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No, however the answer seems to be in the the section of s29 that you posted - "any loss or damage directly attributable to the effect of the notice". So the question becomes, what loss or damage have you directly incurred, and do you have evidence, or a reasonable calculation, that will quantify it? 6 months payments on a bank loan? Telephone bills? Legal fees? Your own lost time?

+1 to above, have you tried standing in a room with a 2.1m head height? with digging out you get to put in 200mm insulation plus screed and ufh and have more headroom

Ok so I would seriously consider digging out the floor. It will be better in the long term and £2-3K spent now will pay dividends long term.

Besides trying to move on with some minor works like you mention, I’d be inclined to do full internal design specs and sketches of everything you can., unless it’s already done of corse. I do room data sheets for builds. It comprises an A4 size plan layout of every room together with all the wall elevations and EVERYTING you want to build and fit incl furniture is to be shown and detailed, on the plans and elevations. Even down to paint colours if you can or at least type of paint. I normally draw by hand using graph paper so it’s roughly to scale and doesn’t take too long. The data sheet Itself ( I do excel spreadsheet) lists walls, floors, ceilings, joinery, M&E and lastly furniture fixtures and equipment (ff&e) These are used as spec’s, needs and quantities per room. These become “the bible” for your build and will be time well spent during this C19 ‘shut down period’. I’m a couple of months behind you so I’m still value engineering the watertight box and then I’ll move on to my room data sheets.

As long as you are happy you have enough slack for them to connect you could do either, I would rather leave it visible above ground as long as your happy it’s not a hazard.

I'm with you on that problem. I started pulling ivy out of our neighbouring hedge as it had got top heavy with growth but little on the sides. Managed to get 4 builders bags to the green waste dump before it closed on Monday. Have now filled another 4 bags - don't really want to burn it but may do in a few months if dump does not re-open. H

Did a little bit of working from home this morning. Doing some pricing on an electrical mod. Amazing how many things RS discontinue and you have to find alternatives. Waiting for quotes too for specialist parts from the States. Answered a few works emails. Had lunch. Had a beer. Bent up the steel for my lawnmower deck repair.

I found these instructions which appear similar but only have one white "catch" rather than two. https://www.eclisse.co.uk/content/installation-accessories/603024103%20Scheda%20Rallenty%20BIAS.pdf I think it might catch on the shaped end of "Item C". Does your kit have the same or similar part?

My cleaner has now stopped coming, as she works for a Limited company run locally. Will get the 80%. Also she has mum’s supply of unused pyjamas, which will probably last about a decade ?. I'm pleased that someone known to me could use them, rather than having to cast them on the charity shop wind. F

Hi @Ferdinand, no that's not us! ? We're in Gloucestershire! No vicarage near us. Just a copycat/pattern book house from a not-so-famous architect! Thank you anyway!

I'm self employed... and royally shafted my self in all kinds of ways in terms of an eligibility for self employed help. I have Ltd companies. Left employment in July 2018, had some income from employment (May - July) and just £2k dividends. Saved every penny in my business not to evade tax, just to grow my business and take the leap to employ people in 2020 - I realised that dream in February this year. Only paid myself £700ish a month salary throughout this tax year, again not to evade tax just to grow my business - this year I topped up my income with dividends of £16.5k to £25k personal income. They really are going in on us 'tax evader directors' - Yes I may pay myself with dividends to avoid NI contributions but I do pay corporation tax, employer NI contributions, pensions contributions, VAT etc and we still get taxed on dividends. Another way I shafted myself... rented a business premises in February and my landlord didn't manage to sort the lease and register the transfer of SBRR because he has been quite un-well, I'm not a monster so I didn't put him under any pressure throughout February and March. It's highly likely that I won't get the potential £10k grant on offer for SBRR as if they allow post dated applications there would be a lot of fraud with people renting out empty units to their mates. Still... I'm not too upset. I will manage and one of my businesses is doing really well. I suppose there are a portion of self-employed that do qualify but don't really need the help - they can still claim it as I don't believe you have to prove and hardship do you? I do worry about those directors who live hand to mouth, month to month and there is many of them! It's disgusting that they are disregarding them. They say it's complicated... well here's a solution that works for all. All employees and self employed can have an advance on their self assessment tax return income level or end of year tax return. You can claim it each month IF you need it. It's got to be paid back just like how student loans are paid back and it's written off after so many years. Surely this is a fairer solution and would have been welcomed by all self employed as a god send. Fortunately my friends and family are all well and the nation seems to be behaving and the NHS continues to do a fantastic job.

I have similar end clips, which on mine hold the door open very simply by gripping the glass in the spring C shaped bit. Mine is much older though and very different to yours in other ways.

