FuerteStu

These were my Camtile ones I ended up skipping.. Almost identical, but narrower

Looks very much like Camtile but they are normally 2 groove not 3 🤔

He gave you an extra 10mm of worktop.. Thinking outside the plumbline

Did you have a miner in there?? (sp)

I spotted that hallway floor too! Beautiful. I'm not a SE but I'm guessing that triangle fill is not structural either and could be removed. That would let even more natural light through. Have you seen any of the neighbours layouts? That would give you a guide to how it was originally.

Just a thought here, if you haven't built it yet. Every about putting a step in the blockwork? The bottom two courses could be wider blocks. Eliminating the need for screws completely.

It's the same along most of it. The river was the border most of the time, and the towns were on one side. I'm ten minutes in from the coast

Norfolk/Suffolk border too!

Looks like they were not there as part of the wall, but for making a good fixing for cabinets and sockets etc

The rivers however... End up way worse

What about a throw over latch? They seem to be more popular, and forgiving.

This is the way we all end up, but most of us are too terrified to begin the process all over again 😂😂😂

It also doesn't feel like there is enough fixings across this joint. Especially because it looks like there are no washers and the nail/screw is buried. What was the manufacturer's design for this connection?

They're usually just clip in place with two or three arrow shaped plastic clips into slots in the window.. I've fitted three different brands Windows with these being slightly different types, but they all go intimate the windows the same way. I can't imagine they wouldn't be compatible. At worst they might be slightly tighter or looser to clip in, but still as functional/frustrating depending on your tolerance for them. (some people hate them here)

When the scaffolding came down and I could see it looked like I imagined it would.. Until that moment I had sleepless nights thinking it would look a mess, and stand out like a sore thumb on a nice little street

Second one was when he was older.. Had a steeper ladder, and made with scaffold tubes. This one was fixed to two walls. With the corner supported with an upright

First one I built allowed for a sofa bed underneath.. Large steps for a 5yo to climb, there was a light on a timer at the top, so he didn't have to climb down in the dark. The rail at the top was made from a length of 2x3 and two broom sticks cut into sections

I've built two raised beds for my eldest boy. Both were built to be as indestructible as he is destructive. I never went that high and they were high enough for plenty to go on underneath. I can post pictures if you're interested in what I came up with?

Remember the difference between height of platform and working height. Some access is described as being 3m platform, but gives you a realistic reach of 4.5m. I see lots of people paying for towers and plant that's way bigger than needed.

It's worth noting that nothing we use today is actual AI. it's a probability engine, with a database of history. It's generating the most likely version of your request based upon other people's online submissions It cannot predict changes to regional building plans, not individual variances.. It just gives you what is most likely if you took an average of all the previous submissions. If its dataset was of successful applications only, then it would be reassuring. But I'm not sure if you could reliably get that. And it will never allow for individual events like local planners and their bizarre hypocritical actions.

He did a couple of circles around the pipe about a foot back from the end. Plastic isn't great for getting a grip on, but the tape is textured so the push and twist is easier. You don't have to squeeze as hard to hold onto it.

I saw an old ground worker put a couple of ribbons of duck tape a foot back from the end to give something to grip on. Seems like a really simple and easy trick that must do wonders. He put it on before getting down in the dusty trench though

Fixing from the top with screws might actually make things worse. As you won't know if you're forming gaps by pushing the wood sections apart.

Take away the radiator completely. Cold shrinkage will make them have to sit down and then no mess.

So he's basically gone against all standard practices, the manufacturers recommendations and all logic.. Rather than do it properly Don't allow him near your house again. When it fails, which it will.. Get a proper tradesman in.