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There are 2 kinds of noise, airborne and impact. You need to deal with both unless rumbling from traffic or bass guitars never happens. One needs soft stuff, the insulation. The other needs density. Eg masonry or plasterboard. As you say, build quality is crucial, or noise gets through tiny flaws. The figures you see in sample wall specifications are for perfect construction with no joints or edges. It is not real life. Timber is a possibility but needs attention. It relies on flexibility to break the continuity from outside to inside. Then plasterboard provides density. There is lots on this in buildhub already. The easiest way to search is to use Google. Buildhub sound noise insulation. Etc

They are renowned for clogging in a few years, requiring a change of gravel. ie expensive. How much land have you? Level or sloping?

Normally that would be seen as insufficient. You would need to ask your planners. Bonfires are to be avoided/ minimised. If your local tip will take it, there isn't an excuse. A lot of men like bonfires and it saves money, but it is a bad thing and usually avoidable. If you have space, pile up waste timber and let nature deal with it. A chipper will reduce garden sticks by 90% and you have mulch. Topsoil is valuable. Don't pay to take it away then buy more later. All the foliage and roots will rot if in a big pile, and reduce by about half.

2 amateurs at work. 4 did the slab due to the need for speed. they did this stud by stud. If there was more muscle available then making your own wall panels on the slab is a good option Fortunately the bco did not consider the lean-to to be included as m2, so it was 1/2m2 inside the Permitted development area. This kit method works well too. It will go up really fast. I guess it adds 30% of so to materials but saves on labour.

I can see the diy attraction of durisol and the like. Also it would be nicely durable for the ages. But for a diy garage I would almost certainly use timber, stick built. My family did one recently, with no experience, and it is a success....and ecomomical.

If they had been rented, youd be paying again for new. Good shout. There isn't a lot of metal in one, so it could be cut up for recycling or garden bits.

Needlessly rude. There are polite ways to disagree. I've given my suggestion already. I think it works. Telling the neighbour to reduce their garden level , when it isn't their extension, probably doesn’t. Sometimes I just let people go their own way. I'm turning off the 'follow' button on this one.

Are there still merchants who sell loose into your trailer? I recall shovelling, (pre big bags, which must add £10 and disposal). You got a lot more when doing your own shovelling.

My gut feeling is that this would have a payback of 1,000 years or longer. If your setup was modular and movable you wouldn't get in trouble @ProDavemade a water wheel. I think for fun and science, and that it has been removed. His response eagerly awaited.

Is this irony? If so, please excuse. Or have I missed some fundamental point? The OP has built below the neighbour's land. The neighbour has been left with a messy boundary. The neighbour has been helpful and is blameless. What practical use is that 100mm? It can stay on the deeds.

Aberdeen council are building a hydrogen plant that will fuel 7 buses. Sounds sensible enough. I suspect this is to show the public not to worry, and it will expand to a huge business.

Except when the client decides not to pay the last instalment. Theyve got their building now, so why pay? Then their qs can invent quality issues. Main contractors do the same. They are used to bullying and winning. I even had one MD tell me he never pays a bill if he doesn't need the supplier any longer. True to expectation....qs appointed to avoid the last payment. I didn't get the money as i decided not to get legal, and he found he was missing something rather important but had paid for it. Very unpleasant. Nice clients get full cooperation and extra value.

So basically, we cannot encourage people to knock holes in buildings and hope everything works out.

Yes.

Thus is the third case of level problems this weekend. What membranes have you used sk far? Can you dig away the higher ground? Where could a drain go to, to empty?

What is the wall construction? Solid brick or cavity? Either way, I'd be tempted to fit one 100mm concrete lintel, and then another so the wall is always supported. Should it be supervised by a bco? Yes. Does it need an experienced builder? Can't comment....he might be instinctively very good at this...maybe not. Props should be used. They can be hired short term.

It's not good. Would be a worry if the neighbour sold on and the new one used that space. All i can think of is to effectively permanently lend the neighbour that 100mm. Level off your and their land at the lower level and surface it in tarmac or concrete or gravel grid.

I have discussed the levy claim with someone else in the business. They say the contractor should absorb the cost because a) it is an overhead included in the percentage added. B) they are the industry professional and should have set this up better.

The investments made by SSEN – that £20 billion - are ultimately paid for by electricity consumers across Great Britain "Ultimately" . Does that mean locals pay now and it gradually gets paid back? I hadn't realised that power could go all the way from Aberdeen to Lincolnshire in one go. There should really be a levy, to benefit Aberdeen: it is a resource.

I've looked up the guy I used 5 or 6 times but he seems to have retired. Previously used a local lawyer who wasted our money because of lacking expertise. Latterly a very expensive specialist london lawyer. I think I'd ask them for a recommendation. Your contact should do similar? Being in the right is an essential start.

The 'blue ' pipes are 200mm dia.

Can't say. It depends what is there and where you live. An option is to have a digger in to strip the topsoil and everything in and above it. All in a big pile and it will rot to good soil in 6 months to a year....sticks and logs a bit longer.

Where the blue pipe changes direction there have to be chambers. So the question is whether the plan is wrong, and the pipes are on the green manhole line, or there are more. Also, that is a big, and probably very deep chamber.

Realistically, you get the sales team who can't or won't answer these questions. I once had a huge supplier. They asked if my clients wanted tour a b or c. A was a walk through. Look how big and hitech it is...Now coffee and buns. B..any questions C. A serious tour of an hour or more with a design Engineer on hand. Closer access. Touching the product. When I have visited factories I've got most useful info by dallying and looking elsewhere than intended.