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I need to make a gate for what I hope will be a reasonably secure area in our outhouse. That means a metal frame. The frame will carry some lightweight cladding - The question is what's a reasonable spec for the metal used in the frame ? 30mm square section tube?, Is that too heavy? Here's a couple of screen-grabs of a design that I'd like to follow. (from TikTok) What do you think? 25mm, square section enough ?

Like this (146 sq m) The black bits are Schaumglass on top of the piles

Just to lighten the mood a bit, here have a bit of a laugh .... Yes it did hurt and I still (8 years ) later have the scar and when my foot is cold, it hurts more.

'S an Eider duck innit......

Dig around just a little bit in this site and you will find the same story repeated many times. Planners - and especially Inspectors - know the score. Unless an objection is Material (to the application), it will be ignored.

https://www.google.com/search?q=This+property+is+an+article+4+direction+area&rlz=1C1GEWG_enGB1046GB1046&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

'legally' - we aren't qualified to give an answer. But this is the sort of situation which needs a good coat of Common-Sense. His concern will be to reduce the likelihood and effects of a blockage. In all likelihood, all thats needed is a rodding point - which can very easily be 'lost' from view under some grass. One has been 'lost' in our garden for years. I've now marked it with a stake so it doesn't get smashed by a digger - again. A photo or plan, or both would help us help you. An indication of scale would help even more.

Welcome. I really like @Jilly's suggestion about designing it yourself: I bet though that there's not very much money in self-build design. We're all too cash-strapped. Your comment about building networks are exactly correct: it's a nightmare. Our local pub is - every evening - from 4:30 to 6:30pm full of white-van-men (no wimmin in sight: SWMBO hates it there before they all leave for their evening meal) . Just the kind of person you need now. They come in to the pub with five jobs on the go , and leave with another three in prospect. I'm not suggesting that dipsomania is where building 'is-at', but the local building skills networks are as hard to break into as any local golf-club or Rotary Circle. Find out where your Building-Network meets. The issue tested (and is still - but less so- testing me) to my limits. Hence DIY - straight out of Project Management Theory - Three Pillars etc. One Bhubber called coping with that barrier - DIYMAX. Gets the job done and you learn a lot.

Honestly lads, I'm too young for all of this. (71)

How wrong ? A few mm, or several cm?

If you could tell us what a boundary is, that would be great. And '...distance... ' from what to what? Not a facetious answer: many struggle to explain the concept. So much money is in play in any build - even small ones - that both angels and people dance on the head of a pin. Post the plans here and help us give you a more considered answer than the generalisations I give here. A simple link to the Planning Department website would help too.

As Dave says - things might need a bit of encouragement.

Not sure this is practicable, but I'd consider putting some other wee beastie in there which predates the moth larvae. Once that food source disappears -maybe- beastie will pack its bags and go too? Naaaaaahhh, too simple.

If you are asking a question about barriers and something as common as people falling over --- then the answer is YES. One day, it could be you. God forbid. Or a toddler, or .......

Has yours been talking to mine? I now think of those snagging issues seen elsewhere as '... comforting ...'

Yes, but , well look at this ...... The Lancaster CoHousing Project solved that problem. Yes, it's quite large now . But it started with one or two people talking to one another, and so shows that You aren't the first to face that problem and There is a way round the issue. They have Open Days and are very approachable. Go and see them: we did. (Here) Lots of help and enthusiasm - even if it's " I don't know, but I know someone who does "

Welcome. You can do worse than read BH for a few evenings

A few days off - to see the Tall Ships in Gloucester Dock - and fantasize that I could, in a hoolie and 50 years later, still run up the ratlines and furl the down-wind half of a thrashing topgallant. Nope, the bloody gang plank was enough. Tempus fugit. But oh was I cheered by the AirB+B. Doors hung upside down Who painted that ceiling- and with what - an old sack? Staircase - Building Regs ppppffffffff. That purlin - is it really just held in with just two bolts? Thats not a door threshold, its one of the jumps from Cheltenham Races To open that door (sweetheart) you need to push the top of the door -in- and pull the handle -out- at the same time : look I'll show you What wattage are those recessed LED lights? 100 ? And why 16 of them in a 4meter square kitchen? It did me good to see building ferkups more tightly packed together than my in my own Comedy of Build Errors. "You're here on holiday - stop mithering on about another builder's , .... erm (unlady-like word) " says she. You might be able to keep your own council about other peoples' building errors - but once a self-builder you cannot un-see them. They hurt They rankle They amuse They provide light relief For me, most of all, they reassure.

He is. I'm the last on his list - on the M6, on his way past after talking to people who KnowSumStuff. Forton Services cannot be missed

You are very welcome to come and say hello. Zero,Seven,SameNumberAgain, Two,Zero,436,Two,Zero followed by our equivalent of the Latin number IV I know less than zippo about ECOBRIX. By chance I have been contacted by the new owner of DURISOL. He wants to talk through the issues we faced during our build. And is making brave sounds about manufacturing accuracy. We shall see.

Interesting. 200mm - might you have time to give us a quick example of why 200mm matters so much please?

Welcome. But you still haven't started. Eight years in to my self-build, of which , cumulatively, there's about a year of delay. If you want to see an efficient -proper- self build , just follow @nod (Gary). The rest of us mortals learn to use delay to our advantage. Enjoy the expectation. Reality hurts, often.

Nowhere in the regulations does it say that the shed should be within 5 m of the house . Did they explain the reasoning for that statement?

"Well ... (hands on hips - first intimations of the potential for a full-on glare ) ....I would have thought that was obvious Accept her preference, and suck up the disadvantages and inconvenience . Bank the Brownies. Ball is now in her court to compensate for what to you ( hands on hips first intimations of the potential for a full-on glare ) was obvious Happy wife Happy life.

Have a look at this image please ... Does the covered area (highlighted) count towards the calculation of the '... total area of ground covered by building ... ' There's a bit of me that says - it is , and a bit of me that says it isn't. What do you think?