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Builder
'Builder' continues to be used by the general public in the UK to describe any sort of contractor on a building site but 'proper' builders in this area are mostly time-served tradespeople who don't expect free cups of tea (although to keep you happy they might accept one - it's your time after all :)
In domestic work your 'builder' may well be from another trade - a Joiner is quite normal - or not a tradesperson at all - just someone who has set up a building firm. Unfortunately there is no requirement to have a qualification (but it seems to me under the CDM 2015 Health & Safety Regulations which now apply to all construction work in the UK, anyone calling themselves by a trade name such as 'builder', is certifying that they are competent to fulfil that role - but we will see how that turns out).
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Modern building sites require space for many vehicles it seems (although few parking areas will have views like this)
Joiner, Blacksmith (as we still call steel erectors) and Builder - very neat resolution of complex junctions to form roof valleys
A great deal of cooperation is required between different trades to make details like this work
Electrician - this now covers network cabling, telephones and as here the wiring for a Lutron mood lighting installation
It is a trade skill to keep track of all the wires and keep everything neat and out of harms way
Leadworking is still a skill much in demand in the area. Thicker gauges are used than further South to resist wind uplift.
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Joiner in a barn conversion with new green oak beams with pre-finished ceilings between and softwood stud partition walls
Plumber & Heating Engineer
...'and he fell among plumbers' was a phrase one old builder was fond of using hereabouts which was always amusing.
A plumber (from the Latin word for lead, plumbum) is often a heating engineer as well. Even on domestic scale jobs a good plumber/heating engineer can make a huge difference to the effectiveness of the heating and hot and cold water systems.
In older properties there is often not much floor depth to work in for the plumber and heating engineer
William Sutherland rias riba
Chartered Architect
Director
Cluan, Rydal Road, Ambleside LA22 9BA
Tel: 015394 34489
