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12 Years ago the SE we used for our build (between Huntingdon and Kettering) was Geoffrey Thompson at T&F Design in Saffron Walden. I don't know if he's still there.

Call/email them? I don't know but you could try sticking a bit of solvent weld pipe to the bend (eg not the joint area) and leave over night if that sticks well the joint should be ok.

Don't think the CIL has been introduced in Scotland (yet) but in England yes it would. There could also be a problem with the self build exemption. For example if you rushed to start building (in order to preserve a grant beyond its 3 year limit) and then at a later date applied for an increase in area under Section 73 - there would be a problem because works had already started. I've no idea if you would become liable for the CIL on the lot of just the increase in area.

The £ is down over past week but the big fall was through 2016 when it fell from 1:36 to around 1:11 to the euro. It's currently 1:08. Price rises might be due to supply issues rather than exchange rates. Radio reported shortage of European truck drivers willing to travel abroad because they might not be allowed back.

Our planners are changing the validation checklist for Full Planning Applications to add the following: Daylight/sunlight assessment Required where there is a potential adverse impact upon the current levels of sunlight/daylight of adjoining properties and/or of future occupiers of the proposed development A sunlight indicator test using the British Research Establishment’s ‘Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight – A guide to good practice.’

+1 This is all info that might be needed to design the foundations. See the key top right. Seems mostly self explanatory. Sway frames need to resist lateral loads as well as vertical so you shouldn't just sit those on block walls without care. They should be bolted down to something more solid like the strip foundations. Not all Architects are comfortable designing foundations. Many/most prefer to use a Structural Engineer.

+1 Yes if the studs (and any metal plate/pad) are wider than the beam, extra stud "brackets" wouldn't serve to locate the beam as they would be too far apart.

Thanks @MintSprint. Hopefully I'll never need to do one. Any idea how much a professional would charge?

Not many photos out there but I found this one showing one method. I think they have chosen this method (brackets) to minimise the width. If your studs are in a wall I reckon fixing two taller studs either side so the RSJ sits in a |U| would also work.

Perhaps possible to replace the chrome waste with a regular plug on a chain type type and remove all the geberit lever mechanisim? Worth a look if you already have it. Not quite the same but we used wall mounted taps. We couldn't get the basin we wanted without a tap hole so used a waste pull to fill it up.

This look interesting. Its a manifold allowing four masks on one ventilator. Original paper published in 2015 in anticipation of a pandemic. No idea if it makes medical sense. Can't find the .stl anywhere. https://file.scirp.org/Html/2-1750025_49209.htm#ref10

Thanks, the interesting stuff is in the comments at the bottom. Problems such as copyright, patents and the need for medical grade materials get mentioned. Several 3D printer farms have already offered to help. Link looks interesting... https://github.com/brentjackson/OpenRespirator/wiki

If you decide to install a fake alarm I suggest you don't buy a fake bell box as pretty sure crooks recognise the fakes. I'd buy a real bell box and just not bother to connect it up.

I believe the RIng can be used without a subscription but you don't get recording. You only get live video. At least that's what I've heard. There are alternatives.. https://eternallyconfuzzled.com/video-doorbell-without-subscription

I wondered if those of us with 3D printers could print ventilator parts? All I can find is a news story about a company in Italy that had printed some part for a hospital.

Somehow I missed the original post. Normally when you perform an operation on something you have to select the bodies to perform it on. Doesn't it let you select both bodies?

Well you never know.. https://cornishstuff.com/2019/09/17/lithium/ "This week MetAmpere, the first company to drill lithium exploration holes in the UK, described their test results from Cornwall as “staggeringly good”.

Obviously you couldn't just bend the black bit upwards to raise it 45mm but would a 15 degree bend get nearer or is it too much? https://www.screwfix.com/p/floplast-single-socket-bend-15-110mm/69177?tc=IB6&ds_kid=92700020972856688&gclsrc=aw.ds&ds_rl=1241687&ds_rl=1245250&ds_rl=1249404&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6sHzBRCbARIsAF8FMpWokdAwAdUbePMS7aWxbcygv6Ii3EhMTpDNsX8-T5Mz9CcMwqs7G5IaAu1lEALw_wcB

I've got mostly minor DIY scars. Worst was when I fell off a ladder. I landed on a wood floor and was lying there unscathed, happy I had missed my tool box and thinking I'd had a lucky escape... when the ladder fell on me.

+1 We have a mixture but in some rooms we have 80mm PIR insulation and about 60mm screed with UFH. Wish we had more insulation. Our favourite rooms have 21mm engineered oak flooring on battens with PIR between and no screed. The top layer of PIR has foiled covered grooves for the pipes that spread the heat. A system like that would allow a greater depth of insulation.

Google found.. https://cableductuk.com/700series.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwpLfzBRCRARIsAHuj6qUTH6BdbeW5nGHVzZkM3BUnj4kD9oj_oCCIZok8hdaCzextaqjpfcMaAvFBEALw_wcB

Battens worked for me but I wasn't putting the tray in a recess. I think straps might be the way to go as @Onoff suggested. Would an engine hoist work?

+1 Howmany air bricks are there? If you have several along that side of the house I doubt it would cause any problems if that one was blocked, perhaps by filling the "trench" with large decorative stones or a planter box.

That's what slip couplers are for :-)

If you can't concrete it now how about a large thick tarp? Put some blocks on it to stop it blowing away.