Pocster

And I have the best avatar !

Good for you ! but I just borrow no pension - don’t trust them / the state Must make your own way forwards....

Right ! its all bollocks “ deterimental to the local amenity “ blah blah blah took me 5 years to get planning . Analyse every reason for refusal and then look for fact - appeal . You can’t smash the ice cube but you can chip away at the edges . Takes time and money . You’ve only lost once you quit .....

Must admit I did about 3000 wire ties by hand with pliers ! once I was done SE then said could of used zip ties ? so with hind sight use a battery tool !

I assume trusses are cheaper ??

You mean like this ? then I’m going to put 50mm pir over the lot . Followed by aluminium foil tape on all the joints in the pir and around any protruding timber . It’s a lot of work ?

Even I might finish my build before your bathroom is complete ?

Yep ; I contacted them each . all seemed really helpful . There are companies that do all this for you and arrange utility installation but at a cost ......

The SE ‘s head is under the blade ?

After much waiting ..... architect still needs convincing so went straight to SE Assuming a 1.5 ton car and taking into account my roof/floor structure he quickly worked out point load at a tyre of 25kpa so well within the 150kpa of the vac insulation. Whilst my architect will require a sworn statement in blood from him that this is ok - I can get in and order !!!

Might be worth doing it all through an Ltd for tax purposes ....

I’d assume so for a small development. Though perhaps that could be ‘haggled’ as a detail once planning achieved ...

A nice 3 year plan ( assuming that’s how long planning is valid for before you start ) - can net you a nice mortgage free property ....

Then you need to do it cleverly ...... ?

Keep 2 for yourself live in 1 once built . Then move into the other once built . No tax ?

Done Ski ing once !; it's more work that building a bloody house! i.e. I'm no natural!

Agree ! It’s pot luck with these websites . I do exactly as Dave says I ask on fb - someone always knows someone ?

I bought a rotating china unbranded laser you can’t see the laser outside for love nor money ! . Comes with an ir sensor that beeps faster as you approach the level laser . Been brilliant ! . Also have a Stanley cubix for internal levelling - dead good also . I think with those 2 and a spirit level can’t imagine I can find an excuse not to be level !!!

Nah ! ?

For sure ! shorts all year round for me !

Dewalt all the way!. I think I have almost all their battery tools even some XR 56v stuff - AWESOME!

Yeah ; that’s about the most appropriate one I could find also .

Welcome ! as you can tell from my avatar - I’m all man ?

Any recommendations for a t & g cement board ??

I meant cement board so this on top insulation - do grp , edpm, ashfelt etc . Bond to cement board ?