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  1. SteamyTea
    Bowden sounds awful. "We enjoy a culture of singing, meditating, working, gardening, celebrating and learning together, as well as hosting eventsfor the wider community"
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    Going to be wet and very windy down here tomorrow. If you have a bit of spare time, have a little play with the resin and mat to get a feel for it. One thing to notice is how the noise change as you consolidate the mat. It is hard to explain how to do this sort of job, just experience really. And good hand cleaner.
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    When I used to make spa baths, I had two fitters. One, Cornish as it happens, was always in a hurry, generally an angry man. He very really used cleaner in the pipes. The other fellow, the one that did not look like a pirate, was meticulously neat, spent what seemed like forever cleaning things up. He never, as far as I remember, had a leak. He also finished jobs quicker. Odd that, wish my current boss could see that a bit of organisation and calmness saves time.
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    Making the bails more compact will increase the thermal losses, do will need thicker walls. And more straw. And more expense. You can tell I am not a fan of straw bails for housing. Glass or mineral wool us cheaper, quicker, better thermally, and in my case, itches a lot less.
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    For this sort of job you need to be resin rich. The excess resin should be drawn to the surface by the rolling. Don't press too hard on the roller, that can just pucker up the mat. The binder in the mat may take a minute or 3 to breakdown, so don't start rolling as soon as you have put the resin on, that just makes a mess and a noise.
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    Does look like a combination of lack of pre wetting and then curing too soon. Like the Curates Egg. It is good in parts. Try a bit less hardener, and half the amount in the bucket. If we were doing a large job, then we incrementally increased the hardener as we went along. So say 2.5%, then 3% and then 3.5%. just make sure each layer is from the same batch. Actually I never worked in percent, we used the tradition mixed units if cc to the lb.
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    Just had a thought, though won't affect the remedy. Where these bubbles where you joined/overlapped the original, successful, layup?
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    As the resin set, all I can think of at the moment is that there was some sort of inclusion in there. Case of sand off and start again by the sounds of it. From what Andy says, yes, as there was no milkiness, which is the usual giveaway.
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    I don't think it was water, or over catalysing. Did you spill any resin on the mat that then set hard, before you started? This used to happen quite alot, a few spots of hardened mat does not want to play nicely.
  10. SteamyTea
    Gasoline and matches, coupled with good insurance.
  11. SteamyTea
    You could get that old car working properly.
  12. SteamyTea
    Any chance of some pictures. Were you laying up on the flat?
  13. SteamyTea
    Isn't the idea of a contingency to just get you out of a very unexpected hole. If, say you are working to £1200/m2, and working to a m2 price is only valid once the house is finished, your 5, 10, 25% contingency should not affect the overall cost greatly. If it does, then your costing was way out to start with. Also, does anyone account for the VAT rebate?
  14. SteamyTea
    What. Like 20 Number 6.
  15. SteamyTea
    Isn't there someone on here doing a similar thing in Dorset. Found them @tonybythesea
  16. SteamyTea
    Thick walls to make up for lower R Value, so that steal space. I suffer from very bad hayfever, so construction is anything but healthy. Radon gas is natural too. They are covered in a clay layer, so probably need a crane to place them. If straw was such a fantastic material for house construction, we would all have it. Best to stick to TF or traditional construction.
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    How much are people willing to pay for me to design a GRP flat roof system?
  18. SteamyTea
    What sort of values are you looking at?
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    Angle grinder and disc. Sand the heads off the nails.
  20. SteamyTea
    Welcome What is your rational for choosing a SIP construction method?
  21. SteamyTea
    Assuming you have a Windows PC, then look at the touchpad settings.
  22. SteamyTea
    You going to ask her to remove the old toilet then.
  23. SteamyTea
    Nice looking sample, similar to what the bums seem to be drinking in Market Jew Street.
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    I got one as well by showing my Part P. I think you can do the same in B&Q. But I use MacSalvors, way cheaper, though Jim's Tackle is cheaper on adhesives. Every town should have a MacS and Jim's.
  25. SteamyTea
    I did my Part P without any prior formal training. Though, thinking about it now. I did have a Level 3 in Vehicle Electrical Systems, but I never mentioned that.
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