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As noseall says, it comes down to assessing each situation. A matching (brick) extension against a relatively new house, each having equivalent foundations, is fine. Tooth it in. An extension against an older house with a lesser foundation would be risky to tooth in and is not recommended.

Not quite correct. Nearly all of the in-situ concrete houses are fine and mortgages are no problem. In fact I can't think of any that are defective, although there must be one or two? Prefab concrete houses is a different story. Many are defective and can't be mortgaged without full renovation...

It really all comes down to actual cost of heating over the last couple of years, which they should have records for if you ask? I think that will depend if the meter is on an economy tarif? You wouldn't want to be running electric heaters on a standard these days.

You'll be lucky if Stender is still watching this thread. My own extension was piled. 5 piles were driven at 115kN and all refused between 8m and 8.5m, which gives you about 45kN/m. That was done with a small hand held mini-rig, which is about as small as it gets. A track rig would drive to...

The door has to be removed anyway so my advice is remove the door, make good the brickwork and re-fix the door in the correct position.

The mother was talking on the radio and definitely said the boy was disappointed not to be able to go on the original dive because he was too young. That dive was cancelled and when rearranged he was old enough so she swapped places with him. She said he was desperate to go and very excited...

Most local planning authorities publish guidance on what is and isn't acceptable in terms of privacy and overlooking. It might say something like; 21m between habitable windows, or x meters from a boundary. It would be worth checking those parameters. Privacy and overlooking can be a strong...

What ever you do, don't use an impermeable poly membrane. Breather membrane would be ok, but really not needed. Personally I would line with PIR foam directly against the wall and fixed with battens (to the inner surface) and boarded over.

To describe an asbestos skip as just a skip indicates some lack of understanding. It isn't the physical skip itself, it's the disposal of the waste that costs the money. All asbestos is classed as 'special waste' and must be disposed of at a licenced facility. A skip company or a local builder...

Living space is the gross internal area minus the minimum described space for beds, storage, etc.

And nearly all of those rented from the council.

The full story is that the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia have a classified listening system code named 'five eyes'. The UK and US apparently picked up a sound 'with the signature of an implosion' at the same time the sub went dark. One report from a so-called UK naval source (?) said...

Yes it is, but only if the development is above a certain number - which varies depending on the local authority. At the lowest end some can be anything above 2 units, at the other end 10 units is common. For major developments it would be a case of handing over a certain percentage of the...

Well, if you're having that, I'm, having Illiya Kuryakin.

The 16% or 17% rates were as much an aberration as the 0.5% rates. Taking those extremes out of the equation, the average rate always hovered somewhere around 4% or 6%. I hear a lot of people on the radio asking; 'when will rates return to normal'? It isn't nice and you may not like it, but you...

The average working class 'Boomer' suffered as many hard times as good times over the years. It's a bit misleading to say they all had it away though. The ones that will benefit most are their hard done by Gen x, z kids, who will hop and skip down the road with the inheritance.

The fact is, we've all been living through a fifteen year bubble of low interest rates, and they've just gone back to normal.

I would think a builder removing and disposing would be a minimum of £1500 - possibly more? An asbestos skip on its own is seven or eight hundred quid. It's perfectly safe to do it yourself if you can. Use the correct ppe and look up the safety procedures for removal. Double bag and tape the...

Not how I read it. Post #7 seemed to confirm that we are talking about a change of use from a fish and chip shop. The mention of a swimming pool was that it was attached to the fish and chip shop - not that the chip shop had been changed. The OP would need to clarify?

Oh, right. I'd pack beneath with a slate and any mortar you can get in.