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Apart from the weight problem, the profile of the sash as originally constructed only has a rebate suitable for a single pane of glass without spacer bar. You can try machining the rebate to get a bit more space, but I've seen some bodges.... You can make new sliding sashes with bigger rebates...

it's not structural, but you would be better leaving them as single pane and perhaps adding secondary glazing. Sash windows that just have DGU added no longer work properly because you double the weight of the glass (or more, because many old box sashes only had 3mm glass in) and the balance...

Unless it is a formal notice from the council or a legally issued injunction, they can tell the neighbour to go forth and multiply

I'm no structural engineer but that just looks so wrong to me. I'm guessing bifolds across the opening. How on earth are they going to be reliable over that span. Just the thermal expansion and contraction alone is going to be a nightmare, both on the beam and the doors.

I bet the payments made are ahead of the goods delivered and work done....

Exactly. The builder has shot himself in the foot, because he has no get-out. By using his own SE, he's changed a build-contract with no design risk because that was initially done by others, to a D&B without making any allowance for the risks and liabilities. More to the point, who is now the...

Y, agreed, but Ivor has said the divert is a PITA and he will hand dig around the pipe. I've pulled MDPE through duct into our garage, then out again to our garden room.

Why not just leave it in place and build over it, and close by put a duct across the new garage with a draw string in. Chances are the pipe will outlive you, and if it does fail, you have a handy method of rerouting it in the future.

I have a piece of wood I span up on the lathe to exactly 35mm I use for this very purpose. I use a bit of 2 pack resin or epoxy to glue it in and then just recut. Either buy as @opps suggests or If you know anyone with a wood lathe, this is an easy way, and you can cut them off flush for your...

Yes, I know that but that is a fact fairly irrelevant to the point I was making. If anything goes wrong as a fault of the design the OP will have to sue the builder for negligence - that is the only contractual relationship now the OPs SE is out of the picture. To succeed in a claim for...

If BC pass it, then probably it is what it is - the builder can carry on, and the BC confirmation would put him in a very strong position to demonstrate reasonable skill and care should you ever try and sue for negligence. However, if BC don't pass it, they may or may not give any...

Just had mine fitted by openreach subby on behalf of Zen. I knew he wouldn't run the fibre to the existing router position and like others I have a fairly extensive network plugged in to the existing router. In anticipation I ran a network cable from router to where I anticipated would be the...

Looks more like a station to me.... :)

Just no. In 40 years of employing tradespeople I have never paid more than a token goodwill deposit up front. There is no valid reason to do this. Now in trade myself, I don't take deposits at all (but as a handyman all my work is under about 1.5K). What I do have is some decent Ts and Cs which...

What the builder may not realise is that by doing this he has transferred contractual design responsibility from you to him. If he uses your SE, then you, through your SE have design responsibility, and the builder can wash his hands if he follows your design and it is wrong. By using his SE, he...

which is exactly what I do. I just forward for convenience and to avoid continuously switching clients to read emails. Gmail allows you to send out through your own domains servers so customers only see your business domain name

It's a good point. I do indeed forward email from by business domain to a personal gmail account, which also is set up to send from my business email address. business domain is hosted on Ionos and I have had no problems so far...... good to bear in mind though!

No. Think about home gyms. still incidental use as long as no sleeping. there are planning and building control limits to comply with to ensure permitted development though

Just build it from SIPs and have all the structure and insulation together. They are not expensive https://www.simplysips.co.uk/products/

I've always used mortar with a good drop of SBR in for coping stones, and they don't come loose.