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For England (the rules are different elsewhere) There is a good explainer of permitted development rights at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permitted-development-rights-for-householders-technical-guidance/permitted-development-rights-for-householders-technical-guidance. Look at...

I’m a town planner. For householder projects, which is what this would be, you don’t necessarily need a consultant to assist unless it’s particularly complicated. The plans need to be to scale (2d) and the forms completed correctly, but the forms aren’t difficult. The local council might have...

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll give it a try.

Hi, I am making a side table from chestnut. I want to keep the wood colour but soften the appearance of the grain a bit because it looks very dark when oiled. Would the best thing be a grain filler, a finish (something like Rubio) with a colour in it, or both? Thanks

Hi, under town planning rules in England (the rules are a bit different elsewhere but I know less about those) Permitted development rights that allow for the construction or alteration of detached outbuildings are based on the building being ‘incidental’ to the main house. Incidental means...

Thanks All for your constructive comments. Looks like its a more major rebuild. I'll take the advice on board and look at more significant adjustments. At the time I weighed up building my own or buying one ready made, and as the costs came out similar I opted for convenience. Lesson learned.

Thanks. Images from underneath below. I did wonder if the fixed end panels limit the sideways movement of the wood on the main top too much. Shed is in part sun part shade. I do heat it when I’m in there when needed, and have a dehumidifier, but that is only the few hours a week when I’m out...

Hi, wood movement question… I bought a workbench about four months ago and the top was flat when it arrived. I gave it two coats of polyurethane varnish top and bottom. There is now a noticeable amount of movement on the surface, see the photos. My question is how to recover it. Is it ok to...

Thanks Peter 👍

Hi, just introducing myself as a new member having just found this forum. I’m Matt, and a relative newcomer to woodwork. Not quite sure when it started to be honest, I think it was in lockdown when I made a couple of simple things for the garden, and it has snowballed from there. I’ve done a...