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Try using Google translate to turn something into a foreign language. For example "Open Skies" translates to "Oka lani" in Hawiian. If you translate it back the other way as a check it says it means "It's Heaven". A letter to the relevant Embassy to check Google is correct might be worth doing! Apparently "Raon Uaine" means "Green field" in Scottish Gaelic.

That would be me. Sadly the Turner's Oak (Quercus x turneri) tree that it was named after died 10 years later. I'm going to plant another next winter.

Can you put a strap boss on a swept bend? Thought all strap on boss are designed for straight pipe. There is also a minimum height for the lowest connection in the regs but that might not be an issue.

I might be wrong but a lot of the items on the list you posted earlier look like stuff needs to provide you with a 240v connection rather than moving cables. Is there no existing supply nearby? If you are buying this land then you should factor the cost of getting services to site into the value you place on the land. Eg into the price you are prepared to pay for it. Perhaps the seller has already done that, perhaps not.

Personally I'd go for a decent IP rated light over a shower even above the height limit.

Not sure if this is of any interest but. On another forum someone is using a MAF sensor designed for cars to measure air flow in a lab experiment. Perhaps they would work on mvhr if you needed a sensor.

How high are the lines and what voltage? I thought minimum cable heights took into account vehicles passing underneath? I'm no expert but had a look at the legislation here... http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2665/schedule/2/made It appears the min heights over roads and other locations are the same except for <33,000V cables. So I'm guessing "your" cable is less than 33,000V? Perhaps try safely measuring the exact height of the cables. eg using trigonometry not a long pole! If they are over 5.8m high you might not need to do anything? If they are lower how much lower? If they are below 5.2m could you argue they don't meet legislation and need to be raised? How about putting up barriers to prevent the lorry coming off the track or excavating the land 0.6m to artificially raise the height of the cable? How about barriers at the start and end of the track to limit vehicle height?

+1 I think the centre line of the lower boss would be about 40+35 = 75mm above the slab. That's at the FFL. The McAlpine ST90xxx-70 trap has the centre line of the outlet pipe 35mm below bottom of tray. There is a slightly lower one but I think it only has a 25mm water seal rather than 50mm. So you would need a platform at least 35mm high plus whatever fall is needed on the pipe run.

I think it's ok if they are at right angles. Not allowed to have them opposite (opposed) each other.

The following assumes the sweep bend has a push fit socket on it. I looked at part SY405 (87.5 Degree Five Boss Branch - Push-fit Socket - Spigot) on Marley web site.. https://www.marleyplumbinganddrainage.com/products/soil-systems/pushfit-soil/ The 110mm branch is 175mm from the bottom of the branch connector. The male on the bottom goes about 60mm into the socket of the swept bend. So I think the 110mm branch would be at 175-60 = 115mm above the top of the sweep bend. So the 110mm branch would be 35 + 115 = 150mm above the slab or 150 - (50 + 25) = 75mm above FFL. The WC pan connector is about 180mm above FFL so I think it works for the WC. The branch might even be too low if the WC pan is very close to the stack - you might even need to raise the branch a bit. Best check my maths. Aside: 50mm insulation isn't much.

Oops my bad. Didn't spot the N.

How high? We used sleepers but ours is only about 1ft high.

That's 390kg/m^2 ?

If you use a top access trap a flexible pipe may not support the bottom part of the trap enough during assembly. If the bottom part moves too much it could be hard to screw the top part into it through the tray. Solvent weld may seem bit scary but it's not really. Helps if you mark the outside of the pipes after dry assembly and use a reasonable amount of solvent. Then you get enough time to rotate the pipe to line up the marks before it sets.

Sounds like fixings over tightened or holes too small so it can't move when it expand and contracts?

I have just done this in our ensuite using top access trap. This was the sequence I did for fitting the tray... Shower trays need good support. Typically you need 16-18mm WPB or better still marine plywood same size as the tray supported on a 4*2 frame/joists. Don't fit ply yet but check it will be level. Cut a hole in the ply where the trap will go about 1/2" bigger than the trap. Cut rigid solvent weld pipes and assemble without glue to check position of trap is perfect. Lower tray onto it to check. The top of the bottom part of the trap should be a few mm above top of plywood to allow for mortar which will raise the tray slightly. Ideally the trap should be able to move up and down a bit so it can tighten up against underside of tray later. When happy with the position solvent weld the pipes. Test for leaks and screw down the plywood. Seal plywood with SBR or similar PVA sealer. When dry lay bed of mortar and lower tray onto it. I laid the tray onto two sticks of wood first and then pulled them out. Check tray is level. Fit top of trap through tray into bottom half of trap. If the underside of the tray isn't nice and smooth consider putting silicon around the rubber seal on the trap before lowering the tray onto it. You can also seal the top of the trap to the tray if there is no rubber washer provided. Later fit the innards of the trap and the mushroom cap.

We used an MDPE stopcock. Toleration or Screwfix have them.

Don't know if any of you are 40% tax payers (I'm not) but there is a lot of speculation he might limit pension tax relief to the lower rate. One article suggested a level 25% so "high rate payers level down, low rate payers level up and the government raise £5bn in tax. I think he may also increase the £1m limit as that's causing problems for high earning doctors.

Across the channel they think it strange to have air-conditioning and a sun roof on same car. Always seemed like a good idea to me.

What's the loading over the patio door? The required bearing area can be calculated from the load in Newton's divided by the area in mm^2. That needs to be less than the crush strength of the blocks. What I'm not sure about is the safety margin that should also be applied? Factor of 2?.

Could add the odd huge spider to scare people :-)

Sadly... "....starting price of around $6,200 for the manually-programmed base version and over $6,800 for the deluxe version that can run on automated timers,"

https://gizmodo.com/mitsubishi-s-fake-led-skylights-simulate-sunlight-to-ma-1841573763

Google finds one or two reviews but not very detailed. They have a Facebook page.. https://m.facebook.com/pg/TimberFrameBuildings/about/

I'm about to tile a bathroom and plan to do the walls first. Mainly so I can cut the wall tiles on the floor and don't have to worry about dropping tools or adhesive. No idea if that's the order a pro would do it.