General home improvements and property repairs
That includes, some plastering and rendering, remodelling, some electrical thought I'm not fully part p qualified, fitting UPVC windows, blockwork, plumbing, and other general building jobs.
This wetroom I've done from scratch - including prepping and casting the concrete floor and screeding.
My weakness is probably the preparation at the moment, as you can see from some of my posts I'm working on this. I'm trying to think through the job from the beginning so I can, for example see how inaccuracies at the slab laying stage can affect the finished product.
My background is manufacturing engineering. I obtained an honours degree and an MSc in this field. I worked for a defence company for 9 years when for various reasons I embarked upon a change.
As a customer (and very long standing friend) of mine said of me "You use your brain". That may be one reason why I've managed to permanently resolve a few issues that other builders had been fighting with for years.
The desire to change was partly brought about by my having renovated a cornish mining cottage doing about 90% of the work myself and learning from an old hand.
I never stop learning. Even when I was laying a block wall a young lad (out of work qualified brickie) wanted to come over and have a chat with me and advise me over a couple of issues. Thanks to him the job went easier. He didn't want anything for his time, but I did give him a few quid for his lunch.