Did you see this video?.. It covers the wood door but shows how some bits go together.

What's written on the label on the clear plastic box? I'm wondering if you have anti slam kits for both wood and glass doors.

Pretty sure it's telling you to remove the end clip and put it in the bin (personally I'd hang on to it just in case).

With a tape measure to indicate the depth of the pipe.

Foul will need your sewerage providers to give permission and to inspect if it’s being adopted. Some are slowing work to essential only.

frankly as long as your neighbours are on board I don’t see why not, I would as long as at each end the depth etc can be seen by BC to comply. I feel for you.

I think you pretty much stuck with clearing trees and fencing off Outs was pretty clear Don’t break ground n No heavy equipment on site

building control will confirm what glass you need as a minimum.

It'll depend on the insurance company, ours absolutely requires all windows have locks, but they specifically say they'll honour claims if we forget to use them.

You can go and do some food shopping and call in at the petrol station and fill a jerry can with white diesel.

My internal AAV Is 50mm !,!

Google books had an example.. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Zle3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA289&lpg=PA289&dq="building+preservation+notice"+compensation&source=bl&ots=SqBAN2RJ4d&sig=ACfU3U3oUac1v9ppBI8uQx4y8u-1B9soZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzpq-cubnoAhVTtXEKHc83DVs4ChDoATAGegQICRAB#v=onepage&q="building preservation notice" compensation&f=false Page 289 "study 13" Mentions fall in house prices due to the delay not being claimable as its an indirect consequence. I suspect you could argue for any directly attributable cost.

Yes. The following is my understanding of what needs to be done before starting work. However I cannot accept liability if I've made a mistake. I've never had to do one myself. There are a bunch of CIL forms here. Not all are applicable to all situations... https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200136/policy_and_legislation/70/community_infrastructure_levy/5 For something that needs planning permission I believe the sequence of events and forms would be.. Form 1: Additional Information (submitted with planning application) Planning Application Granted Form 2: Assumption of Liability Then one of these depending on the project... Form 7: Self Build Exemption Claim - Part 1 Form 8: Residential Annex Exemption Claim Form 9: Residential Extension Exemption Claim Then before you can actually start any work on site you need to do ALL of the following.. Wait for the exemption to be granted in writing. Make your Building Control Plans Full Plans submission or Building Notice. You probably should start this earlier but you typically need Building Control to confirm they are happy enough with the drawings that you can start work from their perspective. Allow 4-6 weeks for Building Control. Discharge any planning conditions that say "Before any work starts..." or similar. Again allow some weeks if they are complicated conditions. Submit.. Form 6: Commencement Notice And I strongly recommend waiting for confirmation it was received. Then and only then start work. In the case of a self build you must submit.. Form 7: Self Build Exemption Claim - Part 2 Within 6 months of completion of you loose the exemption.

Where is the leak. They are essentially the same fitting, one is made by whoever made the lockshield valve, the other is made by whoever made the TRV. All the parts that came with the TRV should stay together. It does not matter which goes in which end of the radiator.

I use a track/plunge saw for this sort of thing (a Titan from Screwfix for around £70(I think?) but they don't appear to sell it anymore) as it's a doddle to use, virtually no breakout and can be used indoors given there being hardly any dust when connected to a vacuum cleaner. The track is only 1.4m long but you can get perfectly good full length cuts without track extensions. My circular saw hasn't seen the light of day since I bought the track saw, and I think I'd find a table saw to be of limited use for me, cumbersome for large sheet materials and would spend most of its time getting in the way when not in use.

Every house I have owned has had at least some push fit waste pipe and I have never known a failure. Solvent weld has it's place. I usually use it for smaller like 30 or 40mm and occasionally 110mm where in some cases a solvent weld fitting took up less space (for getting fittings between posi joists) But most of my house is done with push fit and I have no issue boxing it in behind plasterboard.

