How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

I just bought a neff extractor from Currys, N50 D55MH56N0B.

My tap is a Hans grohe talis 270 with sbox, that's basically a weight in a box to retract the hose attachment.

Our kettle is a stellar ebony stovetop that's been great for the last year.
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If you live in a townhouse with a garage on the ground floor, can you convert that into a room? Or does that require loads of planning permission etc

I used to live in a townhouse with a garage which has since been converted into a garage. They did apply for planning permission which was granted with no complications.

You mean a living room or something?

townhouse with a garage which has since been converted into a garage

Sounds like a very big garage

Is this not permitted development? 😁

garage which has since been converted into a garage

Disconnect between brain and fingers. Yes, the garage is now the living room.

No idea where they keep their bikes now.

No idea where they keep their bikes now.

That's why they built a living room.

Fuck me, new building regs are messing with loft plans, the additional insulation required plus our low roof means we will need to lower our ceiling to the tune of about 10k.
Every other c*nt has raised their roof but its actually illegal to do so I am told.
How is a loft turning into 90k? That's over 2 kitchens FFS!

Can you not get the same level of insulation (R value) by fitting better, thinner insulation/thermal boards/foil backed stuff/I don’t know what I’m talking about in order to keep the height down?

I think the issue is extra insulation that’s now regs, 80mm worth. Fuck it, I’m doing what everyone else does and putting the roof up. No way am I messing with ceilings.

I’m doing what everyone else does and putting the roof up.

Ridge tiles be gone!

Our architect specified 280mm of insulation for the extension roof! I said that was silly.

Not sure if serious, but that may be a genuine good shout to save cm.

What did you go for in the end? I wonder what min regs are?

No one would give me a simple ">150mm" answer, I guess cause it depends on the board, the way the roof is put together, etc etc.

100mm is probably ok, we'll end up with about 180mm I think. The architect was allowing for less efficient but more eco friendly options like rockwool.

I wonder what min regs are?

Isn't it to achieve a specific U value?

Not sure if serious, but that may be a genuine good shout to save cm.

It looks a bit shit but folks do that around our way.

It is: Walls 0.18 and Roof 0.15.

Haven't looked in depth but for a flat warm roof (insulation on top of structure) you're looking at 150mm PIR. For a pitched roof its 100mm PIR in between the joists and 50mm insulated PB under.

Dread to think what our ~25mm of rock wool achieves.

Me too - climate emergency I suppose.

Anyone got plywood kitchen doors?
I see them all over insta, they look pretty nice so I requested a quote from a well known supplier & damn, it was incredibly high!

Are they actually that expensive or is it another case of being prepared to walk away if they don't give you a 50% (even then they're still expensive)?

If you can get your head around the system, try putting together a quote with CBJ. Not much instagram tax going on there.

Question - what is the point of a self-circulating/ re-circulating extractor hood? If it's not extracting moisture what is it doing? Im convinced we need to fit a proper extractor when we do our kitchen but maybe Im wrong.

I'd rather not as the cooker is on an internal wall so ducting will be a right pain, probably through the bathroom floor and across the ceiling

What's the point? So kitchen companies have something else to sell you when they can't sell you an extractor because of your building.

What does it do? Makes a noise and catch grease from frying.

If you don't cook meat in your kitchen, only gently fry food, and have enough drafts/extraction elsewhere it might be OK.