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Thanks all, very helpful indeed. As for professional indemnity insurance, yes, I run an Aerospace engineering consultancy so carry insurance for that. Since much of the work is the classical Engineer's problem of receiving modest thanks or killing hundreds of innocent people insurance isn't...

Thanks for this Jacob and Sandyn. The roof truss ( a pair of parallel beams running the length of the building under a clerestory) will be built on site. They've been designed to extremely conservative stresses and bonding allowables (safety factor >5 pretty much everywhere against maximum...

Hi, This has probably been answered before although I can't find the information: I've gained planning permission for a large workshop in my garden. It is over 50 square metres so needs building regs approval. I want to get on with the build and am wondering how much detail normally goes into a...

Thanks for the comments. It seems that the full L2 standard may not apply as L2A has provision for buildings with low energy demand. It does seem to fall under "Non Domestic" (which is L2A which also has provisions for certain buildings due to non cost-effectiveness). Current plan is 80mm...

Hi, Just gained planning permission for the workshop in the attached file. It is going to be a timber frame with a traditional corrugated iron skin and will be insulated between studs and rafters with under screed insulation in the floor (which is another problem, it needs to hold up a couple...