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Vision On hasn’t improved much

I missed this thread somehow . I think the biblical bathroom saga took my Will to live away . As I have now found this thread I’ll just post a pointless comment to help keep it moving for another few years .

Nude sun bathing for sure with bush within bush

SUDs can be bollocks also . The BCO wanted the soakaway to be 10metres from any boundary or building ( including our build ! ) . That made it impossible. So they took my cash for this but ‘agreed ‘ I hadn’t meet the SUDs obligation. So that aspect would never be signed off - yet I carry on anyway 🤣 Reality is if I sold a solicitor would pick on this and you just take out insurance to cover this ‘ situation ‘ . So it depends how hard you kick your BCO - I kick mine with a metal boot .

Yes it’s my paddling pool

It’s a surprising amount of work to get the frame level with pedestals !

I think one says ‘gym ‘ - it’s too small mate ! Make the gym bigger ! Also where does the arcade cabinet go ? , hot tub ? , sauna ? and games room ?

Go as big as you can underground because neighbor objections mean feck all to ‘size’ of dwelling they can’t see . Avoid having it that you must park on it - that’s a bit tricky 🙄

Yo Jimbo I'll chuck my pennies worth in. When you install a floor / bottom in a basement, do you still need a load of insulation. If a basement is underground on 3 1/2 sides. Just a lightwell exposed. If that floor is say 4mt underground is the temperature not stable, and quite warm at that point ? I installed EPS insulation under my basement slab. I also needed to make it a 'raft' form. 2. I believe that to comply with building regs you have to have Two methods of keeping water out ? Any idea what is normally done ? I was thinking about a french drain around the base to a sump with a pump which would take that water to a suitable soakaway ? I'm not sure what other methods might be used ? My twat council said 3 forms to keep water out. I have french drain type affair at the base outside the basement ( this is expected to fail ). I had plastic sheeting lapped over all the external basement walls ( this is expected to fail ). The internal perimeter drain with floor and wall membrane is IMHO the only thing you need as this shouldn't ( can't? ) fail. So basically (expletive deleted) about doing the other 2 but don't spend too much time/money on them as they will fail. 3. I know that sometimes basements are constructed using formwork, and waterproof concrete. Any ideas as to what other methods might be suitable ? I used interlocking concrete blocks ( can find the brand name if you wish ). All dry fit. Nice and easy but lots of labour. I then tied thousands of steel rebar through the lot because I'm as 'ard as nails. 4. If a bathroom was to be fitted in a basement, i take it that a macerator pump would be required to take the waste up to ground level where it could be discharged into a normal 100mm soil pipe ? Yep. But it all depends on where your soil pipe will be. I can't do this so I will need underground WC to macerate to a pumping station outside. 5. Any directions to web sites, or you tubes, that might give me a better idea of methods available ? Yes. Just ask me. Because I'm (expletive deleted)ing brilliant. 6. Anything else you think i might need to consider ? How much cash you got?

Nah . Just to cover concrete blocks - so no function other than visual

Have some excess wall tiles I wish to stick to concrete block wall outside. Do I just use normal water proof tile adhesive , grab stuff , ct1 ? ta

12 inches of jam

I was considering a qooker . Not a cheap item ; wondered if it was really worth it compared to a kettle . Regarding electric consumption- does it really matter for the minute or two it’s on ? ( kettle or hot tap ) .

That your SWMBO or mine ?

Yes . My tool functions fine ; but is equally difficult to get an accurate measure of …

Mac is better

Nothing 🙄

Aggregate recycler is what I used . 8 years ago . 1100 tons of Rock and soil . Which left a big hole as I wanted . So to truck away and excavate was 17k

But when you f up after using this rubber foam it’s going to be a bitch to get out . I always assume any ‘fix’ on a f up could be another f up that needs removing at a later date .

I bought 40 cans sometime ago . All used now . Expanding foam and ct1 are all you need .

I’m sure I saw the cost somewhere; it was insane

Expanding foam is my go to for f ups or indeed “ quality workmanship “

Wouldn’t cost too much to have them ‘removed ‘ on a permanent basis …