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SWMBO tried spray painting. Gave up due to the kit. Switched to what she knew and spent probably about 12 weeks on and off rollering and cutting in. About 270m2 of ceilings alone. But, it looks great. Plan is to live with white for several months, then apply colour if/when we know it's right

Just thought I'd provide some positive feedback about Stroma. They came to site this week after a brief call to discuss completion. The BCO arrived and we had a quick walk around, he knowing we had been doing most of the work ourselves. Apart from being complimentary, he explained he would NOT do a completion visit report as that would only give us 8 weeks to finish and he could tell that wasn't going to be possible. So we have a progress report only, with 8 items. Maybe 2026 will bring completion 😀. On second thoughts ....

Try using Google translate from your phone

There's the answer 😀

5ft long screw piles will not be long enough to make up your 1m. You'd need 9ft long piles to get stability IMHO (not a structural engineer). I'd be putting in some concrete piles (as per above) and building up from those. A builder friend of mine is sold on these screw piles, but did say they have their place for small extensions, garden rooms etc.

I was going to do the lot, but the ASHP install plumbers did the ground floor at the same time, then came back to connect and fill the upstairs for another £250. It was a good decision.

You could buy ours when it comes back. I see you're in Cambridgeshire and we're in Cornwall. I was thinking of making it a loan tool on this here hub

Which is why The Orange Man is trying to put a friendly government in to replace Maduro, oh, and pamper to the Russians as well, in order to secure a future supply for their gas guzzlers and overheated and overchilled housing and office space. And of course, cozy up to the murderers of Khashoggi. How does Israel fit in? Arms (pun intended) length "nuke 'em outfit" to keeps the Middle East in check

It seems they are on to this - More North Sea drilling to be allowed in new Labour plan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r9gyjkky0o

Plastic conduit will be fine. Is the 45mm void just under the roof tiles? I would put the cable in conduit for extra protection.

Glad it wasn't just me @Jolo

We did the same

Nappy changes probably the biggest use @ProDave. It is easy to have a ready supply of wipes held together in a handy plastic (!) pack as you traverse this hideous job. Shouldn't happen (wet wipe use) but it does 🫩

Mine was a new connection

Or just a simple PIR switch

Retain and re-use the stone where you can if you end up rebuilding. We had to chop a walnut tree down. It is now our breakfast bar 🙂

Welcome and good luck with the conversion. I trust through top half of that internal wall is being replaced 😁

GIT mainly used in software development to hold versions or iterations of development, know as builds. Probably not useful in the OP scenario

There is a train of thought that says in a traditional two storey home (bedrooms upstairs), and depending on levels of insulation applied during the build, that you may not need UFH upstairs. The main question to answer so others can provide improved responses is about the level of insulation and air tightness of the build, and if you have the heat loss figures for the rooms upstairs. Also, what temperatures are you aiming to achieve in those rooms (generally bedrooms are cooler)?

I'm looking for some floor sockets similar to the picture below (single or double) but at a reasonable price (less than three figures!!) I've been searching around and want to avoid the style that has the spring showing. The floor sockets are to be located at the edge of a floor (there is no wall above), not in the middle of a floor area as in this picture, so they do not necessarily have to be flush with the floor as the risk of them being a trip hazard is very low. Anyone know of a reasonably priced item. They can be a single socket.

How about Command strips. Our daughter used these at university to hold a largish mirror on her rented room. Stayed up all year, no problems

@Post and beam, You'll not get comms from Openreach. They talk to their customer, which is not you, it's your broadband provider. I know this from having to deal with BT and Openreach during my working life. Openreach themselves are crap at comes internally let alone externally. For my recent connection I started with Plusnet, and switched to EE on recommendation on here. EE were very good at keeping me informed. I also had a line of sight tree chopping issue. Between switching from Plusnet and EE I did this myself as it was an easy job. As it happens EE would have covered the cost, unlike Plusnet. So, as you can see, choice of BB provider is important. As has been said, persevere, but I do recommend using EE, and I have FTTP.

Was one of those with EE? Good for a few people on here. Was there a common issue causing each failure?

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Keep them coming. Thats exactly what the sites for