Mr Punter
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Your drawing showed it laid to falls towards the sump and a channel. If it is just a flat (ish) slab you would need to build some falls towards the sump before you use the adjustable pedestals and slabs.
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Council Tax Blow!
Mr Punter replied to richo106's topic in Self Build VAT, Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), S106 & Tax
I don't think that they will remove it from the list. It does not look derelict to me, in the way that @JOE187's place is. The bit of displaced brickwork in the single skinned single storey lean-to will not be enough to convince them. The house looks fairly new, with cavity walls. No photos of the mould. For heating, a working electric supply would be sufficient. -
Can't you have paving on adjustable pedestals and run the pipework under it?
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Build-to-border or not to build to the border
Mr Punter replied to BristolBuild2020's topic in New House & Self Build Design
By the time you have excavated, built retaining walls, incorporated waterproofing and perhaps insulation it could be very expensive. A site plan might help with suggestions. -
Build-to-border or not to build to the border
Mr Punter replied to BristolBuild2020's topic in New House & Self Build Design
If you have room it would be nicer to make your house properly detached from the neighbour. It may be preferable to have a gap of 1m between the retaining wall and the house wall but again this may not work on your plot. -
No just the first bit the fan goes in. 100mm duct for the 15 and 30 models.
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I have put in lots of these fans. The Icon 30 gives a stronger extract but needs a larger hole cut. I like the delayed start module so the fan does not come on for short visits. I bought 35 from someone on ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/stc120pinner and contacted him directly for a price.
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That sounds like proper woodworking. I would probably lose a couple of fingers attempting this.
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There is a recent thread with someone using beam and block for an external paved area. If you are feeling paranoid you could paint the beam ends with bitumen.
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I would steer clear of spray foam insulation. Mortgage companies and insurers are risk averse and scare stories have frightened them off.
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I have just re-read the OP and note these are Pozi joists, so shaping the ends ist verboten.
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You could get a right angle adapter https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184890885289
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Depending on the joist sizes you can often just shape the ends to fit in the steel with noggins between.
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Welfare facilities under CDM
Mr Punter replied to Post and beam's topic in Project & Site Management
All construction work falls under CDM, so if someone comes to decorate your lounge they would be assuming the role of principal designer and principal contractor. Bollocks really. -
Welfare facilities under CDM
Mr Punter replied to Post and beam's topic in Project & Site Management
Not so but the tag indicates that the scaffold may have been inspected. From HSE: "Must I use a tag system on a scaffold? A. Although tag systems are not a legal requirement, the law does require inspection of scaffolding from which a person might fall 2 metres or more and the issue of a report by a competent person, on completion and at least weekly thereafter." -
Most of these are best plugged in elsewhere with the cable coming out behind the device, so the wiring is hidden.
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I have not seen this before. What is it called / used for?
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Beam and block external patio
Mr Punter replied to DeanoFromTheDock's topic in Landscaping, Decking & Patios
A friend of mine has done this. Sloping site and I think they can access a reduced height space under the patio for storage. Your concrete retaining wall looks good. -
The easement need not be recorded and mostly prescriptive easements are not.
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I have never heard of BC getting involved in these matters. I think your neighbour has the right to discharge their gutter into the downpipe as they have acquired an easement through unchallenged use. I don't know how this would lead to you having a damp issue.
