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Drawing packages have their uses, no need if the builder is highly competent and reliable but otherwise they can form the basis of a contract. The forum is rife with people coming unstuck because their contract with their builder is full of holes.

A continuation of this thread @noseall https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/replace-old-conservatory-build-over-manhole.654073/

I would get on the specialist Ford forums or Facebook groups and ask there, rather than here.

Fix a tiny speed bump on the floor at the precise point which when you feel the car tyres meet it you stop.

Got some photos?

As above, then half the time you find the existing fixings into the wall are crap and need redoing!

That's a stunning floor, absolute sacrilege to be removing that.

Oh he definitely said it.

Agreed, it's complete overkill for such a job hence the to ronseal recommendation.

Just fix one of these or similar to the back and one on the underneath with some suitable screws, IKEA stuff is frankly sometimes a bit naff and need repairing, then move on with your life. Forget about filler...

This thread reminds me of the Amy Winehouse thread. :(

@Burnerman

As it's being painted I'd just go with some Ronseal two part.

Yea surprised me too. :D

The conservatory company is wrong (and more than likely they know it only too well) but I too would just do it but build over the drain by the books - that is adopting all of the measures necessary as if you were doing a build over. That said I would never build a conservatory anyway, they're...

The manhole should be positioned where your house connections enter enter it, not randomly somewhere on the pipe run.

Every council has their own planning policy, it's called the "Local Plan". Within it they provide policy and guidance with regards to how development should be considered within the borough and it's what the planners use to determine whether a planning approval should be approved or not. There...

No the planning permission.

I bought a Macalister one from B&Q, cheap as chips (£40 on offer) it's utterly crap, needed quite a bit of 'adjustment' before it was anything like flat though does accommodate quite a bit of length (ooer missus). But I can't imagine using a mitre saw on the ground.