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^he doesn’t believe in shitters in cupboards. Or utility rooms. IIRC

But even, the external gutters, or lack of them, amazing.

Thanks!

The only down pipe is at the front of the house; the entire flat loft roof is one contiguous surface (no step-down between large dormer and small dormer), which is pitched towards the front, so no gutters/down pipes needed on the rear/side elevations.

This can also be achieved with concealed guttering, but that’s hugely more expensive to construct, consumes internal volume, and is a proper cunt to maintain if it gets clogged/starts leaking.

As for turd cupboard: this has been pre-plumbed in case we decide to put one in later, and the waste pipe runs through the eaves storage void and out via the side passage, so wouldn’t be visible regardless.

Brilliance. Where did you get that idea from?

The roof/guttering situation? Had the idea when obsessively staring at local lofts; most have a step-down from the large dormer to the smaller outrigger, with the associated mess of pipes/gutters/soffits and low head-height in the outrigger. Wasn't up for this, so scoured the permitted development planning documents, and couldn't find anything that stipulated that there had to be a step-down.

I then started noticing the odd double-dormer here and there without the step-down, so drew up what I had in mind and got advice from an architectural technician about the roof pitch, then chucked it in our builder's lap. Seems OK so far, hope it holds up during a deluge lol

This also has the side-effect of achieving a grand ceiling height in the small outrigger room...

Interesting! So there is one similar loft oppo me without step down, and there was a bit of drama on the streets about it and the volume of the conversation which I believe is limited (which is why they do the step down).

I have a feeling they are all playing it over safe about that.

Permitted development is maximum 40 cubic meters on terraced houses.

That’s it. Any idea of how big that is? Prob massive right?

Ours, even without a step-down, came to ~38m3, which is far less than the 50m3 we're allowed under PD (semi-detached).

Very rough figures for a typical terrace dormer could be 5x4x2-ish (divided by 2 cos only half of it is new space) so about 20 cubic meters. Extra room above the outrigger 3x3x2 or 18 cubic meters.

Doesn't leave much to play with.

Where can I get a custom shower screen made, with white aluminium frame as per attached pic?

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Kris at KP Glazing can do that. He did one for me and it is fantastic. I specified for example low iron 10mm thick glass, in a custom size so it is floor to ceiling. It was not a small amount of money but he was much cheaper than anyone else I found. This was 2020 though and their website has gone upmarket since.

They’re actually very grippy

Excellent, thank you!

Could you share a pic or two of yours?

Mine are quite offset too, about 3 or 4 steps in it so imagine the volume would really be pushing it.

Thinking about using ‘hit/miss’ combo flush/recessed pointing to accentuate the stacked/soldier brick courses.

Do you have an image for inspiration? I'm struggling to see what it would look like in here.

Given how clean the loft is, I'd be inclined to keep it simple on the extention.

Looking for a very minimal skirting to use in my bathroom. Will this look shit? https://www.screwfix.com/p/crystal-upvc-window-trim-white-2497mm-x-45mm/574GL?tc=TT5&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw_LOwBhBFEiwAmSEQAUxw2IXrSjTejKZWEhNx-KISZ-0mApjA9-VB83fBWC3RcNE7dzo0bBoCbSwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Yes.

Noted. What would you go for instead?

It’s uPVC! Of course it will. You can get similar sized wood from b and q.

It seems fairly tight.

I remember liking this design when I saw it going up. Designed to maximise the volume
https://publicregister.haringey.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0i8d000002GB7iAAG/hgy20140236?c__r=Arcus_BE_Public_Register&tabset-3892f=3

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If you're after a non-ogee profile, probably one of these sorts of things. I'd say you would want something taller than 45mm, it'd look kinda odd. For ref, skirting is usually 120 or 144mm high.

Unless your plastering/tiling is already down to the floor, then you could leave it without and see how you go without any sort of baseboard at all, but you might find it gets kicked and cleaning around it would be a pain without marking the wall.

builders depot will have a big range.

Also look at architrave / door trim. Our original skirting was architrave / door trim which I liked because it's slim. So that's what we had fitted when the floor was done, much to the confusion of the fitters.

Still needs another coat. #snagginglist

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we had maybe two inches of floor tile around the bottom of the wall as skirting. wish I'd gone well fancy and got it recessed/flush too but we don't live there any more so I don't have to live with the disappointment.

I’ll try and take some pics of mine because I’ve just redone my bathroom.