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Thd anomaly is that a stage is reached where it does not "benefit the local community". Planners work yo a tick- box system and cannot include approved but unbuilt projects, so more get approval Then the national grid takes it away. It would be a simple solution to levy £/MW and pay it into the community in perpetuity. Perhaps in real time. But that would be a UK government thing. or? Could it be levied as it is exported to the grid? That could be a planning condition. How big would the meters be?

we had a screed with ufh, over chipboard. As a last minute decision we decided to lay 5mm rubber matting first (between floorboards and the eggbox grid). the logic was simply that there was one chance to do it. as it happens it proved useful as the plastic grid did not fit well/ was not fitted well and had areas not touching the floor. Having the matting meant that normal staples bit into the mat and held the grid down. perhaps the staples would have gripped the boards equally well. we will never know if it makes a big difference. My hunch is that it will make a difference for low frequencies and running footsteps. we ordered online and it came in 2 days. very good quality , clearly made of car tyres and well bonded yet squidgy enough. it reminded me of the matting on a golf range tee-off area.... and surplus will become that and a football goal areas on our field. so yes, we decided to do it. The moral though is to diy the matting or watch the installation. Ours was very ropey with overlaps and gaps with speed dominating over quality.. followed of course by umpteen excuses.

Have they remembered to stop at tunnels?

It should be a routine framed opening within the wall construction. What is the wall construction? Your SE will have allowed that the wall construction can support vertical load (up as well as down) from the rafters. In reality the gable wall is often not a portal frame as it isn't spanning from foundation to foundation.

Lofts get silly hot in summer.

I'm of the same persuasion but we found some that comes in 20 patterns and I like it. Otoh a relatively thin skin of timber slows heat more, but doesn't stop it.

If I recall, you are on sand which is very free draining and not seasonally affected. It would be different on clay.

No, but it's just tiling, which is standard practice. The only issue would be using long tiles on a floor which might flex. Do you feel any suggestion of movement when jumping on the middle?

Of course it matters massively where your doors are, to walk out onto land or mid-air.

I've done a few buildings ( schools and factories) on steep slopes. My principle has been to build a platform at the higher level, then a conventional framed building on top. That keeps it simple and vastly more economical. No basement as you get into a different level of complexity and risk.( digging into the ground, waterproofing, stability, access) So that is conventional strip footings ans walls up to level . Then beam and block or precast planks make the surface. You are then out of the ground and on a solid surface. With a raft you have a big hole to dig then work in. If the slope is steep there is potential differential movement of the ground. If the slope is extreme then you can perhaps have a natural extra storey or part of one. Worth mentioning perhaps that in a couple of those jobs the original designers had assumed the dig and raft technique or retaining walls and mass fill to make a platform. I met one during negotiation and discussed the principles, and he was simply surprised at the cost difference, not being a contractor. Beam and block then a conventional kit above is my suggestion.

The same rules apply. In efficient structural design concrete beams and slabs would be completely integrated, but these appear to have been designed for speed and tying in has been for location and nothing more. The NY building probably has concrete floors too, tied to the steel with studs.

Scotland has differing values and goals to a large extent. Hence a left wing government for a long period , despite the voting system being designed to prevent it. So lots is different And lots was not devolved. In summary? More collectivist and egalitarian. Eg social services. Less of a class system Naturally against privatisation.

Thats perhaps intended as a distraction. No, but they could get a reduced rate for using non- peak times. It's also common sense, as a no Investment solution. People are entitled to not turn on the cooker any time they choose.

I don't think they can except at aonb / heritage sites or where local need is vastly oversupplied. Certainly they cannot on major power lines which is a UK thing, and could go over the Chilterns.... but don't.

Wind seems not to be even considered. Solar expanses are going ahead though, on farms and marshes but not large-scale on roofs where it will be more difficult. Can't do that. Farm sheds are designed for about 40% less loading than peopled buildings as the factors of safety are low to nil. And the quality can be lacking. Adding another 20kg/m2 would be unwise. That's what they say in planning applications. Removing all direct sun from a field will obv affect photosynthesis. So I say it's unlikely in a temperate climate.