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+1 Definitely raise it off the ground somehow. If you go for hardcore and blocks put some DPC on the top before laying floor beams/frame.

Our builder was the PM. He employed two people full time, one was called his site foreman and the other was called a carpenter but in reality the two did most jobs from digging founds to tiling the roof. They installed windows, first fix plumbing, floors the UFH and many other jobs. He subcontracted a team of bricklayers and plasterers.

Recommended reading.. https://www.labc.co.uk/news/how-avoid-defects-claims-flat-roofs https://ebcsltd.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/13flatroofs.pdf Make sure you understand the difference between a so called warm and cold roof construction. Traditional cold roof types must be correctly ventilated to minimise risk of condensation forming in the roof and rotting joists. If you have the height available a warm type is recommended these days.

Mine is only two courses high but retains stones and gravel. I just counter sunk the heads and used plenty of screws to hold them together. Timberlok sleeper screws are pretty tough. Plenty strong enough to hold sleepers together but i found they were prone to shearing if I didn't drill pilot holes. Mine are proper hardwood reclaimed sleepers. I had to drill top sleeper, insert screw, hammer head to make a mark on the sleeper below, then move the top sleeper so I could drill hole in the lower one.

I've grown to like solvent weld. Secret is to dry assemble everything and put alignment marks so you can reassemble it quickly and accurately with the glue on. Don't be too mean with the glue either.

I now you can score and snap plasterboard but i'd be surprised if the insulation breaks cleanly? How about a TCT blade in a circular saw or jigsaw?

How about... https://www.groundscrewcentre.co.uk/?gclid=CjwKCAjwpqv0BRABEiwA-TySwRQly7S-8aIkKWuxzkvfamDes5CVh0gzudITiXFKI15PMhEWxPBZhBoC1NIQAvD_BwE I've no idea of the cost.

If the woods aren't considered part of your garden then the planners may take an interest. You might not need planning permission if the shed is to store equipment needed to maintain the woods. For leisure purposes it probably does. Read.. https://www.woodlands.co.uk/owning-a-wood/woodlands-and-planning-legislation/

+1 If all three houses are on one Planning Grant proceed with extreme caution. People are running into problems and loosing their self builder exemption for trivial reasons. As @Moonshinesaid to qualify you must accept liability for the CIL, claim and be granted the self build exemption, then notify the council of your start date. If you do any work before that date you loose the exemption. One man notified the planners of his start date by email and not on the right form. After he started work the council hit him with a £49k bill. It went to court and he lost.

You could probably design the garage walls to be retaining walls and tank the outside. Something like.. Proper foundations. Double thickness wall in engineering bricks to 150mm above soil. Paint on tanking outside down and over top of foundations. Lay perforated pipe wrapped in geotextile in sand around outside for drainage. Stone free soil back fill. https://www.labc.co.uk/news/retaining-wall-basics

PS: Right now I'm having issues with what I think is under extrusion. See the inside of the lid that's not painted. I'm getting very visible print lines. Previously it's not been anything like as obvious.

I find print quality varies quite a lot. Rounded edges are also worse than beveled because of the layer/contour lines. This time I printed it with fast/low quality settings and then sanded and painted the top. I used Acrylic spray paint from Wickes. Works well but the cans are a bit big/expensive for a one off. Some people go in for "smoothing" using Acetone vapour dipping but I've not tried that. Google smoothing 3D prints or see YouTube video.

Skip to 3:45 in this YouTube video. Says you can press button to turn on/off....

Here is my first attempt at a One Button radio for a relative with dementia. It works but still needs a few tweaks. The top hinges up to provide access to the normal buttons. I need to add a catch so it's not quite so easy to flip up the top and mess with the settings.

Looks like oil is under cutting solar... https://www.pv-magazine.com/2020/03/31/jordan-switches-off-all-large-scale-solar/ Jordan switches off unsubsidized solar projects The Middle Eastern kingdom has ordered the shutdown of solar wheeling facilities which use the grid to connect to energy offtakers. The move has come in response to tumbling electricity demand after the nation halted all non-essential industries as it tries to limit the spread of Covid-19. Snip The kingdom relies on fossil fuel imports for 80% of its energy mix and will benefit from a rock-bottom oil price at the moment as regional neighbor Saudi Arabia tries to stare down petrochemical rivals the U.S. and Russia by refusing to reduce production levels despite demand tumbling around the world.

https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/25/garage_conversion/2 https://www.labc.co.uk/news/garage-conversion-tips-from-our-building-control-experts But then..

It says.. So appears to excluded mortgages.

First thing to do is find the original planing permission for the house. Check the exact wording of the condition and how many parking spaces are required. It might be they only ever required two including the garage.

Plannings are sometimes used as a hardcore, farmers use it (and other types of hardcore) to reinforce dirt roads. You still get potholes but they can just be filled in with more of the same.

Try the Paving Expert website. Usually good for this sort of thing.. https://www.pavingexpert.com Index.. https://www.pavingexpert.com/pavindex

The only real problem I see is with the utility room WC. Another way to do it is to run the pipe for that above ground to the stack in boxing. Perhaps use a concealed cistern.

Are two 45 degree bends equivalent to a rest bend?

I have stained oak cladding on one outbuilding and barn black painted softwood on another. The stained oak is treated with Ronseal General Purpose wood stain which is spirt based. Faces exposed to the sun fade and i restain them once a year using a small cheap Hoselock pump up plant sprayer. Much quicker than using a brush. Don't expect the sprayer to survive but a sprayer isnt much more than the cost of a decent large brush and the paint doesn't run down your arm. My garage was clad using softwood prepainted with barn black 12 years ago. Some sheltered areas have gone green and need recoating this year. That's a pretty good life but sadly I don't know what make of paint was used.

Send letter by recorded delivery/signed for. They don't collect a signature at the moment but they are still logging delivery.

He might be right but planners do similar things all over the country. All new houses, including mine, in our village have PDR removed. Our planning consultant and architect wern't surprised. Officially we're in a conservation area but it's not deemed important enough for the planners to write a conservation area statement explaining why (unlike other villages nearby).