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So cut the rafter ends like this I was going to use dry verge ends, i know they look a bit naff. Where the rafters meet the wall plate should i stick with birdmouth setup so it sits on top of the wall plate or can i just have the rafter butted up to the wall plate and screw them together? I was going to screw it all together is that ok or should it be nails? (I appreciate this is a basic questing but i know certain things in roofing should be nailed) Interesting point about the tile size. these roofs are common on the houses round here and the ones where the tiles don't match the main roof tiles look odd so my hands are tied.

It says installation must adhere to BS 644, I go to find out about the code and it requires £200 or so to look at it, so I'm not doing that. I figure what is in this sketch should be sufficient similar to what Simon d posted. Weight of each window says 6,0 ? Whatever that means I assume that's 6kg but they do seem a lot heavier imo.

Sorry - misread your post. For any sort of financial advice it's usually best to start with Money Saving Expert. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/

probably cos like most glues its stronger then what it is sticking together but it is brittle not so modifed polymer adhesives- they will flex and aircraft+vehicles suffer from vibration and flexing in use

With a typical uPVC sill, the fall is in the sill itself, ergo you don’t need this offset to manage weather / rain, and the sills usually don’t have that much wiggle room. My concern would be, once the sill is installed back against the internal leaf (I assume this is what Bob intends to do?) then you’ll have less frame on show after dressing in the internal reveals. What you need to avoid is getting to, or past the removable glazing beads, and obvs it not looking shit too with nice perimeters top & sides and then nothing at the bottom. Ask more questions with your builder and get the answers directly. Post what he says here if it doesn’t make sense to you.

and what about all the gas+oil reserves in the solway -- my ex brother in law was involved in exploritory drilling in the 80,s lots found but not developed by order of the government-- its ours -- and always will be as it so close to us - it was saved for the fuure -- that may not happen - but its still there -no competition from other countires i would prefer a system like the US =when the government changes --so can the civil servants -- no knighthoods there i am not so simple as to think there are not "brown envelopes " happening there same as here maybe a change to restrict politicans from having other commercial interests they have always been at it in all parties --they are just picking on farage at the moment

Hi all, seeking advice on the below picture. we recently had a wall rebuilt and this is a section where a window will be installed. The wall is a cavity wall, blocks used in the inner leaf and bricks in the outer leaf with insulation in between. The block wall in the inner leaf was left slightly higher than the brick wall in the outer leaf. Is this correct? I wonder how the cavity closure can be fitted with blocks not level, the insulation can be trimmed to fit if necessary. I asked the builder and he suggested that when the window-cill is installed the window will be in level with the inner block so not an issue. Is this correct? I thought the cavity closure should be installed between the 2 cavity walls. Would appreciate some thoughts, do I need to worry?

Just had a SigEnergy setup with a DC EV charger included - to start the charger you need an RFID tag to start it going (and/ or maybe the App; no EV yet so not not tested). Seems to be a good anti-charge theft device 😀

The problem is lots if that stuff doesnt happen any more. Funny you mention bridge inspections. One near me, the bridge parapet collapsed into the river. Turns out nobody has done any inspections underwater since fred retired. Nearly 20 years. Yep, doing a great job.

What will look odd is if a groove is off centre to a single gang switch/socket.

Cheers - one option is to bring the kitchen into the main building back room

Thanks MIke this is my concern

"I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees."

Frankly, I wouldn’t care if it was mortgageable or not as I wouldn’t live there. Looks like a total disaster (like most old houses in most towns/cities). Unless you have plans to knock down and rebuild.

Good old Chesterton - basic systems theory back in 1978 building on the standard INPUT-PROCESS-OUTPUT. Since then a load of other Systems thinking 101 bumper stickers: "Everything is connected to everything else.", "These who neglect History are destined to repeat it.", "Beware your baggage.", "Investment Challenges Change.", "As an attacker, winning the fight will make you the defender." and "The S curve is the pattern of Everything." Then introduce complexity & chaos theory and watch heads explode! Ho Hum....

Was watching an episode of the great house giveaway only the other day from series 1 and that had a property on it with a single skin extension and the chap said it needed another skin to be mortgageable

Definitely much much better than 2G, and they also do one with thicker glass on the outer pane which lessens it even more, designed primarily for use in bedrooms, so may be worth looking at that unit

I sacked him via email & I haven't heard back from him yet. He had lots of help from me before he got going & lots more help from me (which I didn't expect to have to provide) over the past several months. I paid £3,600 (50%) before he got going & I've asked him to repay this within seven days.

We have 3 passive approved triple glazed electric Velux windows in a vaulted kitchen ceiling. Noise is not an issue for me or my wife. None in bedroom though, a small one in the hall just outside bedroom, again noise not an issue.

re: Cascamite Fairly obvious when you think about it, but proper structural glues have proper datasheets with glue strength under tension, shear etc. All the consumer glues just say 'super-strong' or some other unquantified nonsense. Having said all that, I can't see strength numbers for Cascamite. Strict prep, thickness, temperatures, application methods etc if you want to get the manufacturer's results. Worth bearing in mind that a lot of reactions are exponential with temperature and you can cheat the weather a bit by maybe using a fridge or a bucket of hot water. Also watch for peel strength when handling - may be not so strong even if the shear strength looks good in situ. Fill your boots

I like Fable! it makes opus look like a 9 yr old!

Chesterton's Fence is very much a thing and the likes of trump, RTKjr and Hegseth have absolutely no idea what the parable means.

I'm actually not surprised. The stuff that makes a country run happens pretty invisibly most of the time. Roads get repaired, bridges inspected, food hygiene is checked, school busses organised, flu clinics set up, bins collected, planning decided etc and nobody really noticed *until* something goes wrong. Then we notice and moan about how shit it is. The civil service is like plumbing - we only think about it when it goes wrong and what is there is a confusing jumble but replacing it is a ton of cost, disruption and work and often creates entirely new problems.

I expected a lot of damage caused by the unthinking slashing of contracts and staff but I'm really surprised at how incredibly badly it's going. It's the Brexit 'had enough of experts' on sterioids and we are only seeing a fraction of the messes being created that will take a very long amount of time to clean up.

Lloyds Underwriters https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/profile-two-men-who-lost-a-billion-names-in-the-lloyd-s-syndicates-run-by-anthony-gooda-and-derek-walker-are-facing-ruin-richard-thomson-relates-a-tale-of-two-incompetents-1494224.html