Big Jimbo

Magic Man, right at the end of the job.

I honestly thought that you lived underground.....If you could do it at One height, i think it would look better. I would be a bit concerned about the large void underneath providing a home for rats etc. If you are going to do different levels, i would perhaps do some planters to One side, or the end of perhaps One of the walk on glazing units. It might be nice to see a bit of Green when looking through the glazing from below. Need better pics to be honest. Drone etc.

Welcome Niall. Love County Donegal. Just to let you know, we love pictures.

Well done. I think keeping water out has to be a lot better than sorting it out once it is in. So were your Two external methods enough, and do you put in any measures internally ?

Has anybody else seen that the old BS from 2009 relating to Basement building has changed to BS8102 in 2022 ? It makes interesting reading and would appear to be quite a change. The onus now appears to be that the ingress of water should be stopped from the outside, and that the fill of any excavation should be left open untill any remedial work to prevent ingress is carried out from the outside. I would appear that the days of letting the water in, and then dealing with it once inside might be over. My own thoughts are that it might now make it more difficult to build basements from materials such as ICF, Blockwork etc. The suggestion seems to be that the trademanship of building basements has always been allowed to be poor, and that water ingress will be dealt with when it gets to the inside of the building. This seems to no longer be acceptable. I think that the cost of having a basement built by a contractor is going to soar due to the new B.S

You need to offer shelter to several fit, young, good looking females. Otherwise, it will be a very dull new world for you.

All round to yours when the nukes start falling then.

You can normally find the email, and sometimes a telephone number published on the council web site. I would try ringing them. Do you have somebody acting on your behalf ? If you could find out why the planning officer is not going to support your application it might be helpful for the planning meeting.

The planning system is broken. NPPF written badly, Local policies written badly. Bods with zero training getting to decide........

Tough, thats true. Some councils get so sick of the local Parish Council that they no longer take there comments into account. All councils should do this IMO, so that p.c's comments have no more effect than a neighbours. I would not allow P.C's to vote on any planning applications. Nimby's, old duffers. Zero training.

I wish that was the case. Planning officers often take the easy option and go with the Parish Council. Many councils opperate on the basis that if the P.C. objects, but the planning officer want to support, then the application has to go in front of the committee for a vote. That then adds a whole new set of people with little training that gets to decide your future.

My local councillor was against my proposal. I reached out to the other members of the panel, who i found on my council web site. I sent them copies of my plans, and a statement telling them why i wanted to do, what i wanted to do, and asking for thier support. Might not do you any harm. First thing i would do is try to find out if the planning officer is going to support your application. If so, i think you are more than half way there. If the planning officer is not going to support you then, i personally think you will have a very limited chance, and it is even more important to try and get as many people on your side as you can. In life the majority of people will take the easy option. Easy to support what the planning officer recommends. Best of luck.

My own expierience was.... My Parish council object to virtually everything because we are in the Greenbelt. If they object then it has to go in front of the planning com, if the planning officer wants to support it. My local councillor usually advises the planning officer that he can refuse it under delegated powers, but that if he wants to support it, he want it called in. Unfortunately, the planning officer usually just goes with the Parish Council, "Over development in the Green Belt" because it's the easy option, and less work. In my case, the Parish Council objected, but the planning officer supported it. This ment that it was going to go in front of the Planning committee at the council. I'm told by a couple of local Planning consultants that the Planning Committee usually vote in line with the planning officers recommendation`. In my case , (A ZOOM meeting) i found that the committee members were not all a bunch of old crusties, I did use my 3 minutes to address them. They voted 11 to 2 in my favour, but as previously stated they basically went with the Planning officers reccomendation. If i was you, i would speak.

I have used the orange internally before. Building inspector did not have a problem. They won't like you using the black stuff outside underground.

If i had the choice, i would go for a sump pump. Saniflow will make a bit of noise, and you will have to elevate the shower tray. Much nicer if you can get that on the floor. + quite easy to block a saniflow.

Paint it purple. No reason other than its my fave colour.

I would also try and find something that is micro porus so it wont flake, and can be overpainted easily. Superdec springs to mind. Expensive though.

whatever you use, see if you can spray it before you build it. Then spray it again once you have put it together.

This looks like it's going to be very modern looking. I like it. Can you post some elevations ?

I used the footprint of my existing house, and my permitted devl rights, to show what size footprint i could create. Because i am in greenbelt the planning officer used this as special circumstances to pass my proposal.

Jo, It was Dunster house. If i was to do one for myself, i would have to treat the whole thing before i considered putting it together. The sliding fixtures for the windows and doors are a whole bunch of fun to get to engage. The windows and the door frame are defo a very weak point, and very lightly made. Just not my thing i'm afraid. If you get One, fit guttering, or the bottom logs will rot out very quickly. If you fit it on either a slab or concrete base, you need to stop the water splash from the roof sides where the water runs off.

Only my opinion, but in the last couple of weeks i put up a large log cabin from DH for One of my neighbours. I thought it was shite, poor quality, and i bet that the joins open up when it dries out. Security, and fitment, on the door was very poor. Personally, i would rather stick build One.

My thoughts are that you are going to have to fireproof the side nearest the boundary if within 2 mt.

My brain atleast kicked in , and i thought, hang on the pressure in the expansion vessel is set at the factory when built. Ther is no water in the boiler then. let alone full, with the heating on. If i'm going to slag Pocster off for his poor solweld exploits, i felt i had to admit.

When i had a large office done, they dropped in the edge tiles as they went. Then filled in the middle.