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    40 years in IT, then made redundant, which has helped enormously in building. Helped with building renovations and extensions, but it was always a dream to build our own energy efficient house. Well, here we are having started (properly) in late 2020, and very proud of what we have achieved (so far!)
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  1. BotusBuild
    Likely it is such a metal lintel behind those vertical laid bricks. Without removing one you'll never really know for sure, but safe to assume it is there. Will the weight of the pergola be taken by vertical posts and at four(?) corners of the pergola? If so, then the attachment to the wall is mainly to stop it moving vertically away from the wall. Still need to be strong fixings and as long as you drill carefully and jo bricks are broken in the process you should be OK. Fixings can go in the mortar. May be use threaded rod and resin to fix the ledger (or pergola directly) to the wall.
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    3 years after installing it, time to clean it. It spent about 1 year open to the elements before the roof went on.
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    Yes
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    Just what I was thinking as well. A Birmingham screwdriver 😁
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    No Kelvin, it should have a PZ head. It's malformed 😁
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    I can recommend Screedmaster SW Ltd. We had the Cemfloor screed. I let them lay the necessary DPM and foam edging. Not as neat as I would have done it but I'm a neat freak. Clean and accurate (level) pour.
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    Badger, What depth and dimensions will the poured slab be? This may make a difference to what strength of EPS you require (hopefully one of the SE's will be along shortly, and they'll want to know anyway) For reference, we poured a 250mm deep, 137m2 foundation slab with UFH pipes tied to the mesh. Our insulation was the Jackodur Atlas system (240 or 260mm thick), compressive strength of 130kPa if I recall correctly.
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    @Onoff, think I'm giving that a miss. Can't imagine the smell, as @JohnMo mentions. Think it would need a test first. Each to their own.
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    Got a picture of what that looks like. All I can imagine is a black streaky mess
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    Nice job sir.
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    Leak, Leak, Leak!!!!!
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    I know of a house being built close by (8 miles up the road in Cornwall is close by 🙂 ) where the access is narrow and a fire engine would never get in. They have a sprinkler system fitted. So it can be mitigated against.
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    James, John's suggestion to double/triple check your workings is a sound one. How big is this room? Do you know what the heat loss is for the room? What solar gain are you going to get if three sides are glazed floor to ceiling?
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    If that's not a vaulted ceiling, as you say you dont want one, then it doesn't make sense to me. I would "move" the insulation/PB/skim part to the ceiling of the room (the red horizontal line). This would probably also address the fire risk mentioned above by @-rick-. Might be worth a chat with the architect if you can
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