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Why did you start this when it stopped raining and not last year when it rained all the time?

Why did you spend that much 372k for 420sqm shocking😂. Bummer about VAT return it takes ages before having to go back and add a column. Good luck for your next one, just don't tell us how little you spent.

You will have to knock the house down and start again, it might be quicker. Maybe not only another 8 years to go🤣.

Could you swap the ones in the corner for the ones further out ( if they are the same size). They would then weather and walking would possibly clean them up if you can't replace them.

I should check before I comment, just been down to our partial underground garage which was a paddling pool after last night.

Good job you did not have our rain last night, your basement would of been a paddling pool. About 80mm in 6 hours, it was dry about 3 miles away on our way home and then driving through floods at home. Hopefully this will be over soon, I can't cope with another 8 years of this😁

East Devon Council is useless and lots of nimby's about with money who band together. My in-laws live there and the road they are on all the old bungalows have been flattened and new modern houses built, some are quite nice others ugly no real theme and all different. Have you tried a planning consultant to try to find a way around this so you could sell the old place?

At least it looks like you have found the culprits. Hopefully the ct1 will fix it the other one.

I tried on a house last year that had 2 bathrooms micro cemented, it did look good and minimalist. Find somebody who will do it and then get them to spec how and what they want to micro cement onto. I can't comment about long term as this is the only time I have seen it.

Looks really good and well done with the cost, very impressed. I like that it is a bit unusual with the double gable. Hopefully the grandchildren won't damage it to much😁, I know mine would if given 1/2 a chance. What flooring have you used downstairs?

If you still had it, you could cover the joint and always see the problem😁.

Are you taking that piece of decking up as well to check what is below?

Thank goodness you have found a likely place. This could of gone on for years😁

That's a shame, I think you need to just spray your water over areas further away than where you think it is. Use your 10min over 3 or 4 foot area. That's what you get for living in a cave🤣.

This is who I meant above https://www.brewers.co.uk/search?q=Linseed+oil this company is likely to be fairly local as there are a few around Manchester. As @Crofter mention linseed oil or Danish might be a good choice. You could search on YouTube for different videos of people using the different oils and finishes and see what suits you for cost and looks.

Looks good, roughly what part of Devon as there are several of us around as well as north Cornwall. I am from mid Devon near Crediton.

The Osmo is a tinted hard wax oil, £1.55 is the tester pot, you would probably need at least 750ml. I used this for our Oak staircase but it is only a clear hardwax oil https://www.screwfix.com/p/liberon-2-5ltr-clear-matt-water-based-interior-wood-wax-oil/5182F?tc=FG5&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=19822796129&gbraid=0AAAAAD8IdPyfxoaSUDUU9N6sIoqNBYRgI&gclid=CjwKCAjwravBBhBjEiwAIr30VLFGRXRiOfoQw-4XwR_sOfw9x3ltS-3vlHjbnfhyBgNqLgju60l56xoC-rIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds I think going to Brewers or a another paint center (hopefully you will get somebody helpful) and asking them for options, take a offcut so they can see what you are trying to do, you will need to think about what colour and finish you want.

The first link you will never get that finish it looks like spray painted mdf. Probably a satinwood. The second link is a coloured wood stain which would be similar to what you would get with something like this https://www.wood-finishes-direct.com/product/osmo-colour-foundation?gclid=Cj0KCQjwiqbBBhCAARIsAJSfZkbIb7zWiLooLaZjZ_JnCi6u-gxmIjnSnDusdA9Z9WloE7rlW7wCT9UaAnciEALw_wcB&gtin=4006850745999 It is expensive but good and has different shades to colour the wood. There are other stains that would give a similar effect.

The silicone render on our house looks really good except when the up/down outside lights are on at night and it shows a little, but I think it is better than a sand cement would be. I am very pleased with it.

I have used Cuprinol garden shades before and has lasted outside OK so indoors should be fine. A coloured stain or oil would work well as @Crofter has suggested.

If I lived nearer I could send one of the kids over to do it, but they would just spray everything including inside🤣. How about modifying a sprinkler to spray a limited area. (not sure how to though)

You might find 2 minutes is not enough to get a small amount of water to get where you want it, maybe 10 min on spray. Try to replicate rain as splash zone will be included. I am sure you will get this eventually.

Have you seen this from Neff https://www.neff-home.com/uk/en/mkt-product/hobs/accessories/Z861KE1

I have 12mm laminate with 2mm foam on screed with ufh, I have also fitted something like what @Nickfromwales linked to in a customers house with ufh. I would probably go with the lvt as it is waterproof and seemed a bit more robust than our laminate. Your floor should be good for flatness which is important.

@jack I tried it with a Hozlock one and I could not get it to fit, I thought about trying to by the fittings to adapt it but just bought the sprayer as I was not sure what threads I needed. The sprayer is good quality as well, it screws onto the pipe instead of the short Lance.