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Cable tie?

Is timber frame really 'non-standard'? No problem here getting a mortgage or home insurance on our timber frame. We do have a masonry outer skin though, so maybe that helps.

Just for clarity, I also hoover, but without constantly ramming my carefully fitted and painted skirting boards, so it is possible...

Ornate mouldings are not skirting boards though. Let's not forget that skirting boards fulfill the function of protecting the plaster at the wall-floor junction. My wife uses it as a bump-stop for the hoover.

Looks like an egg and dart pattern. I've only seen it on plaster mouldings rather than skirting.

If you can't see it on Google, then no. You can get standard profile pine or mdf skirting up to about 150mm, but anything above that will probably be made to order. Do you have a picture of what you're after?

I think they are generally made up from a number of separate pieces of timber and standard mouldings (quadrants, Scotia etc). I had some made to match Georgian originals.

I like glass, but maybe half of it. Dispensing with the dual aspect corner bits will simplify things and reduce structural complexity. You can still have the views, but through smaller apertures.

Same here. It took two applications, but we got what we wanted. If time is on your side, don't be afraid to revisit plans to suit you.

Vandersanden Flemish maybe?

Ours is outward opening, but composite with alu-clad frame from Rationel.

Ah... sorry, mis-read that. In that case your life will be much simpler!

Welcome, and congratulations! Old buildings can be a challenge, particularly when they're listed. I assume you realise you'll need Listed Building consent before you start anything significant; best to get your plans drawn up and submitted all in one application.

Does it have to come out? Can't you level off where the patio will be and put the soil behind your new retaining wall?

I guess they can only really do generic, but the conclusion looks fairly definitive to me I'm afraid: it's ill-advised.