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If the electric cable follows same route perhaps put in a new fatter water pipe in at same time?

Go to the yard where the sleepers are stored and see if you can smell them. Some do some don't. Some will be in worse condition than others, very variable. Don't put them where people are likely to sit during a garden party or BBQ. Ours still leak something black and sticky ten years after they went in.

What Tennentslager said. WC should ideally connect into the top of the horizontal run using a swept bend to "point" things in the right direction.

From the Daily Fail but even so... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5099557/Criminals-kill-MILLIONS-remotely-hacking-cars.html and from last year.. https://www.wired.com/2016/08/jeep-hackers-return-high-speed-steering-acceleration-hacks/

What does that last bit mean? Tell him to try harder. Normally they can't take action after 4 years but it's 10 years in the case of "change of use". Try finding the parkhome on google images/maps or other sites with old sat images. Failing that did he declare rental income to HMRC? Does it have a phone line? Electricity bills? If he can prove 10 years use then he can submit an application for lawful use on the grounds that they can no longer initiate enforcement action. Should sail through if he can find enough evidence. Probably a nightmare if he can't.

I would ask the IT guys what they want you to do. They will have to maintain it. You may not need a patch cabinet, just a router with lot of ports to plug into. If there are 8-10 people I would go for one with 16 ports allowing for printers etc. Whatever you do I suggest using a proper cable marking system to number both ends of the cables.

Next time he visits hand him a small cable locator and say "you will probably need this to check the location of the staples as we've tapped over them" :-)

Gas lighting makes some sense, after all it's cheaper than electricity, but I think they stopped making the gas powered iPhone some time ago.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/outside-tap-with-double-check-valve-15mm-x-mm/37241

You can get underlay with a TOG of around 0.6. If fitting carpet.... Some carpets are made in two versions, one with a hessian backing and one with a foam rubber backing. The hessian version will probably have a lower TOG which is better for UFH. Watch out for small print in the contract that allows the shop to supply either version.

It will probably take some bad winter weather to get your set up right. Ours is set roughly as follows (we have someone home most days).. Night 16C Getting up 20C Daytime 18C Evening 20C We have a stat in most rooms so things like the bathroom are warmer. Unused bedrooms set at 16C constantly. Living room warmer at weekends etc. Transition between two temperature settings can take 1-2 hours so they are set that much earlier depending on the room. Still not quite perfect. Occasionally there is a slight dip in temperature when it transitions from the daytime setting to the evening setting. Could be we loose solar gain rapidly and it can take awhile for the UFH to replace it? Could be the sun shining on the stat itself holding it off without providing solar gain? One day I'll get around to figuring out what causes it but it's not a big problem.

That's the only way I know.

Oops forgot to add... You can reclaim the vat if you buy the turf but if your contractor supplies and lays it his labor and the turf should be zero rated to you.

Yes grass is ok. See last bullet point in section 3.3.4 here... https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-notice-708-buildings-and-construction/vat-notice-708-buildings-and-construction Things like plant or trees are different. Can only claim for those if they were on an agreed landscaping plan in your planning grant.

Some people swear by them others are sceptical about them. I reckon corrosion inhibitor is more important.

Fire spread risk?

Search VAT708 for fence. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-notice-708-buildings-and-construction/vat-notice-708-buildings-and-construction They come under ...."the means of providing security (such as walls, fences and gates..."

Perhaps talk to a Physiotherapist about k-laser treatment. My son broke a finger and the surgeon recommend it to speed up healing. http://www.woodfieldphysio.co.uk/laser-therapy/

You might find that on the makers web site. Save bothering the frame company.

Can you wait 3-4 years or would you rather put the application in sooner? Instant 1.7m beech hedging but £140 a meter even on special offer.. https://www.hedgesdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Instant_Hedging__Trough_Grown__Pre-Clipped.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiAuZXQBRDKARIsAMwpUeQfhwGR19eQtctH5r8i-HdDNQKbaXxV1Cgm5s6-7OJv08IH8lFGTggaAh8HEALw_wcB If not tall enough and money no object you could plant a row of semi mature trees. They call it hedging in the sky... https://www.best4hedging.co.uk/pleached-limes-p193

Well you might get lucky. I think we got the paperwork in two months before completion and were in 4 weeks before we finally got a working phone line.

Will you have to dig up the road for other reasons? If so might be worth running a duct all the way to the original pole? We applied for a connection then without telling anyone we just ran our wire to the bottom of the pole. Left enough wire coiled up at the bottom to reach the top and a few meters spare. When the engineer turned up to connect us he found he has a slightly simpler job than he was expecting.

Has anyone else like the Parish Council objected? What happens if he fails to withdraw it until after the consultation period ends? Your objections won't be recorded. The planning officer might be able to agree a minor change with the developer and approve the scheme using his delegated powers. (Sometimes it's objections that determine if he has to refer it to the planning committee).

Google can find fancy cable/duct marker posts but perhaps cheaper to use a concrete fence post or similar? https://www.cablejoints.co.uk/sub-product-details/centriforce-cable-covers-centritile-stokboard/concrete-cable-covers--marker-posts-blocks

You can get a wide range of duct access boxes/inspection chambers.. http://www.draindepot.co.uk/plastic-underground-ducting/duct-access-boxes.html http://www.metroflow.co.uk/duct-boxes-/-chambers.html If the soil isn't very free draining I would extend the duct into the chamber and perhaps seal the end with expanding foam leaving the draw rope coiled up in the chamber. As for depths of electric cables see bottom of page 11 and page 12 for the tape... http://library.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/library/en/g81/Installation/Cables/ECS+02-0019+Installation+of+Underground+Cables+-+LV+to+132kV.pdf That suggests 450mm is deep enough but I though most were laid at 600mm.