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Can brown be used below suspended floors with no light then? I've used befits

Boxing in the kitchen could work really well and leave means of access if you're clever about it. You could even have a bulkhead built which comes down to top of standard wall unit height. Perhaps sticking out more with some downlights in. Its the route I would favour. Especially as you seem to have a full bank of wall units.

Got a bathroom to renovate in a bungalow. Screed is coming up and being re done. Drain has got to be bought in for shower as presently over bath other side of room. Bearing this is mind i'm trying to weigh up pros and cons of shower tray or shower drain. Tray seems a neater choice in terms of fit and forget, no tanking floor etc. I'm just thinking though I could put a shower drain in centre of where I want shower. I've fitted the Mc Alpine ones before and they go into top of 4" waste. I could get this done and ready for screening. Whereas with a tray i've got to choose tray, locate drain position, get plumber to first fix ready for installation of tray, then screed and have tray and waste fitted. Am I missing something or does this sound harder work than just a floor drain. So whats the pros and cons and why

Providing the pipe is low enough below sub base don't worry about pea gravel not compacting. You will compact your sub base above the pea gravel and will spread the weight. As been said could backfill with clay but you want surface water to be able to migrate down into pipe? What about 6f2 for the main fill with a no fines material for last 100mm below path. Type 3 or whatever that is.

Crack on. Let bco have a look before backfill

Permission yes but this could be indirect if neighbours pipework currently only serves them. Sounds entirely desirable OP. If i were you I'd be concentrating on making sure you have a legal right to run drains on their ground. The work is the easy part.

I want cheap and cheerful

What's best to seal my new garagefloor with? Apparently pva reactivates when gets wet

10/10 would employ

What area are you in might help us make recommendations. Unfortunately timber option is expensive. Those slim line units are expensive too. I renovated 4 Windows with them in summer. Think customer could of had pvc supply and fit just for what those units cost

I could bang a row of oncrete edgings in behind these if other forum users think rain runoff from door splash will be excessively bad? Will tanking/painting first 2" be as good? Yes btw plan is to lap dpm up behind these

Was my job as apprentice to coil air hoses up In Australia. Urgh wouldn't want that agro of hoses and compressor

Are you loaded?! Sips for a garage the world's gone mad

Could I get mine to work today no chance. Put the 4 gas I had next to kettle and boiled worked no probs after. Top tip! I service my own get on YouTube

I've just set one up using edging blocks tipped outwards and I'm going to have a trowled chamber and arris where this joins. Concrete will protrude out around 20mm past door but not to concerned about small amount of rain running onto it. Could paint/tank this strip. Gradient I'm doing an inch or so in around 1200mm with paving set half inch below kerb blocks

I'd be taking out cheapest unoccupied policy available. Chances are you will never use it. Just make sure it covers you for what you want.

Better than hitting your thumb with the awkward spaces you sometimes have to get in. It's more of a dedicated tf frame chippies bit of kit. Well done on hiring one wouldn't of thought a lot of places have on fleet

I've been getting a few for this garage 9.90 m2! Not been enough to hammer out a deal

whats everyone paying now for blocks?

I think you could ask them whether rejecting the extension would result in refusal. Don't think they could admit to that pen on paper

Cheers temp defiantly won't be agreeing to extension of time then just to make their figures look good. Wasn't particularly trying to escape 106 just wondered why they were so keen to have the extension!

Local authority I have an application in with at the moment have a 6 week backlog before they even pick up applications. With the statutory time for a decision being 8 weeks (correct if I'm wrong) its clear they have no chance. I have noticed they are quite hot on getting you to agree to an extension of time with applications and getting this is writing. Why is this? As I understand it you can go starting to planning inspectorate for a decision if past 8 weeks. Does this benefit you in any way? Are they likely to be more lenient? Or is it that the planning inspector will work to a very short timescale? (2/3weeks?) If you refuse to agree to extension but then leave it in LA's hands what happens then? I assume they process as normal but it would become 'official' that they were late? There has to be a reason why they are so hot on getting that agreement. Another angle, round here they charge S106 on new houses via a unilateral undertaking. They say they aren't making you 'buy' planning but effectively it is. Is it the case that if they are late with a decision, you choose to take it to inspectorate that they wont then implement the S106 as it is supposed to be individual to the application? Interesting thoughts hope there is some planners/consultants that could shed light! Thanks

I found this out early last year, pre app took longer than an application would of as applications take priority. Planner advised some changes, I submitted as was originally drawn as didn't agree (subservient extension etc) and was passed without question. These local authorities are becoming a joke. Time for a reduction in planning fees!

Have another wall to remove in property which requires structural engineer. Will be desk based exercise no site visit required. Whats a fair price to pay buildhubbers? I've had one quote back at 175 all in will get a couple more

My god how the other half live!