joe90

How flat is your concrete floor? It has to be fairly flat to start with. No, sqidging all the adhesive out is a bad idea, does not leave enough to bond, but others who know more than me about tiling will put you straight on this. Or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsbE-Q3ylps No, old retired fart me!!! A small 115mm angle grinder is not a beast to use.(but when cutting steel best not shower yourself with sparks their rather hot ?.)

Adhesive should add about 5mm so may be too high, why not look at tiles, false slates or something. I have black “slate “ type in my conservatory and their only 6mm thick so may be ok for you and easier to cut and slate fits in with Welsh cottage. For the small amount you need you may find an end of line cheap.also you know you want one, don’t you? https://www.toolstation.com/draper-650w-115mm-angle-grinder/p91726

Why do you need such substantial footings, my standard 20’ container is on a few concrete blocks, don’t over think it ?.

Yes he sounds like a cowboy to me, definitely not the way to do it, I suggest you get a quote from a “proper plumber” and his recommendations and take this to the grant team. We have someone on this forum that had a heating system installed via “grants” and it was a real cockup.

Also depends where in the country you are, micro climate and all that. Yours is a little larger than mine, my U value is little worse, only have double glazing and my last monthly bill was £80. Check what temp your DHW is set to, makes a lot of difference (mine is set to 48’).

Yes they are old fashion floor tiles, used a lot in cottage kitchens etc, shame you are two short tho. Mine are modern 20mm thick and 150mm x 150mm, yes just leave out a space for the doormat, mine was cut to size so whole tiles were used. If you bought a thick doormat just don’t tile that bit then you have enough tiles ?. You will probably have 8 to 10 left over so give them a scrub with brick acid and use the best ones. Use waterproof floor tile adhesive (stuff you mix powder with water not the shit stuff already mixed). The tiles are hard to cut but an angle grinder with a stone disc or diamond tipped blade will do it. My ragged edges are covered by my nice skirting. (Shame the puppy decided to chew it ?) . Crack on mate.

Nothing wrong with water pooling on a GRP roof, it’s what boats do all the time. Yes the GRP should lap up the roof and your felt cover it by at least 150mm. I think the sides are a little high because preformed edges are usually used here. I would have built a slight slope to the front if it were me but I am a bit OCD. you can add to GRP by sanding back and patching with more GRP.

Yes, 15mm max “bump” allowed ?.

Slide a tile up and put a strap from batten down and round poo pipe to hold it in place. ?

Frankly I believe it’s speed and lack of knowledge on how to plaster “properly”. I will not have it in my house, I had mine cement rendered then finish plastered, not hollow sounding, airtight (subject to other precautions) and able to fix anything to. That’s another matter.

That’s why I said anonymously, and don’t talk about it to anyone, especially down the pub.

But that’s the problem, if we allow some to get away with it that becomes the norm. I would report it anonymously and consider it everyone’s civic duty to do likewise.

Another example, (not Gerry built by the look of it. ). https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2425348/Man-ordered-demolish-2m-home-doubling-size-WITHOUT-planning-permission.html

No, they have powers to make them demolish it, and if they don’t they can arrange its demolition and bill the owners. This has happened elsewhere. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1034923/cornwall-news-dream-home-demolished-planning-permission-cornwall-council

you assume these “people” will not be challenged. I wonder why you bothered posting, especially in Covid times when many restrictions apply and councils are always overstretched anyway. Someone needs to inform the enforcement officer. Our neighbour called in the enforcement officer early on in our build when I was told I could start my garage under permitted development till my planning application came through. Despite my earlier post about allowing building I think anyone who builds without permission should be ordered to demolish it.

but you have noticed! The council/planners need notifying, simple!!,!. Whilst I agree that swathes of agricultural land should not be swallowed up by houses I do feel the housing shortage is not helped by planners apposing planning on so much. We have a small piece of agricultural land near me, next to a road, terrible soil so will never produce much agriculturally but planning has been refused. Frankly it’s perfect fir a small cottage and there are so many young families who work locally who can’t afford most houses and don’t want to have to travel miles to a town to live. I think planners need to get real. Locals here complained when the local infants school closed due to diminishing numbers, if more new houses were allowed and young family’s stayed on the area, the school, shop and pub may well survive. rant over?‍♂️

I discounted rain water harvesting on cost grounds despite being on solid clay, when the BC told me I needed a soakaway I told him “you mean a swimming pool?”, “what” he said”, I replied that any hole I dug in our clay would fill with water and stay there, I pointed to an existing ditch that was taking any surface water away and proposed I piped it there and he accepted that. since the build I dug a pond in the field next to the garden and that’s filled with water and apart from evaporation it stays there. Clay can be good sometimes ?

However if you don’t use all the rainwater the excess has to go somewhere so a soakaway is still required.

That cottage is crying out for a quarry tile floor, it’s what I have done In Mine!! Lino will only make the damp worse IMO, plastic will suck the damp up out of the concrete floor. Quarry tiles are quite thick about 20mm so with adhesive will make you threshold less of a Problem !

Yes, I was told if we were 1 mile west of where we are, in Cornwall, it would have been passed by planning on the first application ?.

DONT GET ME STARTED ON PLANNERS DOWN HERE!!!!! But we won on appeal hands down so don’t give up hope.

As an ex BT engineer I agree with @ProDave.

@zoothorn, looking good, well done, we will have you building your own house soon!!!,!

Yes, cut sip to required height by removing the bottom pointy bit, hack out the insulation enough to put noggins between OSB sides both vertically and horizontal to fix facia and soffit too, you just need to work out what facia height you actually want!

This is a good idea, it would give you a flat surface to fix a soffit too as well.