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Item from the Heil about a Birmingham man who got planning permission for a detached garage, but built it as a tiny two-storey dwelling instead. Of particular interest are the originally-submitted plans - could have been drawn by a five-year old...

The revised edition of Part L comes into effect in June this year. The U-values for elements of structure have been tightened still further. Walls, for example, have gone from 0.26 to 0.18, which is an incredible reduction of heat loss. Roofs are similarly treated, meaning a lot more Kingspan...

Hi, Any plumbers out there know where (or if) you can still get moleskin wiping cloths or equivalent product? Thanks.

Quick question for plumbers: when installing a new immersion heater, does the plastic 'separator' (or whatever it is) have to come off,or is it intended to stay on? Thanks.

Here we go again; prepare for BRINO and permanent subjugation to the Fourth Reich aided and abbetted by the Anglophobes in Paris. Brexit deadline SCRAPPED: PM caves on own red line as EU forces through more negotiations (DE, 14.10.20)

Clearly some DT journos must have been off school when they did maths.......

They don't even know where they've 'locked down'. Shows how nothing outside the London/SE bubble is of any consequence.

Just seen this in the DT on an article about getting schools ready for returning pupils: how many serious injuries/fatalities are we going to get now....?

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The Chancellor has announced that employees laid off work will get 80% of their earnings, but practically nothing for the self-employed. The problem for the self-employed is that politicians and civil servants only understand 'employment' as someone working 9-5 for a large company or...

Has anyone read the recent report 'Absolute Zero', produced by the group UKFires and sponsored by the government? It details how we need to change our economy and lifestyles to achieve a zero-carbon economy by 2050. Of particular interest to those of us in the building industry is the banning of...

Recently had a thread blocked simply for expressing an opinion, ie that children should not be used for pushing political programmes. Here's a not unrelated thought on the school strike, where hundreds of kids took a day off school and rocked up at Bristol to hear GT speak. Instead, what if...

Here are two pics of children - both coincidentally with pigtails - being used to brainwash people into believing in baseless ideologies: Chilling.

It has been known for some time that while these applications have until now been free, a fee of £96 was going to be introduced; that date is supposed to be today (19th August). However, the Planning Jungle website has an interesting note this morning pointing out that the relevant part of the...

Anyone seen this in today's Telegraph? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/21/homeowners-face-pulling-extensions-grenfell-building-inspections/ It concerns the problems builders and householders face due to the issues with AIs failing to get insurance. Naturally, LABC will wish to inspect...

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For those interested in planning law, the government is consulting on widening permitted development rights for all sorts of development and changes of use of buildings in town centres. This is to encourage more residential building. They are also proposing allowing vertical extensions to...

Hi everyone; Conventional dormer on 1930s semi; have been advised by Building Control that the dormer cheek adjacent to the party boundary on the roof must have 60 mins fire resistance from both sides. 1. Anyone know if this is this correct? 2. If it is, anyone know how to achieve this? - it...