ToughButterCup

Top man!

yes

The drawing is the Full Monty as it were (when the cladding is on). The photo is what's there now.

The kind interpretation: its not their fault: the insulation is exposed. The harsh interpretation, the design wasn't fully thought through. Have a look ... Schematically, it looks like this The red dot area is my concern. That little bit of insulation seems to attract them - funny type of roughage innit? Anyhoo, if the chuck's don't eat it rodents will. How do I protect that 150mm gap from the local Random Ravenous Rodent ?

Christmas present from Faye, was it?

Don't do it mate. They only give you a false sense of confidence ?

There's a Kevin What's His Face program about someone who did exactly what you want to do ... if I can I'll look it up. The builder built a stunning house - he'd lived (well, camped would be a better way of putting it) on site for several years. The Planning Conditions imposed on the owner were eye-wateringly restrictive. Among other things, he wasn't allowed sell the property. Mind you , @Waterworks, come to Wyre Borough, buy yourself a field with some trees in it - and move in. The guy next door to me - 25meters away - has done exactly that. Discharges human waste to ground. No treatment system - at all. Here it is (the waste) - you can see it from space: you can see my place being built just to the North. Unfortunately, Street View is not as up to date as the satellite view. All he has to put up with is the occasional visit from the Council. And that gets sorted by a humungous gate and Rhodesian Ridgeback dog. Simples.

Just for completeness, where are your foul drain runs?

Meinst du Grohe ? Hier, Junge.

And good humour ...

He's got a wooden leg, a seriously broken nose, every tooth in his head is false and suffers from the worst dose of haletosis I've ever seen. His wig is usually on back to front and he dresses like Greg or Terry on the Simpsons. Apart from that he's a good bloke.

[...] The only thing I would add to what J has said is to change is to may be - as changed above. Why? It depends on whether -locally- there are strict criteria to follow - or whether the decision depends on the judgement of the Officer concerned. I suspect the latter is the case. Your application looks to me to be perfectly acceptable. Stick to your guns.

I found that stitch drilling is faster. A mate called round yesterday. His name might as well be Russell Griffiths. "You got a stud finder?" Yes "Used it?" ? Reaches into my tool bag and roots around. Brings out the Teuton Stud / Bar / Wire finder. Scrapes around on the wall. Waits til it goes green. Marks the spot. You know what happens next. Sometimes I can't see the wood for the trees. 6 more holes to go. ?

Nothing is obvious to me, nothing: until I've got it wrong three times and learned the hard way. No, the plastic fitting is NOT tapered. What difference (tapered or not) does that make? The brass fitting is tapered a bit, though. Thanks both. Ian

Have look at this please ..... Don't I need some sort of seal / O ring in the brass check-valve? Ian

So, how does your practice reduce the risks associated with that problem?

Exactly right. @JSHarris warns - often - about the perils of stepping across that divide And doesn't the process of negotiating a brief mean there's a conversation . And nobody spending an average of £250,000 ( a guess) is going to simply ' ... then stand back ... ' are they? It's a partnership: and those require effort and emotional intelligence.

There you go @SteamyTea

The lack of precisely that: lack of knowledge, causing very significant levels of stress.

Yes, that's how I gained my students' attention : especially with Post Graduates - the more experienced the student, the sharper the intake of breath. And among those whose false teeth I had knocked out in the process, none of them even asked for first aid or Aspirin. Remarkable - never, even once! Your comment highlights the importance of communication - it (or rather the lack of it) goes to the heart of the question (rant) of the OP. It's normal for people to talk and listen past one another: everyone does it, on occasion, needs to even. But in our context - a high stakes, highly charged, high stress environment, the soft skills involved become very important indeed. CDM 2015 points out that we are Domestic Clients. People who are assumed not to have any significant levels of expertise. And so that imposes an additional level of responsibility on the architect; embodied in part in the profession's Code of Professional Behaviour and Ethics. There is an explicit therapeutic relationship between client and expert here. It is a great pity that the Code says nothing at all about the importance of effective communication - the profession does by implication in the matter of requesting Third Party Review. (requesting the details by which a decision was made ). From your experience, what lies at the heart of good communication between client and architect?

So, once you've identified the problem - and it's possible cause(s) , what do you think you might do to improve the situation?

Excellent! You've identified a CPD opportunity for yourself. Do you have any idea why some of your clients glaze over as you speak?

So a frame isn't structural? I learn stuff every day. Must be a clueless self-builder. Less clueless than I was a few moments ago then eh?

Hmm, show me.

In my experience, that price depends on the factors outlined in my post above. As our scaffolder put it; "I can't buy enough certified scaffolding at the moment"