Dave Jones

that looks like cladding not brickwork.

it wont be cheaper as you have to pay someone to produce the drawing pack. Plancheck for us is a minimum of 6 weeks to turn around by LA building control so went with warrent instead.

dont even need a cavity for a garage, single skin is fine!

doesnt scream quality. Cant see any fibres. depth ?

surveys dont take long as they are private companies. Turn them round in a week or so.

may be worth letting the current application carry on, if the design is close to what the rebuild will be it will then be hard to refuse your full application if the reno is approved. I'd wait until it completes then bang in full plans. You will need a lot more paperwork SAP calcs etc

planning will tell you what they require. dont offer up anything!

so if you have a quote from BT for over £2k then email it to your BCO and claim the exemption. You can use normal coiled ducting for copper wires.

dont kill all services you are going to need them and no fun paying twice. Keep the electric and water, just move them out of the way for footings.

as long as the eaves and ridge are open to allow air flow will be fine. How did you seal up the warm roof out of interest ?

utter nonsense. Lockdown was idiotic, achieved nothing but kill off load of people who didn't have a mild cold/covid but did have cancer/hear disease etc. The very worst cases of covid were nearly all due to other underlying issues anyway. Rules were nonsense for example you could sit without a mask to eat but stand up ? Goto jail or be fined. Masks were pointless otherwise zero doctors and nurses would have caught it right as they all wear them ? Just a gimmick to make the sheep think they were actually doing their bit. Virtually every single decision the gov made was the wrong one, from curfews to paying people to eat out. In fact if they had done the exact opposite in most cases we would be in a much better position now. Should have carried on as normal and managed the sad cases where a lot of already unhealthy people were impacted worse. This group of people could have voluntarily locked themselves down if they wished while the rest of the country carried on.

if its not built to the agreed spec just reject it. Not like its a cheap ikea job you can hack around to make work.

if your building is 1m or less to boundary external fire rags apply. limiting size of normal glazing and having to fireproof gutter/cladding/facia etc. mega bag of worms.

definitely a static. cheaper, more room and you can maybe sell it after.

the mrs wont thank you when its wet. makes a terrible mess.

how many m2 ?

where is the DPC ?

mdf liners much better.

you could allways just buy the joint box BT use for fibre and fit it to the house. Not as if building control are going to plug a laptop in to test it...

subbies. 2 sides to every story mind.

good luck getting a decision by end of october.

you have to accept the FTTP connection for the new Part R building regs. BT charge a standard £2000 for the service. Used to be able to just have copper but not anymore. Log into the portal, upload your plans etc. They will send an invoice. pay it and they will free issue you the ducting and tell you where they need it routing too.

XPS hell of a lot cheaper for better U value, more build up though.

100mm ?

LABC have a free library of most details. https://www.labc.co.uk/professionals/registration-schemes/registered-construction-details