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I could hold out till the last day but this doesn't really help me. I can't see the council not taking this to court - they have nothing to lose themselves and everything to gain by going to court. It's not like they'll be paying out of their own pocket for any costs.

I'm loving the responses on here. I would love to call their bluff and have my day in court. However, the financial risks may just be too great for what is just a fence after all. There's no telling how the judge will rule - the enforcement notice clearly stipulated to remove the whole fence. I...

I first misunderstood the enforcement notice and thought only the front fence had to be lowered to 1m, which I did. After the deadline came, the council inspected and pointed out that the whole fence has to be removed. So no, the enforcement notice won't be satisfied until everything has been...

That makes a lot more sense now. What a vindictive lot though. All they could have asked was for the front fence to be lowered; instead they want the whole thing gone and will decline future planning applications. I appealed on the basis that no pp was needed since there are many neighbours with...

I have a front fence over 1m in height without pp. An enforcement notice was served, I appealed and lost. The notice requires the whole fence all around the house to be removed, not just the one adjacent to the highway and higher than 1m. Is this normal procedure to require the whole lot removed...

That's what I did after seeing that video but it didn't help.

I checked and the hinges are slightly out of line of each other, by around 5 mm. Sending some pics of the door - you can see the gap and daylight nearly all around. In the picture, the door seems to be touching in the middle where the bow is, on the hinge side. I can't remember now if there is...

I will check but I'm pretty sure that when the door is forced closed, there is clearance all around, including between the door and the frame on the hinges side.

There are no old screw holes. Hinges on the door are left untouched, and screwed into another frame in a new place. The old screw heads are slightly proud on the hinge face, which is what I think may be causing the problem and why I think by cutting out a recess, I'll give the hinge face more...

I will check tomorrow to see if the hinges are lined up. This isn't a new door, I've taken it from another door frame where it was working perfectly well, and I took out the door with its hinges and didn't touch the hinges on the door at all. So I would assume the hinges are in a straight line...

I've fitted a door but it meets some resistance when it's about to fully close. There is a gap all around between door and frame when fully shut. I think the resistance comes from the two hinge faces pressing on each other - I can see the hinge buckle where the pin is. I initially didn't recess...

what do you recommend?

The Titan looks a bit cheap for me. I've used it before, it's enormous and quite heavy. How about this Hikoki under £100? https://www.toolstation.com/hikoki-dh24px-730w-sds-hammer-drill/p61700

Whatever is most common.

Can't you turn off the hammer function on most sds drill? I've gota cheap one and you can...

SDS drill able to drill core holes - does it exist? Looking for a 240V corded one. I either found sds drills or core drills but not one that does both....

If I appeal on grounds b and c and lose, can I appeal again on ground a this time? After I lost my appeal, the council has indicated that they will decline to determine any pp, and as I never applied for one, the case will never be assessed on those merits. How long do these decisions hold -...

https://www.toolstation.com/65mm-square-pipe-branch-11250/p43438

OK, just found it. But looks like I still need a spigot on the downpipe for connection...

I've got a lean-to roof around 2 m high and want to fit guttering to it. There's a rainwater pipe nearby. What is the proper way to connect to it? Would it be a tee connection like this? The downpipe below it would need a spigot at the top then, which means replacing it? In any case, my...