Caroline

Just found this on the Openreach website, we don't have the Gigabit connectivity and not planned for a year or more, what do I do?

Hello everyone I posted about Approved Document R Infrastructure for electronic communications Volume 1: Physical infrastructure and network connection for new dwellings There is a form to complete and building regs weren't satisfied with my first attempt! We are self builders (single storey house), living on site with superfast broadband supplied by Plus Net. We are semi rural so don't actually get very "super fast". I am trying to put together a diagram to be accepted by BRegs. I am not sure where my Network Distribution Point currently is. I went onto Openreach but they wanted a £60 payment for this information. Does anyone have any advise of how to find this (for free) please? Thank you in advance.

I am in the South East of England (Greater London area)

Thank you for your reply. Our pre SAP came out very good apparently 300% more than the 10% requested. Don't think the 1.2 windows rather than the 1.0 on pre SAP will be an issue but waiting for the company who carried out the report to get back to confirm. God knows why architect put 1.0 when 1.6 is allowed! Everything has a knock on effect and take so much time to rectify.

Hello everyone I have searched the planning portal and can't find what the requirements are for U values for newbuild windows and doors. Can anyone direct me or help please? Thank you. Caroline

Thanks everyone for all your thoughts. Been really helpful and will go down the 2 coat plaster route.

Hi We have new internal block walls. Was thinking of 2 coat plaster over them but some say dot and dab. Any advice appreciated. Thank you

Good afternoon everyone. We live onsite in mobile home and managing our self build. We have superfast wi fi as I work in my day job from home too. Building control asked for a connectivity plan Approved Doc R. I sent them our current super fast broadband bill and I completed the form to my best ability, however, they are not satisfied and say: “Thank you for this. Although the bill shows network capability is available within the site, it doesn't clarify a network provider has offered to provide a connection and which technology will be used to deliver this. I appreciate you advise a CAT6 cable will be installed, which will provide 'gigabit capable network', and you that have stated it would be full fibre wired connection however, a statement would be required from a relevant provider. In addition to the above, additional information would help me assess compliance, such as schematic diagrams, location of network termination points, access points and network distribution points. Please also ensure the form is fully complete, including section 5.” Section 5 relates to the build of more than one dwelling (we are only building one), any advice would be appreciated. Thank you in advance Caroline

Hello We are building a new single storey property with attached garage. The house is block and beam and so is the garage. The garage is having A142 mesh over B&B slurry then concrete poured for the garage floor. The rest of the house will have above the B&B slurrey, radon dpm, insulation, UFH and screed over. We can't seem to see that the engineer has requested a dpm to be laid below the mesh and the builder says if dpm is below the concrete being poured over the mesh it won't adhere. Any advice would be welcome. Thank you.

Hello I am also building a single storey house. Our building control drawings showed DPC to be Radon type. Building control officer visited this week and asked for a Radon report (planning didn't). We have spent so much on various reports including a contamination report (part of our planning conditions) but that didn't test for Radon. A previous report from a couple of years ago suggested Radon would be less than 3% but BC wasn't satisfied with this (probably because it was a couple of years old). I suggested to building control that we pay for the Radon type DPC which will probably end up being cheaper than getting another report/time etc. The reports needed to be produced nowadays cost a fortune, drives me mad. All the best

Thank you.

Hi all This is a requirement by planning. I have a pre-SAP that shows lots of data that means little to me, the one thing I do understand is the pre SAP suggests we will end up with an A EPC of 99, so excellent. However, I can't see from the very lengthy document what percentage of reduction of carbon emissions through renewable energy we will have. We are electric only, having 24 PV panels/ASHP and double glazing and UFH. Has anyone been able to find out this information from their pre SAP or do I need to spend more on an energy assessment report? Look forward to hearing from you. I am pulling my hair out trying to discharge all of these conditions. Thank you folks!

Hello everyone. Building inspection has asked for the above even though we have ultra fast broadband to the mobile home onsite which will be transferred into the new house when we move in. He directed me to the Part R Appendix B but looking at the form seems to be for obtaining new broadband. I sent him a copy of our current bill so the same address (mobile home on the same site as the new house) but apparently that isn't sufficient! Any advice appreciated.

Happy Easter! Our planning came through and there are a couple of renewable conditions: 1. That our ASHP has to be <35 dB (we want a Steibel Eltron), don't think it is that quiet, even though our nearest neighbour is 100m away, we are in a field! 2. They say we have not clarified that such measures will achieve the 10% reduction in CO2 as required by Policy CSP14. We are having ASHP/13kw of PVs to a newbuild bungalow. They go on to say: The utilisation of such renewable energy technologies is likely to be able to achieve the required 10% reduction however has not demonstrated at this time. These details will therefore be secured by way of condition Will our Pre-SAP report demonstrate the 10% reduction? Any advice (always helpful on this forum) will be gratefully received.

They originally told me to complete a form 6 commencement of works CIL form and also a Self Build form 7 part 1. I have looked on the government website and it says self builders who plan to live in property for at least 3 years are exempt. I have sent this to the CIL dept asking why they want details about offsetting floorspace etc We didn't know anything about offsetting the new residential area with barn (which is labelled on the planning application as Storeage Unit, not agricultural). I think you are right, they are confused, but odd as they told me (and I have it in an email from them) what the process was and what forms to complete and submit and I have followed their guidance.