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Just got around to ordering the internal balustrade that we need. Sod's Law has dictated that the Fischer screws listed in their certification document (Fisher FPF-WT YZP) are no longer available. Does anyone know what the logical Fischer replacement for these would be?

Maybe. I have two of them and have measured both, each across two diameters, so I think they're pretty much round. NOTE: the invoice lists both as 600mm. For now I am assuming that they are classified as 600mm. Its a bit like when you buy wood - nominal vs actual size 😀

More sleuth work has found two unaccounted invoices (yay for the VAT). Interesting thing is that the chambers are listed as 600mm !!!

My groundworker has suggested reducing the diameter of the two large inspection chambers which will be in our rear garden down to 450 or 300mm. So, I've been looking for a "reducer". The current twinwall chamber pipes that are in the ground measure about 680mm internal and 700mm external. I can't lay my hands on an invoice for said inspection chambers (one that won't be on the VAT reclaim!) The largest reducer I can find online is 600mm (to various smaller sizes). Should I be able to find a 700mm version? Cheers Bamboozled of Botus

I'm with G on this. Match the show tray. And I also know my pay grade 😀

This is the system we used. Very straight forward to install, and our foundation was not fully squared. A blog entry about ours https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/blogs/entry/865-first-it-was-scotland-then-it-was-italy-lets-just-build/

For a pylon we get £75 p.a. cant really see it in the field, so a bonus

That's what that round file is for. Thanks 😀

As part of railtrack inspection, fit a sprinkler system and air dryer under the relevant wagon and clean the panels as they inspect the track. Too obvious? Probably

If you make the sticks big enough ....

Yes you can. In a previous role I installed a 50kW array on an agricultural barn. It's still running so one must assume the barn is still stanindg

Places for solar panels before you hit the agricultural sites: 1. Domestic roofs (@NickfromWales) . Receive annual "wayleave" payment for 5 years 2. Commercial roofs. Or the owners lose all tax exemptions they are eligible for, or pay a yearly fine/tax for non-installation payable per m2 3. Every single car park in the country to have "car ports" installed. Similar fine/tax situation as per 2. 4. Warehouse walls - vertical panels for improved winter generation. Possible tax incentive for this. 5. Vertical panels along motorways, dual carriageways and railway lines 6. Farmers to receive subsidies for installing on barn roofs and vertical panel at edges of fields (@JohnMo) I have seen articles, but not researched their voracity, about the solar panels on agricultural land being installed on higher frames allowing crop growth to continue. The story headlines imply an improvement in crop yield. As I say not sure of the truth of the story.

As John said, send the SE design calls for the ICF walls

What did the builder work from when installing the ICF? The architects plans? I presume the ICF manufacturer only provides a series of installation guides (PDF or Video). The things I've mentioned are all that I had when we did our ICF walls, and some help on a couple of days when starting and during concrete pours

Still trying to figure out what "cat iron" is to be honest 🙂 But, IMHO, take the guttering down, clean it all up removing loose paint and rust with a good steel brush (maybe use something in a drill?). Paint. Yes to a primer, then you top coat. If you can afford it Farrow & Ball do downpipe paint (but I guess its for the guttering as well). Other alternatives - Rustoleum, FLAG, Bedec and Centrecoat