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I have just bought a house and there appears to be a small amount of woodworm holes in the loft bedroom floor. the company we instructed to do a damp and woodwork survey say that there is a small / medium scattered infestation throughout the whole house but when we took up ALL the carpets (at...

I have specified this as an upgrade to a garage floor (for conversion) and the client has been told by a tiler that he cannot lay floor tiles on top as there is too much deflection... Tyvek Control layer 70mm Kingspan K3 Visqueen Sand blinding Existing garage slab. I would have thought...

Hi roofers! I have designed a roof that needs a pitch of 12 degrees. It is for a lean-to extension and with the first floor window and depth of extension, 12 degrees is all i can get. I have attached (i think) a sketch of the detail, and i was wondering if anyone has designed/constructed a...

I have a client whose house fronts Road 'A', there is a front door and the propertry looks like this is the front. The address of the property is Street 'B' , along the rear of the property. The front is about 1.2m back from the rear of the footpath of Street 'A' and the rear has a driveway...

Does anyone know how to perform an area-weighted U-value calculation? I have seen the equation in ADL1B but it doesn't make much sense to me! Do i work out the total area of walls and the total area of windows....and then what??

I have designed a rear extension for a client and also a loft conversion. The loft convesion ( a hip-to-gable extensnio and a dormer window - total roof space increased by less than 50 cubic metres for semi detached property) is permitted develoipment - the rear extension is tallet than 4m. Is...

Not really sure if this is in the right place!!! I have a plastic showerhead that has been dropped and has a crack in it where water spouts out. I was wondering whether slathering super glue over the crack would prevent any further leaking? has anyone had this experience before??

Please don't shout at me! i am finding it hard to decide whether the attached extension will be Permitted Development or not. I have read in a booklet that it will as the rear elevation of the extension is wider than half the original width. A planning consultant told me it would be P.D. but if...

hello, can anyone help me specify an upgrade to an internal wall currently 100mm stud (not sure if there is any insulation within), that needs to become a seperating wall between residential flat and an office space? I have tried looking at White Book (British Gypsum) but cannot find a...

Sound attenuation. I have designed a loft conversion in a mid terraced first floor flat. One of the panning conditions was for a sound attenuation scheme. I submitted amended plans showing drylining on the party walls. The Public Health Officer has said that the condition cannot be discharged...

Hey up everyone. I am having trouble with a planning assistant!! I am guessing that a planning assistant is not a qualified planning officer and i was wondering how on earth can one build bridges with the planning team rather than butt heads with them? I feel as though so many are...

Hi everyone. i have designed an extension with an angle not at 90 degrees (site constraints), the bulder / bricklayer has come back to me for ideas as to how to do this. i thought they would have just cut the bricks on site to suit. the angle is acute and 84deg. so it is only 6deg. out. does...

Hi all, i used to have a sheet with all the required U-values and a small diagram of a house showing them, but now i have lost it and can only find differing examples online. Can anyone point me in the right direction for up-to-date requirements? thanks very much

Hi guys, i submitted (online - planning portal) a planning application on 01/05/12 and phoned up to pay by visa on the same day (email receipt received too). I phoned up the LA today and was told that the validating officer was going to look at it tomorrow and if there was no further information...

Hello all, I have a client with a semi detached bungalow and he wants to etend on the side of it. As long as i consider all aspects of the permitted development rules (half width of original, 3m eaves, 4m ridge), does it matter that he wants to go right upto side boundary with an adjoining...

Rightio, I have an application that has been recommended for approval by the case officer, there is still a week until the decision deadline. My client now wants to reduce the size of the relatively straightforward side extension. What is the best way to do this? I thought about asking the...

What does the afore mentioned NPPF document mean for householder applications? I can actually find very little information about the implications towards home extensions - the field i work in, can you point me in the right direction? Eddy

Hello all, i'm sure this has been covered before but i am struggling to lay my hands on it. My client would like a front proch (requires planning) and a side extension (also requires planning), she is not sure whether they will be both done at the same time due to budget. My question is... if...

Hello all, I am looking at becoming involved with a builder (i am an architectural technician) to design loft and garage conversions. Is there a simple way to find out whether PD rights are intact for a dwelling? I guess i will need to go to LA and ask them for each property? Eddy

Does anyone have any experience of extending an upper tyneside flat out to the rear?