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  1. Triassic
    How about using storm water runoff crates wrapped in pond liner. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=storm+water+runoff+crates&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari
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    New rules will make it easier for people to generate their own power with solar panels, store it in batteries and sell it to the National Grid. They will reduce costs for someone who allows their washing machine to be turned on by the internet to maximise use of cheap solar power on a sunny afternoon. And they will even support people who agree to have their freezers switched off for a few minutes to smooth demand at peak times. Among the first to gain from the rule changes will be people with solar panels and battery storage. At the moment they are charged tariffs when they import electricity into their home or export it back to the grid. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40699986 thougt this may be of interest to some here!
  3. Triassic
    I used an online QS. The output was very comprehensive.
  4. Triassic
    Do you have the contact details for her, pm me if you like.
  5. Triassic
    Interesting, I visited our local recycling centre to get find of a varied selection of waste, including two bags of plaster waste and some plasterboard off cuts. These were turned away as inert waste is now charged at £3.50 a bag and for this you need a permit.
  6. Triassic
    Why not ask them to sell at the local market value for land without PP, you could suggest a claw back clause for the difference between the current value and the value with PP, to be triggered when you come to sell. This could by years, decades down the line, but the council get their money, eventually.
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    I agree with Ferdinand, 7 days after planning permission is granted is way too short. The only way you could complete within seven days is if you have cash and have done all your due diligence beforehand. edit . Just a thought, you need an exclusivity clause, otherwise what's to stop the seller selling to someone else, after all the plot would be worth more to someone else after planning permission is in place.
  8. Triassic
    I have one of those, I'll have to dig it out and see if it stretches when pulled tight tight as opposed to laying it out on the ground.
  9. Triassic
    Plan, plan, plan ...... I have, but the lack of enthusiasum from local builders has rather taken the edge off my plans. I've had a couple suggestions as to possible ways forward which I'll be perusing on Monday. Interestingly, I bumped into one of the guys who works for the local first who failed to provide a quote within the agree timescale. Apparently the firm has recently won the local heat of Master Builder of the Year competition, as a result the boss is eager to find another prestige job. Clearly my foundations doesn't fall not that category!
  10. Triassic
    He had the drawings and only had to ask if there was a problem, the times my mate questioned anything he was met with a defensive attitude and was asked on at least one occasion if he didn't trust the builder! Allan's managed to get another builder, someone Working a few doors away, to pick up the work. The first thing he noticed was the support walls for the beam and block floor was 300mm to low. Its not not as if Allan hadn't done his due diligence, he'd talked to previous customers of the builder and his work looked good. The financial problem only came to light when the builder started and the local builders merchant said they wouldn't supply until previous invoices were paid.
  11. Triassic
    He didn't attend the site in the end, just sent one of the labourers to collect the tools and site office contents !
  12. Triassic
    He's talking to the Architect on Monday, she thinks he might get away with an amendment to the original planning application. The fall back is stop all work and reapply for planning permission and just hope it get approved, otherwise it's going to cost around £7,000 to dig and cast new foundations and redo the block work to ground level. He's also having to reconsider the knock on effects - longer steelwork required for the roof, additional mid wall foundation to support beam and block floor, additional kitchen units, larger area to decorate, floor coverings, window configurations etc .
  13. Triassic
    Had a curry last night with Allan and his wife, he's sacked the builder! Apparently the structural engineer turned up to check some site measurements for a beam and block floor and found that the new extension is 1.2m too long and 750mm too wide, consequently the beam span is now too wide and a mid supporting wall will be needed. The builder wasn't willing to install the new mid wall, even thought it was his mistake that it was required.
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    I did ask MBC to quote for the work but they declined, mind you that was before they opened their UK factory, maybe I'll talk to them again.
  15. Triassic
    Just over nine weeks ago I shortlisted five companies to quote for the insulated foundations, designed by Hilliard Tanner, for our new build. Two came through recommendations from the timber frame company, one had recently finished a new build up the road and two where local companies suggested by neighbour's. Having talked to them all and sent them the package of drawings, specifications and other details, they all visited site, some within days of us talking and the last about three weeks after. Two pulled out of the quotation process soon after (too complex a job), then another about six weeks into the process. One submitted his quote on the agreed date and the last one has not been seen since, other than an email saying our quote would be here on 14th July, it didn't arrive, so I phoned the office and I'm told he's on holiday now for three weeks! I give up !!! Edit On second thoughts, I can't give up! I've just demolished the house on site! The wife won't let me give up. But what next? Answers on a postcard please!
  16. Triassic
    I'm currently demolishing my old bungalow, the larch cladding is original, so it's 80 years old and still in good condition.
  17. Triassic
    Bugger, what a mess. Gusty wind last night and thunder, lightning and rain tonight. Hopefully you'll be back on track soon.
  18. Triassic
    The reason I asked is I worked for around 18 months servicing safety valves, so wondered how difficult the course would be.
  19. Triassic
    Volvo V50 estate?
  20. Triassic
    Has anyone done the G3 course, how difficult was it? I see see that some cylinder suppliers are offering the course for free and £150 off your next cylinder purchase.
  21. Triassic
    Can you clarify if they need a pressure relief valve to be fitted ?
  22. Triassic
    Hi Elliot and welcome. I've always read anything about Sunamp with interest as I'm about to start my own self build. I await with interest your input.
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    @PeterStarck it looks like it's 350 miles, so that's 700 mile round trip. However, Thanks for the offer. Maybe someone more local could make use of it. Also, thanks to those who pointed me in the right direction, I'll be ordering some online later today, but now I have a demolition site to clear ready for foundations!
  24. Triassic
    Well he would, wouldn't he. The bottom line is that the site could provide habitat, that's says to me the sites currently clear of problems! I'd submit the ecological report and see what the planner says. Only if they say a CEMP is required, would I produce one and I'd do it myself. One final thought, the garden portion of my self Build site is part of a Site of Special Scientific interest. The only thing I was asked by the planner to provide was a bat report. This whole report thing is a bit of a post code lottery.
  25. Triassic
    Plestplug looks interesting, it might just work to fill the gap left by my previous failed attempt at keeping pests out of my rain screen cavity.
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