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You'd want me to to evidence that statement wouldn't you? Here goes. The list of documentation See 23rd November and 7th December Now look at the 9th of March I rest my case. You can appeal twice. I don't care about the outcome. I don't care much about the ins and outs of the technicalities of the planning argument. I care about fairness of process. And I'm cross, but wiser. Thank God I allow myself a visit to the pub on Fridays.

Because it hits them right in the bank balance, @joe90

Had a quick look at the study web page, and was delighted to find a link purporting to explain '... the reliability and validity of this study...' Here is that page Here is a website that explains what validity and reliability is And here is an authoritative framework for assessing website content. I was delighted to see at least a delicate nod to validity and reliability in the Internet. There is some way to go. Old lecturers don't die, they just smell as if they have. Ian

And the Antichrist is here too! What more could a builder want for?

The fence exists. The hedge is about to be growing. Your intention is clear. Explain to those who have a right to ask. Ignore everything until there is a credible threat to your bank balance. Take the fence down when you say you will. Pass 'Go', collect £200 Ian

Let it all wash over you until someone threatens a course of action which will hit you right in the bank balance. This has little to do with the fence or law. Be warned by the lack of polite initial contact "How's the fence-building going then?" followed by a light hearted discussion. Some other agenda is playing itself out, and likely as not, you'll never know. Wait, force delay, prevaricate, forget, refuse signed-for mail, look the other way, until your bank balance is attacked. Unpleasant, yes. But low-energy. Low worry. If, on the other hand, the complainant asks to chat, engage, smile, reassure. Agree.

If you (we) are prepared to put the time in (reading like a demented bookworm) then it's almost all here. Wot I need now is a personal master switch that enables OFF to be selected for an hour or so in the evenings and every other weekend. Does ECObuild sell those?

When was the last time you were hit with a medicine ball or two? 2 mill metal.

Oh Scheisse! Hadn't thought of that.

@TerryE..... Thanks for that. As so often happens, your posts help me think. Ian

@ProDave, the RSPB should know....

Nominally, I know the rating of the stove (5kW) in our current house, but I guess that most of its output goes into warming the arses of the local sparrows. Readying the house for sale, or maybe rent, I appreciate that most people aren't as devoted as I am in terms of paying daily homage to the fiery monster in the inglenook. The stove has a back-boiler, and it does a spiffing job of producing super-heated-close-to-boiling-water every night ready for SWMBO's bath. It provides heat for a few scalding radiators too. So much so that it's a good deal safer to touch them if there's a bit of air trapped in the rads. There's no way any purchaser or renter is going to tolerate that. How do I guess -or work out even- how much electricity (or kWH) of electricity I need to produce the same (or slightly less) 'comfort'? I know exactly how much anthracite we have consumed over the years (2 bags per week in't season). Is it possible from that information to work out how many kWh I have put in? And then make a guess at the number of kWh has gone into warming the local sparrows? And thus derive the number of nice clean kWh of E7 I will need? (Gas isn't a possibility). I am aware of @JSHarris calculator (and other online calculators), but I wanted to check those results against a reverse-engineered number

Exactly, I wrote the post to suggest that a quick dirty check is always worth it....

@Barney12, I should just add to J's note above, that I went round to check a random selection of pile markers each of which had been marked by a total station. I found 1 that was exactly 1meter out. Hmmmm

You may be able to: if I can, anyone can. Get a 'clay spade'. Worth its weight in gold to us on glacial till.

Foundations going in next week, weather permitting. What concerns me now is all the things that go through the foundations : foul drain, water, electricity and rainwater recycling - and in our case MVHR. How accurate do we need to be in determining the place that these services come through?

If I look that chipper at 94, I'll be pleased.

How I wish I had kept the sports bag straps I threw away. Bit of MDPE slipped over the handle?

Oh God, @JSHarris, the answer to my problem! But knowing me I'll leave it out in the rain and........ so I'll be drilling drainage hole in the bottom. It's a couple of quid cheaper here

So, in a nutshell, short-term you want to assure access for the build, and long-term you need to dissuade people from parking across your access. Right so far? Short-term, make sure you talk to the guy; a note asking for a meeting through his door? At that meeting concentrate on answering his problem (I'm going to have to park somewhere else....) and listen to how he frames the issue. Then adapt your approach. Focus on him and he will be more likely to see your point of view. Long-term, get the LA to mark the road. And make it visually clear -by design as well as marks on the road- that access might be required at any time. And good luck. Ian

And I am thinking you have more courage than I. Turning your loo into a Catherine Wheel. Takes some guts that.

I would dearly like to know the root cause of this chronic error. I slaved for many years to teach good database hygiene, and to promote the enjoyment to be had in a beautifully normalised relational database. Table 'creep' and sloppy normalisation might well lead to this kind of error. I wonder though if the answer isn't more prosaic: simple managerial paralysis, coupled with laziness and no incentive to 'get it right'

I solved the problem by routing the two ducts in a built in wardrobe -rather than the wall. Might that work for you too?

"And what precisely are the grounds for your complaint?" "Well, erm m'Lud, we, erm, don't like the look of it...." Welcome! To be sure there will be wider contexts to consider, but in the terms outlined above - just ignore unsubstantiated opinion.

For at least five years I have tried to get our DNO to update our details for our current address (1 Potters Brook): each time they say they will. Every time they don't. "Where's Salamander Cottage, then?" they ask. "Its not listed" "So how does Amazon know where to deliver stuff to Salamander Cottage?" "Errrrmmmm...." It's been on the Post Office database since the LPA put the address, two years ago. I wouldn't mind but I'm not sure if the Fire and Ambulance Service know our new house address. I blame the teachers.