Recent content by clifford1

Which is the front door? The door in the principal elevation. Which is the principal elevation? ....................................

You say the house was built in 1860. Ours was built in about 1875 and the attic floor appears original. There is a full size staircase from the first landing and set of matching banister rails, newel posts and spindles exactly like the first flight. I don't suppose there were any regulations in...

How do you know it's not original? Plenty of houses were built like that.

Because if someone else wanted to build a house in our lane they would find the road too small for big fire engines? . It didn't seem to be a problem for the cottage built 10 years ago, which suggests it is not a rule, just a recommendation. Nor, interestingly, are insurance companies...

A full-size fire engine couldn't get down our lane because of its width, overhanging trees and tight corners, let alone through the gates.

There's a useful discussion here: https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/topic/15102-when-is-derelict-really-derelict/ One fundamental question seems to be when was it last occupied?

It depends whether you are replying to the thread generally, at the point it has reached when you respond, or replying to a particular point made by an individual.

Does "original ground level" mean the level as it was just before you decided to build the shed, or does it mean original going back to some historic point in time ?

If you asked me that question where we live I might well ask that. There is a post office. but it is a tiny one inside a larger shop, and only provides a limited range of services. I would hate to waste your oh so valuable time sending you on a wild goose chase. :) Often the reason for asking...

Who needs to see your credible report? What would happen if you didn't have one?

"Does anybody have any experience with 1m2 space saving stairs from eestairs? Particularly in getting them signed off by UK building authorities?" That looks like a pretty general invitation to start a discussion to me. Youv've had your answer to the very specific part of your question - are...

I don't believe standard 4" drain pipes are full either. If you imagine dropping a "solid" block of liquid down a pipe it would quickly break up through turbulence and only occupy half the width of the pipe by the time it met a horizontal section. If you watch our inspection chamber when the...

I'm not sure that the street address actually determines anything. Our address is in a village 5 miles away from where the house is located, across the boundary in a different county. The Post Office have changed each line of the address three times in the last 40 years, including post code...

That implies that it is the intention to demolish that is the crucial point, not the actual fact? We are all advised to insure a house to cover the rebuilding cost, with the obvious assumption that if the worst happened in a natural accident or arson we could rebuild the house. That surely...

You must be able to see something from your own property. You say you used to have access to the alley. If that is now blocked by a new building, take a photograph of your gate or whatever with the building blocking it. What can you see from your windows? What can you see from over your fence...