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Filled in the form on the planning portal and gave them a drawing like your one above, waited 6 weeks and got an NMA approved doc through. Just call or email the planning dept to ask what they require you to do as they are the ones who would make the decision. You can then reference that in the...

I did something similar and just filled in a Non Material Amendment after talking to the planning chaps https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200126/applications/60/consent_types/15

A blatant bump.. the BCO chap has gone AWOL so any input on if the above is acceptable would be appreciated.

Slow progress on this but I have another question.. The blocks are the soft ones that you can easily cut with a hand saw. In the photo below you can see a 50mm deep pocket on the left that the lintel will sit in to and the 100mm remaining piece of wall that will make up the rest of the bearing...

Just done exactly that, they were happy and now the building control is happy as long as I have a uniformly distributed load which they seem to think the wall plate is... Thanks for your help guys

These are the ones I was going for if that makes any difference: https://www.supremeconcrete.co.uk/products/structural-products/lintels-and-padstones/prestressed-premium-lintels

I've just had a chat with Building Control about this and they aren't happy with the proposed lintel arrangement as they want 2 - 3 courses of masonry between the lintel and the wall plate rather than the 1 that I would have room for. Is it worth me pushing back on this or do I just need to...

Mmm, not sure if i may end up blowing myself away? Actually on another point, I'm having my gas meter moved, would the chap who reconnects my supply to the meter be able to get those iron fittings off of the pipe and change the angle it exists or is there too much risk in it undoing the thread...

Chaps I need to cut off the 15mm pipe in the image below, pop a 15mm elbow on and feed it through the wall on the left. When I pulled back the existing floor covering there was a loose patch of concrete around the pipe. After prising this out it u covered the iron pipe, I assume this is the...

I'm about to have my gas meter moved to the location shown in yellow (pipe also in yellow) below and a new door way cut in on the red outline. As you can see in the photo there is a fairly large cross slope to the block paving in front of this area and it also falls away the further you get...

Phew. I get what you meant in your first message now. Thanks! In terms of the breather membrane, I think at the moment I just have a rectangular hole and I understand I just tuck the new piece under the top of the hole and overlap the bottom. I cant figure out what I would do at the side of the...

Interesting given the existing trimmers just seem to be screwed to the rafters, no hangers used etc! I take it i should fix that up whilst im in there?

I have a GGU M04 Velux with EDW flashing fitted to a 15 degree pitch roof tiled with Marley Wessex tiles. A new wall is going to overlap this window so it needs swapping to a GGU FK04 which is 120mm narrower. Do I need to add a single or double new timber between the top and bottom trimmers on...

Thanks woody. Would a 1200 x 100 x 65 reinforced concrete lintel be suitable for that type of opening which is 900mm wide? The inner skin is a soft thermal block thats easy to cut with a hand saw, would I need any kind of pad stone for the lintel to bare on to? I'm assuming not as there arent...

I need to create opening on the left in the picture below. Its a single storey building with a pitch roof over. The lintel for the opening on the right has a bearing of approximately 250mm each side which ends within about 60mm of the new opening. There is a single row of blocks on top of the...

I have done a little more reading of actual product design standards to try and look in to this and have pulled out some of the definitions used within them. EN60335-1: Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General requirements. 3.1.6 rated current current assigned to...

Cable rating on an extension lead is likely covered in EN61242 section 11 preview here: https://www.evs.ee/products/evs-en-61242-2001 I would assume a plug top fuse is not providing overload protection on anything but an extension lead?

On further googling I found these fuse factors: BS88 1.6 BS1361 1.5 BS1362 1.9 Type 1/2/3/4 <= 10A 1.5 Type 1/2/3/4 > 10A 1.35 Type B/C/D 1.45 BS 3036 2.0 The 1.35 factor would be caught by clause (ii) and would be limited to a 1.45 factor. All other types will have a derating to fully...

John I would read 433.1.1(iii) that: I2 / 1.45 < Iz The important bit being that it is I2 and not In. For a breaker: I2 = In x 1.45 giving In x 1.45 / 1.45 < Iz simplified In < Iz For our BS1362: I2 = In x 1.9 giving In x 1.9 / 1.45 < Iz simplified In x 1.31 < Iz Or In < Iz x 0.763 Would...

John, I have to admit my experience is in complying with EN61010, EN60950, RED, EN61000 etc and having them evaluated at a lab rather than BS7671. With that in mind my reading of the snippet of standard you posted is that 433.1.202 is only applicable for BS3036 devices so must be disregarded...