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Thank you Alan

BUT electric cables must tin in safe zones. So to ensure this the electric cable tray must be within 100mm of the ceiling all the way across the room. The data cable tray can be at any height you want.

Well I tried Geocel painters mate on a junction between plaster and rooflight frame. Didn't like it, I might have to try and pull it off again. Kind of like a bath sealant that goes off 3 times faster - might be ok for an internal corner, but bit of a nightmare to smooth out with a finger on a flat junction. As for plaster against glass on the other rooflight - think it will have to be painted as is, but not sure about my cutting in on that.

Hoping to have the flooring peeps in soon. Wondering how I should prepare the various membranes poking out at the windows and bifolds. (See pics) 1. The window people put a piece of DPM under the bifolds and floor length window. They used double sided tape to stick it upwards against the inside edge of the frame/threshold on the inside. Naturally the DPM has pulled away from the tape and the tape has become gummed up with dust and crap and is no longer sticky. Should I scrape and cut the tape off the frame/threshold, and then what should be used to restick it ? 2. The floors radon/dpm membrane is directly alongside the window DPM. Thinking of sticking this to the window DPM, and then the floor levelling compound should run up against it when they pour it. 3. The black vapour barrier is then on the inside of the 25mm PIR edge insulation. Either I cut this off at the current floor level and it gets covered along with the edge insulation by the floor leveller. Or I try and cut it down to fold over the top of the edge insulation and then get covered, possibly sticking it too to the radon/dpm. 4. The window DPM has got a short 20mm cut in it just outside the window - how do I repair this ? Many thanks.

DPM - not sure, presumably is one under the house! insulation - no pic of the area

Perfectly fine. Crossing has fewer issues than running in parallel, and even that is not a big deal given the number of cables and voltages we are talking about in residential construction.

Source please? I've seen the 9to5mac story which doesn't really say anything. Remember Mac Studio uses different RAM from any typical AI server (or desktop PC). Completely different silicon die. Apple is likely the only company ordering high capacity ICs of the type used in the Mac Studio. I think in this specific case they have sold out of their pre-manufacturered supply of these skus and have redirected manufacture to the m5 rather than the RAM shortage overall. Assuming they are going to announce a M5 Ultra at WWDC, pushing the orders out 5 months gives them room to announce the M5 Ultra (with delivery in August/Sept) and then go to all the people who ordered the M3 Ultra 'Oh, we have a new model now, do you want that instead?'

Current delivery on high ram bins is 5 months + The ram shortage is effecting Apple now let alone before new hardware appears .

If your a new build that is pretty airtight with MVHR and decent insulation, unless the house is 400m² I doubt 7kW is correct, especially near Cambridge.

News over the last few days has been that OpenAI (and others) have been pulling back their Ram orders (they signed letters of intent not actual orders). They always ordered too much to be able to use (can't build datacentres fast enough). Apple signs very long term contracts for memory and has been able to avoid a lot of problems hitting others. Apples prices may go up but I doubt they will experience a significant shortage (no manufacturer wants to piss off one of the largest single buyers out there who is willing to sign longer term deals). All the memory manufacturers have been through plenty of boom-bust cycles and are trying hard to avoid the same this time (and thus aren't building much new capacity).

True, or seagulls, dogs and emmets. Cornwall is shit this time of year.

Global ram demand for hi bins ; nvidia etc . Not easy for Apple that’s sure . 96gb I’ll be ok with . Ram shortage set to continue until 2027 maybe 2028 until new production comes online . Can you all stop using chat and Claude please !

My beech isn't covered in human sh!t though!

Just noticed these: https://www.roofingsuperstore.co.uk/product/25mm-x-50mm-nu-lightweight-plastic-batten-price-per-linear-metre.html

@joth thanks, then I'm seeing them available here: https://octopart.com/search?currency=USD&specs=0&start=0&q=PGSPDY3&s=1

OK another tech question... We have a 50mm services void. I was planning to run horizontal cable trays, mostly high-up (2.5m above the floor) and split into mains & ELV / data (either using one split tray or two separate trays). Then a few vertical drops to light switches etc, also in trays if I can. And then fill any remaining void with, say, mineral wool. Question is - how do I avoid the mains crossing the data or is that OK? Something like this: Mains ------------------------!------------------------------- Data ------------------------!---------------!---------------- ! ! ! ! Mains Socket Network Port

Call that a Beech? Nah,

Sounds very interesting!

Wonderful piece of work Michael, welcome to THE forum for people like us and what is the next project? Great that you wanted to share it with us and can we ask how you found us?

Well done, chaps. That's inspiring. I'm planning to do a 5m x 6m garage on my own, within the next few months. I have a friend in the next village who will come & help me (although he doesn't know it yet) lift the walls & get everything vertical/square. My garage construction experience to date only covers making concrete bases (easy enough), & a little bit of block work three decades ago (I wasn't good at this). I have persuaded myself I will be much better at working with timber than with concrete blocks. I'll let everybody know what happens, so that others may learn from my mistakes.

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@DIYMichael Congratulations, a very tidy building. Well done.

We ordered custom metal road signs and custom Heras covers for the gates. Not expensive. The custom Heras panels were from crowdcontrolsolutions.co.uk. The custom metal signs from road-signs.uk.com.

https://www.speedy-rj45.com/shielded-plug-for-xl-cable

Just camping, although we will register address.