Big Jimbo

Thanks @Kelvin. I hadn't realised. I have no idea how to remove it.

@Dave Jones Double doors into the master en-suite. Interesting.

@Dave Jones block and block. Render on the bottom half. hardi-plank cladding on the top.

You will be impressed @ProDave I did remember, and have told the guy doing the drainage plans. I can't see anywhere better to put the water tank. Not a bad distance from the hot water outlets. Fingers crossed i can get Mvhr in the upstairs landing cupboard.

607-02-2.pdf607-01-2.pdf final floor plans. They have been tweaked, and twisted. Not sure what more I can do. Plan is for Hot water tank under the stairs, with coats and shoes. Electrics in that bit in the utility room. Mvhr in the landing cupboard.

@Conor You should have done a full install video.

run the solvent around the inside where the pipe comes into the fitting. Wipe off the excess. Do it a couple of times.

Just been looking as the GSE installation instructions. There needs to be some more real world video's showing the installation and as importantly the roof tiles being fitted. I have seen quite a few pics etc, where the tiling looks like a dogs dinner. Bit like the tiling around some roof windows.

I would prefer the solweld. You can also get around the inside when it is fitted, and run another couple of beads around.

`So , am i right in thinking that the GSE mounting kit, (is that trays for in roof ?) is more expensive than the actual solar panels ? You have done a lot of work, which will be useful for others.

Total crap. Roof battens are not even the same size. Sack him off. That is shocking.

That is a fair old crack. I have got some under the windows of my old bungalow. they are about 5 to 6mm wide. I have owned it for 6 years, and they have never got any worse. to be honest i don't know if they close and open during the seasons. I do know that it is only about 1 meter from a Poplar tree. The soil test just fell into the low shrinkabiliy band, (just) The footings are 9 inches deep. When i pull it down it will be interesting to see if the footings are cracked. My friends old place about 500 yards away, has got similar cracks to yours. Narrow at the bottom, and wider to the top. His have got wider, and wider over the 5 years he has owned it. it will be interesting to hear what the problem is with the place you are monitoring.

Loads of screws and joints glued to each other.

That's why i used the glue.

Previously, i just bonded out the dips using a long straight edge. Foam glued and screwed the plasterboard to the underside. Skimmed and painted. Bit of a pain, but better than pulling down lath and plaster ceilings. Even with a good mask you will be trying to get bits of crap out from between your teeth for days.

I like that idea @Mr Punter. Almost like a fire hydrant within the land that could service several properties. Good thinking.

Sorry can't help but i'm sure i read that the tank has to be much bigger than 3000litre. Are you sure that size will be ok ?

When i did my daughters, i replaced old windows with new, but didn't fit any trickle vent. It's about 5 years ago, and the rules at the time were that the replacements had to make the situation no worse than it was before. I bloody hate trickle vents. Leaky pieces of crap.

The roof looks great, but i would agree that the water outlet looks way to small. It would concern me that the coping stones on the slope could kill somebody if they ever came off. I have always liked to continue any rubber roof over the top of the wall, like yours. B.C. were not happy with me simply fitting heavy coping stones with just morter to the rubber roof. They wanted me to cut the rubber back. In the end i fitted powder coated ali.

Might be worth asking them. I had 4 internal soil stacks in my last house. I used dergo's on all of them. B.C.insisted that i had One to fresh air. I said that as i was on a run of 10 houses, there was plenty of ventilation to the system. They agreed after having a right old ding dong with them. The only thing i would say is that all the rain water pipes will have traps to stop leaves etc entering the system. So not really vented.

@Dave Jones. So if you join onto say a private road you don't have to bother ? However, if like me you join onto a public highway (Country lane, no pavement) I have to provide wheelchair access from the highway ?

Done to British Standard. Sorted.

You will get weeds between the pavers regardless of how they are laid. That's a promise.

crack on. As above by @benben5555

I know a good team of brickies, but they are going to want more than "I want a bit of this, and a bit of that" Full set of plans showing all elevations. Inner and outer wall construction. Details of cavity, and cavity insulation. Lots of details required before you can just get a pi$$ing in the wind quote.