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Fakro, Keylite but Velux are the best and spares are usually available many years after purchase, unlike the alternatives. Have you done a search? https://www.diynot.com/diy/search/11211386/?q=velux+alternative&o=relevance

Whilst it may be obvious we're gonna start by asking what the problems are and how the ACO will rectify things. And yes you can DIY though technically you're not allowed to connect into the sewers without approval. Maybe upload a fag packet sketch of the layout and where the problems are and...

So a diminishing gap between the boards at one end? I think that would look weird.

Some timber merchants will offer cutting some won't. Draw a pencil line on the board.

You could do it with a handsaw if you're patient and it's a half decent saw (ie not blunt), I would still fix a guide to it but I'd want to fix it to the top if using a handsaw so maybe use some clamps if you have any?

As mentioned elsewhere in the thread, mesh + plaster is the best way:

You could do it with a circular saw, fix a batten to the underside and use that as a guide for the saw.

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@fitzykev can you take a better photo of the back of the one that's laid on the floor in your first pic, I can't make out what's going on with it.

I've never done it but my concern would be the rebar starts going away from vertical as it hits/passes any roots/rocks etc and once the rebar goes wonky the sleepers won't sit square.

It's also a very clear breach of planning laws unless it all flooded onto the pavement beforehand, did your contractor arrive on a horse?

Yes they're not really DIYable and there is nothing like the range of finishes/colours there is for tiles, they're quite utilitarian as they're not really aimed at domestic users. A very practical solution though.

I'll sketch something later if no one else has chimed in helpfully in the meantime.

No, really?

Hmm, that's quite easy to do but quite awkward to explain. How handy are you with DIY?

If you built the fence as hit and miss it will still provide good privacy but the wind loading will only be about 15% less. Obviously the more open the fence is the less private it becomes. Ownership aside, fix a fence to a wall at your peril it might be fine it might not.

If you don't know who owns it then you have to assume it is theirs, in which case you cannot touch it let alone fix posts to it, which is probably not a good idea anyway. So your posts ought to be concreted into holes in the ground.

@Rake722 It was pretty obvious to me what you meant, anyway who owns the wall? How tall are you wanting to make it?

If it's just a plain door to be painted (ie not paneled) you can cut down a fire door blank to any size/shape you want.