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Do yourself a huge favour and keep your structure independent. You will need party wall agreement for digging footings close to theirs but much simpler than connecting to it.

For a first go I would say that is pretty damn good. Render and plastering looks and sounds easy till you have a go at it.

Lithium battery fires are fierce! And produce a lot of smoke and fumes, halon, co2 or similar fire suppression systems have little to no effect as the fire is a reaction rather than combustion. Personally I wouldn’t have any large lithium batteries in a loft but if it was necessary they would be in a large fireproof (hardybacker etc) crate with the top vented/chimney to atmosphere.

Anyone else remember interest rates around 15% ? When you got 10%+ on your savings. mortgages were roughly £10 per month per £1000 borrowed

If it’s not already boarded then no, makes life really easy attaching the additional battens, do them at 90 degrees to the trusses to stabilise the bottom cords

Battens and PB will be fine, the additional load is well distributed and static.

Do not scrimp on fitting. Yes it can be done cheaper, quicker etc. but we’ll fitted windows will save you a lot of pain in the future

+1 . Buried posts will be easier!

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Most houses have walls long enough for ExpJ to be recommended. if you were adding onto an existing the yes it would be advisable but as a stand alone the two ends can both move so I can’t see any problem

Not at home at the moment to show the whole thing but these are the clamps I use for screens.

I have 10mm thick screen 1200 wide and held with 2 clamps on the bottom and two on one vertical. Few weeks ago I ran into the bathroom, tripped and hit the glass very hard without bothering it

Gripfil is pretty much instant unless you are holding a lot of weight, 30mins should be more than enough

Round over bit, if you want full bullnose then it’s a 12.5mm radius. but I would probably go with a 10mm radius with guide bearing on the end to make life easier

That will do what you want and loads more.

Stiff mix will stay put in there, plenty of surface to get hold of and a small volume so unlikely to slump

That’s good for you, write to them with your concerns and give reasonable time to propose a suitable remedial scheme to prevent anything collapsing into your garden

This is an odd one, and will likely come down to what was there first? And/or who built the retainer? Was it done as a fence by the lower party, or built as a retainer to increase level area of the upper property. Deeds often, but not always mention who is responsible for the boundary

Yes that will do it, the guy is basically telling you it uses some oil, quite normal for an old lister or new Hatz engine, and as mentioned above, it will run for ever.

I have loads of 18v Makita stuff and find the eBay 5ah batteries as good or better than the genuine Makita ones

Very similar situation couple of years ago, timber lintel had failed and whole front needed pulling out and rebuilding

Good morning and welcome

No such thing as a silly question, answer depends a lot on what is outside and level of surrounding ground compared to the new (loler) level

So it’s mains supply and will run on a 13a plug

If the king post trusses sit above the bit you are taking out then you need to support those. If it’s only ceiling above the opening then yes a couple of props and spreaders top and bottom.