Big Jimbo

Ah ha Russell. When you think about it that makes sense. Can you remember, somebody on here made there own eps founds. I'm sure they had a blog ?

Very true, just a bit of a shame as i will have to have a shite load of piles coming up through the eps in order to link with the concrete floor. Lots of bloody cold spots.

Will that not depend on what sort of bread you are eating ?

Poplar, 2mt away Peter, so bloody close. I will have to find a different engineer as mine does not like , or have any interest in the EPS type foundations (very old school) and (quite old)

I really like the idea of using EPS type foundations but, i have some large trees that i would like if possible to keep. The trees would defo be in the zone of influence. Anybody on here got experience of using this type of foundation near large trees ? I was wondering if it was just the case of having a deeper layer of stone than normal ?

It might have helped if you had included a light analysis with your planning application.

So daughter phones (again) Dad, my electrics is tripping, if i leave it off for 10 mins then i can flick the rcd back on and it will last 10 mins before tripping again. So off i trot. I won't go through all the testing this and that but, finally removed some boxing around the boiler, and found the wire providing power to the boiler wrapped around the heating flow pipe. Well you can guess the rest but sorted now. fingers crossed that was the only problem for a while.

If you can get the falls, i would always get the foul out of the house as quickly as poss.

It would all look a lot better if i wasn't on Green belt, outside a villiage boundary etc. Frankly, i'm lucky to have got what i got. Everything around me gets refused for even extensions. I managed to get from existing 600sq ft to 3000sq ft, but only by virtually blackmailing the planning officer.

I thought we had already done some sort of deal on that. I was to take your wife out for an evening, to wine and dine her, (for having to put up with you) Make her feel special, and valued in exchange for the walk on glazing ? She comes home happy, and you no longer have to move the bloody glazing around because it's always in the way.

Nothing wrong with screwing pocster. Perhaps all the others just dont do enough, which is why they are miserable ?

Osb, insulation, insulation, osb, and epdm. My kinda flat roof. Looks great.

if pocster screwed the plasterboad onto his osb in line with the guidlines that have been pointed out to him further up this post, there would be a very, very, very, very, small chance that the plasterboard would fall off the wall at some point in the future. Because he has used atleast twice that many screws, he has reduced the chances of that now happening to just Very, very.... Well done pocster, Although everybody else on here might well be Miserable (expletive Deleted)'s, i'm awarding you a gold star. Wear it with pride fella.⭐

I have used them several times on boats, on site etc. Always found them to be ok for the basic channels 1234. Never really explored using them as a main one.

I'd like to join. Happy to service the ladies, plugging holes.

Ozzie Osbourne has a Urinal in his gaff. I think they are great. Saves pi$$ing all over the floor.

Can i also just say. Nice bit of solweld Pocster. Much better than some of your previous efforts......(Sorry, coul'd resist)

You can run multiple outlets into the same unit fella. I sure that there is the potential for the pump to reach capicity, but with a couple more items only it will be fine fella.

I would bring the gas in if it were me. Just because i hear that the gas may at some time be changed to hydrogen or something ? If you don't bring it in, and somebody want's it in the future, it will be a total pain to bring in.

I don't think so. From memory, that pipe will be full of water. It won't pump air up behind it to empty the pipe. The pipe won't start to empty till it starts running downhill. Turn the tap on again, and i'm sure it will kick in. That vertical pipe will always be full of water.

I always like horizontal cable runs about 450mm from the floor. leave a good bit of slack in the cable (providing you have 50mm of cover, ie; behind battons) If you then want an extra socket, say inbetween Two existing sockets, cut a hole in the plasterboard, and the cable is there waiting for you.

I had a bit of paint on a wall that kept bubbling up. sanded.re-painted, and back it came several times. Eventually dig it out. It was a six inch bit of bacon rind in the plaster !

I know the pub, and the area well. Fingers crossed for the new people running the place but, this aint central London, full of tourists. This is quite a poor area. I very much doubt it will last Two years. Don't get me wrong, the developer was taking the pi$$ and it was a stunning old building.

I just love the above Bitpipe. Are you sure that you got them all. Did you check all pockets, of all clothing that you wore throughout the build ?

No, i just make an effort. I live semi rural. When i spotted an old bill i engaged him in a conversation. When i later met him and another cop in the cafe, i paid for there butties while getting my own. I have a couple of direct mobile numbers for a couple of local old bill now, together with a couple of first names.