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Pity this event has finished.. http://londonist.com/2016/06/fancy-making-your-own-brick-inscribed-with-your-initials

It's an interesting question. You want an insulated chimney so it runs hot and draws well but on the other hand that means you get less heat leaked into the rooms upstairs and more lost up the chimney. Our chimney used pumice but does seem to leak a lot of heat into the room upstairs.

Ah this is what I was thinking of.... https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/468872/ADJ_LOCKED.pdf

Are you talking about putting an SS liner inside concrete? I'm sure I read somewhere that SS liners are not allowed on new builds? or perhaps it was "not recommended" rather than not allowed?

I would leave your modem/router near to the BT master socket to maximise your broadband performance. If there aren't enough ports to run lots of cat5 you can add more ports using a cheap switch. They are just plug and play like a USB hub, no programming of set up needed. Eight port switches are around £30. You can also chain these together to minimise the number of wires if necessary. For example the following is possible.. modem---switch (downstairs)----one Cat 5 cable to----switch (upstairs)---several cat 5 cables to----several PC and or wifi access port(s). If you don't want to run any wires around you could use Powerline adaptors to get from the modem to a wifi access point in the middle of the house. Edit: Oops somehow I missed earlier posts suggesting switches.

Isn't that similar to an hour in a tumble dryer?

Yes work through all the conditions starting with any that prevent you starting work. There is a fee for getting conditions discharged but it is per request not per condition so you can save money by applying for several conditions to be discharged at the same time. That said I wouldn't wait too long to apply. For example it's possible for someone like the conservation officer to tell you verbally he is happy with a proposal, then before you get it discharged he quits and the new man takes a different view. So if you get verbal agreement on a difficult condition get your application to discharge in as soon as possible.

At least you should be able to reclaim the VAT on those trees etc. You can only do that if they are required as part of your planning permission.

+1 Normally some say "before starting" and some say "before occupation".

I don't think it made the news in the UK... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-17/basf-reports-explosion-at-its-biggest-site-in-ludwigshafen

lenght of pipe ( say 1 or 2" long) with one end cut at an angle?

Going off track briefly.... there are restrictions on what new S106 councils can demand. They are only allowed to demand 5 for the same reason - so if they have already demanded 5 people contribute to the local playground they can't demand any more do so. That's 5 backdated several years so in some cases the 5 has already been exceeded. The gov did this to encourage councils to move to the CIL.

An IBC holds 1000L and second hand ones cost between £20 and £60. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBC-1000-Litre-Water-Storage-Tank-Plastic/182374963189?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D38661%26meid%3D49b083dba5ed4d8c8327ada4292477c2%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D182353846753 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ibc-/182353846753?hash=item2a7522e1e1:g:vrwAAOSwi0RX0YM2 However check what they have been used for. We got one for my wife's allotment. It was last used to hold shampoo and cleaning it out produced a nice lot of foam. PS: It cost me more to hire a van to go and collect it.

CIL Exemption claim form.. https://ecab.planningportal.co.uk/uploads/1app/forms/form_7_self_build_part_1_exemption_claim.pdf So before starting you must apply for the CIL exemption, have it granted and send them a notice of commencement. I suggest you also wait for them to acknowledge receipt of the latter.

+1 about the CIL don't risk loosing the exemption. The definition of "starting" is in Section 56(4) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 which says.. “development is taken to be begun on the earliest date on which a material operation is carried out”. A material operation is defined as any works of construction, demolition, digging foundations, laying out or constructing a road or a change in the use of the land. So it would be easy for them to decide you have started and are therefore in breach of the condition and perhaps are no longer eligible for the CIL exemption. However if the boot was on the other foot and you actually wanted to "start" in order to extend a Planning Permission that was about to expire, then they will say that you haven't started unless a) the work matches what was approved exactly and b) you have got any planning conditions that say "Before work starts..." formally discharged. It seems the definition of starting is such that it always benefits the council.

I've never heard of that happening before. I wonder who got your permission?

I have fought a planning appeal as part of a third party action group and I'm afraid applicants frequently submit and get away with all kinds of dodgy surveys. Just an example... the applicant submitted a bird survey. We hired our own expert who requested the raw data used to compile the survey. He stated that he had never seen such a "clamatous data set". The logs indicated that two surveys that were meant to be done at different times were done at the same time so one man was trying to count birds on the site from a distance (to avoid disturbing the birds) while another was walking around the site disturbing them. The site was a feeding and nesting site for a protected bird. The appeal inspector allowed the development but the secretary of state called it in and stopped it. Third parties can apply for a special status at appeals but I forget what that status is called sorry. It allows you to call your own expert. Fankly the inspector will probably ignore any survey you do yourself unless you have the right initials after your name.

If there is no void it doesn't need venting.

I suggest you plan now/ahead for the balustrading as some solutions need to be partly installed before whatever waterproofing layer you choose is added. One option that doesn't are systems that fix to the wall and have cranked balustrades to go around any overhang/gutter.

We had a nightmare of a time getting pp for our house but some years later we had reason to see things from their side when a planning application for a wind farm was submitted. The planning officer allocated was brilliant. It took him awhile to decide the application should be refused but the department had virtually no budget to fight the appeal. That meant he was basically relying on the local action group to fund things like professional photo montages showing the impact from key places and an independent landscape expert. The bill for this sort of thing runs into many £tens of thousands. Once the appeal was over "our" planning officer quit working for the council and went to work for a private company, no doubt one that advises wind farm developers as he had now got lots of relevant experience. Great loss to the planning department. I can see why planning departments want planning application fees to be representative of the actual cost they incur.

Thing is mine was a spillover type!

Could it be some sort of tool to remove the terminal/filter? I'm not familiar with that make. Perhaps give them a call to ask?

If not in the DAS where are you meant to make your case that your application is consistent with local planning guidance?

I recently tested the overflow on a WC cistern and it didn't cope with the fill rate. Had to fit a reducer.

Hidden overflow built into the ceramic of the basin.. http://www.laufen.com/wps/wcm/connect/laufen_com/en/products/features-and-benefits/sanitary-ware/concealed-ceramic-overflow