scottishjohn

so maybe it will become an otter "holt" or beaver lodge . LOL

maybe me but i read culvert as pipe, even ifnot under house its a perfect thing for occupation if its dry

so you have basically made a "rat run" under your house from the stream ? If you are certain it will never flow water ,then I would be blocking it up ,unless you like the idea of vermin moving in under your house what size pipe? a nice badger set or a Fox den?

that detail should be on your drawings you still need a dpc --so no that wil need to be filled before dpc for the icf blocks to sit on what type of floor ? post up your plans ?

I would not ,but yes glentrool is a very bad spot --cos its full of forest plantings -- so bad there that the forestry commision closed their site there 10 years ago -fed up with giving refunds you just don,t camp near christmas trees I,ve seen me disturbing clouds of them in january when acting as a beater on a shoot which was made up of blocks of fir trees-they didn,t seem to bite at that time of year snow on the ground and midges -- If midges were a problem I would not have bought the site -been looking at it for 20 years

inc or plus delivery to your site

that ones for sale as is the quarry and the jetty B listed house not really that hard a project all services are pretty close very solid structure already -just needs interior + roof revamping and bringing up to modern spec -less work than alot of self builds and with 5 acres annd 2 other ruins you got lots of space to do other things when i get stopped waiting for planning etc on main house i will do some moore work on it -cleared all dnagerous trees around it already I did toy with the idea of doing that one first -selling and making some money --but my age means i have to be sensible --may not have two houses builds in me being on coast and or away from all the pine forestry and midges are not a problem my current house is on edge of newton stewart -no real midge problem there -was worried when I made a pond --but no still no midge problem far worse up north all over

you not been following my thread then still plenty here - but within sensible distance of civilisation multiple attacks on clearing roads and site

you obviously have not been to the s/w of scotland -climate very similar to cornwall but with plenty of scenery like the highlands and not alot of people,clean air how much better do you want a view than this taken in january and april -you don,t get many midges on the coast

I get the feeling you are sorry you used durisol- It seems to be used the world over without the problems you had

and if condsidering MVHR in future ,then again -zones pointless

I did that some years ago and did not allow for the human factor -people not closing doors etc or wife wanting to open all the windows to get fresh air once that happens zones are pointless

welcome to a new adventure how much of it are you doing yourself? that is first question and is it going to be a continuos job once started basically two different types poly block types and then woodcrete types poly block there will be at least 10 different systems ,all of which will require bracing woodcrete types there are 3 durisol , isotex velox after studying for well over a year I am leaning towards woodcrete type ,as I may need to stop at some point until i get more funds - need to sell other bits of site to complete -don,t want to sell my present house till this is done which is main reason I am not considering TF or SIPS brick and blocks too heavy for this old man to work with all types can give you what you want - I suppose you should start with a design and send it off to different suppliers to quote for supply of bits or fully built shell

come to scotland ,have all you want and a lifestyle biz as well for a fraction of the cost .LOL

I would be a millionaire if I got paid 10 k for every tree I,ve cut down in last few months 80tons of trunks have gone away on log trucks

send a letter recorded delivery and start keeping copies of everything If it goes to court only things in writing will be considered as evidence

different in scotland --you need BC permission to do anything virtually

very common stipulation now with an ex commercial property farms often have had leaking red diesel tanks in past and other nasty chemicals maybe

I would stay away from old petrol stations unless you have a ground survey done for pollution and tanks are removed or filled solid with concrete once you buy it and planning insist on ground test -you could be stuck with mega costs to remove any polluted soil and dump and then they can insist that on ground testing outside your boundary to see if the pollution has moved off site and that could be hundreds of thousands of pounds --so you must spend£10k on ground testing --EG bore holes

sorry but this has disaster written all over it for all the reasons others have given make sure your builder has insurance and you get fixed price But iwouls still do it with blocks so simple and it is used world wide for tyhis very job

whjat sort of surface is the car going ot sit on? you just the gorund -it will become a qugmire inwinter --so hoe much you allowed for surfacing that and how many skips @£100 a time to remoce the old earth you dig out

no just build with them they are interlocking --no cement needed-

quick guess 25 blocks

just google concrete lego blocks Isent you link to the market leader -which also has a calcultion function to work out how big blocks you need

if you intned to do this then it will definately be cheaper to use these concrete lego blocks ---dig it out make foundation for them then just drop them in --done in a day with a telhandler Iam not saying you should not get an SE -- ytou should but look at the website I copied you and see how quick and easy and sue the calculation section but no way you will do this job for a few hundred quid -- get your builder to quote for number of blocks +cement +then concrete required It will be alot more than the blocks for sure cheapest Iahve seen 600mm x600mm x1500mm blocks is £70 each