Ferdinand

Get a crack monitor on it for a year.

Mats can be arranged, and you do not necessarily need to cover the full 40 sqm. You could focus it in on movement areas. F

Does the actual number being say + or - x% actually have an equivalent impact on premium for self build insurance?

My ufh system with a gas boiler does not have one, but it does not perform particularly well. It is o; my list to get a real specialist in to look at the whole thing when I am back on my feet in a couple of months.

We are all so intelligent you won’t understand it ?. I’m concluding that if I am back in gratuitous insults on @pocster habits, then I must be recovering from the pre-Christmas fluey sicky killer lurgy. Actually went out of the house today for about the second time since December 20th. Had my first mild coffee for 8 weeks today and kept it down. Good luck with the system. F

You want two hoary old gits not one, as they all have blind spots. Do not try and straddle the line between professional service and busman’s holiday .... you need to be decisively one side or the other. Also anyone with enough experience will be set in their ways ... the value you can get from it is directly proportional to how much learning you do yourself. The responsibility remains with you, even if you are paying a RICS £750 for a FullStructural.

yes. Defined in Section 13 of this document I thInk. https://www.bre.co.uk/filelibrary/SAP/2012/SAP-2012_9-92.pdf So where does that leave my original question? I am dreaming about a Private Members Bill That mandates an EI number of 100 for all new dwellings out of the blue.

Yes, I know that Building Regs are not properly implemented. I am ignoring that for this thought experiment. However, given that EPC100 is by definition zero-carbon on a running basis, and that the approx EPC of a Building Regs house is EPC 80-85, what does the difference actually represent? Ferdinand

Plans would help. My 10p worth - make sure you raise your fabric to high quality, inlucing underfloor insulation. Get the fabric quality right, and your energy bills should fall substantially.

Equally in a totaltitarian state eg china one central poor decision can kill 10 million people Just Like That, with no checks and balances. See eg iron Rice Bowl or what happens when district heating schemes in Moscow break down. Personally I think China will end up with some structures analagous to democratic checks and balances.

The general principle is good ... prevents streets turning into a terraced appearance etc.

Build it out on the inside. I think there is scope for that if you wall is thin. I put my first one of these inside a louvred cupboard.

UK or worldwide? afaik Uk forest cover has been gradually expanding since WW1 ... by several % of land area. FC have the numbers. One example is that National Forest south of Derby which has added 200sq miles since 1995.

Personally I think I see the gas grid being capped off to new connections before long.

there is always 5x as much in it when you puncture it in your workshop by mistake.

Council being entirely reasonable. They thought they could ignore the rules do to an alleged technical constraint which they chose not to discuss when it arose. Lesson hopefully learnt.

I wonder if Matt or textured tiles would help.

fan of Tony Hart.

you could have a panel or whole wall done in cork tiles as a “poster wall”. Had one in my room when I was a lad.

Local steel fabricator, or potentially aluminium veranda specialist. You imo want more than just a roof. Could the sides be in something interesting like glazed bricks, or a sheet material? F

Luxury Vinyl should be a more acoustically alternative, or I guess you could do things to your other surfaces, Would something like those fashionable faceted type wall tiles potentially help, to break up reflections?

we talked about this one. Barge pole. I have these, which are fine, subject to Ikea spacing etc. https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/odensvik-double-wash-basin-00135612/

Welcome. Take care to be accurate with whatever is underneath.

What are their reasons for refusal, or is it all just hot air?

Don’t ever say Franke with a W by mistake. It sticks and you do it again.