Big Jimbo

Ive had 60% off them for a cheapish kitchen. Perhaps they were miles off target for that month. I would aim for minimum 40%

If you were out there complaining about 10mm i would call you an arse. but 100mm.... get them to take it down and do it again. If they can't even set it out taking reference from the existing house they should be shot. If i come around for a cup of tea when you are all finished, the first thing i am going to say is, Why is your extension built at a wonky angle ? I sure i wouldn't be the only One to pick it up.

One of the reasons i would get it re-done is that the brickies at my daughters did exactly the same thing. entension off the rear wall. They followed the garden fence between her and her neighbour. I was putting on a flat roof so not a problem there. However that corner of her new kitchen inside, which wraps around looks crap. 100mm out is a lot in my opinion.

Jeez. I would be very pi$$ed off. What sort of builders line it up with a boundary wall ! So your existing house is x meters deep, and the extension is a further 10 meters deep. When you stand and look down the side of your extension, and continue your eye down the side of your existing property it is either going to go in by 100mm in the middle , or stick out ? Either way it is going to look s4!te. I would make them put it right, and be keeping a very close eye on them from now on.

Have you got a reciprocating saw. you could run around that in no time

What a pain in the butt, and what a bloody mess you are making. There is half a skip load there by the time you have finished.

IMO you deffo need a good planning consultant. He will really need to sell the carbon negative (even better) to the local old gits on the parish P.C. and the council planning dept. I feel that if you dont sell it really well, public consultation etc, (Free tea and cake at the local villiage hall) to get a lot of local support, the council will just ignore your good intensions.

I can only see it for being water run off. Have you asked them ?

Hello, and welcome. We all look forward to your questions.

There are also liquid rubber products now. Might be worth considering. Big pond liner on the outside, liquid rubber on the inside.

No idea Joe. I can only just use the toaster. Not kidding

What we need is something that we can produce in this country. can install for 5K. That will produce 1.25K's worth of energy every year. (Payback in 4 years), and will last say 8 years. I had avery smart client a few years ago. She invented coloured x-rays, which are used all over the world at ports, airports etc. She made a fortune. She didn't need money, so wanted to try and provide some sort of energy providing source that would be so cheap as to be all but free for the world. (Have her name live long after her) The last time i spoke to her, she had come up with some very cheap heating system. She explained it as making atoms rush around really fast, bumping into each other and making lots of heat. She went on to say that the problem was that people were also made of atoms, and was concerned about people being around the atom super fast bumpy thing at the same time. She thought it would basically kill them. There is hope however that there are some very smart people out there.

I like the idea of a great big one piece pond liner type affair, and build inside it. If the water table was below the bottom you could prob get away with it. It the water table was high though, the pressure trying to push the building in would be immense. Years ago had a mate who did a similar thing. Had a great big hole. Concrete base, with engineering brick walls. He did something like boat building for a living, so bought a load of fiberglass home, and did the inside including the floor. It was dry as a bone, and remained so for atleast 10 years while he lived there.

My old mate didn't manage to pull the live wire out of his mouth. He was stripping it with his teeth to re-wire the electric mower. He had lent in through the kitchen window and switched the socket off. Double socket wrong side switched off !. Old re-wire type fuse didn't blow. I was told that his blood had turned black fron literally being boiled. They think it took him several minutes to die. He was 25. That was 1987. Still miss him.

Better off trying to create some air movement. Get all the windows and doors open, and if possible hire a big fan and stick it by one of the external doors pointing into the house. Or, just do like Nick Knowles mob, and paint the walls while still wet. Full thick first coat, no watering down.

Yep. Been there, done that. Leaked into the cavity from day One.

I never leave any of my Kebab. I also have mice living under a tarp, which i believe means i dont have rats. My daughter had rats in the void of her flat roof extension. Chewed the lighting wires right through. I cut a hole in the ceiling and fitted one of those small plastic hatches. I spoke to a pest control friend who said he would have to come on a monthly basis unless i could find out where they were getting in. He gave me Three different poisons that did the initial kill. (Very sweet sickly smell for about 10 days. Her extension is built on the boundary. Fortunately a neighbour pointed out a rat hole near her building. I dug it out and found the hole went in under her 300mm footing. From there they were going up the cavity wall, and into the roof. All i could do was use a stick and stuff loads and loads of wire wool down the hole. It has done the trick for the past year but I expect at somepoint they will be back. She lives in a mixed use area, with fast food and warehousing. Sometime during the day you will see One just strolling down the pavement. No fear, just chilling. Waiting for the fast food places to open.

@jayc89, Aquastrap is the stuff you are thinking of. I used it on One bath and 6 showers 9 years ago, and never had a leak since.

I've got a vented, timber floorboard floor. 9 inch solid brick walls. Single glazed old metal framed windows. Concrete tiled roof with no underfelt. The truth is that the house leaks like a sive, has zero insulation. When the weather is really cold it is actually warmer outside than inside. To be honest the house is not fit for purpose. However, the majority of our uk housing stock is like this. I know some very rich people with stupidly large houses. Heating is on 24 hours a day. If it gets too hot indoors they open all the windows and doors. Thats how they adjust the heating ! That, while some old person on a state pension sits with a blanket over themselves. People with low incomes (The majority) are not going to pay out thousands of pounds to have thier houses upgraded. They struggle to find hundreds of pounds to pay the monthly bills. If put into the position of broken heating, and you say i can sort you a new boiler for a grand, or a new Carlos fandango system that will save the planet for 2 grand. 99% are going for the grand option. .......It's a mess, and i don't know what the answer is.

Had my daughters garage signed off by a fully qualified electrician about 2 years ago. He said that the regs no longer require the armoured cable to be burried. Said it can be surface mounted. I dont know how correct this is ?

All good questions from Temp above. If he is a Limited Co, have a look at his previously filed accounts online.

Have him make you a couple of 300mm ish deep 45mm wide pillars for the Chimney breast sides. They would be scribed back to the wall and fitted flush with the front face of the doors. Get him to plant Two fillers on the wall sides, and also bring those out flush with the front face of the doors. The cornice at the top will need to be re-done, but as its being painted could be joined. This will give your robes more of an in-frame look which will be more in keeping with your old house......And expect to pay. Dont order hand built furniture without having it drawn up in the future if you are fussy. To be honest, i think they look cheap, but for a few quid could be made to look much better.

Bloody hard work lifting them on your own Buddy, but has the advantage of not having to hurry because you are paying somebody to help you.

Should do, as long as it's nice and wet.

Defo putty. Common, back in the old days.