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..... Accept what you get..

I know it's been a while but I have decided to go back to working on the stairs. Annoyingly I just couldn't get enough usable timber out of the elm tree to do everything but I managed to get enough for the stairs. ? I'll probably just use ash for the landing handrails.

We're looking at £600/m2 2 bed room in roof.

I dealt with one with a stick when I was about 9. It didn't go well

I chose to start messing about with the valve because I assumed it would be simple. Iv had enough of the challenge for the moment. But yes right angle attachment I think are a must

No. I'm going to mount it horizontally and moan about it at every chance I get like the stubborn git that I am

I have to deal with this quite a lot in my day job. Generally smashing up structural parts of a house because the plumber "needs" whatever to fit their very expensive and the only available whatever. But this time it's my house and I'm fitting it so I'm going to moan. I was reccomend to go for this crosswater horizontal thermostatic valve for my shower. Not so much the valve but supposedly crosswater is a decent brand and is happily fitted by the plumbers I work alongside. So I do as I'm told and order it all. At what I consider a great expense. (Could have bought the lot for 2-300 but it's concealed so I spent proper money on the brass) It turns up and as always it's possibly the worst thought out lump of shite iv ever seen. For example I build at 400mm centers and so do most people unless your a house basher. So why the hell have they made the outlets stick out the sides on a valve that's already pretty wide? Why not point them either up or down? Next question why on earth have they put the hot and cold feed on opposite sides? Why not just put them both on the top which would make my life a lot easier.... There's nothing special about the hole. Grrrr. Now I can already hear everyone saying it's for a vertical valve........ Well obviously yes but it was sold as a pack with my horizontal faceplate so I'm fairly confident if I went back to the manufacturers they would claim its "universal". As always there wasn't really any point in this rant. I'm going to have to drill some BFO holes in my studs and "accommodate" for it like I do at work. Rant over. P. S I really do feel your pain @AnonymousBosch iv only just over this cluster fk of an unvented system (-the cylinder) and thought something with instructions might be more fun.. ?

Make sure you get a full flow/ bore one for your incoming main. ??

45 deg branch looks a lot like a little y. The double 90deg branch looks more like a cross to me. If you've been teaching kids that + is a y then I would be worried

Fwiw I was encouraged to go for an unvented heating system. Vented is considered old hat by my plumbing friends so to save the arguments I did as I was told.

£300 for 60m2?? Unless I missed something that's £15/sheet?????? Where are you getting a finishing grade ply from for that? Fwiw if I had a choice I would replace plaster with ply everywhere. Fill the bastard with screws and leave them showing but I do like the "industrial look"

Why do you want to line it In ply instead of plasterboard?

If you've never prepared timber before and would like to end up with a thicknesser this is the ideal job for you. I just usually try to be realistic about what should be DIY and what shouldn't. You sound like you want to have a go anyway so what's the worst that can happen. You resell a second hand thicknesser employ a joiner with a portable thicknesser. I doubt you'll lose much either way

Technically it should be 4 passes per board (every side). But if its board on board and its already regularised you could probably get away with 3 passes (front and sides) on your front boards and only a single pass on the face of your back boards. (I will secretly judge you but I would probably do the same) Tbh if you have an efficient setup e.g no long walks and plenty of stacking space it's a good day's work for 2 people depending on the feed speed of your thicknesses. 2 days at the very worst. Depending on the size of the board and assuming you have 2 people you can feed more than 1 plank at a time. Staggered but technically you'll have "3" boards in the machine at a time

Should add its only 4 passes per plank if the timber is already pretty good. If there's too much variation there will be 4x regularising passes then another at least another pass on your face side.

I'm all for DIY and buying tools but just to be realistic about things. That's 500m x 4 sides. You'll enjoy it for the first few hours. Accept it for the rest of the day and however long it takes you after that you'll begrudge it. Especially if you somehow randomly get a nick in your blade (which happens by magic most of the time) Don't get me wrong it'll be an achievement and I'm sure you'll be happy with what you've done but I wouldn't reccomend it as a cost saving exercise. Iv machined a fair amount of timber and it soon looses its novelty. My 2 cents.

Our clips just use a standard scaffold spanner (21mm) I am now intrigued. Would one of the multi pinned "does all" sockets work on your special security ones?

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Not usually. But with nails I know there is something beneath them before I start hitting it.

Oh dear..... Oh dear oh dear... We all know what you mean but give it a few hours and I'm sure you will find out why you can't just go throwing terms like that around the place Willie nillie. ?

Staple guns always annoy me. Iv been through a fair few by either losing my temper, Just loseing or having them stolen. Nowadays I favour towards clouts and a hammer. They seem to hold better. I usually need a hammer to get some of the staples in anyway and staple guns don't sit in my pouch very well. Tried a hammer stapler once. Missed the rafter, tore the felt. And that's the end of that story

A bound notepad and pencil. Not the rubbishy tear off ones or ring binder style. Similar to the ones you get free from howdens. E.g Portage Field Notebooks (3 Pack) - Memo Pocket Sized Notepads Perfect for On-The-Go Field Notes - 5.5" X 3.5" - 64 Pages https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B073SFW8DQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_jn-.CbCY8AXTE Other tools- cordless circular saw with rail attachment and rail. I assume he already has cordless tools so whatever brand he uses should be fine.

You don't know until you're told. As far as @ultramods was concerned it was a wall in a garden. Fair assumption unless you know what the retaining part changes in the construction

A lot of people say a lot of things. Our job is to find out what he really wants

What's it being laid on and what's it for?