MikeSharp01

Great idea - you can remake the whole thing out of walk on glazing, this would cause a shortage in the market for such material and you could clean up selling it to yourself - economics is a wonderful thing AND because the whole place would be see-through no one would notice it was there - thus not offending the neighbours AND you could disport (enjoy oneself unrestrainedly - frolic) yourself about the place quite safe in the knowledge that you will be on full view ( I suppose this may offend the neighbours - but nothing one or two bands of obscuring film around the building at appropriate heights would not solve). Had the caravan man built similar structure outside the caravan he may have got away with it. Hiding in plain sight. Possibly not given the result in the Amersham byelection.

That does not look like it has been flashed well at all. Is the black stuff at the bottom the gutter and the shiny metal bit some sort of facia?

You could engineer a solution using a series of rotating mirrors arranged on poles with black rear panels so you can either have mirror up or black surface up and get the best of both worlds. If you actually need the sun to hit the under roof you can set the mirrors to normal to the roof. (That may need some care in aligning the rows so the sun can get in.)

Horses for courses - I am with @ProDave on this one.

You can, subject to appropriate skills / certifications and safety approaches, do what you like after the meter but generally NOT in the meter box. Many of us here have put second meter boxes adjacent to the main one, taken a feed into that and then split it out using and isolating switches to the various consumer units around the building. Here are our two, when the meter was installed I got the power company (In out case UKPN) to install to the isolator, bottom right and then we could do the work in the second cabinet with the power isolated anytime we like. The second cabinet has the two building isolators and a local service (garden power sockets & lighting, car charging and drainage services) consumer unit.

Why / how is three better than two?

Looks like fun, welcome to THE forum for people like us!

SVK 5mm Ardonit fibre cement, want a crisp edge if I can get one,

I am about to embark on the vertical tile hanging for our build and I am looking for recommendations for a good fibre cement cutter / Guillotine, preferably with a hole punch. The little hand held Plier type don't look they will work - but they might be more capable than I think, the slates are 300mm wide. Any body got any good ideas?

Sounds like a job for a bit of hands free car audio - they have no problem muting the music to let you take a call and you can talk through it as well.

Well its down to how well it will withstand being hit by the gate swinging back. We could do the maths but in reality 4 or 5 5mm x 50mm screws into suitable Rawl (other brands are available) plugs will do it.

Slightly bigger and longer screws on the bracket.

Create a stop, just a piece of angle fixed to the wall - it is not part of the security system so need not be too robust.

Probably not. They just want to be sure that the scheme works as it is their insurance and usually the architect is the final sign off. So they will take the drawings from the SE and integrate then with their drawings and check all is well. This would normally be part of the construction drawings process. You can argue that it is a double check for them, have they missed anything, do all their details still work after the SE has done their bit etc. If you are submitting the drawings that is not a problem but you need them to say they are OK for submission.

True and so the point loading needs careful thought as the transition on and off the slab offers a challenge and you can watch the load spread on a simulation tool but the essential point is that the point loading is actually quite low. 30T per track, and that spread across the area of the track in contact with the slab, but the track format is important as the tread type used also spread the loads differently.

Yes and there are associated upside and downside risks. EG Upside - it is a single solution, downside - the wasted heat from the tank you need to store the DHW will warm up your bedroom if its in the room below the bedroom.

Well I decided that, by definition, if one is here then one is like us because, at the very minimum, we are also here.

Looks like @Mhninja did - mentioned in the post.

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Sorry - should not have capitalised - it means old , as in what was there in the past.

£3800 does not sound too bad. You clearly have some complexities around extending etc - you do not want joints breaking between old and new and they will need to fully understand the OLD to ensure the whole thing works structurally and it is probably dependent on the soil conditions. So probably not too far of the ball park really. With the SE, and the Architect, a not insignificant proportion of the fee will be made up of the PI insurance they need to maintain.

Not allowed any more.....

If this is going to be a structural part of the build you will probably need to be able to show it is OSB 3 to whoever is giving you the structural warranty. In the current climate I would want a water tight (pardon the pun) guarantee it is OSB 3 and I am not sure the delivery / note invoice is enough as in the current materials shortage climate. Was there anything on the outer wrap of the pallet?

In a caravan? I guess he means in the house so as to reduce upfront cost? Looks like the get as far as you can then do the final bits as and when affordable might be the sound option to close the gap. That takes some planning to ensure you can live without it looking like a building site for ever but planning is something that does not add to the cost.

Inspiring the next generation is a great way to spend a chunk of life. The only thing I am worried for you about is if your school is anything like that depicted in Derry girls. Anyway welcome to THE forum for people like US.