Topic: What are you thinking right now?

[goldshirt*9]

I guess we all have to begin somewhere. Congrats.

a small drop to some I know, thanks

Voting day in UK. could this be another conservative cockerel up I wonder. TM not the best in the question box and a atrociously put together manifest ?

[smokester]

Teresa May showed her horns right in front of us. Has she not learnt anything from Hellboy?

[goldshirt*9]

Teresa May showed her horns right in front of us. Has she not learnt anything from Hellboy?

 

some fantastic memes on twitter

[Alfonz]

Preparing to build "phase 2" of my deck, moving the hot tub off the main deck to the new part, taking a lot of planning and consideration.

[goldshirt*9]

photos please

[Alfonz]

photos please

This is the first part that I built last summer, I put the deck doors where a window once lived. There is now a 94" x 94" hot tub sitting in the front left of the deck but the plan is to move the tub onto the new section I'm currently building.

[smokester]

Looks very tidy.

Did you need planning permission there in the States?

[Alfonz]

Looks very tidy.

Did you need planning permission there in the States?

Yeah, permits are required, I did a lot of reading and had no real problems with the exception of the inspector throwing out a few "I would have preferred to see....". The deck is sitting on 9-12" x 4' deep concrete piers as per code. 2-12" triple beams and 10" joists on 12" centers.

Hot tub weighs 5500 lbs at full capacity, hence the beefy structure.

[smokester]

Yeah, permits are required, I did a lot of reading and had no real problems with the exception of the inspector throwing out a few "I would have preferred to see....". The deck is sitting on 9-12" x 4' deep concrete piers as per code. 2-12" triple beams and 10" joists on 12" centers.

Hot tub weighs 5500 lbs at full capacity, hence the beefy structure.

Here, any work you have done to the exterior of your property needs to have Planing Permission. If it's structural, then you have to have the calcs done and they also need to be checked by engineers employed by the local authority. If you live in a conservation area you can double the time this whole process takes to complete.

By the end, you've lost the will to live

[8ullfrog]

I wish it was like that in the US, might discourage flipper assholes from existing. I hate them.

[Alfonz]

Here, any work you have done to the exterior of your property needs to have Planing Permission. If it's structural, then you have to have the calcs done and they also need to be checked by engineers employed by the local authority. If you live in a conservation area you can double the time this whole process takes to complete.

By the end, you've lost the will to live

I definitely put a lot of work into it, I had to have drawings prior to them even considering issuing the permit. Building codes are pretty strict but I went far above code.

I wish it was like that in the US, might discourage flipper assholes from existing. I hate them.

It's an issue everywhere, some lipstick and mascara and relist, nevermind the structural, thermal, plumbing, or electrical.

[goldshirt*9]

hoping to convert my conservatory and living room into a large room and extend my kitchen.
All depends on the money and availability of builders

[smokester]

Hereabouts they have relaxed the planning requirements, such that my neighbour has just replaced his conservatory with a butt-ugly extension (on 7m piles, no less) with no permission required. Still needed building control, but no planning.

The whole point of conservation appears to be that TPTB (and the NIMBYs) would rather something fell down than was repaired "unsympathetically".

This is the tricky area whereby what you use for the build can bypass planning.  By the same token, you need planning permission for a bike shed and it you've used your garden wall as part of the structure, you technically have an extension.

The absolute truth is that planning permission is granted depending on how fat the envelope is. You can request half of what your neighbour got permission for and still get refused. However, a fatter envelope later and you're good to go.

[goldshirt*9]

dodgy characters down your most neck of the woods

[smokester]

There is always the permitted development rules that christ sort of mentioned. That allows you to do certain builds without permission or backhanders.

Where is begins and ends is anyone's guess.