Ferdinand

Is this the inside or the outside? For the inside presumably one could use the bendy plasterboard - ie with the slotted back, or an alternative. We used to have a Georgian arched window which was about 3m high and 2m wide. I think the arch on the outside was done with stone, though it may have been too big to need carved stone. I think I agree with 'faceted'. Ferdinand

After you have decided what you want to achieve, then you may get a better hearing by getting your local councillor involved using the threat to your security and (if it is true) woman living alone angles. One option is a fence set slightly back from the pavement with a flower border on the outside, or a lower fence with a taller hedge behind it. But agree that it is a difficult one.

Give them a couple of years and the neighbours usually calm down, as long as the thing is resolved to a stable status quo. Once something cannot be changed, people are usually accepting even if they don't really think it their taste.

X marks the spot where you need to build it... (Sorry ? )

Suave.

Welcome.

Your Home Made Perfect has also been running...

Here is forecast at 9C tomorrow then 12-14 for a few days, It's compensation for being 60 miles from the nearest beach. The local road cycling club even have a 300km route called "Everybody Rides to Skeggie". http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/20-115/ F

On my (nearly - getting there) 10 mile bike yesterday they were playing this in one street, and gave me a socially distanced slice of Victoria Sponge. (But the Vera Lynn version)

Delighted to say I was already in the garden doing something more useful . That would be sitting in my garden chair in the sun, avoiding doing useful things in the garden - the damn weather has turned to summer and I still have a huge list of jobs that have to be done in spring. (Takes computer off hook and runs away)

The only time I left a gap like that was to decouple a conservatory slab from a no-foundations Victorian cottage. So I am no wiser. It would be a little difficult to build like that, maybe. Or can concrete shrink?

Welcome. We specialise in multiple choice advice, so more well thought out options are always welcome ??? .

My parents had acres of ground cover ivy. OK - perhaps half an acre in a 2.5 acre garden. The technique was to lawnmow it, then weedkill the young shoots a few weeks later. It kept it under control. The other way - if it only has a few roots - is to destroy those and leave it to starve.

Much of my icy is from next door - some of it growing right through the wall. They have goes at it, and have agreed that I can too. Will try and see.

Welcome.

I'm in an upwards extended bungalow. I can't comment on solar glazing, but I'm about to put it in my South Facing bay windows, where my office and the spare room run up to 35C too easily - I am also planning one of those through the wall air conditioning units a la Jeremy. I would also like a veranda / breakfast terrace, but it will all wait (except for the glazing) until I have bought family out of the other half of the house. I think this is likely to be issue, such that it should at least be provisioned for, if not implemented. Possibilities include one or more of: (To manage the interior) - A warm / cool unit as suggested. - An underfloor heating application with the capability to reverse and cool it instead (or distribute the heat more evenly). - Through or stack ventilation. This means either windows on windward / leeward side that you can open together, or a roof window that can be opened or partially opened at the same time as something on the cool, shaded side of the house. You want it such that you can do it safely overnight, or ideally whilst you can go out in the day (windows securely ajar, for example). This makes a significant difference to my place. I would suggest making sure that one of your rooflights is no the central landing, and I would consider making it openable into "vent" position from a downstairs switch - mine is easy to reach but I have to go upstairs to open it slightly. (To keep the heat out) - A pergola - A brieze soleil - Window blinds - An anti-solar layer in the glass, as you suggest (which is probably better than a surface film). - Something else similar. F

Is the mare's tail a case for direct injection into the stem ... like Japanese Knotweed?

That it doesn't exist will not stop Oxford City enforcing on you for not having one .

(Yanks thread back from Stovokor) Can anyone advise on the appropriate concentration of Glyphosate for english ivy? I cut it back with shears about 6 weeks ago, and it is now covered in thirsty young leaves. I have my Glyphosate 360, and I can look out mum's dedicated weedkiller sprayer. A normal dilution will be 20ml/l (according to JSH above). What about for ivy - or will I just need to rely on 2 or 3 applications? Cheers Ferdinand

Presumably cost and structural requirements would undermine that. Also perhaps visual appeal and a more varied frontage were required.

But make sure that they are still reasonably easy to clean. (ie buy one box or a couple of samples and test it)

Suggest that you ask a professional or your local authority (rental team or BCO) on this, or your Lettings Agent if you have one and they are competent. These type of things change fairly constantly and (I am not sure) may be able to be adjusted locally like a lot of requirements for rentals, or enforcement may be on the basis of local practice. Alternatively I suggest a more specialist LL site such as propertytribes.com, where someone will be fully up to date. @pocster has a small HMO, I think; I don't. Not sure which bit of Oxfordshire you are in, but iirc from previous reading Oxford City are tartars on rental regulation. Ferdinand

The opening is 2.4-2.5m, but I think they are 3-3.25m inside - which is more than it looks. (Based on 3" width of the lintel bricks).

You can pretty much always get porcelain tiles for £10 a metre. But you may need nearly as much again for glue and grout. I always start with the current Wickes half-price offer inside the door. Though the discounts have recently not been quite half.

I wouldn't think it necessary, but perhaps if you want a dual purpose garage or to practise tiling. I wouldn't necessarily see it as expensive, either - £600-1000 once it is all done, ignoring labour? The only warning I would give is fully butter rather than five-spot your tiles. But we all do that anyway (ahem?).