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Ours is similar to the above photo. We were told the first x number of meters is to be completed to roads spec, as vehicles/lorry's are allowed to part there while offloading etc. Anything else inwards from there, you can almost do what you want, but has to be SuDs compliant. Also because our access is sloped down towards the road, we had to have a linear drain and suitably sized soakaway to prevent water our property entering the road. The council will have a standard set of details they will expect you to follow so the entry complies with whatever roads rules there are. Single track roads are treated very different from dual roads. As I believe a single track road has in effect to form a passing place for other road users

Forget about reusing the felt. Redo the roof as is but with EPDM and the ponding won't matter. Or two, fit new firring strips, reboard, fascias, and new roof covering to remove the fall issue. That's what I'd do.

Grow some , grow them now 💪😎

today I thought I'd try and fit the toilet waste in our downstairs loo to the Geberit frame. but I got confused (easily done to be fair). the frame comes with a 90mm pan connector but the toilets we chose have a bigger hole (https://www.duravit.co.uk/products/all_series/d-neo.com-en.html?product=6434574). I'm trying to set the frame to the correct height so that I have the pan at the correct height to get the correct fall to the soil stack. how the **** do you go about doing this? is there an easy way? do I just bin the pan connector that came with the frame and buy something that fits the toilet? I'm sure this is noddy stuff but I could do with some simple steps to follow. I think I've read other's posts on this subject but I've read so much over the past 3 years that I'm not sure where I read it. 😞

Litecast G12 appears to be a system with polystyrene infill blocks, not concrete infill blocks. Therefore as I understand it, the screed does have a structural function. https://www.litecast.co.uk/media/1357/kiwa-bda-gt-agrément-certificate.pdf

Pretty much our only condition stipulated how the belmouth should be formed. We got a document that showed all the different types with outs highlighted. I asked how to detail the link between me and the road and was told it had to be done to road spec which wasn’t terribly helpful. Subsequently I’ve got a hold of the guys that do all the roads round here and they are happy to complete this for me for not a huge amount of money.

do you really need heavy soil here is the make up that we are going to use It's not as heavy as soil.

If you're wanting the over-complication route, temp sensor on the underside of the bath that overrides the timeout when hot (bath in progress)

as this is only a tiny cottage with a few rads but high heatloss, should we not re thinking about the system's capacity during defrost, more than just heating power?

