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Permission has been granted to carry on with the rendering with a condition of installing roof insulation. Here is my reply I received with regards to the thermal properties of render: In the Building Regulations there is the following definition: "Renovation in relation to a thermal...

We shall go ahead with the roof insulation, as long as the council do not find any more reasons to stop this! I am awaiting a reply from a member of the advisory team to the government as to how rendering does or does not apply with regard to thermal layers and/or decorative layers. I have...

Thank you for your latest comments and suggestions. We may have a way forward at last..... It looks as though the Council will compromise with roof insulation instead of insulation boards on the outside walls. At present there is only a very thin layer of roof insulation. However, it has...

Update again! Thank you for all your suggestions. I have contacted walltransform and am waiting for more information on costs, etc. The cost for 50mm boards plus all the extras and labour is looking to be in the region of £3 - £4k. The council are now suggesting that we go down the 15 year...

Latest update.... A building application form + chq has been received by the council and they have now looked at our house. We have been told that we have no choice but to put 50mm insulation boards up on the side of the house, this will also involve new window cills, extending the eaves on...

I have read about the powers from building regulations that I downloaded from the web, they haven't actually threatened us yet! They are insisting that we carry out the work to the U value - 0.35. The council are stating that they have orders from central government to enforce the thermal...

We stopped work as the council (building control) insisted that we had to insulate, apparantly if this does not happen they have the power to do the work themselves and then charge us back for their costs. Any re-rendering or plastering work of more than 25% of the house comes under these...

Work started recently on our house to have it completely re-rendered. Work has stopped as the council informed us that we have to insulate all the outside walls - this seems to be a little known regulation. Part of of the house has cavitity walls - these will be done, but most of the...