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My handyman recommends lighter fuel

There is a roundup gel that you can dab on individual weeds without harming nearby plants...a bit backbreaking if you have a lot.

In my experience of gravel gardens there is a build up of soil over time on top of the landscape fabric and weeds grow in that not through it. Wind blown seeds get in. Good strong weedkiller from a hose sprayer or watering can over the lot a few times a year should keep on top of it. Gravel has not been a totally weed free option for me in the past it needs maintenance just different maintenance. BBC R4 Gardeners Question Time advice for hard to shift weeds e.g. mares tail.......old carpet or black plastic for a year to kill them all off then start again.....if you can bear to look at the mess for a year! @newhome maybe builder 2 threw diesel or something down before the gravel that kills most things in the soil.

had India yellow in previous dining room...looked stunning by candelight :-)

Our last house (built 30 years ago) we had a pile of spare bricks and a lot of spare blocks from drive. Never used them for anything on the house but did eventually use most up around the garden one way and another. Have got a nice pile of spare bricks waiting for me at new house...........always a comfort LOL

Similar, the name doesn't ring a bell but the product base is similar. Ours were made to our own specified size and finish. Can't find my quote at the mo.

Mine are solid steel it would take a lot to break one of those. They are made by a small company who specialise in bespoke floor boxes for high end properties, mainly very expensive London houses. I found them by accident and persuaded them to make just 2 for me.

Many congrats it looks fabulous. Well done.

The cable flap is made of steel and the hinge is steel pins too would take some breaking and yes I doubt the seal would withstand a bucket of liquid poured over but then Im not planning that, just washing the floor as normal. In the last month or so they have withstood repeated cleaning of the tiles with no moisture penetration even from steam mop on full power as well as labourer with mop and bucket I have positioned them roughly where I expect furniture to abut. They will not be sitting in the middle of an open floor with cables trailing across so I do not anticpate a trip hazard. It was one of my considerations. The design evolved from the open plan office idea but has been refined and developed and is far superior to the office ones.... I know because we have them in the office. LOL

Here are my floor boxes. They have a seal that stops water getting in when washing the floor. They are much more prominent in the photos...they will be lost in the furnishings eventually so not so obvious. I have 2 in my open plan area, 4 sockets in total. Its a shame we didnt get them in line with grout of tiles but as they had to be planned into the mbc slab (no ufh under them) it would have been a miracle if they had hit the grout lines. I’m very pleased with them they do exactly what I want. I didnt want the metal lids that have to stick up when you have a plug in, trip hazard as well as not being discrete.

https://www.mkelectric.com/Documents/English/EN MK Catalogue/Aspect.pdf ours are porcelain white but they do a big range of finishes. Really nice look very pleased with it.

I have floor sockets in my large open plan living area for exactly that reason I dont want cables trailing from walls across the floor to the sofa which will be in the middle of the room and I will want a lamp or two around the sofa. I have wall sockets as usual too. I went for the floor sockets that contain the plug itself below ground so the its only the cable visible going in through a gap. There is an inset in the socket frame that takes a tile so all you see is a grey frame on the floor.

Ive gone for a white screwless rounded edge mid range on price. MK Aspect. Suggested by electrician.

@Hecateh well done. It sounds as though you got a good result and an amicable parting of the ways. Onwards now!

I could go and cut a few holes in the roof over the weekend??

Counting the hours @vivienz

Oh dear ouch! If its any comfort some if our windows were the wrong size.....well pretty much all of them actually. Luckily my wonderful carpenter was on site when fitters were there and he was able to make adjustments to frame.

A long day and a lot of £££’s but at last we have our tarmac road (circa 300 sq m) and drive base (circa 130 sq m). A real transformation, looks a bit more like somewhere I can move into next week!

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Ive got a flat floor wet room, tiles and a linear drain that is tiled. Very sleek. This is on the mbc slab.

Ah sorry I had not grasped that. Thank you!

Got the building inspector out tomorrow to look at house for sign off. Water not on his list of docs with neither is mvhr and both are building regs items. It maybe that they accept the initial submission and sap and not ask for any final. Advice from various sources is conflicting so wait and see I guess. I am trying to get prepared. Our build was nicknamed muddy hole...it is solid clay and passers by were convinced it was swimming pool being dug out.......the amount of rain since we started has been unbelievable. We have buiilt through the wettest year for eons. No need for water conservation here, drainage is more of an issue! I can promise you a heat wave and drought from the beginning of May when we are no longer building!

Thank you....will investigate looks a bit scary!

Thank you I will have a go at it tomorrow

Thank you....any idea where I get this form or a sample to follow of how to do my own.