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    We want to hardwire our televisions to the internet to stream Netflix and whatnot, and our electrician has recommended Fibre Optic cabling which carries a lot more data than Cat 5 or Cat 6 http://www.datalight-system.com/en/home/. Has anyone used this and is it worth the money? The cables are fancy conduits so we can use them to run other wires through also whilst plugging straight into them. This will feed internet to TVs, wifi boosters, and data to CCTV, speakers and the printer in our home office.
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    Amazing I'm going to look at the link now @Triassic The Phase I was clean. She said that it was contradictory and even though it stressed no contamination and low risk, it advised further investigations may be beneficial. I think these surveys are worded cleverly to ensure they get repeat business!
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    Brilliant @Ferdinand. Thank you so much for sharing
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    Thanks curlewhouse. I can understand the council requiring a Watching Brief by a qualified archaeologist in a national park, but this is a non-contentious house re-build, on a previously (pre-1970's) greenfield site. It's very strange. Even the soil borehole guy says he's never come across a watching brief on a job like this.
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    A condition of my planning permission is a Phase II land contamination report. Rather than an expensive report (I've been quoted thousands of pounds) the Environmental Protection Officer will accept bore holes and factual logs as long as I submit a Watching Brief. Begrudging paying any more fees, I want to do the Watching Brief myself, but does anyone know if the council will accept this?
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    Hi, I'm a little late to this party, but we've had an enviro all in one report (all clean and clear), then the council asked for a Phase I report (all clean and clear). Now they've granted permission subject to a Phase II report and full remediation strategy. Quotes indicate this will cost £3-£4k! The Principal Planning Officer has fobbed me off to the Environmental Protection Officer, whom I've emailed with the following excerpt from the Phase I: 'The conclusion of this report and assessment is that there has been no contaminative use on site and there is no need for further site investigation. The site has been used as pasture until 1909 and then nursery gardens until 1967 when it became a residential plot.' If the EPO refuses to budge on this, I think I can appeal the condition. Has anyone done this and won?
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    I'm having an MBC slab and frame, then subbies thereafter. Most of the time there'll be one contractor on site at any time. To fulfil CDM (from another thread), I've made a list of forms to fill out, H&S signs to erect, as well as: plasters, fire extinguishers and eyewash stations. But I have the following questions: 1. Unless an accident happens on site, do H&S ask to see any of the actual documentation? (does it need to be submitted anywhere or just held on file) 2. As a Chartered Surveyor I am expected to know every trade and will I therefore be held to a higher standard than the expectations of a typical domestic self-builder? I am not a building surveyor, nor am I capable of building my own house myself!
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    Apologies if this has been asked before but I'm looking to install UFH upstairs on a new build. There seems to be a million dry and screed options. Can anyone recommend the best / cheapest system to go on posi joists?
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    Is it less efficient to sink the UFH pipes into the slab? ie. does heating need to be on higher temperature all the time?
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    Thanks so much everyone for your responses. This has been really helpful.
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    Hi, We're planning a self build with an insulated EPS foundation and UFH on top, in the floor slab. Does anyone know if we can polish this floor slab up to make a polished concrete floor? and does this work out cheaper than say, tiling the floor, as we're not doubling up on materials? Thanks Lauren
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