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Straight. the other one just looks wrong. don't ask me why, I don't have 7 years of special flower training behind me, it just looks wrong.

Sorry, I've got nothing being laser or water jet cut at the mo but how about this place: http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=261235174760&category=31587&pm=1&ds=0&t=1482361428380 Have used these in the past: http://www.essexlaser.co.uk

Actually Faye "underneath"....is that not a bit sexist nowadays? Faye "on top" seems equally wrong as she always seems to the one doing the work... Level pegging then!

E & F pissed to remind you of the cider festival!

Quickest is probably to open the PDF in Acrobat then use Windows Snipping Tool to do a screen grab or use Shutter in Ubuntu etc. Unless you've say full Acrobat and can save as a .jpg or .png etc

If you really get stuck: http://www.whcollier.co.uk/

Accepted £450 (less ebay fees). No idea what the buyer has planned for them, but they are off to Devon.

That's exactly why online self-paced learning is so popular. Dip in, out, ignore, skip, yes i like this bit, I'll watch / listen. Just right for you Ed

I can see it now, Patrick Swayze with his arms wrapped round Ed dressed in just a shirt...

I planned mine better than you. Had my major accidents before we demolished. thought it best i got them over with

why not enroll on a nightschool pottery class....you'll get access to the proper clay and a proper oven!

Sounds like a new TV format. The great British brick off!

Pity this event has finished.. http://londonist.com/2016/06/fancy-making-your-own-brick-inscribed-with-your-initials

I think it was probably me that mentioned the third party wireless I have used these previously and they are excellent:- Ubiquiti They come supplied with a PoE injector so no power required to access point just a Cat5/6 cable. They are fairly easy to setup with minimal config. Any questions fire them to me and I will do my best to answer.

Nothing has been removed, it reduces by about 50% volume. We have dug out top soil and replaced it with the crushed hardcore as the new drive way is quite large. Kept a large pile on site in case we need to lay around house if it becomes muddy and to back fill once completed. Based on a delivery of recycled road plannings we had about 60 t of hardcore. after crushing. it cost us about £10 a tonne to crush. As we did not need to muck it away probably saved about the same ( muck away is £220-260 a load)

Just make the "brick" out of something like fibreglass or a 2-pack coloured resin and glue it up high. Try and do it when Fayes out as a surprise. Then hide the ladder so she'll never know. Leave a few lumps of clay and other genuine brick making materials about... Then it'll be March 14th every time she looks at it!

Having done exactly this because of my brick-obsessed dad, (and given the sensible approaches above) I'd say make sure you get the right clay: it's critical you get that right. '.... bottom of the pond....' WILL fail. Go and beg 50Kg of clay from your local brick company : this is ours (Claughton) the source is the 'smudge' in the hillside, and the line through the trees is the aerial rope-way laden with buckets down to the factory When you get the clay 'work' it thoroughly with your hands, get rid of every bit of 'rubbish' and pack and stack your forms under pressure for a few hours before firing. Vibrate the forms if you can (get rid of as much air as you can). Your local clay may well be different. Good excuse to visit pubs and ask if any locals have experience with local brick making. The satisfaction of making your own brick is immense. Good luck.

Depends on how much chilli powder you put in, of course

http://www.hughesprecast.co.uk/Building/Flue-Gathering Always used something like this to start. Gets built in and the liner then sits in the groove. Gets back filled with a vermiculite mix as you build it up.

Thanks all - it's the spine feature wall of our house and is very substantial as we built it to party wall standards - there was a vague notion to enable the house to be split into two if ever required so this is effectively two Csl stud walls side by side. Pretty confident that we can brace as required, making good will be the trick but we have an advantge here as the lower wall was clad in 12mm Osb to provide racking strength. There is a layer of 12.5 pb over this and in the floors above it's a double layer of pb. Joiners plan is to cut the outer layer twice the width of the inner layer cut required. We will then secure the sections of 40mm plate along the line of the stairs, cutting it into the cls vertical timbers and then put a section of 12mm ply over that before putting PB on the outer layer. He feels that this will minimise cracking. Other side of the stairs is a full height atrium but we don't need to go through to that as there's plenty of support in the wall itself. Stair people are happy with that solution. I've asked them to pay the 2-3 days labour as they sold me a staircase that they should have known I could not have installed - they did a full survey and noted the wall construction. Staircase is built, on site and paid for so I'm committed to having it. Also saving them the need to make new stringers and ship them from Poland. No word yet so we'll see what comes back.

Alternatively- just find you local school art department with a kiln and ask if they would put your brick in with their next firing in exchange for a donation to school funds, for a slightly bigger donation they will probably do it on its own.

As I thought. These "special offers", even when stacking multiple discount things together are still over priced. Today, Jewsons, 9mm OSB £7.05 per sheet plus vat = £8.84. Free delivery of course and there's no special offers or jumping through hoops. And that was not even a trade account deal, just cash.

You may have a couple of options @ProDave if you have your wits about you. 1 - Can you use 11mm OSB2 instead? B&Q: OSB 2 Board (Th)11mm (W)1220mm (L)2440mm at £10.50 if you buy 5. http://www.diy.com/departments/osb-2-board-th11mm-w1220mm-l2440mm/27592_BQ.prd and Wickes has WICKES GENERAL PURPOSE OSB2 BOARD 11 X 1220 X 2440MM @ £11.55 if you buy 3. http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-General-Purpose-OSB2-Board-11-x-1220-x-2440mm/p/110024 You will get another 10% off the Wickes with a Trade Card; B&Q will be unlikely to discount further. If you do it tomorrow you can do multiple orders (I think) at just over £100 and get £20 off each one using the WIckes BLACK20 code linked above as well. Do it in store and it may take your Trade Card too if you have one. You may lose free delivery. 2 - Or you can apply the BLACK20 code to the £14.99 price for the 9mm OSB3. The website just offered to sell me seven for £84. In the shop I would get another £8.40 off that for Trade (if I have their offer stacking order right) = £10.50 ish each. 11mm OSB2 from Wickes might pan out at £8 per sheet with BLACK20. Just make sure you do it tomorrow and check their maths. I would phone up first if it is any distance. If they like you they may make it one order for free delivery purposes. If you end up buying online at Wickes you won't be able to use your Trade card but you would be able to use TopashBack or Quidco for a couple of percent. Not a lot but you could get a bottle of whisky for Hogmanay. Ferdinand