kandgmitchell

The stone was MOT1 type stuff which I think is max 30mm downwards. It packed tight with a 2T vibrating roller. I used 150mm xps for the insulation because the Dan Wood spec uses 90mm of insulation across the top of the raft. I could have added more but it was diminishing returns really.

Final two photo's 8053 is the steel, sorry it was getting dark when I rembered to take this. Layer of A393 mesh in bottom and top with a further layer of A393 min 1.0 m wide around the upper perimeter (we just used the 1.4m offcuts from the main mesh). A couple of embedded beams using 16mm bars where the main load bearing walls are. 8059 is the finished raft with a muddy surface due to the state of the ground whilst the rain water drainage was being done. I'll power wash it off before the frame arrives.

As asked for here are some photo's. 8043 is the stone base done. 8046 the sand blinding, 8047 the sub raft insulation under way.

We had MBC price the job last year. Their quote (April 2023) for an insulated raft for the same building design was £34K. Just a note, DanWood add their own insulation ontop of the slab so we used 150mm xps under.

Nigh on 100m2 simple rectangle but with two pairs of 200mm x 850mm "outshoots" which support an open gable feature on the rear and front elevations.

Or this UGW40D_d79ddae1-9e46-4a5d-9c1c-6cd0ce090fe7.pdf

Mark? It was a "self" install with groundworkers doing the heavy stuff and me making sure the details were done properly. Took a while simply beacuse of the number of wet days when the site was just too muddy to work in.

This is to take a DanWood timber frame. The frame sits on the edge of the slab with the exterior insulation overhanging. More insulation goes ontop of the slab and an insulated former is used at door openings (from what I can see from the details provided). No special shuttering although we backed the vertical insulation with scaffold boards just in case. Be honest I doubt if they were needed though. It was a Green Raft that uses a vertical plastic joining strip between the horizontal and vertical insulation panels.

Yes, I'll post a few.

Just to add to the wealth of knowledge on here. We have just completed our insulated raft using xps with concrete 250mm thick at 100m2. Installed the foul drains and surface water out to a soakaway. All in, including labour it's come to £26K and a bit. Hope this might help with others budgeting.

Years ago my wife and I bought a plot at the end of a narrow road. The owner of the house opposite opposed our planning application on the grounds that deliveries would inevitably use his drive to turn around as there was limited space. We of course explained to the planners that it wouldn't happen and not being a planning issue we got approval. The first thing we did was to get some concrete barriers delivered to prevent a certain demographic from using the plot as a caravan site. The lorry had reversed so it demonstrated that it could be done! However, the blocks had not been placed as per my drawing and they projected onto the highway. I asked them to move them and the driver reversed the tele-handler onto the neighbours drive to get a swing and hey presto it stalled and couldn't re-start. So, within an hour of starting I had a very irate neighbour complaining loudly - "I told you so" !! and filming it all with a promise to complain to the Council. You could not make it up. That was one of the longest half hours whilst they fiddled with the machine.... Eventually, once it was going again the blocks were quickly moved and we all scarpered. We decided that going through with the build after all was going to be too much so we sold the plot on and even made a little bit of profit!

Have a read of the this document published by the government. You house is on what is known as Article 2(3) land as it is a conservation area. You still have some permitted development (PD) rights i.e development that can be done without obtaining planning permission but those rights are more restricted than those for the rest of us outside such areas. If you find what you want to do cannot be done under PD then planning permission will be required and you will find that your local authority may apply stricter controls over your proposal because it is a conservation area. If you are still unsure then take professional advice. 190910_Tech_Guide_for_publishing.pdf

Sorry thats the clip to join lengths together but the cill is the same and you get the idea. Should have gone to specsavers!

That's awful, surely they don't think this is OK? If no joy what about this aluminium type(but the door version)? It'll need the frame coming out to do it properly but it would avoid taking bricks out.

Well it's stopped briefly, drain trenches flooded and the clay is just Somme like! Those fuses are 80A. Sparks suggests 25mm 4 core for 3 phase 100A.

That's interesting.... especially as my wife has taken to the Bora version she was shown in the kitchen show room.......That'll be a kidney and half your spleen please sir....

Did I see somewhere on the site about an extraction hob being vat claimable or is age getting to me............

Not sure - I'll have a look when it stops raining! (again!!)......

I'm at a similar stage, new supply goes to a cabinet with the meter. It's a three phase supply (because it was only £300 more) but only one phase is being used at present The kit company want me to run the cable from the cabinet via the duct I've laid through the insulated raft. That distance is about 20m. The house will have a 7kW ASHP, a car charger and then the usual induction hob, ovens etc. As far as I am aware the house will be wired onto that phase but I want to keep the flexibility of having the second phase available. So am I looking at a 5 core cable with the spare ends just made safe or is that too simple?

Never seen that approach either. Wouldn't a steel plate the size of the bit of stack being removed sat on B1 and B2 do the job with the pots capped.

We did ours last year as well. It was the District Council that had a form to fill and cost £175. They notify the Post Office who issue a postcode. That then feeds most address databases. It seems some services/retailers don't update their database very often and we occasionally find the address missing, but that's less common now after 6 months.

We are currently living in a static and I was prepared to fall back on this part of the permitted development rights PART 4 Temporary buildings and uses Class A – temporary buildings and structures Permitted development A. The provision on land of buildings, moveable structures, works, plant or machinery required temporarily in connection with and for the duration of operations being or to be carried out on, in, under or over that land or on land adjoining that land. Development not permitted A.1 Development is not permitted by Class A if— (a)the operations referred to are mining operations, or (b)planning permission is required for those operations but is not granted or deemed to be granted. Conditions A.2 Development is permitted by Class A subject to the conditions that, when the operations have been carried out— (a)any building, structure, works, plant or machinery permitted by Class A is removed, and (b)any adjoining land on which development permitted by Class A has been carried out is, as soon as reasonably practicable, reinstated to its condition before that development was carried out. However, the Council have been fine. We got an address registered, pay Council Tax with the account listed as Caravan at...... , our bins get emptied and no-one has raised an eyebrow. This is within Part 4 of the GDPO, however in your case they appear to have removed Part 1 rights (the normal PD for dwellings) so would still be available.

Normally, you will have a protected stairway all the way down to a final exit. That route is separated from rooms by minimum FD20 (realistically FD30 doors as they are easier to source) doors in 30 min. FR partitions. That would include the ground floor.

As to having lpg available during a power cut, are you sure? We have an lpg stove in the static we are in during the move. The stove has an electrical connection and during a power cut the ignitors wouldn't work and we couldn't get the gas to light with a match either as it just wouldn't stay lit. I assume there was some fail safe at work. Go induction - we can't wait to get back to electric, this gas lark is a real pain for control.

Well we are going DanWood and were asked for 2.0m width for scaffolding and "work space". Having got close to delivery their site guys seem to be more flexible and "can do". They are looking to use 1.0m scaffolding down one side as it's going to be tight for that and the crane. I recall seeing the Yorkshire Grand Designs "The Street" showing a DanWood on one of the plots, which were all very narrow. There couldn't have been more than 1.0m to the boundary on either side and they managed there! I think you may struggle to get any trades, TF or traditional to work at height without a decent scaffold for access. PS Danwood render so need to keep the scaffold off the walls.