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Megaflow or not? Im in the middle of a house refit and the question has arisen of a megaflow. There are to be 3 showers in the house but my plumber has advised against it because he says running 3 showers and opening a tap will result in a low pressure shower. He advises installing separate...

Hi Ken Thanks for your reply , yes the trees are on the neighbours side of the boundary literally the trunks are the boundary. The surveyor did say the trees pose a future threat to the stability of the house . I bought the property with the knowledge that if amicable discussions failed there...

thanks for the clarification, to create a whole purpose built floor we would need to excavate 0.8m at garden level, it might be worth getting it done to just say a shell level at this stage to use as storage as I imagine cost wise it shouldn't add too much and therefore go down the full planning...

It is more or less 3 story due to the garden being lower but there is no access to the area underneath the existing terrace I assume it to be solid filled

I moved into my new house a month ago which was previously lived in by an old lady. One of the boundaries is dominated by a confier hedge higher than our house itself , and virtually growing over the roof! They have to be over 50feet high and run a good 150 feet in length. They over hang at...

Many thanks for that response, next question is with the garden level below being so low if I wanted to put in storage under the new extension rather than fill it in would that breach planning or pd?

It shouldn't fail, its just the local council rarely decides planning apps on this estate within the existing time frame and PD applications are alot quicker and im lead to believe cheaper as well? They have also reduced PD here to 4 m as well

I have a house which I'm thinking of doing a 4m single story extension under permitted development . https://search.savills.com/content/assets/properties/gbnhrsnos130106/NOS130106_04_gal.JPG The problem is if you look at the picture in the link above the garden is lower than the house, will...

Just to let you know, it got solved at the cost of £2000! found a structural engineer who dug a trial pit and did new calculations and managed to argue that even though the constructed pad was foundation was not adequate only needed mild rectification and last week building regs finally gave the...

Many thanks for your advice, can anyone recommend anyone ?

No i need a surveyour to sign of those pictures with the calculations to say its sufficient, thats what im being held to ransom over, the builder very confidently told me that no other surveyor would want to get involved

Yes but luckily the gas certificate came in the post to the address which ive got!

No £12000!!!

I posted a post last year about issues with the builder i had chosen building a roof with out a wall plate and the problems didn't end there! The job is virtually finished but he has to get a pad foundation for one of the steel columns signed off by his own structural engineer to get the house...

Hi Guys As some of my other threads show , we are having our house refurbished and extended. The windows are now being fitted, however they are very reflective when you look at them from the outside, but completely clear when you look out from the inside Is this normal as the window company...

Hi Guys We are having a new roof installed and we have had a cromar roof lining membrane installed. Originally the inside of the membrane was slightly damp to touch which I put down to condensation. Now with the recent rain water literally comes through it in the form of droplets ( the roof is...

Hi Guys Need some advice on an extension being done on our house. The heating requirement has been calculated to 60KW with the ground floor being underfloor wet system and the upper 2 floors being traditional wet radiators, with the hot water being supplied by 2 megaflow tanks . My builder is...

Ok Guys, BCO visited today and the bottom line is the roof will pass with remedial work, whats been asked for is the wooden battens between the roof rafters to be bolted into the each rafter on either side in order to make a continuous frame. That frame will then be tied down to the wall on...

Thanks guys for your input, im not onsite today will take the pictures requested tomorrow. My builder friend who picked up the issue sent these pictures to the building control firm he uses and their answer was the 'wall plate' needs to be replaced and all the rafters correctly bird mouthed into...

Thanks for the quick reply, thats the issue at the moment I dont think it is held down........