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Thanks for all the help and advice :)

Thank you, would it be 6mm T&E that goes back to the CU to match the 6mm SWA?

Hello, I am going to be running some 6mm 3 core armoured cable underground and along the side of my house, my plan was to drill a hole near the CU through the wall, and run some T&E to the consumer unit. I will not be doing any of the main connections myself, what i would like to do though is...

Thanks Notch7 for the reply, So something like this? https://www.less2build.com/lintels/Stressline-Lintels-All-Types/Stressline-Single-Leaf-Lintels/STRESSLINE-SINGLE-LEAF-1500MM Would this just be bedded onto the inner course or would it be fixed somehow? Would you then just use straps to...

Good Evening All, The brick work is half way up on my summerhouse house now and the roof is really causing me some stress! Its 4m wide and 3m deep, with a 50mm cavity, brick external leaf and thermalite inner leaf. Its withing 2m of a boundary so i can only go to a maximum of 2.5m in total...

Thanks for the reply Woody, TBH the brickie has come to far up for level, then had the slab poured, so I cant lower the floor unfortunately. I am now left with about 2200mm from the floor to play with. So I am thinking about a 1900high patio door, this leaves me with around 300mm to sort the...

Evening All, I am in the process of building a 4m x 3m double skinned summerhouse, its being done under PD so i cannot go any higher than 2.5m as its too close to the boundary. I am thinking about a flat epdm roof. Can anyone help me with how the roof is constructed? Do the roof beams sit on...

Hi All, I am thinking about using some sleepers as edging for a new Indian sandstone patio. How do you go about securing them to the ground to stop them moving? I have seen some people hammer metal brackets into the ground and screw them to the sleepers. I have also seen people who drill...

To be fair it didn't have much of a view anyway, due to the slope of the ground my conservatory is about 2 metres higher than the back of the neighbours garden that mine backs on to. So I saw the roofs of the sheds they have, and all of their house. I was also worried about my neighbour...

Is that a good thing?

Thanks again for all your help, the floor has already been poured, but I should be fine if its the highest point, thanks again for all your help.

Thanks Again for the help, Looks like I will be better of sticking with 2.5m maximum height, do you know if they have any % of allowance if you go over this? As you have veery helpfully mentioned, you believe they take the 2.5m from the highest ground point of the structure, the ground...

How likely would it be to get this through planning if I submitted some plans? I am thinking about making it about 30cm higher to accommodate more head room internally? If I still go down the PD route, what size roof beams would I need to accommodate a EPDM flat roof? Thanks John

Thanks again for the reply, i have a really big back garden as i live on a corner plot of a cul de sac so i am OK on the 50% garden rule as well.

Thanks for the reply, the neighbour next door doesn't really speak to me so i haven't told her, but as long as i stay below the 2.5 i should be fine?

Hi All, I am just at the starting point of building my summerhouse, see the picture below. I just wanted to double check that i am ok to continue this under permitted development. I have read through the document and believe i am fine, but would appreciate any comments before going full steam...

https://ecab.planningportal.co.uk/uploads/miniguides/outbuildings/outbuildings.pdf That's what i have taken my information from

Thanks for your help, would you then get the brick layer to lay the walls all level, then sort the fall out myself doing what you have described?

I am building within 1 metre of a boundary, so my maximum height allowance is less unfortunately.

Good Evening All, I had the foundations poured and am ready to get the bricks laid on my summerhouse build. Its just a basic rectangle shape about 3m by 4.5m. Its being built with a cavity, facing bricks on the outside and thermalites on the inside. This is being built under PD so I cannot go...