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No idea!. I assume rock as it would require no shuttering to support the hole!. You need to do some ground tests anyway - council would require that. 17.5k. That's to dig out and take away. The guy who dug it out was also an aggregate recycler - so he'd turn the rock into chippings... Yeah of course we do. But my neighbours are all twats and I couldn't get around planning with a 2 storey house (even though all the surrounding houses are ) - underground no one can complain! Get going then!. It's SOME work !!

Anything . I’m musically agnostic

Also I tend to stream from my own music library so radio/internet streaming and staying in sync across multiple devices going to be next to impossible ?

Oh I can imagine. Because I'm using squeezebox and ipeng is probably why everything stays in sync. If you mix and match it's going to be trouble.

Using ipeng you can 'link' two (or more) audio outputs to the same source. So you could play the same thing in different rooms - there is no discernible delay or issue. My pi's have little amp hats - not powerful but fine for the bedrooms. The lounge/dining room will have 2 x pi3's with larger amps.

1 pi tsk!. Multiple pi's one per music zone i.e. bedrooms,bathrooms,hallway,kitchen, office , lounge. Maz2play the best squeezebox player. iPads/iphone's to control via home automation and ipeng .

Hey! I have my basement constructed and it will be a fully liveable area. You need to consider ground structure. We were in solid virgin rock and although council and neighbours bitched it wasn't much of an issue 1100tons from memory. Admittedly I did all the work myself ( apart from the excavation ) - so my costs are rock ( no pun intended ) bottom. The extra space though at extra cost depends on the 'wealth' of your neighbourhood and value of a standard property. I used the concrete lego blocks to build the retaining walls ; with rebar in them and then just one concrete pour for the entire lot. Basement issues as you state will be ventilation - but MVHR solves that anyway. Macerator to pump waste/foul up to drain - no real big issue there. Our kitchen will be underground so yes carrying food/washer/freezer down there will be a pita. I've got a dumb waiter - she's called SWMBO ( don't ever repeat that or I'll be stabbed in my sleep ). Costs?. Depends how much you are willing to do I guess. I presume you are adding a basement to an existing house not building the entire thing from scratch??

Raspberry pi boys with amp hats - getting set for whole house audio

You have no idea how true that is! Bristol council wanted me to comply with SUDS. But their definition meant that the soakaway had to be 10m from a property or a boundary. So it was impossible! How we argued!. I have to pay a fee for something that is impossible to comply with. In the end they used the fee to pay for another condition and to this day my 'build' still has 'SUDs not complied with but no action taken' stamped on it. Their SUDs standard is just a copy/paste to all planning applications. 10m from anything is largely impossible in almost all builds.... Tossers!. I emailed them that aswell ; along with other wording. They seemed somewhat unhappy with that. Wankers

I asked my council for an example and they were unable to supply one .

Right ! That’ll do . I was just worried what’s ‘allowed’ and what isn’t . Didn’t want my sparky having a fit ! ?

Photo to make it clearer .

That’s great for the ensuite as it has a false stud wall . Bathroom is an issue . Bathroom mirror goes straight against plasterboard wall of the room next to it I.e no depth . So I can’t recess a box behind it . There is ‘space’ above the mirror but not for a socket . A terminal block could be ‘pushed’ up there - is that allowed ?

Just getting the cabling through for this into the bathroom . The cable on the mirror is quite short . How will an electrician connect this to the feed cable I’ve put through ? . Does he require a recess socket box behind the mirror ? . Presumably he just connects with a terminal block in the recess ?

Bristol council for an hmo do require a ‘fire alarm’ is good . The council don’t state what they want though . If you ask them as I have done they say ‘whatever a qualified electrician gives you’ . So it’s all pretty worthless without some kind of standardisation. Still council want their hmo license fee ASAP .....

Not a great deal in my experience. All councils want different things . But ultimately if the electrician says it’s safe and good they seem happy . I think from memory mine just wrote ‘ was functional and met Legal and electrical requirements ‘ . No detail at all ! . Council just want a qualified person to ok it so when it fails they are liable not the council .

You could buy my walk on glazing and then add yours in with it for sale . Much more appealing to a buyer .....

I’m not moving the main bathroom I e though !! . It’s basically central with shower cubicle in the corner .

Just for you @Mr Punter ! What a pita it was . Working on a bank holiday that’s dedication ; vent above shower ?

No one will want it trust me !

Up the Brizzle !!

Because my home automation Mac is low spec and won’t cope with multiple hi res cameras .

Linux is king as Mac OS based on it .....

Ffs ! I’ll move them to over the showers ( swears a LOT ! )

I thought this also until bpc designed my layout and I questioned why not over the shower