal whitewood framed with centre row of dwangs
	faced both sides with 12.7mm plasterboard
Windows	Redwood framed
	Severe exposure rated double glazed windows with Low ‘E’ Glass
	brass coloured night vents and lockable brass handles fitted. U-Value = 1.6 w/m^2K
Front entrance : screen and door	High performance Swedoor unglazed ‘Georgian’ , with double glazed sidelight
	in redwood, teak stained
Rear entrance door	High performance glazed Swedoor ‘Eaton’ with brass ironmongery
Interior doors	Sapele veneered pre-finished fitted with brass lever ironmongery
Patio door	Redwood double glazed, high performance patio door with low ‘E’ glazing
Vestibule screen	Manufactured in Redwood and single glazed in plain clear glass with upperand lower glazed areas
Staircase	Yellow pine stringers with MDF treads and closed MDF risers
	Handrails are hemlock with hemlock turned newels, mushroom caps
	and vertical colonial spindles providing enclosure
Interior finishes	Skirtings, door facings, sillboards etc. are throughout in moulded redwood
	although mahogany may be supplied at an additional cost
Wardrobe doors	Wardrobe doors and hall cupboard door where indicated on plan will be sliding
	clear brass coloured frame mirror doors, otherwise sapele veneered doors

Coving	At junction of ceiling and walls will be provided in lounge, dining and hall
Fireplace and Chimney	(where applicable)
	The flue constructed in concrete block with fireclay flue linings, precast cope and fireclay can
	The fireplace formed in fireclay baby brick
	A provisional sum as stated in the formal quote is included to cover the cost
	of a marble slab and hearth, fire with timber surround and mantelshelf
	or as selected by the house purchaser
Sanitary ware	A provisional sum as stated in the covering letter is included to cover the cost of
	sanitary ware to be selected by the house purchaser
Heating	As stated and quoted for in the formal quote
Kitchen units	A provisional sum as indicated in the formal quote is included to cover the cost of
	kitchen units and worktops to be chosen by the house purchaser
	No kitchen equipment i.e. Hob, Oven, Hood etc. is supplied as standard
	but may be quoted for if required
Wall tiling	A provisional sum in the formal quote is included to cover the cost of tiles
	(to be chosen by the house purchaser) and fixing
Drainage	Foul and surface water drains are laid in 110mm ‘Osma’ UPVC drainage pipes
	pea aggregate surrounded with rodding points and shallow access fittings up to 15m
	from the house and including installation of septic tank and soakaway where appropriate
	as detailed in the appendix to the formal quote
	Surface water drains terminate in soakpits 6m from house or as described
	in the appendix to the formal quote
	Where present we would connect to the public sewer system in lieu of the septic tank
	but this would have to be priced separately
Siteworks	The extent of the site works included is 600 x 900mm precast paving slab path
	to front and rear doors from a drive formed having 150mm bottoming with blinded rolled finish
	and timber edging extending 11m from house front with 6m turning spur
	A rotary clothes dryer with paving slab access is provided
	Existing topsoil JCB levelled
Decoration	All plasterboard joints are machine taped
	Ceilings and walls are painted with two coats emulsion
	Interior woodwork will receive one priming coat and two coats decorative stain
	Exterior woodwork and windows are treated with ‘Dulux’
	timber preservative stain to minimise maintenance

Note

	We reserve the right to change without notice the materials used
	to other materials which we believe to be of similar or better quality


Plans	Preparation and submission of detailed plans to the local authority
	including full engineers design certificate
Foundations	C20 grade concrete 150mm thick

Underbuilding	Built of dense concrete blocks with underfloor ventilators
	Damp proof PVC coursings is provided below
	25 x 100mm treated whitewood wall plates
	The height of underbuilding is usually three courses
	i.e. 700mm approximately high off top of foundation
Solum	Vegetable soil is removed and a minimum 150mm depth of suitable upfill laid
	over the area, sand blinded and a 50mm sand/cement laid over polythene