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No issues - carry on ..!

For such a short length, doesn't matter.

Gracias for the words for encouragement. Nothing too crazy, 3000 sq ft, 5 bedrooms, three floors, square building. At this point everything depends on if/when/for how much I sell my current house. While the house is going to market now, I am trying to soak in as much info as possible. BTW going to the The National Self Build & Renovation Show next week to get insight as well. Any members here will be there on Sunday? Thanks for the tip!

Thanks everyone. It's more for my own peace of mind rather than BR compliance. I've actually managed to run things now just within spec having moved things around a bit.

K rend “white” on my house

K Rend white I can’t remember who asked This has only been put on this morning and rubbed this afternoon It will dry very white

Can't really argue with those prices, just DIY is where the savings would be, plus if plaster-boarding anyway, buying thinner ( cheaper ) frame material and retro-fitting with insulated PB would ba another way of killing two birds with one stone. However, just buying one increment up on those SIPs prices to achieve the same result and fitting PB to those ( prob over a service counter batten to allow for electrics etc ) seems a more straightforward direction. Buy insulation once, reduce heating bills forever I'd still be and advocate of A/C though, for both heating ( which should be negligible in this type of structure ) but more importantly not to cook to death in the summer ( a surprising amount of nuisance noise comes into my 'office' from just cracking open the moderate sized window ( which I have to shut to hold a business conversation ) so be mindful you may not always be able to keep the sliders open all of the time )), but I don't yet have the acoustic batts in the roof void which may help there too. I ran Cat 6 out there too, 1x for external WiFi AP which I mounted on the external 'office' wall ( so the garden now benefits from a very robust WiFi signal ), 1x for the desktop, and 1x for the network / internet printer. You could just get a cable from your existing BB router and take it to an external AP ( like a Ruckus heavy traffic unit ) and hook everything up to that. Depends on your dependency, but a hard wired cable from the desktop is way better than wireless.

Likewise used a UPVC profile with a slimmer 3G unit (4/12/4/12/4) as was also interested in sound proofing. Only concession to “Euro style” is installing tilt and turn so they open inward. Did consider Aluclad but lead times and matching the multiple RAL finishes puts me off.

That's what we did, so it was at least half British. Rehau Geneo profiles with windows manufactured in UK.

Nope, we'd no desire for anything other than 2g UPVC. Nothing about the look of fancier stuff did anything for us, I certainly didn't want any timber that might need maintenance, and even thermally I couldn't justify the extra cost within our tight-ish budget.

You've posed quite a good question. I don't really have an answer. I havent placed an order as of yet but pretty much finalised hopefully with Zyle fenster (Lithuania). Being foreign for me didn't matter. Inwas originally only planning 2g due to budget but 3g has came within my budget going to Zyle. One notable point I had was that internorm/Gaulhoffer and zyle seemed to be easily take on my 4.6m slider in 2 sections. Rational, Allan bros, Russell timber, Norman just couldn't. I had to compromise. I also wasn't after timber frame aluclad I woukd have been happy with pvcu but it seems to work out.

Ha nice idea. My PM messaged me today the joiners are going to lower the doors & frames accordingly to the proper height.

Bin the bifolds - you will never open them. Go for two pairs of French doors or even a couple of full height panels and a pair of doors in the middle. In the space you have they will intrude into the space, and also make it overheat. If cost is a real driver then consider one of the log systems such as Tuin and then insulate the inside. It will be much cheaper than SIPs and easier too as it will go on pad foundations.

Demoralizing, when you realise you've started more projects than you've got years left to be able to finish.

You made me laugh Because (for example) I might grout a wall in the ensuite then as I don't want to get dust on it or mess it up start on something else. TBH it was always my plan to skirt between bathroom and ensuite. Do a bit here , do a bit there. Demoralising? After 7 years I LOVE IT! ( for the most part )

My new best friend!! ?

That is like the side of a cracker you do not put butter on.