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Hi, following on from a previous post, to make kitchen warmer I spotted this wall after we removed a shed that ties into the house. I can see the dpc is full of water hasn't rained since weekend. I have a feeling that the garden wall is soaking water into the house wall it is a cavity but still it can't be good and probably creating a cold bridge also. Is my thinking right ? Will I see a benefit from cutting out an inch or so so theres nothing connecting to the house? Pic attached

Hmm I did think this and your right they sit on the bricks each side one wall which goes deep into the ground

Hi My Kitchen is over the cellar and to make things worse the floor is made of concrete lintels ! So gets really cold this time of the year , I've tried to seal up the cellar door as best I can and foam between the lintels. But I guess the lintels are just acting as a huge sponge and sucking away any heat and radiating cold into the room. It's laminate flooring aswel. I'm thinking of sticking 100mm insulation board to the underside of the lintels in the cellar. Is this likely to work and make it a bit warmer, obviously It will take a while to warm up the lintels like the rest of the house but should the heat then retain better?

Thanks guys, I could cut and lay a new foundation I guess. Unfortunately I can't lay next to the current slab as house is one side then retaining wall the other. I'm sure it will be fine I parked my works van on it for over 6 years and I think slabs been down as long as the house 1970s there no cracks at all. I may come in as much as I can get away with so its not right on the edge.

Yes I've checked with Bc and they are happy with what I'm proposing but it's doesn't need Regs anyway thats why I'm building it to be excempt.

Detached garage but yes within 1m, it is so will be clad Cederal fibre board timber frame so will be excempt of building regs. Will be lined with fire plasterboard anyway as sensible for a garage. Just did some trail holes on edge of pad now 6.5 inch of concrete all around

Plan to build a timber frame garage in a slab at side of my house slab is about 6 inch and has been down for a few decades no cracking. Be a shame to dig it up and lay a new foundation I'm limited in width anyway and has to be detached to avoid building regs, boundary wall one side and house the other 3m wide and length will be 6m I plan to lay 2 courses of engineering brick dpm and then timber frame sole plate on this. Question is can I build all this on the edge of the slab ? As I'd imagine all this timber frame, osb,battens and cladding will be a fair weight

Thanks guys for your help you've explained.it better than my local building control !

Ive read a few people say this, but cant find it anywhere on local building control documents Unfortunately a lighter structure I considered detached but my local authority says has to be built from brick or block within 1m of boundary which this is. Everywhere else says built from non combustible well surely metal is!

Unfortunately a lighter structure I considered detached but my local authority says has to be built from brick or block within 1m of boundary which this is. Everywhere else says built from non combustible well surely metal is!

This is correct annoying thing I park here for the past 20 years no cracks no movement when built I probably won't ever park there as it be more for storage

Thanks for your help, I asked building control again if I can do a carport instead to be excempt closed at the front by a garage door (do looks like a garage from front) and then have it off the side of the house and be just above the fence leaving a small gap from bottom of roof to top of fence which is already there at the side and back they won't give me a straight answer. They just say that it has to be open 2 sides and under 30sq Metres The fence won't be attached to it in any way and Is already there in my view its still open 2 sides the fact thr fence is there is irrelevant as it's not part of its structure am I getting that right ? Can't see why building control can't just say yes or no they won't even come and have a look before I start! Regarding the porch idea - I do have a side door that could be covered if i nake it long enough (still under 30sq m ) so would this come under a porch then ? If so what actually entails as being a porch?! I've included a picture Of the area to help

Hi, the slabs thickness isn't the problem here it's the boundary retaining wall if I need to get a structual engineer involved they want to see the foundation of the wall which is nye on impossible to uncover without huge expense. Therefor I want to build it do no building regulations are needed PP its excempt I already checked this.

Back on this one, Structual engineer rightly wants to see the foundation on both sides of the wall lower side is my neighbours garden no chance as they've just laid a new driveway and my side will need to be dug probably 5m to uncover and its only 3m from house so likely a hole I'd need would undermine the homes foundations. So I'm giving up on the plan of an attached garage. To avoid building regs what's left that I can do ? Can I build a detached garage literally an inch away from my house wall upto the boundary without needing a strucutal engineer apraisal? Or a carport ? I've parked my van at this location for 20 years and there's no issues with the wall or slab. And tbh when I do build something I'll probably never park here as it will be storage mainly and tools

Great thanks will try linseed oil and reapply after a few months Thanks