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Having seen a chimney fire from exactly what you are suggesting (whacking a woodburner straight into a normal chimney) I wouldn't recommend it. The best bit was they had no idea their house was on fire until I knocked on their door to tell them! Yes, Hetas installers are very expensive...

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Exemption class 6,1 (>30sqm) only applies when the building is 1m from the boundary, if you're within 1m the applicable exemption is Class 6,3 which is >15sqm, the OP described his intention to build across the entire width (less than 1m clear of boundaries), therefore he is working under...

1) If they undermine your land, they have to build a suitable retaining wall 2) Your water, your problem. They haven't diverted a natural stream around their fields, they've stopped your surface water getting dumped onto their garden, which it shouldn't have been doing anyway. Put in a...

There was a point where I was up the 515 & cat & fiddle almost weekly, even did it in the snow a few times, few years ago mind. I havent been on the bike in years. Riddled with speed cameras now anyway, similar with Matlock, go, eat some crap chips, struggle to park... (I'm such a...

What's your intended floor covering? Could you set in one of those 'wet room' style floor trays? Makes sense if you are going from scratch.

And some mwoor: Got quite efficient after yesterday so this side took little more than an hour, just got to work out the front and back boards, got to make something like firrings to support the ends of the t&g roof and then I can sheet. On reflection I could have moved the...

Do you mean as level as the bathroom floor? It definately needs to be level to level. I assume you mean the same height / flush? If so consider how you will joint the two and also the level of drains etc. My shower standing area is the same height as the bathroom floor as I didn't want to...

Did half the rafters this afternoon, nice and sunny it was too: Hopefully I'll get the other side done over the next couple of evenings. Also realised that instead of making a separate structure for a woodstore on the left side I can simply keep the overhang long, the handy side...

Very very very much yes, it'd be insane not to. A little more detail can be seen in the initial sketch-ups and sketches back on page1, but thanks for the advice anyway. There will be a halfway support front and back and some additional bracing. The span of the front to back piece will...

Today's progress: Onto the roof tomorrow.

Cheers, slow but should turn out well. Yes it's the sc28 foxeye model (original frame and engine but they updated the bodywork in '94ish), same model as the urban tiger but to be honest this was my favourite paintjob of the lot. I'd been lusting after one of these since the 90's! Also got...

Yes I plan to, more progress to come this weekend, it's forecast sunshine! Yes thankyou, all the neighbours are cool, luckily the impact is minimal all round: To the left it blocks the view of their garden from the back neighbours alley and therefore the pavement round the corner (so a...

My sentiments exactly, it's dirt cheap, quick, can be used in the dark or by someone who can count but not read. An empty bucket on a knotted line will also serve the same purpose, and if it's a well they almost certainly have a bucket. Are you trying to provide a solution to a problem or...

I had national grid in to move my gas feed, They dug a little and reached a pipe, "what's this?" he said hitting it with a spade. "that's my water main, it's lead, stop hitting it" said I. Where do they get these people?

I bought a corner shower enclosure with a sliding door made for a 1200mm tray, With the intention of not using the side. (saved me £100...) After tiling the gap was a little tight, so I took an angle grinder to the side skirts. Worked a treat.

Knotted piece of string with a tennis ball on the end, count the knots. No need to over complicate things.

0-15 no building regs, 15+ they kick in. Additional caveats apply, e.g. If it's attached and heated it's counted as habitable and therefore BR apply. It's a minefield, I'm by no means an expert, its worth a peruse of the BR & PP section as there seems to be a few knowledgeable folk there...

I'll be sitting conventional timber frame inside the post style frame and cladding right up to the face, so nowhere for water to sit. By the time guttering is on hopefully there won't be much water touching the side anyway. No progress today unfortunately, Hopefully the weather will be good...

Chainsaws are harmless enough, as long as they're treated with a little respect they don't bite you in the face. I'll admit, digging out a stump is hard graft, but the most effective way to make sure its out. That way you won't be continually having to 're-kill' the tree or plan things...