scottishjohn

my understanding of the vat scenario ,and it may be wrong any service you get from anywhere if you are charged vat -you cannot claim it back any goods you buy --not services -you can claim vat back If you are paying to dump spoil --then its a service that you are paying for ,its not goods you are BUYING to put into the fabric of the building ,no different than architects fees as far as HMRC is concerned so if the supplier of this service will not do it zero rated --then tough, you have to suck it up -HMRC -not interested

I see exactly what you are getting at and do not disagree in principle but the term thermal mass is usually used in the same way as "insulation" is now just saying insulation does not give you a value --but we all know that a house needs to built with insulation and it generally needs to have a thermal mass to store the energy so when people say they want a good thermal mass its same as saying i want the house well insulated I ask this question what would you call your 300mm slab floor if not a thermal mass,as it stores energy ,using the commonly understood definition that that a thermal mass stores energy at what rate it gains or holds or looses it is another defining attribute all together

I don,t think its quite as black and white regarding thermal mass as some would like to believe If it was of no value --how you going to get solar gain -if no thermal mass to heat up --wheres the heat going --air is a very poor conductor and storage medium of heat why have a thick slab for your UFH -if thermal mass was not in play something has to store the energy and the name thermal mass is as good as any

a good video quite long but worth a watch could even have made me think more serious about PV moderators --move if you like to more appropiate forum

so maybe the most probable is it blocked in the small dia feeder pipe--if it is a blockage

could it be that the drainage filed has just blocked up over time ? seems very small dia pipe at 50mm are the perforated pipes same dia ? my thoughts for mine when i do it is a lot larger than that as i have read that under certain circumstances 15 -20years could be life of drainage field I want to fit one that will be still going when they plant me

how old is system

I was lucky the self propelled drain jetting extension on power wash did it fine a good add on for the karcher. as is the wet sand blasting attachment --cleaned rust off my stone work of my chimney stack from an old tv mast that the dipsticks attached with mild steel clamps

something I have been contemplating for my septic system wife insists she never puts fat down sink at present house --but I know different from what i found in drains a couple of years ago thiking it might be good addition to add to drains before it goes to septic system you have tennants- do you think they will be that careful?

how far from joint you can remove to where it joins soakaway --have you a long length of smaller plastic pipe try putting small pipe down 50mm pipe and see if you find a blockage ?,even better if you can connect a mains supply to it if it is blocked to flush it ?? could it be fatberg? https://www.orrplumbing.com/blog/2015/may/what-is-a-septic-tank-grease-trap-/

will be the timber frame shrinking and moving about --will settle in good time

not trying to be funny - -but the term servitude was not used until now --yes that is totally different thing than an easement I suspect what you have found is a gather up of scottish +english law terms written by someone who is not competent in both legal systems. very few solicitors who work in both english +scottish law . but hey I,m only going on what my solicitor has told me ,and in 35 years of very complicated sales of land and property,both domestic and company dealings he has never steered me wrong to me common sense says DNo would not want to keep making new deals everytime the property changes hands and would write in such a way it did keep in force when land changed hands

and always remember--if its not in writing it didn,t happen if it goes to court-so tell them you will follow your conversation up with a nice letter .tell them just as you leave --not before hand

and that is why I am buying 2 plots --so i can decide on neighbours and make the rules

Is this a TF house ?

are you at war with them? if not speak nicely and suggest a nice talk over a bottle of something for sure it will cost you if legal letters start flying + there will be some sort of war then if not now remember the first thing they teach solicitors is --send a letter -you can charge for that they all play that game and never include everything in one lettter ,so they can write another one .LOL 10 letters +£500 later -you still might not have a solution talk it out with the neighbours first if they will easy to go to war hard to stop it

the only hope he gave was if it was made out to a person --when they go it goes --but not usual

bummer - you need to see it drawn on the deeds -normally shared access will be a hatched area on the deed plan and if you are in scotland it could be more complicated if that right of way has not been used in 20 years --I think -- your legal man will know if there is a time limitation if you don,t use it or if they fence it and no one complains sounds like RPITA

Ok checked with my man --easement is an english thing -not in scottish law wayleaves do transfer with land so first thing is to check if there is one +get sight of the paperwork

sounds like foot traffic only --not vehicular ? --maybe check what you are allowed to access with

LOL don,t think there is much chance of BC ever passing clay water proofing ,even as you say it has been used on canals and aqueducts for thousands of years

[...] we are talking about a 2ft wall --not a 20m basement -he already said it will be tanked and drained so does it need it -no way largest concrete wall i have cast would 8ft tall when making an inspection pit and it was cast in bits --slab then walls --no water problem for the last 30 years+ no water bar If any ICF maker specified water bars i would have known about them -- [...]

lifted from your water bar spec sheet "Integral sealing for construction joints in concrete cast in-situ. Convenient and problem solving in situations where a conventional waterstop would require complex shuttering. sounds like monster over kill to me for a 0.7m wall that you are going to tank + drain anyway do you have rebar sticking out of slab? thats just my view, I would not be tanking AND fitting water bar as well

maybe on industrial builds - -but never seen that detail on ANY ICF house foundation /wall detail by any of the ICF system suppliers. they all specify tanking + french drain well at least I know what it is now so yes you cannot fit it and leave out in the rain

drill some holes at joint of slab and ICF forms ---then bung them up on pour day which icf system you using ? please explain the term "water bar" I am not familiar with it