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Yes. I asked and was told there is no need to seal it. Our house has wooden cladding. Before that was put on, some areas had no clearance at all between the MOT1 and the DPC. So, a bit of damp came in - and promptly left when the sun came out. When I eventually reduced the MOT1 to the correct level and put the cladding on, it's drizabone. After 4 years, I still need to sort out the back step: there's gravel to just above the DPC - a bit of damp comes in now and then when there's driving rain from the South west , nowt to worry about. Disappears straight away - sun cooks it.

Rare that. Rare. ?

Hmmm, depressing reading. Depressing - to answer your question - because poor communication is common and not confined to architecture. What format was the brief, oral or written? If the former, well, no wonder. If the latter, politely ask why the brief hasn't been followed. This might be a little late, but here's a checklist that we worked on a little while ago. Just might help you through a stressful process.

I don't know the answer to your question ( I'm an interested amateur - not an expert) . But I do know that if your design passes Planning - and its Conditions and Building Control, you can do pretty much what you want. PS, @pocster has some lovely glazing for sale cheap as chips - DM him with an offer ?

Join the I'm-Annoyed-With-Myself-Club. You're the 55 millionth member, this year. Have this badge: wear it with pride. ?

Thanks for the nudge. The hole in the wall is ready and waiting..... bit of a cold bridge but , what the Hell.

I'm as much a caveman as the next BuildHubber. No aerial. Just CAT6 from the switch and WiFi. Probably overkill if all you do is listen to the Archers innit...

No - in relation to sound from the cistern. Because the cistern is built in behind a tiled wall, it's silent. Even Geberit haven't come up with an answer to other Bathroom sound sources. Yet. I'm told they're working on it. Give the Swiss a couple of years, they'll have those sorted.

As I understand it, the answer is no. We have fitted two ; excellent video support (YouTube), good instruction booklet. Hell even @pocster can fit them ...?

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Dismissal? Depends on the quality of the argument. Why not wait and see what is written?

Hi ya ! Start with the soft and smelly. It gets forgotten - pushed to the back end of the queue for some reason. Can't imagine why.

Oh bleedin' 'ell... I thought it was just me... it makes me so cross. My folks would not (affect not to) notice if all the lights - inside, outside in my lady's chamber, garage, hen house, piggery all came on at dawn and weren't switched off at about midnight

How might this scheme take money from wealthy people? Might you mean reduce the incomes of wealthy people?

You Bad Lad!

Just shows; tek yer eye of t' ball in this place for a minnit, and yer toast.... toast.?

Microwave boilers?.. https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/04/08/if-you-can-have-microwave-ovens-why-not-microwave-boilers Full access requires an email address.

Might an objection on the grounds that the proposed use greatly increases the risk of pollution be a relevant argument? GCN - laden ponds anywhere nearby? I suppose planners could reduce that risk through appropriate - if expensive - conditions ...

40 years! Best friends with Building Control yet?

Welcome There's too much information on BH. You can spend your life reading here. Remember, we're interested amateurs not professionals. Well there are one or two , but they keep quiet about it ( specially the doctors )

So far, so good with us. Well behaved little unit.

Corporate **ck-ups are normal. But - you - you're mad, ravin' batshooshoo crazy mad. Just like the other self builders on here.... ?

Please, whatever you decide, do your Due Diligence on the contractors. We are just interested - helpful, hopefully - amateurs. I hate to quote corporate slogans : do it right (Wickes). A temporary fix just puts you in a bind when the seller points the temporary fix out, and gets quotes to do the job properly, and makes an offer that reflects the cost. Meanwhile you have lost the house that you wanted to buy.... and you are crying into your pint of foaming liquid.

They can, because there's too much work....

It keeps them warm: all that hot air. Offence taken, re-manufactured, deepened, refined, spread further - followed by ; Charelottesvill , Charlie Hebdo , documented infamy. Bring back National Service - yeah for bloody Daily Mail reading pensioners.