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Okay thank you for the swift reply. I think I prefer the first method (just spoke to awm and they also said the same), as I would feel more comfortable with having the cill secured down first and then resting door on top of it. Good idea with silicone into the hole. I might be able to have the...

That's good advice thank you. Just wondering how would the aluminum threshold hold its position over time with heavy traffic if it is not screwed into the cill? Is it not a good idea to drive a couple of screws into the cill? Or even longer one that will be driven into the floor? Sorry for the...

Oh wow that's incredible! The company itself didn't give me any of this level of information and in fact quite the opposite they didn't want to give much advice knowing I'm not a qualified window installer. But your research must be right because they did say there are no drainage holes. It...

Not sure what profile it is, or what you mean but it's an option when you purchase French doors from AWM online. I can measure if you guide me what to measure. Sorry I didn't say the doors open outward. I'm not sure how to sit the aluminium on top of the cill, does it go all the way back to...

hi, for my self-built garden room I've ordered a french door (1400x1990) with low profile aluminium threshold and a 150mm cill to sit below the aluminium frame. The reason for the low profile is this is going to be used as a woodwork space and the room being already elevated by 30cm off the...

I've got a new situation as a result of the two dormers being so close to each other. The roofers applied lead flashing to close off the gap between the two dormers only that they've applied the flashing on top of my neighbours tiles (without even asking!). Understandably my neighbour is really...

are you saying i should fill the entire 120mm of 5x2s with insulation and without cavity for air flow?

Thanks for that. Someone who calls himself 'garden room guru' on youtube uses 5x2s for rafters and insulates with 100mm PIR, but he butts the boards all the way up to the OSB roof sheets and says if there's no air, there's no need to worry about condensation. He claims that he has never gone...

Hi there, I'm constructing my own Garden Room / Workshop at the back of my garden right up to the boundary under permitted development. My total height is going to be 2.5m at the tallest section, with flat cold roof, but to achieve this height I'm having to use 5x2s for the roof joists. As the...

Thanks that's really helpful.

Hello, we're in the process of converting our loft, it's a hip to gable conversion at end of terrace. Our neighbours who is lovely with him we are on very good terms has signed the PW agreement but as they had their loft converted 10y ago he has expressed some concerns regarding the proximity at...

I agree it is better to err on the side of caution. Which is why I will take my slab as a reference point. The thing is if my reference was the 4" below the slab which would satisfy any interpretation of 'natural ground' I'll end up with 2-2.1m internal head height. And how is that a functional...

When you say planners do you mean the council?

Thanks for all the replies. I read the rules on the gov document and it definitely says the ground adjacent to the thing you build, and not the house which in my case is 35 feet away. It seems like my garden is a rising slope all the way from house to the concrete pad where the fences meet the...

Is it worth the risk? I'm thinking the damage of potential inspection and then trying to prove how it used to be 10y back etc. Would it not be a better idea to apply for bigger sized shed? Will they approve 2.7m high and 20sqm floor size? That will sort me out no matter from where I measure the...

Thanks for your thinking. From the photos, would you say the average is above the slab level? How do you then 'prove' it if you had a visit from the council? You said you researched it, could you send a link to any good source that addrsses this ambiguous scenario? Thanks

Hi guys, hope someones got some good grasp of the building regs and permitted development and how they may apply to my scenario. Just had a company to lay a 7x3 meter concrete slab at the rear of my garden bordering two neighbours.I'm planning to build my woodwork workshop on top of the slab and...

Sure I will do that soon. Thank you.

My wife loves the idea of extra storage for her pickles and jam :giggle:. Someone on another forum saw the pictures and said that the neighbours ground level would count as the highest point and is equal to the highest slab, from which the 2.5m height should count, so I don't need to dig down...

Thank you @aveatry, I trust your judgement but let's hope it's nothing after all. Assuming you're correct, will it be straight forward to flatten the area and build on top?