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Hoping to solicit opinions before venturing into this project. The motivation is simple - shower/kitchen pressure (mind this is bungalow with 1.2m head ove r shower). I have been toying with the idea of connecting PHE to cylinder directly with pump and bunch of necessary components. But this...

Regarding my planning proposals. I have this low pitched hipped roof. My simplest idea is to do hip to gable conversion (or do the Dutch gable) and add large shed style back dormer going back 3/4th towards the back wall. This AFAIK would be possible with permitted development and give me some...

Have not spoken to neighbours yet. Other half of my semi have been being rented on short-term. Other side neighbouring bungalow have been rented to students also on short-term. My back garden borders with garden of one of the original houses' garden and the owner is actually owner of the other...

Thanks guys, nab, My concern is that if I went to planning pre-app myself, I would get planning officer to take position, and it could be for me hard to argue or come with counter proposals and exhaust all the possibilities on the spot. I want the extension as big as possible with enough...

Right, so I was actually thinking to create a sort of "web". Deflection calcs show that solid pipe would have significantly less flex (was it quarter ? cannot remember), so a tube with flat strip vertical would be not far off from it. Does it need to be welded? Can I stick the matching flat...

Hi, Ended up with pull-up bar, which you can see on the picture. It is certainly multipurpose also serving function suggested by Brigadier. As for pull-ups function. It has flex in line with calcs by deflection calculator. You can see on the picture the bar is not level though, raises 15mm...

Having got the technical aspects sorted I just needed someone to express confidence in me.

I did not mentioned this is an outdoor installation - there is no ceiling. The place I am putting this is the corner of the outer wall of the bungalow with a sloped roof. I cannot suspend the loose end of the tube on anything unless it is on some ridiculous almost horizontal angle 20 degrees...

It is a separate question, but how do I find one, I can see there are some website you post job description and some tradesmen get back to you. Is it a good idea to use one?

Good question, having to people double the money and risk of unpredictable outcome. I guess I need designer with planning consulting experience.

Planning consultant sounds more specific (and expensive). I will keep my eyes open with my search for the right person.

Using basic online tube deflector calculator I see: * 43mm/3mm tube would flex some 5mm at my weight of 75kg * for kipping I assume the force to be double making deflection to be 10mm. Not ideal but looks acceptable. For 34mm OD tube deflections would double.

Thank you guys for being helpful and especially woody. As I understand I should simply apply (or rather get someone to do nice considerate design) and try convincing council (leave to the designer) to give it green light based on the fact that in 20 years neighbourhood and planning polices have...

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Hi, I looked up all the wall mounted pull-up bar models on the internet and they all are fitted parallel to the wall with a bracket supporting the bar at each end. My issue is that I need to rule out wall-parallel options as well as a bar on the posts, or a bar between a post and the wall. I...

Hi, I am trying to firstly estabilish whether I have problem My semi-D bungalow has been built 19 years ago based on planning permission, which came with set of conditions (see below). The question: am I likely to have a problem building loft extension. Do these conditions still hold even after...

Looks I am looking for information on: Hybrid tankless water heaters As with combi boiler system, boiler needs to provide enough bang to support continous flow of hot water, e.g. for shower/bath + 3 sinks. ANd has some water tank for faster start and to avoid boiling. Combi system looks...

Hi, I am considering a DIY upgrade of standard unvented heating + hot water system powered by a gas boiler. I consider heatbank and combi boiler. Both good upgrade allowing removal of cold water tank and having pressurised direct hot water. I like idea of heatbank over simple boiler for...