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Just doing some numbers.. £50m divided by 600 is £83,000 per house. £170m divided by 600 is £283,000 That's a development of 150 apartments and houses. https://www.habhousing.co.uk/development/elderberry-walk-southmead £10m divided by 150 is £66,666 That's not very much per apartment/house.

Space blows my mind.. Consider an imaginary glass sphere around a star. All the light emitted by the star would pass through the surface of that sphere. So now enlarge the sphere until its the size of say the solar system. The surface area is now massively bigger and the light passing through each square meter is proportionately that much less. At that distance solar panels are too ineffective to power a space craft. Now expand the sphere even more... The star Cassiopeia is 150,000,000,000,000,000 km away. So all of the light from Cassiopeia is effectively spread out over the surface area of a sphere with that radius! That's one heck of a large area. Yet enough photons of light pass through every square mm that we can see Cassiopeia with the naked eye.

The top of the form... https://ecab.planningportal.co.uk/uploads/1app/forms/form_7_self_build_part_1_exemption_claim.pdf I don't think the CIL legislation defines Commencement of work but for Planning purposes there is a definition in the Town and Country Planning Act section 56.. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/section/56 So you might be ok clearing tree but personally I wouldn't give them any excuse. http://www.wslaw.co.uk/knowledge-centre/newsletter/article/176/commencement-of-development-practical-tips-and-pitfalls

Reminder: Make sure you get your CIL exemption paperwork done before starting any work on site.

Vat 708 says... If there is a question I would class it as part of the site clearance.

It's not even a fibreglass ladder.

Many flush valves have an overflow built into them. If the level of that is low enough you might not need to do anything with the old overflow. One thing to check is that any overflow can cope with the flow rate of water coming in. I had to fit a reducer to the cold fill on one cistern because the overflow couldn't cope and the water level in the cistern kept rising even with the overflow working.

Was removing spark plug from a petrol strimmer when spanner slipped and I gashed back of finger on metal heat shield. Could see all the inner workings and not just those of the strimmer :-(

I have an appointment with the nurse on Tuesday to get the stitches removed from a finger. Don't ask.

When you get your 3min to speak don't let members of the committee interrupt you. Start by introducing your self an state you are happy to answer questions at the end of your 3 mins.

Dont know about Scotland but in England and Wales you need a licence for a camp site that you can only apply for after getting planning permission. https://www.gov.uk/camping-licence-wales The licence application also has some health and safety stuff on it. New electric supplies to a portable or permanent building would be notifiable.

Darn it.

Looks good to me I made it 30.5p by using a slightly different method and numbers. 7 months at 30 days/month is 210 days so total saving is about £64.

As I scrolled down this page a picture suddenly appeared of a mower at a funny angle amid a trashed lawn. For a few seconds I thought there had been a horrible accident.

I also thought that was odd but googling suggests "limited combustibility" materials are actually less flammable than "flame retardant" materials. For example the reports refer to.. "ACM with a limited combustibility filler (category 1 in screening tests)" "ACM with a fire retardant polyethylene filler (category 2 in screening tests)" The lower the category the less dangerous. Category 0 is non-combustible

Updated table.

The 6th combination (Rock wool and ACM with a limited combustibility filler) passed.. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-building-owners-large-scale-wall-system-test-6 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-test-report-dclg-bs-8414-test-no6 So overall its looking as expected. Rockwool is safer than PIR but some combinations of PIR and cladding are ok.

Almost looks new.

In a sunny climate you need think about limiting solar gain, so smaller windows facing the right way and external shutters. We have hired several houses in the canaries and they have all been cool indoors without air co.

Best ask them if it can be reduced below 6L or just increased?

The installation manual here isn't very clear but the speed adjustment is on page 15.. http://www.greenwood.co.uk/uploads/docs/448.pdf step 3 Press speed adjustment buttons to required level and verify with an airflow meter - re-press Airflow Button to confirm

Yes and no. I assumed 6L/S was the maximum because it says.. Perhaps it's only the kitchen boost (eg max flow rate mode) that can be adjusted?

Looks like this one does continuous ventilation adjustable down to <1L/S. Has boost etc.. http://www.greenwood.co.uk/product/18/491/omnique-multifunction-fan.html Date sheet.. http://www.greenwood.co.uk/uploads/docs/450.pdf

Pots: Beware there is a VAT trap if you build and end up renting out the "extra" house instead of selling it. You might have to repay all the VAT reclaimed through the company. https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers/vat-revovery-on-rented-new-builds Well worth seeking advice from an accountant.

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