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It’ll be interesting to find out, I wonder how detailed it will be and whether that will work for or against me. There is a house on the other side which could give access . I know the owner is looking to sell in the near future but wants about £600,000,

Hi Thanks for the advice,I fully appreciate what you say about the friendship,we were best men at each other’s weddings and I’ve known him for nearly 40 years! Unfortunately the landowner is a property developer who I’ve done work for in the past. I’ll get a lawyer to look into my friends existing ROW and the implications of any new ROW to the new plot.

Hello My friend has a building plot that he's happy to seĺl to me , we're at the very early stage of negotiations. It's next to his house, which was built in the 50's , he has right of way over his neighbours drive to his own house but would that extend to right of way to the new plot? Thanks

Yes please, sounds interesting

I would counter batten over the pir board because it's bit spongy and you'll get screws popping. I think you'll get better u value, a service void and you'll see what you're screwing into, rather than guessing through the pir.

Hi sounds like an interesting project. How would services work with this type of wall construction? I’m guessing you’d have to decide quite early on with switch and socket location? would the internal partitions have the same finish? are you intending to paint it?

Hello how did you get on with bpc? I’m thinking of using them. thanks.

If you are unlucky enough to get a plaster stain on oak, it can sometimes be removed by being scraped away with a brand new Stanley knife blade held at a right angle to the surface ( be very careful!) strangely the plaster stain doesn’t seem to penetrate that deeply

We use 14 day blue dolphin tape ,sticks well but doesn’t give off any glue. I’d still give the stairs as many coats of whatever finish you’re going to use though. Although it’s a risk ,it is better to skim it with the stairs in place ,just in case a little bit of dubbing out is needed

I'll have a look when I get home tonight.

Thank you both for your help. I haven't got a pc at home although I can sometimes access one at my wife's work. I'll have a proper go at heat loss calculations with my ipad at the weekend.

Welcome I'm new here too and you've come to the right place for friendly, inspirational advice. This is one of the best forums I've ever joined!

Ok thanks Ive tried clicking on the link above to your fabric and ventilation heat loss calculator but it just appears as a lot of question marks. Could it be to do with the fact ive only got an iPad?

Are the Asterisk symbols representing multiplication?

Ok ,I had a similar problem on a job . We glued and screwed render board on the reveals ,we had just enough depth on the garage door frames to do this This bridged the join. Im guessing that’s scraped monocouche you’re having and not silicone,so I’d get a specification from k rend to put scraped render on cement board. make sure you get the monocouche sealed ,it’ll add years before you have to clean it

What type of render are you going to be using? im curious as to why the internal wall is 215 thick? are you going to be heating the garage?

Is it possible to diy this?

Hi Plus one to the above but I would think that's going to leave some salts behind when it does dry out. I'd have a word with the brick manufacturer to see if that's going to be a problem and how best to treat it

Some people use bonding to round out the ceiling or simply just for dubbing out . i just use multi finish for both the above to save throwing any away. im not a fan of bonding because it can take a long time to dry and can bubble, requiring it to be scraped when hard

Boarding looks nice and neat, would be a pleasure to go over. Although I would double up the scrim on the small pieces on the gable

Herbj Your Windows look great in the catalogue. Are you happy with them? Are they expensive? Thanks

Yes I thought that was the case. I rang the glass and glazing federation who said it just varies between suppliers. Can't seem to find any information about what the standard should be.

Happy New year to everyone. I had 2 quotes so far for my aluminium windows on my new build and both of them say they'll only offer a 5 year guarantee on the double glazed units. Is that standard procedure now? I haven't bought any windows for about 12 years, i always thought the guarantee was 10 years.

Its ok I've got a service void between the insulation and plasterboard.

Sorry I've probably made the comment in the wrong section, but I was referring to boilers heating up space that is not really used .