markc

An Engineer over engineer something? … never! 🤫

If I am doing panels I dowel them at the bottom with plastic washers as spacers to keep them just clear of the floor to prevent water soak up. 6mm stainless threaded rod works well inserted into holes in floor and underside of the panel. Invisible and nothing to snag appliances

Do you have any details? Are they required to prevent racking of the structure or to reduce wind loads on brickwork, glazing etc.

@Dazz71, hi and welcome, we have an 80’s bungalow with decent insulation but quite draughty and we often leave the door/s open so Air tightness and MVHR doesn’t make much sense, but earlier this year we had 3x A2A heat pumps installed and they have made a massive difference. Blown warm air goes down well with my wife and the added bonus of air con has been great, plus running costs have been surprisingly low especially as there’s only the two of us so heating and cooling the whole place isn’t necessary.

It would but pretty sure you cannot have “reachable” lead now .. we were doing an old listed place and the lead trays around windows had to be trimmed back flush with the frames to prevent kids, animals or other intelligent locals from picking or licking the exposed lead.

If you already have fat joints below then even more reason to take them down, make the joints thinner and finish on an extra course.

Cappings are usually custom made or cut from tile etc.

@Alan Ambrose the sheet suppliers will have pre cut/formed fillers. Do you need the ridges to breath? Composite panels make like so much easier than separate liner trays, insulation / rails and then loose top sheet.

Eaves over hang or “cut back” is generally 50 or 75mm which is usually sufficient to keep water from travelling back on the underside. Fold ups at eaves are done to prevent blown water going over the top edge if not stopped by the filler. Eaves fold downs are more aesthetic than functional. eaves flashings are usually L shaped but do often have a small kick in for looks. gutter flashings can look nice … or terrible! And tend to collect leaves etc..

Here you go, one of many places that do hire them without an operator.

Forget the goats, Defra compliance is a nightmare. for brambles and rough grass, hire a walk behind flail mower (often called a Scag mower although that’s just a manufacturer of several rough mowers) or even local farmer should have a flail or topper that will cope with anything upto a sapling.

Area behind water butt looks wet. Is this over spill from the water butt or from gutter etc. hitting ground and splashing? Also appears to be moss where patterned concrete? meets wall. If it is concrete it really should have been finished short of the wall.

Blasting of lead paint in open areas is done wet to prevent dust, the liquid and sludge is collected for disposal. ice blasting is great for car parts like alternators, manifolds, cylinder heads etc but unlikely to be effective on old lead paint, plus very slow progress. definitely do not go near an old beam with a laser, might as well use a blow torch.

Dry lining box or set metal back box in foam maybe

And wrap tape or cling film around end to stop and splashed and odours