Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

lostinrates

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

Are we allowed to make unpasteurized cheese in England?

yes. ATM there is a renewed call for banning unpastreurised milk use. It would be a huge shame.

Unpasteurised and unhomogenised milk gets harder and harder to finds commercially and its a super product.

eta: found a link!http://3wheeledcheese.com/2011/06/16/dairy-uk-calls-for-unpasteurised-milk-retail-sales-ban/

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I don't think we'll be able to fit in a sofa.

Sofas are deceiving because we think of the piece we sit on, but a sofa needs a lot of rear clearance room against a wall - and arms can be wide too.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Sofas are deceiving because we think of the piece we sit on, but a sofa needs a lot of rear clearance room against a wall - and arms can be wide too.

I have two small two seater sofas and a daybed in my sitting room. The daybed runs along the wall but the sofas are sort of in the middle, flanking the coffee table and leading away from the fireplace. They still take up a lot of room.

LydiaJ

vivatifosi wrote: »

lir, with the larder could you have a trolley that has your most commonly used things on one of the shelves that slides in and forms the bottom of the larder? That way you pull it out and use it when you need it but it isn't cluttering up space when you don't. Also by keeping a clear surface (say on top) but with used storage under for commonly used things, you've always got easy access to stuff you need. Reading those sentences back I hope they make sense, I'm not 100% sure they do...

My grandmother thought her tea trolley was the best thing ever - enabled her to maintain mobility for ages after walking unaided had become a bit problematic. She had a zimmer, but hated it because she couldn't carry anything, which was why she preferred the tea trolley for combining stability with luggage space. I think viva's suggestion of having a space in the larder where the trolley could go when not in use sounds very practical.

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

These days I believe the door between dining room and conservatory must have a really high insulation value??!!??.

I believe so, but afraid I haven't got any details. It's usual to have the sort of double glazed door that you might have between the dining room and outside, just as if the conservatory wasn't there.

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

Would I need planning permission, as against building regs, for the conservatory?

Planning for conservatories is very similar as for other extensions, apart from needing to match the materials to the house. There's a miniguide to permitted development of extensions here. (Permitted development is what you can do without planning permission. You may or may not be able to do more, but you'll need to apply for PP for it.)

lostinrates

Planning is all changing....innit? My architect is getting very excited.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Planning is all changing....innit? My architect is getting very excited.

He's heard about you and chickens.... nothing to do with planning.

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

Planning is all changing....innit? My architect is getting very excited.

Is it? I didn't know that. What's changing?

PasturesNew

Somebody on MSE, I think one of the nice people, once recommended a great London guest house they'd stayed in cheaply some years back.

I think this is the one: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2013908/Michaels-Guest-House-Kentish-Town-bedbugs-mice-death-trap-wiring.html

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

Is it? I didn't know that. What's changing?

umm...not sure exactly. Doesn't apply to us so... Locally influenced, less beaurocratric?

John_Pierpoint

lostinrates wrote: »

umm...not sure exactly. Doesn't apply to us so... Locally influenced, less bureaucratic?

NIMBYs rule OK - but they can be bribed?

I seriously think that will mean new development will be stuffed into areas of least resistance, where the locals are badly organised and need the money.
Like where I live:D:eek:

LydiaJ wrote: »

It's usual to have the sort of double glazed door that you might have between the dining room and outside, just as if the conservatory wasn't there.

That is what worries me - thick chunky toughened double glazing with 22mm gaps and infra-red reflective glass and some exotic gas in the cavity. The existing double glazed panels have none of those properties - I doubt I would even be allowed a 8' x 6' 9" hole in the 8" Durox wall these days especially as there is a 8' x 4' window in the other external wall:rotfl:.

I don't think the planning system has woken up to the fact that windows facing South West and South East are actually U negative - in that, even in winter, they can harvest more heat in the day time than they lose in the night, especially if there is some method of insulating them at night.

LydiaJ wrote: »

Planning for conservatories is very similar as for other extensions, apart from needing to match the materials to the house. There's a miniguide to permitted development of extensions here. (Permitted development is what you can do without planning permission. You may or may not be able to do more, but you'll need to apply for PP for it.)

So a conservatory is just like any other structural extension - thanks for the useful animated illustration.
Unfortunately this building used up its permitted development years ago; though it is nice to see the rear extension permitted extension going up to 4 meters. One of the reasons I want to extend the dining room is that I wanted a 12 x 12 room but the planners forced me to settle for 12 x 10 (and built 12' 4" x 10' 9" ;)) (I already had the dining room table from my previous house!!!)

Someone needs to develop a light weight glass - then I could simply lift the sliding panels off their track and store them away for the summer:D.