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    Cheaper Plastic Primer

    £20 on ebay if that's any less painful.
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    Roofer saying that joists need to be changed?

    They look fine to me too.
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    Long screws - recommendation

    You might get such screws individually off the shelf in a B&Q but you'll pay a premium for it. Or do you have a Selco near by? https://www.selcobw.com/vortex-power-screw-6-x-200mm-pack-of-15
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    Drill Porcelain Patio

    Always a danger of cracking the slabs in that situation, ideally the post bases would have been bolted directly to the concrete through holes in the slabs, the bases will be sure to flex a little when the posts are lent on, I'd have gone with bigger fixings than that. Or the posts would have...
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    Freestanding Fridge/Freezer in Cabinet

    What's the difference between that and a FF being installed in between two full height kitchen units? If you're that worried fit a ventilation grille in the roof panel.
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    Drilling into beam above window (converted garage) to fit curtain pole.

    What type of drill and drill bit (and quality) are you using? It will be a steel or concrete lintel. What is the wall construction?
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    Lead flash under window sill condensation?

    You don't normally have a lead flashing on a door, however you do normally have a projecting cill that overhangs the upstand (which you don't have), then some sealant is used to seal the junction underneath between the cill and the upstand. The roof should be falling away from the door to...
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    Steel / timber frame expansion foam

    Is this just for air tightness or fire too? I don't think you'll find something designed specifically for that task so getting one with a BBA cert seems unlikely IMO. Perhaps something like...
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    Quality of newly installed wooden sash widows?

    Was it a joinery company or a timber window company?
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    Roof purlin struts are t&g…

    That roof looks older than me, its fine.
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    Plants.

    I used to use manure instead of bark.
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    Have I made a mistake with my floor?

    Haha, I'm gonna leave that unedited for the sake of hilarity! :ROFLMAO: But you still haven't answered the question.
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    'Merging' planning and PD

    A non material amendment would be the submission of the scheme B elevations and a justification that the wider dormer/hip to gable would be PD anyway. But planners can be obnoxious idiots so there is that, there is also no definition of what is non-material amendment and what isn't.
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    Have I made a mistake with my floor?

    So do you have a 100m gap around the perimeter or not?
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    'Merging' planning and PD

    Effectively what you're doing is a hip to gable conversion which itself would be PD. So it begs the question how do you sleep at night? If you're of a nervous imposition then you could consider putting in a non-material amendment application. The problems can arise because planners can be...
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    'Merging' planning and PD

    So is the only difference between what you have planning for (lets call that scheme A) and what your architect says you can build (scheme B) only that the dormer is wider in scheme B? If so it begs the question why you didn't shown the dormer wider for the planning app. Assuming the above is...
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    Rotten sleepers

    Sleepers will always rot and are never a long term solution but would be the cheapest fix for now.
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    Building Regs Property Search Results

    Give them buzz and (assuming someone is prepared to talk to you) you can ask them to clarify, your solicitor is probably clueless.
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    Best way to fix a chipped mirror?

    It looks to me like the mirror is embedded in a framed metal door, presumably it's glued in with something or other, in which case I would have though you could remove the mirror form the frame and replace it. But as above better pics are needed.
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