Ferdinand

I read that as HMP. Hope it does not happen. Mr Buttercup - EVENING - you only have photographically proved the existence of 382 newts. There are 383 on the list. Why? My colleague is over there with the Black Maria... F

Can you add a budget door opening the other way the other side of the wall?

If it needs no more structure, I'd fill it with EPS, hopefully from a single offcut shaved to shape - possibly foamed in to fill the gaps. Or polybeads in a mixture with a bit of PVA, so they stick together and don't fly out again. The important thing is to vanish the cold bridge. Or you could make a secret compartment with a lifting lid.

An important thread. Thank-you. I try to treat it as a hierarchy like the Remove -> Reduce -> Recycle one for greenery. 1 - Design in access so no need for a ladder. eg near a balcony or bridge, or even an internal window or opening opposite the big window. 2 - Make it accessible from the ground for regular tasks eg use an extendy-window-cleaning-pole, if necessary from a 3 - Work platform or scaffold tower. 4 - Ladder with appropriate measures to make use safe. Plus wheezes such as self-cleaning glass. I learnt my lesson about thinking about access early on when dad installed a mezzanine and some high level lights in their bedroom - at opposite ends. The way it ended up, rather than changing the bulbs from the mezzanine, you had to dismantle the bed and put a ladder inside the bed frame to access them. Again thanks for posting the account. Ferdinand

I do 2 models: Fully Furnished for students. Unfurnished for normal family lets.

Interesting for me: - That basements are still thought of as bomb shelters. (FInland, like Switzerland, still has conscription aiui, and never really took the 1990s peace dividend.) - The arrangement of the double windows.

There's always low level influencing and sometimes corruption (eg developer does block driveway for a Councillor) going on. If you talk in a non-public setting to a big group of Councillors or Officers off the record, some will usually admit to knowledge of such. The type of corruption we have allegedly (still subjudice I think) seen in Liverpool recently, which is perhaps more like what happens in US cities more, does not imo happen very often here. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/liverpool-city-council-corruption-caller-report-joe-anderson-b1823446.html https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/976197/Liverpool_Best_Value_inspection_report.pdf Separate to that, there is influencing at the devolved level (Scotland, Wales etc) or National level. I'm not sure how much of that is true, and how much is mudslinging. I think some level of such is inevitable and as a country I think we do reasonably well by international standards. Others may differ.

It takes the local politics out of it, since the Planning Committee cannot be engaged. Not convinces on the Green claim on the presumption in favour; there are more conditions attached than that.

Don't forget your mask. On your aunt's mugging - that's very sad, as it shows the long term effects of a single traumatic event on one person's life.

Plenty of people here will give you free rubble.

What is the RH level? I might be inclined to close it long enough to dehumidify with one on a long cable, if you can.

How heavily are you re-landscaping. One option is to go for a bigger, shallower soakaway. Or a bog garden, which can sometimes become a pond? Where does the water currently go?

No. That's in Bolton, NC. (When it's not in Jellystone.) https://www.strangecarolinas.com/2016/07/hanna-barbera-boo-boo-statues-bolton-nc.html (Time for me to leave)

He means the shed, I think, not your aunt's house.

As someone who rents out a purpose built student house or two, I find making tenants supply their own dishwashers surprising -- it's a step towards the austere German system where most of the tenants have to supply to kitchen and bathroom fittings in rented homes :. I have supplied dishwasher, washer and dryer since about 2010 for my students.

Interesting,.There's a whole series of these about different types of Finnish homes. This one is modern student apartments. In this pic, our genial host looks wonderfully psychopathic. What do we think?

Glass is a liquid, of course...

IS it a covenant that restricts you? If so, if others have breached the same covenant then it is likely to be unenforcible. So I would download the deeds of the houses where these other places were built in the gardens, and see if any have that same covenant. Then you have evidence of unenforcibility. Perhaps once you have that, check with a local long-established legal firm, or Town Planner (MRTPI), who may with luck have dealt with the question before. For your PP I would go for Outline, not detailed, with most matters reserved. Others may differ on that. F

Are these like marks on brushed alu fridges? Perhaps WD40? Or computer screen cleaner? Or baby oil? Or perhaps a razor blade scraper, as used for ceramic hobs?

I think my answer to that is "deep enough", as it depends on the circs.

Is the loo roll in case you get too nervous ?

I meant ventilation fans eg in the bathroom, of course ?. Sorry, should have said.

It's a bungalow FFS. What bl***y good is a crane? 90kg .. decent sack trolley or slaves. Your issue was that you bought a staircase (was it a staircase?) that wouldn''t bounce.

I would stick a min/max hygrometer in there for a bit to get a handle on what is happening to the humidity. Wants to be below about 60% iirc. About a tenner: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ThermoPro-TP50-Digital-Thermometer-Temperature/dp/B01H1R0K68/ I can't remember if it is insulated at all or it has lecky, but a traditional loft heater on a timer for a bit every day might be one long term option if you can't do it passively. Something similar to this one at £16. https://www.toolstation.com/dimplex-thermostatic-tubular-heater-ipx4/p17033 There may also be a suitable anti-mould paint. If you replace, you could do it with hollow soffit board plastic cladding, perhaps?

(I think) a modern (post 2005 since when they have been required aiui) gas boiler running at more than about 55C output temperature will not be in 'fully condensing' mode so will be running at an efficiency of 70%-90% rather than 90%+ Another 3 months, then . It sounds like a candidate for skirt or wing insulation should you get the chance. Do your ventilation fans have backdraft shutters or HR? Sounds like a great story overall. Good stuff. F