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So the extra bend on an s trap compared to a standard p trap is not an issue?

Because the bedroom will have large sash windows facing onto the quiet back garden, rather than under a couple of veluxes fronting the road.

Sorry. Does this help?

I am doing a loft conversion on my mid terrace, creating a bedroom plus en suite. The bathroom is under the front slope and needs to drain out of the back of the house. We can get sufficient gradient in the toilet outflow for building regs. However, I want the toilet set into the slope, as it...

Also, it was ok for him as there was no extension when he did it (we weren't there at the time btw).

I am sure I have to submit a PW notice as within 3m, to which they will likely then object. So we can't just get on with it, without risking a court injunction.

Dug out the notes now - its called an 'eccentric foundation'. Yes we are proposing the same - 15mm away (apparently with semi rigid filler to maintain the gap).

No. They have been specially designed to run flush with the wall so not to go over the boundary like a traditional one. They are 1.5m deep.

Just what he is suggesting as practically sensible, it is not fixed.

Hi, Context: I am a mid terrace and have planning permission for a single storey rear extension. My neighbour has already built the same extension and built up to, but not over our shared boundary, including his foundations (which run parallel with the wall). So legally this is wholly his...

Hi, I live in a victorian mid terrace, with original raised floorboards. On either side of the lounge, running from plug sockets to under the floor boards I have grey boxes made by a company called Light Years. When you power them on a light lights up. What is their purpose? Thanks B