Dave Jones

drain holes may help a tiny amount, but wont stop the movement. The brick wall they are stuck to is going to get soaked, and stay soaked. Then the freeze/thaw will make the grout give out. Really needed that wall being tanked behind with DPC, then backfilled with clean gravel 300mm or so wide and drainage holes at bottom. That way the wall has a chance to dry out. pretty easy to drill some holes though, just buy a 22mm porcelain hole cutter, once through the porcelain stick a 20mm SDS though the brickwork behind. If it goes into mud though its not going to do much.

You can put SUDS right upto your build, just need them designed by a geotech with a PI policy. This gets round the normal 5m min distance rule.

on a normal build this would be easy to solve with a tray 1 block above. Effectively moving the DPC 225mm up. On a shed build ....

your brickie will thank you. it also means all your openings are bang on square. They are tied into the brickwork with clips so zero movement. paid around £18 per window/door.

neff downdraught recirc. The MVHR plenum for kitchen has a special filter in it as well. no issues, but wouldn't want to run a chip pan.

your forgetting COP. 20 mins tops this time of year and it depends on the outside temp.

employ a professional who knows crack.

may be worth employing a planning professional to submit a new application with an eye to appeal.

it's been law for years.

purchase price

would need to be very cheap with the risk i think.

whats the other side ? normal to put the bar under the door to hide the join of different materials.

can split the beams into sections, make a hole above the eaves and slide it in. If you have attic trusses already surely the SE can measure them and do the calculations for loading ?

trouble is the UPVC boys cant seem do a 1+m wide front door which you need for disabled regs corridor has to be a minimum 900 wide. door minimum 775mm clear opening (add on at least 50mm each side for frame and 44mm for the door width) so absolute bare minimum structural opening 950. To look halfway decent to work brick 1125mm structural opening. Called all the large composite door manufacturers and none could do the width.

roll of 600, surprised your brickies haven't suggested it ?

use ufh pipes as volumizer! put them as tight as you can!

missing all the top and bottom flashings, assumed these were added after ? what are those white lines at the sides of all the panels ?

It could be done but GSE do not make a flashing kit for it so you would need to use lead. The issue is where the top flashing and side flashing would clash, see mine below they clip over the side of the tray and continue over the bottom flashing, in our case lead and the sticky crap looks awful. You would have to go underneath the join and run continuous lead until it meets the bottom flashing ? would be a weak point though.

used https://domadeco.com/ for our front door. 44mm steel/inuslation composite. Handless 1100mm wide 2000 tall. Couldnt find anything close on the UK market. Made in Poland and delivered direct. Using a Nuki electonic lock to avoid the need for keys. It auto opens when you walk upto door from outside.

these are not real build costs, they are how much free labour we have used costs. I

5kw will be more than adequate. forget cooling with MVHR we have exactly same zehnder unit with battery and its pointless wouldn't bother again. Instead get a wall mounted fan coil (Panasonic do nice ones) unit and insulate pipe to it with a condensate drain. You can then use the ASHP at 10c and the fancoil will essentially be aircon. We have 7 of them in bedrooms and they are fantastic. our 5kw panasonic ASHP will heat the 300L cylinder from mains temp to 55c in 20 mins in the current nice weather.

did you use planning consultants to prepare both the applications and the appeal or DIY it ?

something like these guys https://www.geobear.co.uk/subsidence-surveys/

BEfore you do anything you need heat loss calculation for your building. This will tell you if your on a hiding to nothing.

missing/poor sub base. The ACO channel really should have been concreted in as well. If the build up didnt involve a good 6" of type 1 hard core it wont last.