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Yup. Plan B in the making (actually probably Plan Q by now!) Just for 'discussion purposes' I spent the afternoon knocking up a maximum sized 'Box' that meets the Permitted Development rules - UGH! Tried to attach the SketchUp Exported image but it's over 1MB and exceeds the 256kB limit...

Looks like all bets are off. I've just learned that new 'Guidance Notes' on Permitted Development were issued in August or September. Previously I had been led to believe that if the eaves height at 1 metre from the boundary was at 2.5m then I could have the ridge line running parallel to the...

Testing how to upload SketchUp images. (looking for the crossed fingers smilie and failing) Sort of works in my Preview, but I must remember it shows a 'screen shot' and not the full view. SPAN of Floor and Ceiling Joists I found the teaching materials for a joinery course at a technical...

But it's a REAL question!

First question relates to understanding the terms used for grading timber. I downloaded a copy of The Building Regulations 1991 Part A Structure 1992 Edition Fourth Impression with Amendments 1994 to use the 'span tables' in the appendix. This talks of SC3 and SC4. The builder's merchants’...

Alas there will not be any woodwork as you chaps know it going on in there. I do such joinery and carpentry as required for household maintenance and upgrading , but that’s all. The basic shape is 3750 x 8000 internal to framing to meet the 30m2 rule, eaves height 2470 to squeak under the 2500...

There doesn't seem to be an Introductions section, so I will use this section to do so. I'm not a 'real' woodworker I'm afraid. I'm an inveterate car tinkerer and more comfortable with a length of 40x40x3 RHS* steel and a MIG welder than 50x100 softwood and a plane. I’ve reached 59¾ (and I'm...