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Great advice. Exactly what I was looking for, thanks.

I have started building a right angled triangular workshop in my garden and am almost at the stage of building the roof. All three sides need to be horizontal at the eaves, so I intend to build a three sided shallow pyramidal roof with the peak in the centre, but I have only ever built gable...

I'd probably have a Super-Ser in there or an infra red thingmy. Walls were going to be built something like below, and I haven't really thought about the ceiling / roof yet. Would probably add the insulation and internal boarding at a later date, but obviously I can't do much about the...

Fair enough. Thanks for that- it makes sense. So would you still recommend building over an earth base, laying slabs underneath, or pouring concrete?

I want to build a workshop / shed in a corner of my triangular garden, so will be building from scratch rather than from a bought kit. Shed will be right angled triangular in shape. Sides will be 5m + 5m + 7m "hypotenuse". I want it to be as heat efficient as possible, so was curious about the...

Scottish water have asked me to provide a rainwater attenuation system as my new extension is approx 6sqm larger in area than the previous extension is replaces. They have asked that the max flow be attenuated so that it does not exceed the max flow from before the development. The thing is...

Thanks for setting me straight. I think I fell asleep in that class after about 20 minutes. The second half hour probably said what you guys just did.

No, that's my Microsft Paint sketches, there are no details of the lintol on the pans other than "5x RC lintols". I don't know what a narrow return pier is I'm afraid, but I'm guessing it's something to do with the fact that when the lintol was one course lower, there were blocks below it on...

I don't know how relevant this is here, as I'm not an electrician, but I seem to remember that current doesn't flow uniformly across the sectional area of a conductor. Something about current being a flow of electrons which are all negatively charged and try to repel away from eachother...

Yes, information is hard to find on the councils website, but I appreciate the link you gave me, Baldelectrician. I was a little taken aback by electrifyings assumption that I am trying to pull the wool over the planners eyes, and am being tight fisted. I have only £50k from my mortgage...

Good afternoon, I wonder if you could clarify something for me. We are increasing the width of a door opening off our kitchen into our extension via an open "slapping" (that's what the architect calls it, though if you ask me, he's the one that wants an open slapping!) Please see "before and...

We have knocked down our (attached) garage and are rebuilding it with a first floor above it (and loft space above that), so the whole extension is about the same size as our basic house, over again. I'm told that I need to get an electrician to certify all the electrical work, but I'm...

My Architect has specified 140mm blockwork over the top of my 6" timber kit extension. My builder says this is crazy and that we should use only 100mm blocks. He tells me that he knows the BCO and will talk to him to see if it's okay to use 100mm blocks. The garage we are knocking down to...