Ferdinand

See this and links therefrom. A set of articles including costs about my Conversion/Reno of shower room. It is flagged accessible but covers everything. F

I am currently working through the crocks my parents had for their wedding in 196x, and the batch I bought for University. Made the sensible decision to instruct everyone what they wanted, and ended up with about 20 of everything. My nice knives do *not* go in the dishwasher. Anybody who does put them in had better watch out. The 40 or 50 small tupperware jobbies used for batch making kale-mushrooms, porridge, and Complan (especially the Complan which turns into chocolate coloured plaster of Paris) most definitely go in the dishwasher. F

Suspect that the energy density is too low for the work involved. Grow pineapples and bananas like the Victorians.

But will not rip.

We used a scaffold foot stood on a first pour, then added a clamp and filled up the hole iirc. It was the anchor for a 6m tower for a 1m satellite dish.

New Avatar. Beautiful again.

Is lorry curtain better than tarp?

Would it be worth actually concreting in the posts which are going to get the "up" vertical wind load, using a block with the top slightly below ground so you can just saw it off and cover later? Would that be of any material benefit? Depends on whether your wind direction is relatively constant (?) Empahsize: I am not experienced at this, but I have seen a scaffs blow over.

@mvincentd if you keep an eye out for garden walls that are say 6ft high, you will see that they have thicker piers or columns in the straight sections which do the same job. Equally if you go out after a windstorm you can see the characteristics of weaker ones which may have blown over. F

That's a bit treacherous; don't tell Sir Geoffrey. ? Don't trust Yorkshiremen; they keep trying to steal Robin Hood from Nottinghamshire. Welcome from the sunny Midlands. That's interesting. Time to tell b-i-l that he is the human equivalent of a coelacanth. Real question - is this is bijou domestic "garage", or more like Bristol Street Motors?

Welcome. Every day is a school day here ? .

Hieronymous will wish to know whether this is retrospective ...

AFAICS it seems to be mainly Scottish and seems to be a 44 page document, but I need to see where it comes from before properly commenting. Looks like "micromange your life when it is entirely unnecessary" law.

Perhaps target people selling off their entire worktops then. eg something like 5m of 600mm plus wide by 30mm deep black granite worktop. Starting price 80. That is close to the qty you need, but prob not local enough. probably 10 shelves in that after cutouts. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Granite-Worktops-Three-lengths-of-30mm-black-granite/401940095762?hash=item5d957f2312%3Ag%3ArmUAAOSwNcRdsF87&LH_ItemCondition=3000

I would not thInk that this could ultimately be justified in law, as planning law is more about meeting ends than documenting precise means. Where did this come from ie originating organisation, and can you post the whole thing please? it reminds me of one of the more pillocky bits of the CSFH, involving types of washer being treated as part of the build spec of the house, which would only ever achieve great piles of chucked away brand new appliances as people bought the ones they wanted. Ferdinand

Offcuts are all over EBay all the time. ; I was looking for one for the trendy sit on top whb until I decided they would be a white elephant. It is a question of knowing what you want and waiting for one local enough. Or picking somebody’s granite worktop, which would be extactly double the required depth.

I guess that other alternatives include Silestone Offcuts, repurposed snooker tables incl. small ones (surprisingly cheap on eBay sometimes) for slate etc. Ferd8nand

0r have a look at porcelain 600x600 or 300x600 floor tiles, which I use for sills and splash backs, and cost about £11 each. I am sure I have seen 900x300 too. Jus5 checked and plenty are available. My supplier https://www.tiletown.co.uk/en/smart-lux-grafito-floor You may find someone more local. F

How do you plan to support these? I just bought a pallet of 25 900x600x50mm slabs for a price £160 delivered for my wheelchair ramp. Cut a few of those lengthways, How do you plan to support, as they weigh 65-70kg each? ?.

Couldn't possibly comment, and girlf says she is too frustrated to say anthing ?. And I assert that I am below average in this respect. You could check my FB but I lied to them in the interests of preventing ID fraud.

Certainly not at our average age...

I do not see why there would be a problem her tbh. Never known of anyone getting mould. Condensation is wet air hitting a cold surface. If you have OK insulation, then the inner either behind or in front of the ply if directly attached, needs to be be warm enough not to condense air. My thinking is to make sure that the interior is adequately ventilated as humidity control, and either ventilate the gap behind the ply racking to inside, and/or potentially put a vapour membrane in front of the insulation and behind the racking. You may not need to go that far and just ventilation of the garage, which may just be natural ventilation, may be sufficient. I think I would start just by checking over what range the humidity runs at present. Suspect most people just whack up the racking and it is fine. F

The only room with too few is the kitchen.

With suitable arrangements it sounds ideal for storing inordinate quantities of wine ?? Having shelving and storage sorted thusly, where do you plan to put your tools?

You seem to have thought things through well but have not mentioned the option of funding off the back of your existing properties. (Forgive me if you have considered this option.) As I see, over 18 months (multiply up as reqd), for 140k you would be paying: For self-build mortgage at 5%: 10500 interest reduced if they charge interest only on money you have drawn down, plus arrangement and other fees etc. For living in the BTL: 5-10k per year rent lost = 7k to 14k. If you can get mortgage finance on your existing, currently you can get a 2 year fix at about 1.5% plus fees (of 500-1000) at about 80% LTV, and a BTL mortgage at perhaps about 1% more. If you can swing it you would be relatively up by at least 10k+, and not living in a cramped environment. You would be able to borrow against the BTL with relatively little trouble (subject to criteria), but the existing home may be best searched through a broker. Ferdinand