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The issue is the 50mm void must be ventilated at the eaves and ridge. Ventilating at the ridge means every rafter bay as there is no lateral air flow due to the rafters. So the best solution involves replacing the ridge tiles with a ventilated ridge rather than individual vents. Some care is needed at the eaves to ensure the air goes up the 50/75mm void rather than into the floor or the loft itself which you are trying to keep warm... but it's doable. I would use 125mm fixings for 100mm insulation. Under the insulation fit a vapour barrier (plastic sheet) or possibly foil tape the joints in the foil covered insulation. Then plasterboard.

For stud walls one technique to reduce sound transmission is to have two staggered sets of studs, each supporting the plasterboard on one side. That way no sound transmitted through the studwork. Sound insulation can be woven between the two sets of studs. Sometimes two layers of plasterboard are used each side to increase the mass. Applying that to a flat roof you would effectively add a false ceiling. Eg one deep set of rafters would support the thermal insulation, OSB and EPDM etc. Then below/between that another set of ceiling joists (can be less deep) supporting just the plasterboard. if its a warm roof (all thermal insulation above the rafters not between) then this would increase the depth of the roof by perhaps another 50-75mm. Again sound insulation would be woven between the two sets. Another possibility would be to use resilient bars between the regular rafters and plasterboard, possibly doubling up the plasterboard to increase its mass. That would probably add 25-30mm.

Think I would fit it as you have it in the photo. The wall plates must be straight and parallel to each other. Otherwise every rafter would have to be a different length. I assume the absence of a fasia board is to ventilate the cold roof? Another approach would be to have external birds mouth and project the rafters beyond the wall board. I quite like the look of exposed rafter ends.

Do you know how much you export? At best a battery should allow you to use that rather than export it

Perhaps of interest. Ripple energy allow you to buy a share in a wind farm. https://rippleenergy.com/ https://rippleenergy.com/how-it-works

Google suggests you can buy matt stone sealer but not used it myself. We just used regular lithofin. Its pretty matt but gets a soft sheen in trafficked areas over time.

I did have a Western Digital MyBook but they are discontinued. Was no real software or OS to learn. Just need to create user accounts via a Web browser interface. They have been replaced by their MyCloud NAS which start around £140 inc a 2TB drive at Currys. Dont think you can add a second drive though.

Companies like Verbatim make NAS enclosures without a drive (add your own) but they need some setting up which I've not done. Think they are like £20-£50. Other companies like Synology make boxes with one drive supplied and one or more empty bays for you to add extra drives. They tend to be a bit expensive. If you have an old PC available it might be possible to use that.. https://www.cclonline.com/article/2041/Guide/Network-Storage-NAS-/Build-A-DIY-Home-Media-Server-On-A-Budget/

When he arrives he will probably want to plug into your master socket to test it regardless of what you say so best let him. While he's doing that you can tell him you called BT for an update and they said your line had been installed ok but wasn't working when they tested it. Say you're wondering if they had really finished it. You can say you saw someone working at xyz (where you know the missing bit is). In our case I knew it wasn't connected at the top of the pole because the coil of wire we left at the bottom was still there. When I tried to explain he didn't want to listen so I let him plug in his test box to my master socket. Only when he realised it wasn't connected somewhere would he let me explain what I knew.

If BT/Open reach think you have a phone line when you don't, call up and ask them to test it. They can do this while you are on the phone to them. It won't work and they will normally schedule an engineer to come out. When he arrives appologise and tell him the operator insisted your non-existent line was faulty. If he can't fix it ask him if he can get their database updated.

Regarding boosters. Some are now legal... https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/mobile-phone-repeaters-extended-range

Get loads of mates around for a beer and have them all check signal strengths on different networks around the house. The phone can also make big difference sometimes. We were all on Asda/EE but when Asda switched to Vodaphone my wife's phone didn't work nearly as well as the other three phones we have.

Either that or water bills. Part of your existing bill is to remove "other things" from sewage. Why not nutrients? Edit: I know it's technically difficult to remove rather than mitigate so initially it might just be a means of collecting money to fund mitigation.

I think Liz Truss is going to have much bigger issues to worry about. I think the nutrient issue could be sorted by the CIL.

We had india stone onto mortar and they didn't stick well in places. I'm going to have to use a wire brush in a drill to abraded the mortar down enough to get another layer under those that need refixing. I'm probably going to try BAL External Priming Slurry Bond.

If you have the budget there are companies that make steels/lintels any shape you want. They also cut bricks to make slips and supply the lintels with them ready fitted. We have two windows that needed lintels shaped like this.. _n_ and got them made that way. You can't see any exposed steel anywhere.

We get about the same. Mostly it's fine. Before our kids left for university they were xbox users and that would occasionally impact someone streaming a movie. Now they are away both of us can stream standard definition video at the same time without issues. For example my wife might be watching something on iplayer or similar while I'm watching F1 live. Buffering is rare and probably not be due to our connection rate. Overall I think I would call 30 Mbit "acceptable". I probably wouldn't pay more for it to be say 50 Mbit. If you are moving ISP I would consider getting a portable email address. I regret using one from my ISP as it makes moving ISP for a better deal harder.

1) How big and complicated is the roof? It wouldn't be expensive to get a Structural Engineer to just specify the dimensions of the rafters for a conventional pitched roof, fair bit more if the roof needs to be designed due to its size, shape and complexity. 2) If the sewer is far enough away that a build over agreement isn't required I would submit a letter stating that fact and attach a site plan and perhaps a copy of the water authority. 3) You might not need an EPC but you will probably have to provide some evidence it will comply with the relevant bits of Part L. Wall construction and U-value calculations probably. Window details. What drawings did you provide with you Building Control Application? Was it a full Application or just a Building Notice?

Sure glad I got mine filled early.

I see Heating Oil has shot back up over the past two weeks. Boiler juice chart for England now says its back over £1/L. In Northern Island its up 25% in three weeks.

If you want to win in court you have to give them "opportunity to rectify". That normally means writing to them recorded delivery at their registered address (I'd hit every address you can find) giving them a date to sort it by. Perhaps two weeks. Otherwise a claim might get thrown out. I would do some research online about what you need to do to satisfy a court before you get any work done.

Doesn't that layout make one end of the room hotter than the other?

As you are trade hmrc might want income tax rather than CGT? Eg if they think you are making a living as a property developer. Might need to seek advice. If you decide to rent out the other house beware that you might have to repay the VAT. A house built for sale is treated differently to one built and rented out. There are ways around this but people have been caught out.

Think ours was just a paragraph saying access to the highway would be in same position as existing field gate. Think there was also a paragraph about access to shops and public services public eg doctors surgery available in next village, and primary school with spaces in another. Shops in a third. No known problems with traffic on local roads. There was one bus a week from the other side of the village which allowed us to say there was a bus service but I think that stopped before we finished building it.

Is it a single or two story extension? What's in it? If it was say a single story extension with just a kitchen in it I would try arguing their extension doesn't have any habitable rooms in it and all the habitable rooms such as the living room and bedrooms are in the main part of the house over 12m away(if they are).