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Hi, Thanks for all the replies. I know, I thought 150mm cavity was stupid when someone mentioned it to me but then I heard another guy mention it as well and thought I'd missed something? I am doing my own blockwork, yeah. Never been that comfortable with thermalite though but happy to give it...

So, the garden currently looks like the Somme. Managed to get a 3/4 tonne digger in over the weekend and if it wasn't for the massive lump of concrete found underground, everything would have gone fairly smoothly! Anyway, I need to shutter off the crater that's left and I've seen some people...

So, the garden currently looks like the Somme. Managed to get a 3/4 tonne digger in over the weekend and if it wasn't for the massive lump of concrete found underground, everything would have gone fairly smoothly! Anyway, I need to shutter off the crater that's left and I've seen some people...

The wall is structurally sound, although I had planned to underpin it with concrete when the footings were poured and then all would have been great. The problem been is, this guy didn't even give me the opportunity to speak as he is intent on claiming cash off me. I know this because he's...

Thanks for the reply. The concrete it sat on wasn't very thick, 3-4". I stihl sawed as close as I could then used a breaker to break it all up.

And finally, it seems my neighbour may be the least of my worries. Only after paying for building notice have I been informed that I now need to get permission to build over a 4" clay sewer that runs through my garden (along with all the others). It's about 2 metres down but has been...

I'm in the middle of gathering information on this and this is all I can find in the regulations. It seems to controdict itself, on one hand I have the right, on the other a dispute is determined via section 10.

Thanks for all the replies, all very useful and just goes to show that the regulations are ambiguous even for professionals. I'm a heating engineer by trade so I'm used to it myself. All the points raised here, I have questioned myself. I'd also agree that if I could build on the boundary, the...

Thanks for the reply again. The neighbour is claiming the wall is on his deeds and belongs to him. It sits smack astride the boundary so my argument is it is a party wall, otherwise it shouldn't be on my land. Either way, the wall can stay, I'm not bothered. I just want to use my land to build...

Thanks for the answers. So, going off woodys post and just to clarify a few things. There is an existing party wall which is a garden wall. My intentions now are to build the new wall about 50mm from the party wall solely on my land. The footings are to be no lower than the existing houses...

Does anyone have experience with the online type structural calcs? Beam-designs.co.u k or similar?

Hi Noseall, Not quite sure what you mean, sorry! This was the sort of thing I had in mind?

So basically, rear extension mid terrace. Neighbour on the left is an arse and I knew would be problematic. Originally I wanted to remove a small party wall which is on the boundary and forms a garden wall. I was going to replace this with my extension wall, built on my side of the boundary...

Thanks Tony. I've been looking further into it and see that you can buy metal eaves lintels which are angled to reduce the outer block work by a course or so? Are these OK or would you avoid?

Thanks for both of the replies. I'm giving it some thought as we speak. I agree, it seems a shame to have a pier in the middle of a room. I'm told it requires a goal post arrangement (both on here and by a structural engineer) which isn't the end of the world, but actually installing it is...

So another question, sorry. The rear extension I am doing was originally going to have a full width knock through, but this is proving to be a bit of a pain in terms of cost etc As it is, we already have two openings in the wall, two lintels. They start at either side of the wall, which is...

I am in the middle of plans for a single storey extension to the rear of my terrace house, permitted development. One part I am struggling to decide on is the eaves to the new rear wall, which will have a window and a French door in. The rear of the existing house has a fairly low window in...