joe90

That’s a minster fire surround, very nice. Anyway, the flue needs ventilation but you can block it off with a timber frame and plasterboard but put a vent on the plasterboard . https://www.screwfix.com/p/map-vent-fixed-louvre-vent-with-flyscreen-white-229mm-x-152mm/4695d Or similar.

Difficult but if it were me I would make the doors and frame as a unit, slightly oversized, then you can plane the frame down where necessary to fit snug in the opening and not worry about the doors fitting the frame after fitting.

@Pocster knows all about this, ask him about his walk on glazing (if you dare). I would always wait till the item arrived before cutting anything. (Due to cock ups in the past).

Oh yes, inside and out. The tongue and groove (doubles) are tapered so they effectively form a mortise taper, swell with humidity and seal themselves. The difference with this build is the whole building shrinks and expands vertically with time/humidity. Any vertical timbers (door frames and window frames) are only fixed at the bottom and have a 50mm gap at the top (with cover plates) to allow the building to move. Most sheds etc built with tongue and groove end up with gaps due to shrinkage but this won’t (shouldn’t). Yes I know timber has a limited life, but so do I 😳

Get that grass cut very short ASAP, don’t give them an excuse to slow your project or cost you even more money. As an aside our planners wanted bat roosts built in the house even though I had built enough of them in the garage to cover the whole area, when I went to planning appeal the Secretary of State officer told the planners they were not qualified to over rule the ecologist. So don’t be afraid to challenge planners.

As long as the hinges are rated fir the weight and the doors built well then no problem with sagging, it does not sound like you combined doors are bigger/heavier than a normal house door! (I did similar in a previous house, no track and it worked very well).

I like laurel as a hedge but it needs trimming twice a year (IMO) to stop it getting away from you. When you need scaffolding to cut it the job gets very time consuming.

Sit rep, plastic battens down and fixed, treated timber fixed in place and first two row of logs on, weather forecast is heavy rain and high winds so all covered with a huge tarp, I just hope it stays there 🤞

It’s very common, I just stuck a static on site and paid council tax band A. Some ask permission but I did not.

Being devils advocate! Is this kind of plastic recyclable ? ( wot with trying to be green etc!).

Yet another little project for @Onoff 🤔

On a similar subject I didn’t use basalt wall ties because of their cost vs the minimal impact on U value, bigger fish to fry on that subject.

Right @Adsibob, breathe and count to ten. Your roofer and/or supplier must sort this out fir you, it’s not like you did it yourself. With your extensive knowledge of legal procedure I am sure you will know you’re rights as a customer and how to proceed if either of them try to dodge the issue 👍

I have been to spec savers 😎

Even if the lines are away from the bubble you can see if it’s central (equal distance each side).

Very much so, but different things cause different people stress. I found my build completely stressless but a different aspect of my life ( @Adsibob knows what that is) caused me much stress leading to yet another cancer. It’s very difficult to do but try to be pragmatic about it and if necessary find someone else to act on your behalf when dealing with the roofing company.

Yes that video gives us a much better take on what you have, I tend to agree about slab or blocks etc fir a small space particularly to the gate then gravel the rest.

I have just watched the whole meeting and my take is, the objections are not based on planning but “we don’t like it”, the chronic parking already exists, you don’t need planning fir removing the fence, concrete slab or converting the garage. However, as raised in the meeting it is county that grant dropped kerb permission and there appears a reluctance from them to issue them. That point needs clarification. I do think the OP has been badly advised on what he needs planning for and what is permitted development. I don’t blame them from deferring as the rear access is all dependant on dropped kerb permission. I do wonder if the OP should apply fir a dropped kerb to county first, if granted he has a chance to park to the rear. I don’t see what he is actually asking for planning for? p.s. if a bin lorry can’t actually get down Milton road then can a fire engine?. My brother lived in a narrow road, a fire engine could not access so they double yellow lined one side of it. Their answer to critics was “parking is not a right”.

So sorry to hear of your position, shit ain’t it. I too am having treatment fir my third cancer (all new cancers not reoccurrences according to the consultants) fatigue is a massive part if it, lucky I guess that I did my build between my second and third cancer, I never would have finished it otherwise. I am on immunotherapy (just started) so here is hoping for both of us eh?. As above I have found the NHS remarkable, they saved my life from a previous condition and multiple operations. My middle name should Be “lucky” 🤣.

If you mean carbon capture, as I posted above the Norwegians have had this working since 1996.

Then perhaps if they advertised their motive instead of not allowing ambulances to get to hospital, or normal people from getting to work they may have more support 🤷‍♂️

As an aside I have just finished watching the new Chris Packham (BBC) programme called Earth, fascinating history of our planet and it’s various stages.

All you need to do is spray or dip your old tea bags into peppermint, eucalyptus oil or deep-heat muscle treatment – anything strong-smelling that uses natural derivatives. Then, plant your scented tea bags into problem areas of the garden where foxes tend to cause havoc and cover them with soil to hide them.”

I tend to agree, what about those plastic mesh devises you can fill with gravel or grass? https://www.gridforce.co.uk/bespoke-solutions/grass-protection-grids/