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  1. Mr Punter
    Am I looking at the top of a gable wall? Why not just add some bricks or flat blocks on top where there is a gap?
  2. Mr Punter
    I think it is Villeroy and Boch
  3. Mr Punter
    We have very shallow trays and have screwed 18mm ply on the shower room floors, finished with LVT, so they are level with adjacent oak floors and the trays are only about 30mm higher.
  4. Mr Punter
    That's the effect of the stiffeners!
  5. Mr Punter
    To be clear, as @PeterW pointed out, the Building regs have changed (since the edition I was referencing!) and you no longer have to complete the spreadsheet, just confirm that none of the fittings exceed the values in table 2.1. You don't even need to know what is in table 2.1, just confirm.
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    You can build a garage under PD rights (if you have them) without the need for planning permission.
  7. Mr Punter
    It will go after a while.
  8. Mr Punter
    Why not just build the newly consented garage, thus locking in the consent?
  9. Mr Punter
    Yes. It is crap compared to hot. Sticks to shoes so you can spend months walking it through the house. Very soft.
  10. Mr Punter
    The planning condition regarding the driveway materials is often to stop gravel on the public road so you may be able to have just a tarmac apron, the rest gravel (and don't lay it thick!).
  11. Mr Punter
    Thumb turn on the inside?
  12. Mr Punter
    Shamefully I was still using the 2010 edition!! Have now downloaded the fresh one.
  13. Mr Punter
    Excellent. I was still going by the old version.
  14. Mr Punter
    https://www.nwleics.gov.uk/files/documents/water_efficiency_calculator_bredclg/Water Calculator.xls If you scroll to the Basic Calc tab at the bottom and just fill in the first column should be fine. If you get stuck I will post a completed one.
  15. Mr Punter
    Does not sound good. Have a look at http://info.labcwarranty.co.uk/foundation-calculator If you are on clay you may have problems. The calculation assumes the tree will reach 10m.
  16. Mr Punter
    Be careful regarding trees, as even if small, if you intend to keep them you will need use the fully mature height when working out your foundation depths. Planning do not communicate with Building Control. The Water Calculator is a spreadsheet which you can download. Normally you need to consume less than 125l per day by specifying taps, baths, WCs and showers that are low consumption. A paper exercise but some tap and shower manufacturers have stuff that mixes air into the flow, so it still feels like a powerful flow but reduces the consumption. Makes no difference how many WCs, taps etc in the house, just how efficient.
  17. Mr Punter
    Hi Richard Are you also doing worktop, sink and taps? How many units and what sort of budget do you have in mind? Sticking with the same layout? As @jack said, photos are a great way for others to snoop / assess!
  18. Mr Punter
    Like others have said, just galvanise - don't bother with the powder coat.
  19. Mr Punter
    Extremely difficult to get an A without PV. What did your air test score?
  20. Mr Punter
    £1,899.00 http://www.appliancecity.co.uk/liebherr/fridges-and-freezers/sbsef7242/product-23032/
  21. Mr Punter
    I have had a Liebherr fridge freezer. The only issue was the handles broke. Instead of just being fixed to the door, they worked by levering against the the appliance when opening to make the magnetic seal open more easily but this made for a weakness and the replacements were expensive.
  22. Mr Punter
    OK. You should have had a SAP assessment carried out at the design stage and it would include details of the u values for all the elements of the house, as well as the heating system and airtightness target. The cost is about £100 - £150. They will also produce a Predicted Energy Assessment meaning that if you build as per the SAP your building will comply with part L. Don't sweat on the thermal bridges, just fill in the checklist from the link I posted above that most closely resembles what you have.
  23. Mr Punter
    What did your design SAP specify? Normally they will say that you build to standard ACDs, then, before doing the final SAP and EPC the assessor will ask you to indicate which details you used. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141202102454/http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/wood_frame_illustrations.pdf Using the ACDs allows you energy assessor to apply a value in a table for thermal bridging. I would not over-complicate this as it is box ticking.
  24. Mr Punter
    Clay plain tiles can get pricey if you have bonnet and valley tiles so roof design can have quite an impact on cost. £18,700 sounds like a lot of money. Did you get 3 quotes? If not, get more.
  25. Mr Punter
    I think the size and material are what they are after, so a small format blue clay plain tile. Unless the ones the planners are suggesting are much more expensive, it may be simpler just to go with them. What did your builder quote for? Do you already have a roof tile approved?
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