Russell griffiths

22m is too small, I live in a cabin we have on site, it’s 6m x7m i would not want it much smaller, you could go 7x5 any smaller and I think it would be a painful experience.

Wait until you start building and you hit the 6th anniversary from when you put that first spade in the ground. now that’s a shock.

What’s your budget ? show us a pic of what you want to build how much is a finished one worth near you.

Get a higher loading xps. 500 or more. They build car parks on it.

Look for a frosty tap, will fit any width wall, drains to the outside like you describe. frosty might be spelt frosti have a google.

build a cabin, we have lived in one of these for the last 2 years, it’s 6m x7m I couldn’t imagine living in a static with its skinny corridors and pokey bathroom.

Why will it warp, the time you have glued and clamped it to the glue lam that’s already there it will be as straight as the beam you fix it to.

What is at the other end of the gutter, can you put in an additional outlet, so one at either end. don’t worry about the fall that’s pretty irrelevant it’s about getting that water out of the gutter.

Where is the current cable, can you not keep that live going to the tea hut for site broadband.

Yes different ducts for each service, look up the drawings that show the separation distances.

Write a list of the bits you think will not work and let’s go through them one at a time. I personally think you have a few problems that aren’t really as bad as you think. why do you think the box gutter won’t work, because it’s too shallow to contain the amount of water that’s being distributed to it. have you been up there and studied it in a heavy storm. gutters are not normally the problem, it’s the lack of out let’s draining the gutters, so if it’s filling up beyond capacity, then it needs another outlet. have you bought the roof windows, if not can you not change the design to fit the upstand you have.

Are you unhappy with the whole roof, I thought it was a couple of upstands around a window that where being difficult.

You can go to court, you can win, but getting funds from someone who knows they might lose is hard as it’s easy to move funds or close companies. a court case could take a year and nobody freezes the assets until the outcome, you just hope there’s something there at the end.

Just remember this, taking someone to court and winning, does not necessarily get you any money.

Can you not fit 300mm lengths of plastic to the chamber, then go from plastic to clay using a time saver coupling, these are rubber and should easily give you the movement you need.

Replace the pir with XPS , make sure you put some form of rodent barrier over the ends and sides.

What do you need from them. if nothing then no, if you need access or use of an excavator for a couple of days then yes, use this to your advantage.

Go and get a length of anthracite coloured upvc facia, use this as a mock up. cut a couple of pieces to cover that wood up try fitting flush to the wood and see how it looks with the render try adding a 25mm batten to that timber then the upvc, see what you think. if any of these ideas are good i would then chuck the upvc away and get the profile you want bent up and powder coated render comes upwards and finishes with a stop bead against the aluminium, get a coloured stop bead, or spray them, unless your having white render of course.

Do you mean the beads that hold the glass in. are you trying to remove the glass. older units the rubber gasket wasn’t part of the bead , but was put in separately after the beads are in place. lubricate the rubber gasket with soapy warm water and try to pull the rubber out, if it pulls out easily that should then loosen the aluminium bead.

Hire one for a day and see if your happy with the fixing, 90mm nails are thin, you don’t get the pull in you get with a screw and you also get a bit of side to side movement with a nail gun nail. I would do some experiments.

There is a specific product for this, it is a plastic tank you wash out into, the water seeps through a cloth screen and leaves the sediment behind, you then add the sediment to the hardcore pile. look it up, I’m not saying buy one, just look the name up and add it to your cemp.

Show us the cupboard. probably a dummy drawer at the bottom, so fix the drawer front in position but remove the drawer box.

Look at the upstairs windows in your pic. they didn’t really get that right did they. I think your trying to micro manage that detail, if you get the windows to suit the cladding they will probably be off with something indoors, tile placement for example. cladding is so variable you can jiggle it to fit, unless you are using a large format sheet where you definitely don’t want a little rip.

I would not build a home that I’m going to be asleep in a room and not have a window in that room that was capable of being opened enough for the occupants to escape from. every single room in our house has either an escape window or a door to the outside.

Most triple glazed quality windows come pre glazed, I wouldn’t buy anything else.