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There has been a big shift to only selling regularised timber over the past few years and for rough sawn you may need to go to a proper timber suppler/saw mill. However, Jewsons may still sell some limited sizes. Regularized is not a problem as long as you allow for it (including spans), but...

Get the details from the SIP manufacturer/supplier

You've bought regularised timber which is always smaller. You should have asked for rough sawn. The issue with regularise timber is that they may not be compliant with span tables.

You need to get quotes. I suspect, no one else has the same house as you, the same value, the same contents and rebuild costs, lives in the same place, nor has had exactly the same work done, by the same builders, and has not planned their work for the same time. And you'd be wise to get...

Pack them up with the same material the joists are made of, then the packing with last as long as the joists and be as strong as them!

You'll need to form a cavity tray, and form weep holes in the outer leaf at dpc level

You can get proprietary cover flashing, or form your own from flashing tape or self adhesive lead replacement. It won't look nice from below, so allow for a cover board/sheet of some sort. The glazing sheet supplier/manufacturer should have a solution or be able to recommend one

Apply for planning permission. The "paperwork" is electronic and online nowadays.

Looks like you have staining from water running down that frame. That needs to be remedied else any cleaning will be in vain. Jet washing and a non-acidic additive cleaner tends to work, or look at a TORC system which uses water and granite dust under pressure. However, your stormdry treatment...

Yes, you can do as proposed with the insulation as long as there is no condensation issue now - ie you are not altering things. Normally, if you are full-filling a roof you would have a vapour membrane at ceiling level. For the upstand yes you can tuck the EPDM under the bell cast as long as...

I've seen a few jobs where they have worked to that tolerance. Now I know why.

Laser measures are not really designed for short measurements. But fundamentally, the target material will affect the measurement - colour, surface roughness, reflectivity etc. Fir maximum accuracy, use a target plate designed for the type of laser beam

Go outside and in all other rooms, and down to the local shops and any other building and take measurements for comparison and context. Any test instrument in inexperienced hands is just as dangerous as the thing that is being measured.

The foundation for a brick pier is more important than the bonding to the wall.

TBH, I can't make head nor tail of the actual issue. Shared chimney removal requires a Party Wall Agreement. That would cover all necessary alterations to the neighbouring property. It also requires building regulation approval. Both of which would have prevented that timber beam being put...

Shorter paragraphs and bullet points would be lovely

Ask a manager for relaxation of the requirement based on your comments re the rest of the house. Unless you instructed him otherwise or any plans provided to him were incorrect, the builder would be responsible for your costs and his failure to meet the regulation requirements.

Does anyone actually make a hip to ridge connector for the dry systems? :unsure: If looks are important, small cuts less than 1/3 or 1/2 a tile are not used, rather two (or three) ridge tiles would be cut.

Right. I said cheap because your OP seemed to indicate cost sensitivity. Buy a good one then. Or hire one. My best tool purchase ever (and i have way too many) has to be a Dewalt table saw - especially for the rack and pinion guides. Precise. Throw in various fences and guides from Ali Express...

He cuts it in half first with his circular, and then he sets up another bench or suchlike, or buys a roller stand to deal with the output support. It really is not hard to work out.