As requested a while back, here is the album where I am recording progress on the shed build. So far I have cleaned one branch of Jewson out of MOT due to a slight miscalculation over volume (or some major settlement over the cold, frozen Christmas period).
In article , David WE Roberts writes
Less than a metre from the boundary? With that and the size, did you need PP?
David WE Roberts wibbled on Saturday 30 January 2010 16:03
Can't wait to see the rest as it comes...
Less than 30 square metres internal floor area. Build of mainly non-flammable materials. [Plus various other constraints such as eaves height]
Therefore doesn't need planning or building regs. approval.
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In article , David WE Roberts writes
Our neighbour built a shed to keep his wood in for his business (he does hardwood flooring) so he could use his garage again. He started around six years ago - the structure's about 50'x40', with a second storey above. The bottom floor's got all the tools in now (including several table saws), and he's ended up with a bathroom and bedrooms upstairs. He just built a deck off one side.
The thing is absolutely beautiful, though, inside and out. The joys of living in an area with absolutely no building regulations at all...
I keep telling him he needs an enclosed aerial walkway connecting the top floor back to his house ;)
cheers
Jules
Where do you / your neighbour live ? Simon.
Would you think the same if he'd made a complete hash of it?
Northern Minnesota, home of proper winters ;) (I'm an ex-brit - I just hang around here still as there are so many knowledgeable folk, and so much advice is relevant no matter what the location)
And, Jules, you are fun to have here too as you put an interesting and different perspective on things.
Rob
Seconded!
John
Interesting. So where do building regulations apply around there ? In the cities but just not out in the sticks ? Cheers, Simno.
It's kind of interesting over here in that everywhere's different; it seems that there are suggested state-wide rules, county-wide rules, and then rules at the town/township/city level - and that at any step the people in charge are free to adopt (and ammend) them according to what they think suits their residents best.
I'm about 8 miles out from Bemidji (which has about 12,000 people), and there are plenty of building regs and the like there. The township I'm in (about 35sqmi, just over 1000 people) has an electrical code, and I have to get a septic system inspected if I were to install one myself, but that's basically it. The other side of the rural road I live on falls under the control of a different township, and the rules there are different (I believe they do have a building code, but not nearly as complex as the Bemidji one).
It's a nice system I think; I like the concept of more power being given to communities according to what suits them best (the amount of central control when I lived in the UK used to drive me nuts). The only downside is that it can be hard knowing exactly what laws *do* apply.
There are rumblings that we might get some kind of building code here this year, mainly because the folk living around the edge of the nearby lake keep treading on each others toes, but I'm sure it won't be anything too complex.
(just FYI, Minnesota's about the same size as England, but with about 5 million people - and nearly 2 million of those are concentrated around Minneapolis, over 200 miles away. We have lots of room up here :-) cheers
Jules
Heck, thanks guys. (I must admit that I always enjoy hearing about the ways things are done in different places, so I do try to offer that different view every once in a while - hopefully those who think it irrelevant will just skip over it rather than getting pissed off :-)
Also: pressure washer!
cheers
Jules
Thirded.
You're welcome.
Besides, it helps to have transatlantic contacts, the next time I take my mother's garbage disposal to pieces (she lives in Pennsylvania) and have a "WTF?" moment. ("So, *that's* what a wire nut looks like!")
Where my mother lived until recently, there are residents association rules below those as well. Those being the most petty ones, IME.
Like others I'm sure Jules, I'd like to ask: how come you've ended up living in the USA? I thought you needed to be "extra special" to be allowed to stay for any more than a couple of weeks on holiday!
John
Agreed, a different view is always good and Jules provides that whilst appreciating the differences in regulation, climate between the two places, unlike some of the foreign visitors to this UK group.
Heh, yeah - I met a very fine US lady here a few years ago, so wound up permanently here via a marriage-based visa. Normal 'tourist' visas are 90 days max, although I think there are ways of applying in advance for ones that run a little longer.
cheers
Jules
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