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    Brick garden office with cavity/Help required for materials

    mp heating if you end me your email I will forward info ss I said I would they will bem in both pdf & jpeg format my email is on my profile
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    Brick garden office with cavity/Help required for materials

    same as a static van great all you need
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    Brick garden office with cavity/Help required for materials

    hello again I don't know how far you`ve got with your project . but I have designed and built garden offices/rooms for both self build and builders and they are used fo many things . think before you build it, do you want to have a power source /heating / sanitary facilities . get your...
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    New build garage condensation?

    you have 150mm concrete base this should be sufficient to take a cavity wall 100mm thermalite block 100mm. ins ul. sticking something onto an existing single brick wall will not stop condensation ps don't forget the wall tis
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    regulations, and making a timber frame myself

    I have never heard of a SE being used for an elaborate shed .they have been building timber frame structures like these in the Scandinavian countries for centuries. its about time we did the same . AFFORDABLE EASILY BUILT . PERFECT FOR DIY
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    Single skin insulation (internal)

    make sure you use breathable membrane if you use standard dpm you`ll get black mold . membrane first then battens then insulated p/board screwed keep a space between board and the wall to maintain a void
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    Brick garden office with cavity/Help required for materials

    planning should `nt be a problemm but i`d get written confirmation from the council to make sure and get names keep a diary the foundations arenormally checked by the "BCO" in building control but they only get involved when the project is to be habitable. although planning and building control...
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    plans/spreadsheets
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    Wood burning stove - do I do it by the regs?

    anybody who ignors the current regs regarding these is a complete idiot . they hare there to protect lives . when chimney breasts were first built the only thing that neede to be addressed was smoke . its a whole new ball gamr nowthe reason why BCO`s allow installers to sign off their ownn work...
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    Neighbour has put his cable over my boundary

    cwho installed the solar panel was it a company if so contact them . get hold of the council they love stuff like this it gets them out of the office for the day
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    drilling and pluging a wall

    seejhn it before this is one of the results of using dotn and dab for speed cost and convenience and not traditional plastering technique . you won`t be alonen all new builds are built this way. it`s a common problem. not all new building practices work . alas traditional plastering skills...
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    Cracks in wall directly below where a support beam is rested

    WALK AWAY assuming indemnity insurance will pay out is a big mistake
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    Removing unused chimney breast - needs regs ?

    at the end of theb daynyou`l eventuall need theservices of a qualified structural engineer
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    Chimney breast BR - what if previous work already done?

    tony you oviouysly kniow somwething about themnanchester councuil setm up i inspector \dmitted to me that if anasian did somework without any reg approval they were forced to ignore it there was an asian mafia working in the the council theynwere all **** scared of risking their jobs .i was...
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    Removing unused chimney breast - needs regs ?

    tjis comment is borne outof personal exprience of having to build buttressing walls to a pair of 1930`s semis when beth occupiers whent crazy with home improvement trying to outdo each other loft conversions removing and removing structural elements like chimney brastsdividing walls etc. the...
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    Chimney breast BR - what if previous work already done?

    you`ll ned a regularisation certificate wihicmeans contacting building control. some BCO`s are are reasonable time served tradesmen and some are jobsworths fresh from uni climbing the career lader and no idea . get one of these on your case andyou in the dhit i`ve dealt with them all the best...
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