Big Jimbo

Bob the builder. What even a replacement dwelling ? Existing house already connected to mains.

Porthole. Should not be a problem for your kitchen fitter. By the sounds of things your sink should fit inside the sides of your unit. The legs on the bottom of your unit should be supporting your cabinet sides, so the weight should not be an issue. If your doors are full height then the top hinge hole will have to be re-drilled lower down. Thats not ideal but possible. If your doors are full height then you are going to have to set the sink back from the front in order to allow for a worktop (granite) front rail. 2x2 screwed into either side of the cabinet with an 18mm board on top, with a hole cut for the waste will be fine for support. Can you post a pic so i can see what sort of cabinet you have.

I take it this madness relates to new build on virgin land rather than any replacement dwelling ?

As Nick said above. I did a refurb in 2007 and used speedfit from the incoming mains. I always pressured with air when i ran new pipes and left it overnight. 5 months in and a pipe above the kitchen ceiling came apart. It had an insert, and had been marked with a sharpie to ensure if was fully pushed home. Then another One went on the central heating. I switched to Hep20 pipe and fittings after that and fingers crossed, never had a problem since. (Fingers crossed) Good luck getting it sorted.

My daughter used to go into waitrose every morning on the way to the tube. Buy a coffee, and get a free banana. I have never understood why people would do such a thing. What a waste of money. She is defo going to struggle badly with the new costs of energy. I must find out if she still does it.... I will as super dad, try and help her out, but she is going to have to cut some things out.

On Off. I think that what you are doing will make quite a difference to how you will feel. Defo worth the effort in my opinion. So epc's have been around for a fair old time now. Have people taken any notice of them ? Having had to help my 3 daughters onto the property ladder, i think that younger people just want a place that they can call there own. I think that once people have owned a couple of houses, flats etc, and have been paying those bills for several years, they might be more inclined to think about the bills in the next property purchase.

I have no idea how much of our housing stock is leaky, badly insulated etc but, i expect it is very high. I hate to say but i think that the planners, and planning system does not help. If, and i am not saying that i am right, the best house is a simple box, flat roof, no fancy sticky out bits, then that is what we should be building. One of the problems is that people (purchasers) planners etc are most comfortable with things that fit in with the other houses around them. The second is that mortgage lenders still take a sharp intake of breath of buildings that are non standard construction. I will probably get shouted at, but i really believe that we should only build houses that have a life expectancy of 60 years. Technology, materials etc will move on so much in that time that any housing stock will only be fit for pulling down, and any retrospctive bringing up to spec will be too costly.

29mm ducting ???? That is not going to be worth having. When i did kitchens for a living, all of the external extractors i fitted required ducting of 250mm, and sometimes 300mm. If you have only got 29mm for ducting you need to have a serious think about alternatives.

Insulation, Air tightness, and controlled ventilation. The way we should build houses.

How can people mock up something that quick. Black magic going on on build hub.

I'm a grout line hater. So the bigger the tiles the better.

I like it a lot. I would imagine that care would need to be taken fitting them. I would imagine that they would have some flexibility at only 3mm

If you took little bits of all of them, you could build something...................?

Morning Harry. Only just read this thread. So how long have you had the planning officer boarded up inside the place. Did you supply them with food and water ? Hope you got on ok fella.

No, i get that but better than nothing if you are buying a not new house.

I doubt it will be enforced. Not that long ago i had Two air tests on Two new houses. When the guy turned up (same fella that the developer always uses) he asked me what i wanted the result to be. !!!!!! He then smiled, and said " I can make the result say whatever i want". Same with a Saps test. I used a guy recommended by the same developer for an extension at my daughters with lots of glass. When i rang him he said "No i don't want you to send me anything. Just tell me what result you want"

To be fair, i would rather have that as a downstairs loo, than no loo downstairs. I appreciate that it wouldnt meet current regs for accessibility.

Thanks guys. I have been trying to get hold of him for 4 weeks. Emails. ringing and leaving messages every few days. He is a total nightmare to get hold of. I might have to just stick it in.

Has anybody got any idea if adding a basement to an existing planning permission (By way of a new application) Might be a problem ? In the Greenbelt. The only difference would be a lightwell to less than half the width of the rear. No public overlooking. Original application was ok'd by committee because although the application was supported by the planning officer, the local Parish Council (busy bodies) objected, which caused it to have to go to committee. Ta much

Being hugely emotionally invested is your problem. If you want to buy it and spend a load of money on it, including underpining, then you may well end up with a house that is worth considerable less than you have spent on it. An underpinned house can be worth up to 25% less than a house that has not been. If you are not in a position to knock the house and rebuild something on the site that will atleast allow you to break even then if the plot is your ideal place to live then go ahead. If you end up either way with a house that is worth say 20% less than it cost you, but you love it then it is your choice.

Pocster sitting on a toilet picture framed and hung on the wall of the toilet. I'm not saying Fancy, or cheap.........

If the price you are paying is not within the re-developement value (knock and build) then walk away.

I do actually wonder that if i had a shite load of money, would i splash some of it on tacky, expensive crap. I think i would, and i think i would enjoy doing it.

Steamy Tea. Would you have a pair of the Lions. (i'd like to make an offer) The posh you can keep.

I think i agree with Markc above. It's more about a feel. Good natural light, aspect etc. Glitter i hate, (but not on cars. Think 1970's metalflake.) My friend who was building a new, large expensive house, had a large internal toilet with no window. He had the whole room done in dark brown marble including the ceiling. It sounded mad but when done was stunning. On my daughters very average 3 bed semi, i did a rear extension for a new kitchen, and converted half the old kitchen into a utility. The other have into a good size downstairs loo. It has One small window for light. I painted it in a mid brown. white ceiling, and Walnut floor. I had no light in the ceiling but an illuminated mirror above the sink and brick lights in the walls about 300mm from the floor. I called it the nightclub toilet. I sounds very odd, but all of the friends aged 25 to 40 loved it and said it was the best room in the house.