Super_Paulie

spoke too soon. Almost 2 years to the day "Mr.Dig" appeared this morning and were to install another massive pole in the exact same spot that they did before and subsequently had to remove. I went out and insisted it wasnt installed there and they said they would move it as far away as they could. Its maybe 8 feet further along but still right outside my house. Complaint gone into CityFibre just exactly like what i did 2 years ago...

Enjoyed it, loved the gaff, congrats. My missus was all for the "Instagram house" journey but sacked it off immediately when she realised she couldn't click her fingers and the house was completed in 5 seconds. I've been on my lonesome since that day (day 1).

Yeah, never did get that. If my own sister ran the family glazing company then why go to a different company? Whole thing made no sense. Christmas dinner would be right frosty, with or without windows.

How can it take only a year? I'm honestly working myself to the bone here and it's taking ages... I'm a competent technician by trade, what am I doing wrong! 😆

i had something similar with CityFibre, who id never heard of at the time. One morning when i left for work i noticed a team of guys in a van over the road, didnt think anything of it, thought someone was getting broadband in or something. Came back at 5pm and there was a telegraph pole directly outside my house, against my boundary wall and directly in front of where a window was to be on my approved plans, maybe 2ft away from the window. It seemed they deliberately waited until i had left for work before they started on it. After a few moments of "was that pole always there?" confusion i read the notice on the pole that said who to contact with any complaints. So i did, and the council building control as well. To be fair to CityFibre the gaffer came out the next day and said "yeah, that pole shouldnt have gone there but they dont need permission" and can put a pole anywhere they want. The council got back to me and said it was bang out of order and that they will insist on it being moved if CityFibre dont agree. Anyways, they did and agreed to move it to the far side/road side of the pavement about 6ft away and on the gable end. I was happy with that as it meant it wouldnt be directly outside of my window. However, nothing happened for months. Maybe 3 months. And when it did they came and removed the pole and filled it in with concrete. Strangely, 30 seconds after the guys left another van turned up and the bloke was massively confused "looking for the pole". He then proceeded to dig out the fresh concrete and replace it with black tarmac... within the concrete pavement. That was 2 years ago now and the pole never did get put in the new place, they simply didnt come back. Suits me, but it was needlessly stressful all round. Ironically, just this week i looked at the tarmac they put in and its got a hole in the middle of it about 30cm deep, so its sunken or something.

how come people can build a mansion from nothing in a year of graft yet i spend every sodding day for 3 years on my 3 bedroom semi and still havent got a ceiling...

GD bingo cards at the ready... 😆

You could extend the vents out to the end of the patio with ducting? I'm going to do that but my air bricks are a few courses below yours so I'd imagine it's significantly easier. Depending on the patio you may need to use a telescopic to move it back down again... It's not a good detail by the architect sadly.

Thanks guys, always nice to have some viewpoints and reassurances from you lot. I've got a bunch of 9.5mm here so that's what I'll go with straight onto the ply. It's only one wall, the other is exposed brick 👍.

the time has come to plasterboard the kitchen wall. The wall is stud standing off from the original knackered wall and clad with 15mm ply. I was going to tile backer the middle section for metro tiles but do the top and bottom (both behind cabinets) in 9.5mm plasterboard screwed straight on. Is this too faffy, should i just use my plasterboard all over it and move on to the next job? I was going to get it skimmed so i should i just plasterboard the lot and add the backer in over the top afterwards when i have my heights nailed on?

get a picture up when its in position, looking forward to seeing it. I use a portable Ooni myself but id look into a permanent fixture once the house itself is finished.

That's what I was looking at for when I get round to replacing the rad for a nice one, just bring it on with a timer or something. What's your experience with it John, effective?

I have my bathroom towel rad as the bypass radiator for my UFH. I loop the return from this rad up and down in an UFH fashion before it leaves the room and back to the boiler. I'm looking to get a radiator that also heats up with electric for the months I don't use the underfloor, best of both worlds.

Could knock the cement base off and plasterboard it? Or just cover any join with scrim and get spreadin, seems relatively straightforward.

Illbruck FM330 foam was the game-changer for me.

i mean, from the description and picture it looks like it might be supporting a rolling pin and a jar of pizza base.

I did. For the extra time it takes at least id know i did all that i could.

Can do what you like really, all my isolators are in a cupboard. Think there is an unofficial recommendation of having the oven isolator within 2m but it's not a reg.

just used those screws last night for a radiator batten into block work and they are my go-to for most medium to heavy jobs to be fair. Drill hole, clean it out, drive it in. Works every time.

yeah, bent flimsy plastic and an inch of polystyrene doesnt instill confidence.

just had the same situation this week. I was too impatient to wait for a delivery of insulated tile backer and my car cant carry sheet material (2 seater) so i just did what Oz suggested above. Foamed and taped the cavity closer then a full bed of foam and 12.5mm board to give me the clearance over the brackets. My thoughts that the full bed of foam will provide some thermal break or insulation may or may not be correct. I left the reveals long and then used insulation board on the walls to bang up to them then cut them down to flush. For what its worth i think the cavity closers are sh*te, or at least the way my builder installed them maybe is. Always "gappy" like your image, which requires me to foam and tape them all down and brace them until they go somewhere near straight.

I'm part way/miles away from finishing my side and rear extension on my 1930s place, good luck to ya!

These bad boys got the beam cleaned in an afternoon. Used the purple type and it lasted pretty much the entire job, so I've got 4 spare... It was brutal though, looked like I'd been working down a coal mine afterwards.

Easy to control with a gun. Around the box and then into the open grommet, but like I say I get no drafts anyways, I just love using that FM330, it's the absolute shiz.

It's not getting boxed in, otherwise I would have done it!