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If its just 1 block wide it will be quite narrow. Too narrow to escape through but I can't remember if a window in an ensuite has to be wide enough to be an escape window or not. The minimum bearing end for the lintle is 150mm but might be better to increase that to half a block eg so the lintel is two blocks/four bricks long like.. .

+1 Think about curtains. Do you want the rail on the wall or hanging from ceiling? I think if you want it on the wall you need at a few brick courses of height between top of window and ceiling/plasterboard.

Nice looking plot by the way.

Probably small enough to pull them out with a chain on the excavator.

There is close and there's madness... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/14830946/extension-leaves-neighbours-furious/

Apparently the shortage is due to HS2... https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/hs2-blamed-for-materials-shortages Managing director Ian Anfield said: “Our clients are reporting serious shortages in construction products on the ground. In the West Midlands, some are saying their projects are now on 'tick over’ because materials are being creamed off by HS2.

All i know is they sometimes allow x to be 2m instead of 2.4m in quiet areas. And y to be shorter depending on traffic speeds. See pages 91 92 and table 7.1.. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/341513/pdfmanforstreets.pdf

Was that him at Notre Dame ?

I don't think any of the beams should go as far as the outer leaf. That would represent a thermal and possible damp bridge.

Approved Document R is down here.. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/approved-documents

Does the Efergy use a voltage probe or just a clip on current monitor? Power is basically voltage * current. Some clip on meters measure the current and assume a value for the voltage. If that assumption is wrong you can get significant errors.

I'm afraid it will need planning permission for possibly a number of reasons... Any extension or outbuilding in front of the "principle elevation" needs planning permission. You might also need planning permission if the roof terrace is more than 30cm above ground level where it meets the ground at the back. Walls and fences on the boundary adjacent to the highway also need to be under 1m or planning permission obtained. The planners may also object to the grounds of appearance as it looks like the only one in the road?. All the other houses have open sweeping/sloping front lawns? You will also need permission for a "dropped kerb". This is more about the right to drive over the pavement than actually lowering any kerb. As far as construction goes.. The walls will need to be retaining walls. As these are over 1m high you should get them designed/specified by a structural engineer who can also propose a waterproofing/tanking system to keep it dry inside.

+1 A piece like this if you can get it behind both bits of flashing.. Some sealer will be needed as well I think.

I got one of these stick welders about a year ago. https://www.toolstation.com/sip-05741-weldmate-t141p-arc-welder/p50765 Its a transformer model and with hindsight I think there are better options. On thin sheet you need to turn the current down to prevent burning holes. Problem is that seems to make it harder to strike an arc. In addition I cant turn it down as far as I would like. I believe some models that use an IGBT boost the current/voltage to make it easier to strike an arc and then reduce it to the set value to stop you burning holes.

Google finds.. Iron one 600mm Square.. £66 +vat.. https://www.easymerchant.co.uk/manhole-covers/heavy-duty/b125-ductile-iron/ Composite.. £52+vat https://www.easymerchant.co.uk/manhole-covers/heavy-duty/a15-composite-locking/ Never heard of this supplier though. 600 Square on ebay.. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLARK-DRAIN-CD12-600-X-600-SOLID-TOP-CAST-IRON-COVER-AND-FRAME-A15KN-/114700159427?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338268676&toolid=10044&customid=Cj0KCQjwsqmEBhDiARIsANV8H3bwNHg2YFwzrn2ngGWO5A-7TMmqWO08firHwRArBaWZHu11qGcJZjoaAlPKEALw_wcB&redirect=mobile Cheap steel at Jewson.. https://www.jewson.co.uk/p/ej-manhole-solid-top-cover-and-frame-600-x-600-x-25mm-MCPS51DG

They might well pick up on this unless its well covered up ? See.. https://www.labc.co.uk/news/when-do-i-need-building-regulations-approval-renovating-thermal-element Im not quite sure how they define "more than 50%". I think you need to comply if more than 50% of _a_ wall or 25% of all walls are being changed.

The wall is rendered above the roof so I'm not entirely convinced that the problem is a missing cavity tray. It might be but I would expect newish render to keep most if the water out of the cavity. I would look at how the flashing has been done as per... Perhaps wait until its all dry and take a hose up there. Play it on the flashing not the wall and see it damp spots appear.

The void under a timber floor should be ventilated so yes to insulation. Both floor and pipe.

Well you obviously have to leave the ends of the lintel supported so not "everything". Bearing ends are normally 100-150mm long. edit: posted same time as @joe90

Rights in common are normally thing like shared access eg to a garden grazing rights. Not heard of a quasi easement but Google suggests... https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-quasi-easement-114797#:~:text=A quasi-easement exists when,one part to someone else. "A quasi-easement exists when the owner of a parcel of land uses part of that land for the benefit of some other part of his or her land. This doesn't really start to matter unless the owner breaks up his/her land and sells one part to someone else" Presumably it might then be turned into a regular easement.

That would be my interpretation. Covenants are tricky things though. They have to be written just right or they cannot be enforced. There is even a difference between positive and negative covenants.

They aren't automatically exempt. See my post earlier about claiming and qualifying for the exemption. You should ask your solicitor what the contract says about the CIL ASAP.

My understanding is that you can withdraw your own liability and if nobody else accepts liability it runs with the land. So a new owner could get a surprise bill.

I don't think his planning application would change anything. He would get an exemption for the CIL on that one but i think he would still get a bill for the existing one whenever you start. Even if that was a few years after he's finished building. I don't know if this has ever happened but I can't think of a reason why not. The CIL rules don't take all possibilities into account. I heard a story that one man died during construction of his self build. His widow finished the house but didn't want to live in such a big place on her own. Council reminded her she couldn't move for three years or she would lose the exemption.

The value of the plot to the buyer probably takes the CIL exemption into account. So if you suddenly tell him he's going to pay it he may reduce his offer or back out. Its like buying a house and discovering at the last moment the seller is taking the conservatory with them.