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If you was putting that in today then for 100 to 800m it should be a 50mm MDPE feed, and you can get 50mm to 25mm reducers, then 25mm to 15mm but I was more interested in my skateboard in the 70s than water supply pipes if that's original. https://www.drainagepipe.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/index/?p=2&q=Mdpe+reducer+50mm

Well, funny you should say that, the "gotcha photo" story was told to me by my neighbour about the council BC up here, of course it could be a handed down tale! That caravan kit lot don't charge you VAT, as they say they don't need to. Their 101m2 3 bed kit is £28k delivered and gives you a shell, but you still need to clad, insulate, board out, plumb and fit all the electrics so that's a lot VAT back to reclaim on what is probably another £25k plus.

I'm in Shetland, so we get the odd fair breeze as you do on* the Isle of Lewis. I have still not decided what to do, the classic route and learning a lot of building regulation duckwittery, having inspections, getting that one inspector who takes a picture of a non-compliance and waits until the build is finished before going "ah-ha!" I've discovered the same thing, as long as complying with that standard it's zero VAT. I see that there are some now making kits that have all the structural calculations and documentation ready done to convince building control that it can be lifted as a 'caravan' and it's not a sly house, I found https://urbanmarque.com/ the other day and asked about pricing, which came back as okay. The problem for me will be the cost of it all being delivered up to Aberdeen and shipped the two ferry journeys to get to my island. I'd love to do a Segal style build along the lines of that Irish Vernacular house, but then I'd still need to get all the building control stuff sorted out. Sometimes I wish I had invested more wisely when younger instead of enjoying myself and then I would not be "poverty" building! *Is it on or in for where you are? Never, ever, unless deliberately provoking a local, say on the Shetlands! Always in, and just Shetland, though you can add on Isles...

That is the spin that the Daily Mail "newspaper" put on the case, they love a good immigrant story, indignation sells.

Okay, pretty niche, but fair play to you and the dogging community for finding a benefit.

As an atheist I'm not much for ghosts, gods and faith, so I find it interesting that after 17 pages not a single sourced tangible benefit of faith driven Brexit has been mentioned.

Good spot, thanks! I knew that it was being discussed some years back but had not noticed that it has now become law, so you can tell how long I've been planning this for. Might have a think to see if the larger dimensions alter my thinking in any way. Watched a Youtube video on how one of the park house companies make their houses, was surprised by the small timber sizes and so strength that was in the floor, I'm taking it that the 'undercarriage' must add a lot more. Probably not the right route to look for inspiration on timber sizes for framing!

Thanks for taking the time for the detailed reply @Crofter A mortgage does not concern me as this will be built on a croft and I'm not keen on decrofting at the moment as there's the old croft house (a ruin) that I could get around to restoring. There is though admittedly the question of conforming to the housing grant requirements from CAG if that's still going to be available next funding round. I've no intention of selling when built, I've done a fair few house moves and sworn that this will be my last before the old peoples home or pushing up the daisies occurs. Rounded down 18m x 6m, 108m², seems a lot of space when a 1 bed place with a shower (don't like baths) could be built in 60m². I've learnt recently to be able to live small, and as long as I have storage for my hobbies which can be a seperate barn sized workshop, as one of them is unloved Triumph cars of the 70's. I'm quite happy. I had in my mind a 15m x 5m box, constructed as two "pent" style roof halfs at 2.5m each. Was also thing that dividing walls could be breaks, so that it would not be a 15m ridge beam. Also, the pent halfs ridge beams could be bolted together to create the final "in place" ridge beam for maximum strength? I had similar thoughts on rafters, and using a mixture of braced truss in the middle, unbraced towards the gables. There was a kit that I kind of liked the look off, http://www.cottagekithomes.com/design/bluebell/ but at £23k for the basic kit, which is not a bad price, I felt that someone not in a hurry with some skill could do something similar for far less. One of the reasons for the caravan act approach was that apart from saving a £1k on paperwork and warrants, I would also be able to slowly complete the interior fit out as time and money allowed for. The ground will need some test digs, I've no idea how far the peat goes down, could be quite away and will definitely fill up and need a former if a concrete pier was used. The old croft house was right by the sea on a small flatter section of land, I'm hoping to build a bit further up. I've used Sketchup for 3d printing, I shall give it a try and turn my thoughts into something more concrete (if not actual concrete!).

Thanks for those, had already read the first but somehow had missed the bottom one!

Not sure which category this goes in, design and planning or construction, hope i got right. I've a notion of building to caravan act standards, mostly because I'm poor(!) and it looks like I would have more of a free hand with the layout and materials. So I'm basically looking at building a very well insulated wooden box on a skid base, in two halfs, on some peaty ground. There is a lot of really good high level information in the forums, and I've been a member for quite awhile and soaked in a lot of just by searching, but one part that eludes me is the technical how. What I mean by that is I have the idea of how to do what I want, but no idea on what to specify for framing the base, ridge beam sizing etc. Are there any recommendations of places to look for people that have already done this, or perhaps publications that will guide me, would any of the TRADA publications cover such a thing as building a "static caravan"? I'm not a stranger to building, plumbing and electrical work, having tried my hand at most things with success, except plastering, but it's all been small scale like a workshop, sheds, house renovation etc. I'm looking to build in a coastal location, with a lot of wet and a LOT of gale force winds, so I really don't want to cut corners or screw up on the structure specifications, as I'm keen on not waking up floating in the Atlantic for want of a cunningly placed Simpson Strong-tie. If the simple answer is employ a structural engineer, all good but any advice gratefully received.

Politicians of all persuasions have laid the blame for all manner of ills at the feet of the EU and its predecessors, as handy scapegoats to cover up for their own incompetence. If you spend 40 years painting an institution as the bogey man publicly while all along quietly at the front of that organisation pushing it in certain directions, then leave, your chickens are going to start to come home to roost. No good will come from Brexit, or it's discussion for it is a faith driven cause not seated in logic and so though I have tried endlessly to provide facts, figures, counter every argument with sourced well researched answers and asked for just one tangible benefit, no conversation has ever ended well. Give or take a few percent, one half of the UK will now have to live with what the other half wanted, I only hope that the Brexiters were right all along and confound the logic, I really do, for my own, family and friends sake.