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The bottom newels are slid onto the tenons and then doweled in - currently unfitted to make the glass fit easier. The heights of the two newels is correct - they vary as the stairs rise up - makes more sense when the handrails are on. The problem is more fundamental than that.. some pillock has decided to start oiling from the bottom up.... starting at the top and going down would be much much easier!

Being a responsible builder, I installed our eyewash station in the most used room of the house - the kitchen. Right where everyone can grab it easily and quickly. Put it up, right pleased with myself, until Debbie asked why the kitchen lights weren't working anymore? I've put a screw right through a cable buried in the wall haven't I? Right here..... The right hand screw is the culprit. The mood-o-meter says it all. To repair it, I need to isolate the circuit, prove that it is is dead ( a la John Ward) Dig the cable out, and find the break Then what? Help please....... I know less than anyone in the world about electrics. Thanks Ian

As I thought really. In that case I'll work on screed to match levels and then a battened joist approach rather than a battened finished floor. Many thanks!

Yes it is as simple as that. A bit of 3 core & earth 1mm cable.

This was to demo joining two bits of T&E, 2.5mm new & old in this case, (note the cpc (earth) might be smaller): Dead easy on a bench, fiddly in a wall, even getting the crimping tool in of course: Strip the sheaths: Stagger the joints so you don't get the "python after a large meal" bulge in the middle. The join needs to be long enough so you can slip the heatshrink on and slide along far enough to do the crimping and ideally shrink the crimp without affecting the tubular head shrink: Strip the ends: Heatshrink slipped on BEFORE you crimp! Crimp heat shrunk - has glue in that melts and sticks to the core: Green / yellow sleeving on. SOMETIMES as said above you might want a smaller crimp for the cpc: Cpc done: All neatly crimped, old colours for the heatshrink 'cos I've got it: Heatshrink over the top: Chuck it in the wall and get plastering! Similarly it could be soldered but make damn sure you get no sharp wispy bits of solder that might poke through the heatshrink!

started on the ground floor? Been there. Done that.

I wibble quite often... Says the wife The humidity sensor is built into the unit, probably on the outlet side. Woks very efficiently, dries towls/washing quite quickly, now I'm living with one of these, wouldn't be without it... Helps with dust allergies too

The key problem here seems to be how the planning committee, not the planning officer, will view the proposed development, relative to what is really on the site at the moment. This is why I suggested that two models, one showing the existing site, with all the buildings present (even though some don't count as far as the planning officer is concerned) and the other showing the (hopefully!) less cluttered proposed development, with the larger house but no outbuildings. The idea is to convince the planning committee that the proposal does not make the site look worse, or more over-developed, than it is at the moment, or even to show that it will look significantly better. As an example, our site was heavily overgrown and had been used as a dumping ground for garden waste for years, before it was fenced in. It was an eyesore, with trees, shrubs, brambles that were head high etc. One of the planning committee members commented that by building on the site we would be getting rid of a village eyesore. I think much the same argument could be made here, and suggest that it may be a mistake to focus too closely on the wording of this Policy 22 and its interpretation. The bottom line is that planning committee decisions are inevitably driven by a mix of personal politics and opinion, not planning regulations or policy.

@KaraB If you press the set button immediately followed by the up and down arrow buttons and continue holding all three for 5 seconds it should give you access to the commissioning menu, which let's you set low, normal and boost ventilation rates, timers, as well as the humidity control and filter reminder.

When you look at the digital screen is there a small logo/squiggle shape right hand corner? If there is, this is indicating humidity sensor is activated (boost). You can raise the humidity level say from 60 to 80...works for me ? David

Everyone has a different view of perfection .... I built a pretty large extension to our last house and was amused when some friends came over and picked up on a couple of points that I hadn’t seen, or had decided to ignore. Roll forward 18 months and they bought a “beautiful house” from a developer and was asked to do a snagging list for them “to pick up anything they missed”.... I had 3 pages of A4, and some were borderline structural issues ..!!! Yet to them it was “perfect”....

That grey plastic arrangement is commonly referred to in the trade as a steaming bag of ?. Disconnect it all and throw it in the bin, it's not worth any further effort, genuinely not worth it. ? Buy yourself one of the mcalpine Single bowl combination traps and re plumb it, minus the grey crap. Is it bowl and a half or single bowl?

We are @SteamyTea'a substitute for the Great Egg Race, engineering version.

Another old post I've picked up on. Thoroughly (errr ... mostly) enjoyed the reading and, as expected, found myself very much in the minority (Can't quite believe I'm doing this myself). Stress - Well, I can struggle with stress at times but one stress I'm not going to have is 'another half' disagreeing with me - on the flip side that means I haven't anyone at home to bounce ideas off. @MikeSharp01 - You are doing so much right. The only other thing to do is to remind her - and I'm sure you do - that you love her and that won't change no matter what else happens. I know there are aspects (lots of) that will stress me out. I think I am lucky in the builder I have chosen (fingers crossed as the build hasn't started yet) I got a few quotes and, price notwithstanding, they divided into 3 areas. The first was where the person that quoted was unlikely to be seen once the job started ... NO ... NO ... NO ... The second were those that were already 'mansplaining' (sorry to use that phrase but it is definitely what some were doing, although I suspect at least one would have done it even if I was male) and telling me what I 'needed'. The guy I have chosen is young. Accepts me as equal but different and is happy to come up with ideas about how what I want can be achieved or go away and do some research before he comes back to me with opinions. He has texted if he is going to be later than arranged when calling. AND lots of other little things that suggests he knows there are 2 important aspects to his work - The first being quality and the equally important second being communication. As far as decision making is concerned. I know some of it will stress me out but this is definitely an area where life experience can be utilised. I am not going to make the 'right' decision every time. I'm old enough to really know that nothing is ever perfect. There are lots of things in the house I am living in now that I have lived with for years and am now putting right because I want to get the best price when I sell. Ok some of them are biggish things but others I could have sorted but became unimportant until I was selling. Whatever mistakes I maked things will still be much better than in every house I have lived in until now. Perfect isn't necessary

300 litre HP ASHP with additional 3kw immersion (so 2x immersion) was £845 delivered.

F what are you doing sitting on top of a sink? Use the shower like the rest of us.