How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

I'd be sceptical of that powdercoated stuff, the whole point of (aesthetic) corten is to develop a unique patina over time. I'd put money on the fake ones being very uniform and not very nice. Think wood-effect melamine vs solid timber.

You're probably right - I was thinking it would the same effect at this, but unlikely

https://theradavist.com/rust-never-sleeps-on-sofias-awol-touring-bike/

Looks lovely, but watch out for water runoff with corten which will likely stain any surface it runs onto.

Corten or nominally weathering steel is beautiful and functional. But yes, it can run off, it needs design thought. I did my thesis on it and application on bridges.

I'd probably just get some nice timber boards that will weather for the garden.

cheaper than actual Cortan too... still cost £1500 for us to do one side of the garden.

Yeah... I mean you can see why the concrete post + boards is so popular. Once you're looking at those numbers you can't help but think brick (which is really the best solution) is worth looking into.

Our neighbours have good quality feather edged boards and I've never seen or smelt them through it

Id love brick, but I have a feeling a 6m long and 2m heigh wall in yellow london brick (to match the house) is going to cost a lot more than 1500!

Im sorry to say i really do not like the look of those vertical ship lap / feather edge boards at all - hence me looking into alternatives.

Doesn't a brick wall require planning permission?

What about stacked gravel boards the whole way up, then let them develop a unique patina over time.

Poured concrete wall - build a bloody fortress lad!

Love this element of building work.

OG vinyl under the kitchen tiles

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Any runoff would do wonders for the hydrangeas.

We have slightly crossed wires. The samples my guy had were for internal tiling grout.

I see your frustration. Good luck in finding what you need. 👍

Corten is a specific formula of steel, the point being the rust forms a coating to protect the steel underneath. If you just get regular steel and let it / encourage it to go rusty, it will just keep rusting until it has holes in and falls apart.

Gravel boards stacked up on concrete fenceposts is pretty solid and might do marginally more to block the noise. I can imagine the steel might just resonate...

We had very similar situation (back in Brighton, not Devon) - two giant Alsatians in a tiny garden that were never (ever) walked. Garden stank and the giant male was very aggressive (bit me over the 5ft fence more than once). Waited until the dogs were inside and the owners were out shopping. Smashed the fences down and put up 10ft solid panel fuckers with reinforced posts. It was about 2 months before we put it on the market so we'd been there suffering it for about 3 years. But those 2+ months were so peaceful. 100% recommend. No idea why we didn't do it before tbh.

Smashed the fences down and murdered the feckless owners in their sleep

on corten, in glasgow we recently got a new bridge over the m8 made of the stuff, I think it looks awesome.

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Oh that rings a bell, I think I remember you mentioning that. What pannels did you end up going for?

Loft learnings:
Its impossible to get exactly what you want without having an architect do FULL plans because with the usual builder build things are subject to change/unknow until the work begins (most "plans" don't by loft companies are more like artist impressions).

Things that have had to change:
En-suite position.
Window sizes.
Velux sizes.
Velux quantity.

That stones in a metal basket thing is quite popular here.
Looks bad if only stones, but can be made into a kind of horizontal planter?
Should have quite some mass and you could have stuff that smells nice in it.

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Looks like skateboarding's final level.

I love that but it does also remind me of the 1936 plans to let cars access the Eiffel Tower

(in fairness this was an AI generated image completed recently rather than an actual design submitted)

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Make my whinge seem minor... but I'm going to do it anyway.

Builders quoting:

• Knock a hole in the wall =£2,200
  
• If we need a lintel =+£700
  
  

Us: Cool. Seems fair.

Builders yesterday:

• We don't need a concrete lintel but need a wood one as the joists and beams run differently between rooms and just in case. Still £700 as it's the labour cost.
  
  

Us: I guess that makes sense.

Builders today:

• we can do it using joist hangers.
  
• we'll charge £600
  
  

Us: ummmm.... you mean we've got to pay you £600 to nail 7 joist hangers into existing beams/joists?

Builders: yeah, because it's still ½ a day labour and if something goes wrong we'll have to fix it.

... I mean that's taking the piss a bit imo. Surely the £2k for knocking a hole the wall is the bit that covers coming back to fix it. This is the element I hate, always feeling like you're being shafted.

What does the structural engineer say?

We didn't get one.

It's not a retaining load bearing wall - it's just that all walls in our house are made of brick. The wall above is offset. Every builder has said the same thing and it's only removing part of it.

So all said I'm not worried.

Just bitter about having to pay over £100 per joist hanger.

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You aren't paying for the joist hanger, you are paying for knowing the joist hanger is the thing for the job. Sort of anyway.