Big Jimbo

Love a bit of PWA. My daughter had a right fukcnt of a neighbour. Very nasty piece of work. When the neighbours builder just turned up out of the blue, and started taking the fence down between the properties, (That i had paid for and put up), i had to pop over and have a word. I told him i would give him a hour to put the fence back up, or i would cut his fingers off, and post them through his letterbox, to his wife and kids. I made him empty his wallet. He had about £80. I took that off him, and told him that was my charge for me having to come over. Dont worry, i did it all while remaining super calm. I then made the neighbour appoint a party wall surveyor. I objected to the surveyor, and appointed One of my own. The neighbour had to pay. The surveyor i appointed was an old friend of my dads, so i told him to make sure that he did not agree about anything with the other surveyor. This ment that the neighbour had to pay for a Third surveyor for a final decision. Cost them over Six grand, and Six months by the time it got sorted. Then they had to pay for a more expensive builder, because the One i had chatted to refused to come back. Oh, the fun of being young, and a borderline nutter. Fun times. To me your neighbour sounds like a proper w.........anker. I would be hurting the tossers wallet, and hard.

@Iceverge IMO rats, and mice, love a bit of sand to dig through.

Wire wool. that is a water pipe coming up through a sleeve ? keep stuffing it down, untill you cant get any more in. Rats or mice, wont chew through wire wool, because it makes there gums bleed. I'm not saying dont use poison, but it is always a shame that owls etc then eat the dead rats, and are poisoned. Rats need a food and water source. If you have either of them in your garden, such as a bird feeder, or a pond. Try and remove those. Best of luck. Getting rid of rats is much harder than most people think.

Fitted wardrobes are complicated. They are restricted to how many rails, shelves, and sides they can have, and even backs if i remember correctly.

@SteamyTea Will you still do me a Dirty Donna, if i am ever down your way ?

Looking good. Don't have a go at the bananarama girls. I fancied the dark haired One, way back in the day, but didn't have the bottle to ask her out.

One of your problems will be getting any other electrican to sign off work that they did not do. I had this once on a fair sized extension. i explained to the BCO that i could not get a sign off because the bloke had dropped dead. They accepted an EIHR in that case.

I would shim the wall plate.

If it's an old barn let the roof follow the wonky walls. That can look great IMO

I would shim the rafters, so that the plane of the roof remains constant. This obviously has consequences for inside the building with ceiling heights etc. If this is a new build, i feel for you. The importance of keeping walls square when building is often overlooked. People seem to concentrate on levels. Squareness and angles are just as important. If you have room on the inside, i would think about dropping a false ceiling in, to keep that level. 60mm, although it sounds quite small, is going to need some get arounds, to not end up looking shite. If a new build, was it set out correctly, or has One of the walls got a lean in, or out while being built. Regardless, bit late to do anything about it now, if that is the case.

I have seen it done on top of a roof balcony structure. The rails, and feet were hard plastic though. Same principal.

As @Mr Punter said

I hope they vented top and bottom? What a shame to have somebody, doing something for the first time, using your hard earned cash.

I totally agree. Its just people with limitless money, want things that nobody else have. Stupid Mansory Rolls Royce for £800k

I built a vanity unit for an en-suite that was £12k. I'd call that high end. It was made of Wenge, marble, included lights, and a shaver socket. Another had a feature glass panel between Two rooms, that cost £120k. Obviously my vanity unit looked fab, but the glass wall thing looked tacky. Russian Mafia money.