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I'd like to do one like this but don't think planning would approve ? Bottom two are the same, top on a variation on the same theme. Would be fairly easy to construct and would work with 9mm OSB covered in EPDM...* Whistles ruefully while daydreaming* ???

Oh what's that?

Not sure about my design to hold this up, it's a bit slap dash but hey ho it's not the Hilton. This is where it's going... I plan just two posts as the back of the tank house will be screwed through the corrugated tin to the gable wall. Lifted it into place today and then realised the error of my judgement. Could not hold the box in place and get a screw in at the same time. Used all my energy lifting the heavy box and was on the top rung of the ladder. Oh dear @recoveringacademic will give me a bollocking, had to push the box to one side while I jumped the other way. Box survived intact, result! Me, just one little bruise but feeling a bit sore and stupid tonight. Be careful out there builders...

4" fall isn't much...2400 one side and 2100 the other would be better. 12" fall in old money ??

MmEPDM is easy peasy and as it's all one piece you can be pretty confident of staying dry! I believe it's the liner for most green roofs but that's a whole other proposition with much beefier supporting structures. Don't be shy with playing around with some design thoughts re the roof...could be a big statement for a small building. If it's a plain mono roof why not have the run corner to opposite corner? I had fun with my shed roof and think it works. I saw your post when I was up at the hut so took some pics of the roof. This one shows the EPDM lapped up to complete the gable join. Just stuck on to fresh OSB with contact adhesive. Another junction here using a jointing strip. Really easy, if you've repaired a cycle puncture before, EPDM is a skoosh. Finally, look up the school at Sagrada Familia to see the fantastic offset wave roof by Guidi...would work well on a little building?

Nans attic...lol, stick your own head up brother? It's a CWS for sure. As ever, thanks to you all free giving knowledge monkeys. Learned a new phrase I like recently; 'pay forward'... It's a form of giving back...freely given support, advice, mentoring and even money But, on one trusted no commitment deal, that at some point whenever in the future you are in a position to 'pay back' you do so and keep the cycle going. It's why I love the forum, an everyday example of this philosophy in practice

@JSHarris where does one get cheap hypochlorite?

Oooh! It will be filled on arrival, otherwise empty tank but vermin (well big furry vermin) proof as it's inside an OSB box. Tank drained at the end of a weekend then filled with lovely clean loch Katrine water. @Nickfromwales what's a F&G or whatever, it was formerly a loft tank and made of plastic...stored under a hut for a few years after being liberated from a semi. It's got lots of spider webs and stuff inside??

Like the look and thinking behind this...well done old fruit

Two years on from starting the hut I'm fitting a gravity water system...I have a wash hand basin in the toilet and sink in kitchen both of which have taps. I connected the waste pipe ages ago which drains to the soak away but never go around to providing the taps with the one thing that kinda makes them useful! To be honest the hut isn't in any way uncomfortable to live in. We have a standpipe less than 30m away and just fill up 5l water bottles for drinking and washing. However, I've got some free time and good rioja so why not go and play around up at the hut? I'm putting this tank on some posts made up from small tree trunks, against an outside gable wall. This is case of bursts caused by freezing if I (or a less thoughtful wife or teenager) forget to drain the system between visits in winter. First made a box for the second hand tank someone gave me. The hole at the top is for a garden hose which I'll fill from the standpipe...will know when it's full when the overflow indicates ? Bottom pipe will feed both taps. I'm teeing off just under the taps and connecting to both hot and cold. Whalah we should soon have some slow running water for washing...not much need for that but most handy when brushing teeth. Don't like the toothbrush in a cup thing and not having a tap to wash away the spit.?? I'll post a little photo diary as I progress

I'm enjoying this thread...nothing wrong with an alternative view @jamiehamy and a bit of debate. To me ICF was a gang of hooligan so called football fans who liked a rumble at away games...no good for hut building so I'm out?

Nicely written...can feel your pain though, good luck with the rest!

Score a goal? I know. I know but the football is on just now...come on England we need you to win.

Some stuff here about public toilets, which is not necessarily the same thing but... http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/bs-6465-12006-amendment-12009-sanitary-installations-code-practice-design-sanitary-facilities-and A blog by someone who campaigns for more public toilets...stuff in there about LA plans for the same but in England. Might apply under another guise in Scotland. https://gailknight.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/planning/

Definitely going to come under BC due to waste water regs. Most likely planning too so some professional advice needed. What is the LA saying? Are they happy, if it's Skye then I'd guess they want to ensure parking and services are compliant...

Carpet for a bedroom or you will soon cover it in rugs? Or they will?

But surely that's good...trained eye drinks it all in, measures up the odd topic to look at. Result...he's not signing an MOT thankfully

There's a fella in your garage with binoculars!

I always ignore that bit...

Two months old and slight black scratches/marks are appearing...hard to see in a photograph but I thought I could detect a pattern maybe indicating a stress fracture emminating from where it's bolted to the wall. Fitted it myself so was sure I didn't over tighten it and had the nylon bush property seated...visual check confirmed all was well underneath. Anyway, I worked it out. Faffing around drying the basin with toilet paper to get a clear picture I realised that I'd just added an identical type of scratch in a new place! It was my new Titanium wedding ring that's the culprit...maybe it's not Titanium and I was ripped off online again. Anyone ever heard of such a thing????

I'm hoping you have the December party in the house but seeing as it's in the dead zone for bistro/restaurant business, why not put some feelers out for an alternative venue? Good luck, the house looks fantastic, especially that roof

Welcome back @caliwag it's been a while...nice to see you commenting again ?

opaque walls as ventilated facade What's that mean? And how come you chose your car registration as your username thingy???

Love the colour of yer windows!

That's a very big *shed* What's it for?