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it does feel over the top. They said they have to treat it like any other building project. Would he really ask me to dig next to the pit to see the depth of concrete? The pits are probably 45 deep 10 - 15 of which is concrete. I no the soil and near by trees were his concern

is it possible to continue and get an engineers report to say its suitable? do building control accept this? 100mm of laid concrete with a 200mm concrete pad (accepts 5 tones each x 9 in total) for a 5m x 5m room. What is actually classed as 'a more compacted type soil'? it was virtually...

Hi, i'm building a timber summerhouse. Because its over 15m2 (its 26m2) and within 1m of the boundary I require build controls approval. We are using precast concrete pads as our foundations for our timber subframe. We dug pits to sit these in so the floor frame can be close to the ground...

Decibel reduction... Anyone know the decobel reductions of 50mm celotex Acoustic plasterboard Rockwall acoustic slab

Anyone have any thoughts on the timber and celotex sizes I mentioned?

Hi, so do you know if this is acceptable? http://russwood.co.uk/shop/cladding-protection/hr-prof

I 100% need building regs approval due to the size and distance from boundary.

Hi all, here goes.... I want to build a 5m by 5m timber framed out building. Because its within 1m of the boundary and over 15m2 I need to contact building control. It will be clad in larch or cedar and will have full insulation, electrics, epdm rubber roof and bifolding doors. Please...

Can anyone one shed some light on this. I have a raised decking at the end of my garden. When on it, my head is above the 1.8 (from ground level) fence. So... I want to build a 'freestanding' privacy screen on the 3 sides of the decking. I will fix vertical timbers to the decking sub frame...