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Will I need planning permission if I want to let others graze horses on our land ?

great - will do. thanks again!

thanks tictic - I appreciate the help! I plan to grid the wall with a pencil, both to ensure I don't end up needing slivers of tile anywhwere, and to keep my tiling straight! Probably sounds silly, but I'm paranoid about my lines drifting off, so I reckon the extra hour or so up front will...

There's clearly a huge amount of expertise here - as a tiling newbie (well, I've done small bits, but I'm about to tackle my first whole room), I'm lost in the world of tile adhesives and would really appreciate some pointers! We're talking about a bathroom with solid walls & concrete floor...

thanks - yes, I did start out by favouring skirting heating, but as I looked into it more, I wasd put off by a) the high cost, and b) the ugliness (the inconspicuous systems don't produce enough heat, and the systems that produce enough heat would dominate the draft walls. Also, the pipe-work...

Thanks guys - I've decided to go for rads on the house wall, but to add a fan in the conservatory roof, linked to a thermostat - so when the roof space gets warm, the fan comes on. That way, as the rad heats up the wall and top of the conservatory, the fan will recirculate the hot air. And in...

Thanks all - plenty of food for thought! These fan-assisted radiators seem like an interesting option - I'd never heard of them before. I don't see how to control them though if I want to use a programmable wall thermostat, as there are now 2 seperate things to control, the control valve for...

thanks - we use ours as a day-room as well (well, more a play-room for the kids). I wasn't aware of the building regs thing - like you, this isn't my primary concern though! Heating it is never going to be cheap, be it electric or gas CH. At the moment I have two 2kw heaters in there. With gas...

I'm new to this forum, but it seems to have a lot of very experienced people on it, so I'm really hoping someone can set me straight! I currently have electric heating in my conservatory, which is v expensive to run, so I'm planning to put in radiators instead. The conservatory is 21ft wide...