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Here's the warrant drawing. I think that it is far too big. But the calculations above say 9.9 X 5 X 1m, pretty much the same. Adapted to be 5m from all boundaries, apparently hence 8.7 X 6.2 X 1m.

Here's the engineering calculations. I might try resubmitting them tomorrow to see if this is over engineered.

Would need new engineer work and a building warrant resubmission, apparently. I personally think the submitted design is vastly over engineered for a 190 m sq roof.

Local quarry, 21.70 plus VAT a loose tonne, plus 100 + Vat per 30 tonne load delivery for 4 miles - Joke

Thanks, that's exactly what I was afraid of. That would need 90 tonnes of gravel, which I've been quoted at nearly 3 grand, then labour, pipes and membrane. Scary stuff for a hole in the ground.

We are at the stage of completing our site rainwater drainage with the construction of a rather large soakaway (6.2 X 8.7 X 1m deep, with 450mm soil above). We have been spec'd "40mm single sized gravel" instead of crates by the engineer, but he hasn't said what depth of gravel is needed. All the drawing says is "40mm single sized gravel fill to soakaway". A quick google says 150mm deep, some other sites say 300mm deep. Can anybody point me to the regs, so I can cover myself with building control?

Thanks for all the help folks

Can anybody tell me how far away garage founds would need to be from the 18” water main that runs right across our plot please? The house had to be moved to 13m away. Is it the same for outbuildings or garages?

The guys outside today don't seem overly concerned TBH - Here's hoping

So don't apply it in Scotland, then 🤣

So, our renderers went ahead today with the K rend application, in light wind and rain. As they finished the first coat on half of the house this evening, the heavy rain started in earnest and is scheduled to keep going all night. So, we are now looking for advice on what to look out for tomorrow morning in terms of potential damage and where to draw the line re: what's acceptable (if any damage is noted) before the job has to be halted please Concerned.

The problem we have is that we are in the middle of the countryside in a small village. We've been living in a static on site, using a 4G dongle but it frequently drops to 3G or even completely. The signal just isn't reliable enough to run a modern house or get any kind of bandwidth from.

What is it with self building that exposes all the loopholes in every organisation, usually to our cost?? So, we have an Openreach pole in the corner of our plot, which used to be a farmers field. It is connected via unsightly overhead lines to at least 6 of the direct neighbours, providing their phone and internet services. The village has only fibre to cabinet, copper to houses provision, max connection is about 60-70Mb. My 82 yr old mother has a 1.2 Gb full fibre connection in a local town (that's like handing a 2 yr old the keys to an F35 lightning), so 70Mb isn't what I call a particularly desirable service. We applied to BT to connect our new build and have been told they are unable to do so but "EE may be able to connect you to a basic 10Mb service" WTAF? So, we registered a new plot with Openreach (Ridiculously convoluted process designed only for developers undertaking housing estates) and put in all our details. They came back saying we can have a fibre to premises connection (we can't) via an overhead line from the pole (which we don't want - We want it ducted) for - wait for it - £5500 !!! What a joke. So, a couple of things. 1. Who do I contact to charge them for their pole in my garden and how do I use that as leverage to get a reasonable priced, ducted connection?

We are looking for 56 sheets at 2.4x1.2m of 160mm PIR as underfloor insulation below our UFH pipework. Does anybody have any recommendations re: a supplier? Central Scotland.

Nothing in Scotland yet 😒