First full day this year .screeding

We had always heard that self build was not only exciting but difficult and stressful, and it was living up to its reputation as we worked through all the issues of foundations and sub structure to get ready for the Timber Frame. There was a hiccup in the Beam and Block floor supply that pushed the schedule out a week but it was all looking good for B&B on the 27th March and MBC Timber Frame on the 6th April. This was a really tight but achievable schedule, and the Internorm with windows on the 11th of May would have been great - heading to wind and watertight by end of May. Then the world went crazy!!!!! Right now we are pushing ahead, and have been amazed at how committed and flexible our suppliers have been, but who knows what will happen tomorrow - things change hour by hour. Today we have the scaffolders on site preparing for the TF, we have a somewhat tenuous commitment to deliver the B&B floor and crane onto site on 1st April (the irony of that particular date has not escaped us). our groundworks lined up to fit the blocks and prepare the plinth, and MBC on site on the 8th. This all sounds possible - but it is so finely balanced and inter-dependant that one element in the critical path will bring the whole project to a standstill. And we get the feeling that this could happen at any minute. Guidance seems to allow work on site and as long as the folks are safe and able to maintain distance then we are happy to have them working. We are keeping our site visits down to a minimum but as self builders we believe that we are OK to follow the guidance for the construction industry and are able to travel to site - anyone out there been challenged on that? Our intent is still to try to get to a shell, but there is certainly an argument to pull back and sit it out - however we are in rented accommodation so that adds another element of pressure to the equation. Added to this is that most of our build budget is invested and shrinking by the day so funds are tight to the point that we will need to get stuck in and do the unskilled labour to even get close to finishing. Internorm just pushed out the installation of our windows out by about 4 weeks, and subject to review, so if we get the TF up then it will sit without windows for ages - a situation we have been trying hard to avoid. We have a roofer 'pencilled in' but who knows if he will be able to work, or if he can get the materials to site. So , this is not in any way belittling the major world wide disaster that is unfolding around us all - more to just to let you know that we are doing our bit to keep our project afloat and keep the very squeaky wheels of the construction industry turning. While there is some criticism of the construction industry continuing to work, our position is that, providing its safe to work, then if we dont pay the guys then they dont have money to feed their families. We are painfully aware as our Son lost 16 weeks work as a self employed lighting designer when they cancelled his David Gray WW tour as it hit production rehearsals and he lost all his income from that and the summer festival season. Hats off to anyone else who has been attempting the impossible over the last few weeks - and commiserations to anyone who has put their project on hold on these 'interesting times'. As we seem to have some more time on our hands we will get round to the time lapse video and keep our blog up to date

Here are some drawings of our newly designed house, if you seen my original post a few weeks back it has been tweaked a little bit to try and make more room in the living/kitchen area. All comments criticisms welcome Mike 6314_F_205_g_Proposed First Floor_A3.pdf 6314_F_204_e_Proposed Ground Floor Plan_A3.pdf

To be honest, 0.43 Air Changes per Hour (ACH), or 1.22 m³/²/hr, is OK, but not a lot better than the 27 year old PassivHaus requirement of 0.6 ACH. UK building regulations are pretty poor, in terms of energy efficiency standards, and haven't really improved much in recent years, they are still decades behind the requirements of other many other European countries. Countries like Ireland have massively improved their building regulations, for example, to the point where Dublin are now looking at requiring all new houses built there to meet the PassivHaus standard, I believe. This is definitely a step in the right direction, but sadly the UK doesn't seem to want to improve new homes, and is still churning out thousands of new houses a year that are pretty woeful in terms of performance. We used a semi-rigid duct system for our MVHR, probably the easiest system to install when there isn't much room. There are several variations on the same design, as HB+ seem to have licensed it to many other manufacturers. All the duct of this type has the same dimensions, it's mainly the end fittings and plenum chambers that vary from one supplier to another (plus the cost!). The MVHR we went for is an expensive Genvex unit, as it includes an air-to-air heat pump, so can either warm or cool the fresh air feed to the rooms. For us it made sense, as our house is in a very sheltered location, cut back into a hill, and faces South, so tends to be in a warm spot, especially on still, sunny, days.

@TerryE Thanks for the advice. Went round everything yesterday there are two extra stacks you cannot see as they had no uprights fitted when i took photo. I have 6 x 63mm ducts coming in for other things like garage, stables, and workshop supplies, water and gas (LPG) is also in as well as telecom. Will run around with tape measure on Sunday although i have already checked the soil stacks twice have fitted low level sockets in the concrete on the other two stacks so i can fit low level fittings if needed This is my list of things in the slab 1. hockey stick for mains into cavity. 2. water from bore hole to plant room 3. gas from LPG bottles to kitchen 4. grey telecom to hall 5. two svp in the walls for first floor( position checked) 6. downstairs toilet svp 7. plant room svp 8. kitchen island svp 9. kitchen island hot and cold supply(insulated) 10. kitchen Island power and one spare 25mm duct to island(you never know) 11. two 63mm to garage 12 two 63mm to workshop 13 two 63mm to stables. Anything else that anyone can recommend before the pour on Monday afternoon would be appreciated

yesterday I decided to save the money I don't have by digging the 20M soil trench myself, shallow at start dropping to 2.5M at end Yesterday I then decided to sell a kidney and get a digger in

You will not regret investing in a rail saw (plunge or otherwise) Personally i just bought an attatchment for my circular saws but i do also have easy access to a plunge saw if i ever need to cut out for sinks. The beauty of circular/plunge saws is that they are little mohammeds. Where the wood is the mountain ?