Dusty

Hi all Could anyone please recommend a fairly local supplier of good quality non wood windows for an old cottage I am renovating in Nottinghamshire? I am looking for maintenance free windows which look as close to original wood flush casements as possible. I am very impressed by the look of the Residents Windows collection but have read lots of negative reviews regarding the quality of their products so now looking at other options if possible. Many thanks.

Thanks again. OK for clarification I have just checked the topographical survey and my boundary line is 3.2m from the neighbouring building. My foundation trench would be slightly deeper as my house sits around 40mm lower due to the difference in the land level.

Thanks for that. Sorry I forgot to say the footpath is actually a public footpath. Would I still need a PWA in this case?

Hi all I am looking to build a 2 story side extension to a detached house and my boundary is 3m from the neighbouring property. There is a public footpath between both houses. Do I have any height restrictions building up to my boundary please? Many thanks

Ok great thanks for all of your sage advice.

Am I correct that any new build home must have a 10m minimum depth rear garden? I ask as I want to have a single story attached garden room which will partly encroach into the rear garden leaving 6m to the rear boundary. The main 2 story part of the building will still leave 13m rear garden depth to the boundary. Would this be acceptable or can nothing encroach into the 10m space please? Many thanks

Thanks for all the kind advice. The plot is likely to be worth around £100k with planning and architects fees are coming in at around £7k to include a pre-app. The planning consultant has quoted approx. £4k so I may use one if I run into trouble. If the architect I use has the relevant knowledge it should be cheaper so the jury is still out on this one!

I am currently looking to build a house in a garden plot in a Conservation area and speaking with a few local architectural firms. One of them has recommended using a planning consultant but it is likely to add a few thousand pounds to the cost of my application. The others are confident I don't need one so I wondered what the benefit is likely to be by using a PC? Many thanks

Could anyone recommend a decent architect in Nottinghamshire to provide ideas for a new build and a cottage redesign please? The architect will need to be familiar with the local conservation area constraints ( Gedling Borough Council). Many thanks

Many thanks for the great advice chaps? My house is in need of much renovation and I hope to replace the whole system when I do the house up. In the meantime I am still living in the property so just trying to get the current system to work better.

Well I have found 2 drain cocks anyway! Plan B is to remove the radiators and flush them manually until I can get a magnaclean filter installed. Hopefully this wont put pressure on the heating system or risk getting dirt in the heat exchangers.

Thanks for your great advice Peter. Mainly single panel rads with a couple of single convector rads. Don't know where the drain offs are so will try and get someone to have a look for me.

Hi all. My GFCH system must be almost 60 years old and to my knowledge has never been flushed. have brown water in the header tank and the rads do not heat at the bottom. I have arranged to hire a flushing machine from HSS Hire for next weekend but now starting to worry that flushing the system may expose corrosion in the system which in turn may cause leaks?? What I would like to know is if I am right to be concerned about this please or should I go ahead with flushing out the system? Many thanks