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Doing it for sound reduction in walls, heat insulation in the ceiling between ground and first floor. Internal new stud walls in a new build timber frame which has factory fitted PIR with an additional 50mm PIR which we fitted to all exterior walls, followed by membrane and battens. We can’t board one side first because we are doing rockwool ourselves and it has to be done first because of our timings.

We’re getting a plasterer to board out the internal walls while we get on with other jobs. After some advice please on what’s the best way of fitting it within a stud wall so that it’s still in place when the plasterer comes to board out? Any top tips?

We’re getting a plasterer to board out the internal walls while we get on with other jobs. After some advice please on what’s the best way of fitting it within a stud wall so that it’s still in place when the plasterer comes to board out? Any top tips?

Curious to know why if it is a turnkey option you need an architect? Don’t Dan Wood offer planning permission support and adaptation of their designs as part of their service?

Design is similar to ours. We don’t notice the cill but ours isn’t as deep. Could you just get them reprofiled? Having little strips of the cladding looks more fussy to my eye - sharing pic of ours, you can see this where the balcony is. Also agree with @Mr Punter it’s worth considering having them as escape windows (if costs not impacted too much).

It’s already in, so moving it isn’t an option. Dalek here we come….

This thing has been put in just 2m from the sewage treatment plant. It’s at the back of the garden ;about 10m from the patio) but is bright green and very visible. How have other people hidden theirs?

What space does the proposed bungalow have outside for off road parking and garden? Planners will consider parking, ability for cars to turn round safely, etc. Our LA requires all new residential buildings to install electric vehicle charging points as per Building Regs. Have you looked up your LPA’s guidance on parking and provision of garden space?

+1 for Power Sheds, put this potting shed up last year and very happy with it.

We just printed off the block plan and then drew on it. Wrote on a legend, using different symbols or just added notes on different areas ‘wildlife lawn’ ‘fruit trees’. Took a photo of the plan, uploaded it, wrote up a short landscaping plan in Word and submitted that too. When we looked on our local planning portal for landscaping schemes we saw lots that had been done ‘by hand’. If you haven’t searched your portal it might be worth a look.

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.tigersheds.com?page=4 Have you looked at the Trust Pilot reviews?

Only recommendation from personal experience is to try and find someone local, even if that means driving around other sites and asking. We had quotes for piling from national companies who all had significant add on costs. The local team we went with knew how to work with our heavy clay, gave a realistic assessment of the depths that would be needed, could recommend someone to do the bore hole test (worked out cheaper than the quotes we’d been getting) and had a reputation to protect locally which does make a difference. Piled foundations definitely adds to muck away costs, so I’d also be putting out feelers for farmers who have dips to fill. You can save £££s if you’ve got somewhere to spread it.

Can I hijack this post? Our garage ceiling spec (habitable room/workshop bit) was 140mm PIR - but as the joists are deep and we have rock wool left over we’re wondering whether to use wool instead. I can’t find a calculator which shows how much we’d need compared to PIR. Any thoughts on how to work this out? And does it matter if it’s a mix of PIR/wool next to each other in the same ceiling?

We’ve getting 2 Nardi Net chairs, keeping inside the door with a little table and then planning to move outside onto the balcony whenever it’s nice enough. I think they look good enough to have in the house - we used to have the Nardi bistro set with armchairs as our dining table in our old place. Debating whether to get a washable outdoor rug to go under them when they’re inside to protect the wood floor from grit bits.

Have you looked at the Cladco decking? It changed our minds about composite. I reckon the reverse side (slim line side not fake wood pattern side) would look stunning against your cladding. We used it in the last house. Easy maintenance, no slipping and sliding issues like we’d had with the wood decking, looked good as new when we left a few years later.