Recent content by John D v2.0

Yes it's a pain and I think that's just the way they create them, same as tarpaulins that are sized before they are stitched. They aren't 100% on how much to plane off, and also it does vary depending whether it's dried out fully or it's been sat in the rain. Just try understanding BSP threads...

SBR is normally for enhancing the bond for mortar or as an accelerator and waterproofer for mortar mixes. You can get proper water repellent sealers for brickwork etc, so unless you have a big supply of free SBR I wouldn't bother going off label.

Someone else will be along with the legal answer but my understanding is that if it's a change of use, eg you were using it as separate accommodation or running a business eg having customers come, then planning would be needed. However if it's literally moving walls inside and changing what you...

Ah right changing windows and adding them would be permitted development! Shame. But the internal changes would not be development. The bco is not directly interested in planning permission, they are just checking that it complies with building regs. If it complies and they are satisfied, they...

What have steel beams and firrings got to do with each other! Firrings are related to the fall, and even I know you can extend them as long as you like within reason by stacking them on top of a piece of wood. Or just cut them yourself. Or have a sloping ceiling if you really like! Or you can...

what a joke that work is If they wanted to bodge it they should have at least got a 110mm Y branch, inserted that into the stack, and put one of those downpipe->110mm adaptors in the side. Not hacked around with a cutting tool and bodged it in the side! Even that would vent the stack through...

No you do have to cut a lot more due to the reason you mention. If you imagine the standard rafter only has to go as far as the outer edge of the wall plate, whereas the hip rafter has to make it all the way to the corner. Even with the lower pitch to the wall plate, it's still going a lot...

I would say your quotes are about right, 6 k will be the slap it on quickly from dodgy scaffolding using cheap labour, the 18k will be a roofing team doing it slowly with proper care.

My goodness sounds like you're having a tough morning. Do you have someone there who can give you a hug?

When your say just noticed - how long since it was definitely not there? It looks like humid air leaking through the board joint and condensing in the insulation and dripping back down. But that would only happen in cold winter. We had exactly that above our ensuite - a gap in the shower board...

If it's a low volume item then it will always have a premium, but then you're getting a manufactured item with a known quality standard so for builders there's an advantage of less chance of needing expensive labour to rework the situation later. For DIY it's often better to do the labour...

This statement intrigued me, why do you think they're going to tell you that, and even if they do, is that their right according to the deeds? And if they do, what's to stop the work only going ahead at that point?

I know that, but I still don't understand how that would work in practice. i realise it's likely to be a compromise, so maybe that's the answer.

If you are concerned about visitors tripping (people with monocular vision are particularly susceptible to this) I would probably recommend having it up to above knee height at least, but as above for domestic you're expected to get used to the levels in your own home. Another option is to make...

If the requirement is grass, I feel like a couple of tonne bags of top soil and a box of grass seed might be the best option for getting the level to match here! I don't quite understand how planting grass in a <100mm deep tray is going to work out though, surely it would be sodden in winter and...