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Shit the bed, yes I see, how ridiculous that you pay that much for an empty property. Would have cost previous owners quite a bit as empty since 2009

But surely you are not responsible for the years prior to you purchasing it

I thought you only paid extra if its empty for more than 2 years

Mine has been approved but like @Mulberry View it was just for surface water drainage not sure about new applications.

Happy Christmas all, and thanks for the help and advice. I’m looking forward to make progress in the new year, slab is done so I need to crack on with walls and roof

It’s not too difficult to get the hardcore base flat and level to within a few mm, any undulations are fixed with the blinding sand which is not too difficult to get within 3-5 mm if using a lazer level. So with the blinding sand nice and level lay the DPM then the PIR with UFH pipes then the concrete. The fibre reinforced c28/35 concrete I used was more like a screed as the max aggregate size was 10mm but mostly 6-8 so it poured flat and is self compacting. saved me th3 additional £3000 for a separate screed just for the ufh pipes that wasn’t needed.

I ended up using 100mm fibre reinforced EcFlow Concrete, structural engineer was happy with that. It actually has higher strength than the rebar originally specified, works out cheaper and much easier to do compared to rebar mesh

What ASHP do you have Dan ?

My 190sqm Chalet bungalow with Isotex blocks is a lot less than £45k As far as fixings are concerned, with heavy items like kitchen units and windows / doors you fix through the woodcrete into the concrete

Don’t you just love lazy plasterers

They are serviced through the button panel have a look on you tube

Put 150 or 170mm PIR between rafters then 50mm underneath followed by plasterboard

So finally we been granted full permission to proceed, my drainage pan has been approved and deemed I do not impact the nutrients to the broads in addition to those expected by my initial application that was already approved, common sense has prevailed. Quite why I had to wait when this assessment was done 29th September I’m not sure. But it done now. Hooorahhh South Norfolk and Broadland District Council Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) Screening Please note: Undertaking the HRA process is the responsibility of South Norfolk and Broadland District Council as the Competent Authority for the purpose of the Habitats Regulations. However, it is the responsibility of the Applicant to provide the Competent Authority with the information that they require for this purpose. HRA Drafting Date: 29 September 2022 HRA Completion Date: 29 September 2022 Application Reference: 2022/0699 Application Address Land North of Brickle Loke, Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk Application Description: Variation of conditions 2, 4 and 6 – amended drawings, materials and velux windows Proximity to SPA/SAC Within catchment of The Broads SAC Lead Planning Officer: Please note that all references in this assessment to the ‘Habitats Regulations’ refer to The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended). Stage 1 – Details of the Plan or Project Does this application relate to residential development only? Yes European site potentially impacted by planning application, plan or project: The Broads SAC Is the planning application directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site [If yes, Applicant should have providedevidence and justification]] No Are there any other projects or plans that together with the planning application being assessed could affect the site? [Applicant to provide the information sufficient to allow an ‘in combination’ effect to be assessed] No Stage 2 – HRA Screening Assessment Screening under Regulation 63(1)(a) of the Habitats Regulations – Significance test: the Applicant is to provide evidence so that a judgement can be made as to whether there could be any potential significant impacts of the development on the integrity of the SPA/SAC/Ramsar. Whilst the application site falls within the Broads Catchment Area shown on the NE map, and does provide overnight accommodation, it does not present any increased foul water implications beyond those that would occur lawfully under the consented and implementable permission 2021/1154. The scheme would not lead to non-sewerage discharge to watercourses that would necessitate an appropriate assessment for nutrient neutrality. Does the evidence submitted suggest the proposal will lead to a likely significant effect, without mitigation measures, on European Site integrity? No

Yeah slip membrane is deffo needed, for the reason you mentioned. taping joints not essential but costs peanuts and takes minutes so why not ?

Looking good 👍 Did you run out of tape, I’d do the cross joints as well

Yeah that would work, for the doorway you can cut the blocks down or use coursing bricks

Are you parking heavy vehicles in it ? If not then 100mm will be plenty especially if you have compacted hardcore base

Bit late now, but why did you fill the trenches instead of leaving them a course below ? If you now add 75mm insulation and 150mm concrete your finished floor will be 225mm above ground level which will impact your permitted ridge height

That’s designed for vertical fit offset not horizontal

Yes and no, they signed off our variation of conditions but have not yet approved our surface drainage plan, they have given a date of 22nd November. There was something they put on our case showing our dwelling was neutral so hopefully that will also apply to the surface water.

Ignor my previous reply didn’t realise you were just looking for 2-3 cube who did your floor ?

Have a chat with the lads at Eastern Concrete, I had their 24m boom pump for my slab, I’m sure they’ll pop over and survey your site. They have pumps up to 39m You’ll need at least 15m3 for your walls

I used UFH trade direct as recommended by @Nickfromwales https://www.ufhtradedirect.co.uk/ very competitively priced and they did the spiral design, most do the serpentine but I believe spiral is more efficient. I bought a second hand stapler, but with a small area I’d just push them in by hand to be honest.

Well I’d never done it before, and managed 130m2 750m of pipe in 1 & 1/2 days. Only needed the decoiler for the 500m roll, with 100m or 200m you can just uncoil it as you going by rolling it, it is a 2 man job though

I used the grids, don’t use pea shingle, you need 10mm crushed stone it’s settles and locks in whereas pea shingle will move about. I am fortunate that I have good ground, so I just removed the top soil and compacted the underlying sand / gravel then fitted membrane, grids and crushed stone. These are the grids I used https://www.ibran.co.uk/products/plastic-shed-base