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I was in a similar place a few months ago, Talking about it on here helped me a lot, so did going abroad, (Slovakia was lovely last weekend) Each time I got back I picked a job, just one as even short lists were getting to depress me, I'm so easily distracted I have managed to start a whole load of jobs but just thinking about one has cheered me up quite a lot,

The writing came with the picture but it did take me a second or 2

if I had to pay £1 for every grammatical mistake I would be verging on the national debt I'm not as bad since I downloaded Grammarly

I should add a lot of the frustration comes from how it is worded, (youtube comments) "could you not have........" ill give you an answer explaining why "i'd have just.........." GFY

Quick question. Do they need to be fire rated at all? If so you will need an intumescent paint in it somewhere.

I'd have just turned the bucket around. in relation to underpinning with the digger and the special adaptor I made, I mean FFS as if I didn't try that first.....

I can’t speak for all but that is generally how brickies leave it. Not so much the gaps above and below the batts nor the masses of mortar left behind but not filling right up to the reveal. You just need to hope the person that fits the windows (usually me on our firm) cares enough to fill them up before fitting the cavity closures, unfortunately in this case they had fitted the closures with very little regard to “finishing someone else’s job”,

the rage series are what they are, what do you expect for something 1/3 of their competitor's price, cutting studwork, firewood, metal, fingers they are fine and will easily be within a mil unless you start forcing the arm about. but don't expect to be able to just stick it on opposite 45's and end up with a perfect 90, it'll do it but you will probably need to adjust the fences first and be conscious when tightening up the selector, makita make good chop saws but all the ones iv seen always seem to lack something that a similarly priced competitor has, (AFAIC dewlt are still leading the pack on big chop saws) also plus a few for skill saws on big timbers, the major factor is being able to cut the timber on the pile, to use a chop saw you will have to move and place accurately every single length at least one extra time.

OK because I know Ian will like this lets summarise, in the end, I bought the DTD154z bare for £112 delivered inc vat from eBay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Makita-DTD154Z-18v-Brushless-Impact-Driver-Bare-Unit/132530920423?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 while researching we found out: DtD 154z and 170 are both 117mm long (120mm in the real world) the 170 is a lot more expensive but has 3 more speed/torque settings, (total 6) the DtD 152z is 137mm (real world 135mm) Dtd 146 is 132mm in the real world dtd 141 is 130mm in the real world or you can get the Dtl 061 if you wanted a real "angle driver" but i still havent found the measurement on that. prices are what they are and you can all type product codes into amazon as well as i can note all model numbers are refering to 18v makita and the measurements are taken from the back of the body to the front of the socket without a bit in it.

indeed, in your line of work I can see why, I put the joists in, you go and take as much of them out as you can ;P the Milwaukee adaptor I linked earlier really has been fantastic for what I need it for, it has put in literally 1000's of timberlocks when sistering joists/rafters, it has also drilled quite a few 25mm holes but not as many as other trades would. I'm not sure it is rated for use in an impact driver but that's what I use it in and I haven't managed to kill it yet

she hasnt complained yet

unfortunately for you, the Englishman is keeping gold this time as that it the 061z I mentioned a couple of posts above. just imagine me winding in flooring screws with that all day long....

Yes, but you have got to be weary here about being a “grass” which won’t help preceding. Tell bb you noticed it was not very well filled on one so you investigated the others. Then let him fill them properly. Telling the BCO first will not help bring another prices down.

The bridging bit is called the cavity closure just so you know. And AFAIC no that’s not acceptable BUT you will find that is general practice for brick layers. Insulation is just a hinderance to them. if they did it properly brick and block could be a good way to build, unfortunately most of the time they don’t. All hail the chippies

When you say the driveway is subject to planning. Is that the entire thing or just the bit by the road? You see a fair few places that have about 2m of block paving by the entrance then gravel after that. Could this be an option?

Makita do the same 061z but it's a different tool and I couldn't use that style of driver for "everyday" use I have got one of these for when things get really tight, TBH it is a very good tool https://www.amazon.co.uk/Milwaukee-49-22-8510-Right-Angle-Attachment/dp/B000BYEJ02

I colleague used to have a fein drill driver set, seemed ok, or at least on par with Makita, But its too late for me to start swapping brands now unless I get robbed again, but even then I would be looking at Hilti or flexvolt, but realistically I would probably just stick with Makita, apart from the battery issues they are very good tools for the price.

they're good tools, and supposedly have a fantastic warranty, but they just look horrendous, for the price I would choose Hilti over them

which one?

Not a chance, I would sooner invest in Hilti than those guys, whoever their designer is needs sacking,

if you want to compete you need a fein,

that was back when you used a glass

I hope he did, Arches are officially a waste of space