ToughButterCup

Oh if only the term engineer meant something we could all understand!

Hmmm, ' spose I'd better answer this one..... First, welcome: a renovation and a build. You'll never be off BH then.... Excellent. I have a fair bit of experience with Durisol and have only just finished building a house and a piggery. Dog house to come. (For me ?) Can I try and save you some time? This site has an excellent search engine. Play around with it. Here's a link to a search using the terms Durisol AND (logical AND) ToughButtercup. As you can see, I don't get out much .... Try adapting the searches to what you need. Good luck with your builds. Ian

Ok, quick email to the manufacturer then: along the lines , 'Please reassure me that previous similar installations have been acceptable to Building Control'

Prickly plants, ground hugging roses, that pyro-'summat' plant A hidden Police Stinger (spike strip) for the bikes, Dig a child-and-bike-size hole so the problem appears and disappears at almost the same instant, while you decide how to deal with inevitable complaints and get ready for the paperwork.

In comparison to round here, for a 4 by 4 ceiling you have a bargain. It may well be more efficient for you to ask the plasterer to source the plaster because - round here anyway - shops and BMs are keeping plaster for their large volume customers - plasterers

Hello. This forum is useful: the more focused the question, the better the quality of advice. So feel free to ask away. Ian

I may have missed something but the OP does not mention FD, does it? £900 squiddlies for a look-at-my-pretty-door is almost rude. In fact it is rude.

Welcome. What do you mean start : yer half way there lass........ Box hedge needs clipping mind. Get HWMO out there with the clippers? (You can edit the size of images during the post-drafting phase by double clicking on them and altering the parameters given. The first image is a bit .....)

Ohhhh Gaauuuud folks. How long is he going to take over this one? Opening a book - Any advance on 10:1 less than 86 pages?

Hi. Chippies here charge £25 / hour. Say that door is 2 full days of her time / fabricate / paint / laquer/ , £400. Materials £100. Profit 10%, £50 , piss-taking another 20% £110 : £660. And in reality he's going to order one from a local carpentry fabrication shop in the back end of beyond and it'll cost him £300 . Ok, double it. £600 Fiting it £200 £900 +VAT - is the bloody thing gold plated? Take my answer with a pinch of salt - feeling sour about that trade at the meoment. But even with that £900 is too much.

Bodger-In-Chief here. Welcome. Just about to bodge my plasterboarding upstairs. Fancy giving me a hand, you being a new lad and all that? Free tea and cake ... no? Oh well...... ?

Oooooooooffff... Might you mean connect the rainwater overflow to the 110 ? As written it looks like you are running pipe-in-pipe......

But in the process of 'losing' money, presumably in building anew, you will be creating value that could (I understand you don't) be realised..... Dont underestimate the 'value' of building next door to your current house. Its a pain sometimes (you cant take a break - you can always see whats going on) but overall its very useful. Welcome by the way. Ian

Ugh. My instinct is to suggest KISS. Initially that means spending time on design. So, tarp, weights, thinking cap. BH thread. Ian (Toughest Buttercup in the World - just in case @Russell griffithsreads this)

An experienced oldie. Just what's needed. I need help with my insanity. Caused by reading BH too much. ? Got anything that'll help me with that? Welcome ?

Welcome. Your Design Access Statement is one of those very rare things, a document drafted by a team of people who care about both words and images and know how to make them work together well. The whole makes a compelling case for PP. A very good start indeed. Pity about the timing. But delay can always be put to good use. Years of quiet fireside reading on BH await. Again, welcome and ask away.... Ian (PS is there a Blue Plaque up in the town for @SteamyTea yet? )

In addition to the point made by @epsilonGreedy above, site clearance is space-hungry. I've forgotten the volume multiple once soil is dug, but I am still- after four years with my own digger- surprised at how much space spoil takes up. I mention that because you mention space is tight on your site..... We seriously underestimated how much room spoil eats up. And luckily were able to lose some spoil on a sloping garden.

One word from you......

Welcome. Your screen logo - Sulphuric Acid maybe - from dim memory? I'll be following your progress with interest, because as soon a SWMBO has finished with me, I'll be hot on your heels.....

Its the Fires Of Hell that you appear to be walking through that got to me.....

When I'm asked this question (which is fairly often) Debbie says I should make a snap decision: lie or tell the truth. When I was serving in the Heavy Underwater Artillery in Afghanistan, while milking a goat without permission, I got caught by a Talib. He apprehended me, and called a Shura to decide what should be done in the matter. It was determined that the sin - although small - should not go unremarked. The executioner was new to the role and since it was his first execution, he botched the job. As well as chopping off my little fingers, he was so nervous that his aim was poor: he ruined the two fingers next to my little fingers. Now only two fingers work properly and currently, this is all I can do..... Or... Dupuytren's Contracture. Cant remember which explanation is correct any more.

A very well respected local land owner of my ken (Rollo's dad for those who are interested) recently took me aside and said ... "The biggest mistake almost everyone makes is to assume that they have rights over the land they can see, as well as the land they own" Hippy Tinker, nun, local reformed wide-boy, retired senior diplomat - irrelevant in planning terms. Its the use to which a building is put that really matters.

I worry about you sometimes @daiking. Coming home from a baseball game shouldn't be so dangerous now should it?

Thanks for the responses. Pay someone else..... I feel a mixture of irritation, annoyance and UpYoursPal about it. He was indeed about to help me get the place boarded out. And I'm too used to doing it (too much?) myself because the buck stops with me. Coupled with the probably misplaced feeling that I'm still AsArdAsIwunsWuz ... Intially carrying the damn things in. Ceilings come later .....

Quickie..... plasterboard lifter (or other suggestions) for knackered hands .... This is the mess I have to work with - only two fingers work, and the left hand finger does not straighten at all. Left hand is significantly worse as in more painful, and the same amount of fingers (4). Teaching kids to count to ten is great fun! Call me Cap'n 'Ook if you will...... Shifting plasterboard soon. Want to reduce the pain. Ideas? Ian