Updates: 1/ I made a mistake in my spreadsheet calculating the watt/sqm, but thankfully the final 'value for money' column and therefore the conclusions stand. Here's the corrected one: Shop Brand Type SizeY SizeX Watt Price ex m2 W/GBP W/sqm PanelEst TotalW TotalCost URL Alibaba jingsun JAM132D-710 2384 1303 710 126 3.11 5.63 229 18 12780 2268 2285 GBP cef longi LR5-54HIH-410M 1722 1134 410 80 1.95 5.13 210 21 8610 1680 cityplumb Longi LR4-60HIH-370M 1755 1038 370 72.6 1.82 5.1 203 21 7770 1524.6 tradesparky JA JAM54S30-410 1722 1134 410 80.76 1.95 5.08 210 21 8610 1695.96 Alibaba JA JAM72D42 2465 1134 630 125 2.8 5.04 225 18 11340 2250 2249 USD tradesparky DMEG DM410M10 1708 1134 410 82 1.94 5 212 26 10660 2132 cef longi LR4-72HIH 2094 1038 450 90 2.17 5 207 21 9450 1890 cef trina DE09.08R 1762 1134 425 88 2 4.83 213 21 8925 1848 cef longi LR5-66HIH-500M 2093 1134 500 106 2.37 4.72 211 21 10500 2226 cityplumb Sharp Nujc400B 1722 1134 400 87 1.95 4.6 205 21 8400 1827 tradesparky JA JAM72S30-545 2278 1134 545 122 2.58 4.47 211 21 11445 2562 tradesparky JA JAM72S20-455 2112 1052 455 105 2.22 4.33 205 21 9555 2205 renugen jinko Eagle 315Wp 1650 992 315 77 1.64 4.09 192 26 8190 2002 cityplumb Longi LR5-54HTB-425M 1722 1134 425 108 1.95 3.94 218 21 8925 2268 Not Yet in UK longi LR5-72HBD-555M 2278 1134 550 140 2.58 3.93 213 21 11550 2940 cityplumb Longi LR5-54HTH-435M 1722 1134 435 112 1.95 3.88 223 21 9135 2352 renugen jinko Eagle 335Wp 1684 1020 335 87 1.72 3.85 195 26 8710 2262 tradesparky canad CS6R-435H 1722 1134 435 122 1.95 3.57 223 21 9135 2562 tradesparky Trina TSM-425W 1762 1134 425 137 2 3.1 213 21 8925 2877 easypv Euren Zebra 340 1684 1002 340 121 1.69 2.81 201 26 8840 3146 renogy renogi RNG-50D-SS-UK 581 509 50 54 0.3 0.93 169 21 1050 1134 An important thing to notice therefore is that the W/SQM is surprisingly similar for all these cells. Only that jingsun on at the top seems to be an outlier and ha, I am not sure I trust those. W/GBP is the column to pay attention to, and that still says that longi is probably the best value for money, JA not far behind. It might matter to you which panels barely fit, and which ones barely don't fit if your roof dimensions are teetering on the edge of fitting just-one-more-panel, like mine. Yep. 2/ I noticed that while GSE seems pretty common, I believe it has some limitations that I find a bit annoying It has fixed tray sizes so uncommon panels won't fit, or you will be using more space than you need It does not allow you to combine horizontal and vertical trays, at least they won't be nicely connected. Perhaps Renusol ISSE is more flexible but I cant seem to ind anyone selling them. Tradesparky does have _some_ renusol stuff but I think it's missing that ISSE stuff again.

We haven’t got a buffer tank. Just a simple old radiator system - none of the downstairs radiators have TRVs so that there’s always a big enough water volume and thermal load.

We have all radiators in our 110m2 average 1960’s semi and we don’t have a buffer tank. Open loop design.

Yes we ran a 600 strip around the pet Yes we ran a 600 strip around the perimeter and taped it to the high load dpc and rapped and taped all the corners Then ran a membrane wall to wall taping down 150 insulation Then a slip membrane Then a 100x25 mil upstand around the perimeter Then simply clipped the UFH pipe down

Thinking further. It is common for a LA to stipulate a row of cobbles between a private drive and the highway.

Yes a huge amount done by myself and my wife Most trades are to expensive for us I have two lads that do site loading for me But as on the previous build I’ve done it myself I had a lift for a few days with birds mouthing the roof trusses and my lad gave me a lift with the render and slating £200 per day paid out for a handful of days I brought a gang of Brickies in and paid the going rate But also did quite a bit myself The little digger pictured I’ve borrowed from a friend A farmer friend collected it and did a lot of loading for me As I let him have use of the two acre field I’m wiring today and my mate will come and do a day each weekend £250 Same with the plumbing The lead guy wanted nearly 3k I’ve done that myself No experience Same with Slates The list goes on Ive 5 tilers that work for me But as previously will lay the 250 m2 myself While I can get insulation and pb a bit cheaper than most I’m in the same boat as everyone else The will be worth considerably more than what we’ve spent But would be lucky to brake even on a turnkey

Why would fitting roof hooks reduce the lap? The realtively few ones I've seen and done are notched to get the tile to sit neatly over the hook but theres no reduction in lap??

It's a 3 Weetabix type of day

If your saying the fitting supplied won't go over the 102dia then I would buy a pan extension, but still fit the original pipe but cut it as far back as you can. I.e flush or indented into the wall. The supplied pipe will clip to the frame. Heights is just a simple question of working backwards. I find it easier to fit the waste pipe and flush pipe to the WC then sit the WC on the floor upside down, (WC lid on the floor.) Then measure the centres of the pipes from the floor. Then draw a line on the wall at the height of the WC seat..and use the measurements to mark the positions of pipe centres. Easy😉

Or for a complete answer, if you live in Scotland, where you need a full structural engineering certificate prior to Warrant issue.