Pocster

It’s all BS . Remember the rooms occupied . The councils comments are shite . It’s an epc c but the roof ( or does he mean all the roofs ) most likely aren’t 0.16 - so like 90% of the hmo loft rooms in the city I presume ? Part L allows for reason to be taken on age and viability of any alterations . Typically a loft room in a 1900 house ain’t going to have a lot of options . I posted too see responses but also to show ( yet again ) how dumb / bs the council is . Yet to receive a reply to my latest email about 3 days ago . Like all regs unless absolute specific and a government forced condition e.g room sizes ; the council can use common sense if they have any . I’d be very surprised if I don’t get this buried right up their arse …

Leaked after rain last night . I’ll bitumen paint today but I’m not optimistic….

Cement done

Oops ! Yeah - no bribes 🤣

No reply from council yet . What this is ; is the same with planning and building regs . Minion wants something ( 0.16 ) , doesn’t understand it , doesn’t know how to achieve it , isn’t qualified in the subject . I have a few cards left to play depending on their response . A bit of kick back usually produces a result .

Yeah it’s a pir and radar sensor . To get 100% reliability of whether someone is on the sofa it worked best there - everything one sensor I think . Also have to 3d print a corner to hide the cables entering the ceiling top left .

A professional build !

You’re my kneeling pad

wtf ! You’ve been spying on my SWMBO !!

And a buxom secretary surely …

Pay me a visit I’ll demo it for you

That’s your bitch name when I tie you up with packaging tape …. A parcel that needs delivery

Nasty bast

Cleared out the rest ready for tomorrow. You know I was amazed how all the water disappeared…. Well , probably because of that mofo hole !!!

All atmos ceiling speakers in 👍

May be fit a manhole cover here ? So literally nothing underneath- just so water can’t pool but will run forward and then when it hits the rest of the block paving will spill over so it can’t ’back up’ . Good plan ? . A plan !!

For certain tinniest weep comes through . Dig it out concrete that stretch tomorrow 💪👊🏻

Possibly a tiny bit coming through … will wait longer . If so will take up the bricks along the rest of that wall , dig out loose ground , concrete and bitumen paint as before . But it’s definitely getting less . I guess what would be helpful is to have that water run off from that corner somehow ‘made’ to go over the block paving …

Normal test . Going to do 15 mins …

The rooms boarded . So no access . Also this would reduce ceiling height and make the room below minimum size standards . The room is occupied .

Yep

But you’ll like the other minor things Suddenly the microwave/combo oven isn’t large enough - must be 27L minimum apparently NOW . What’s that smell ? - oh yeah BS oh and the free standing kitchen worktops need to be bolted to the wall NOW . They are muver (expletive deleted) heavy - it ain’t gonna move . all 1st floor windows must have restraints so they can’t ’accidentally’ be opened fully and presumably people jump out NOW Been like that for 25 yrs with an hmo inspection every 5 yrs and never mentioned .

I emailed the council ( honestly, accurately and angrily ) . Stating it’s near as possible technically to meeting part L 0.16 . I cannot feasibly do anymore in a 1900 house . Accept this or I’ll evict all the tenants and sell . No point going in soft as the mistress says …

You can’t get any further insulation in the roof . I had a new roof put on it and pir was put in it . Insulating further internally will lower the ceiling height too much . Roof is sloped no flat