Russell griffiths

Oh well. It worked in my head for a moment.

I can't work out how they want £30/£35 a bag in tops tiles. ??

Ta very much.

Come on more info needed, what would the Fanta drinking tiling wizard use.

Do you also have to show where your rainwater off your roof is going. We have just had to calculate this and show what we are doing with it.

I'm in the middle of trying to tidy up my current bathroom and have just found out that after chopping up the floor tiles expecting to find a concrete floor it turns out there's another layer of tiles underneath. WTF. So I need a recommendation for an adhesive for ceramic tiles on top of ceramic tiles. @Nickfromwales come on son I need ya.

I'm thinking of making my own paper version as I'm old fashioned, every time a good product is mentioned I'm going to write it in a book with different headings for different tasks.

To be honest I put this up to eliminate the boredom of grouting my shower. I have no intention of gluing anything it's going in the bin. ?

Is this a good idea, I see lots of questions regarding products, I have asked a few myself recently and was about to ask another, is there a way of compiling a list of good gear that has proven its self in helping to get the job done well. I recently asked for a recommendation for a good white silicon that didn't discolour and our welsh wizard plumber came to the rescue. What do you think would this cause you admin lot a load of work or would it be fairly straightforward. Russ.

I have just passed full ownership of the dog over to my wife, I have informed her that from now on I will bill her directly for any loss caused by her puppy. She informed me my dinner my dinner tonight was waiting for me at the chip shop. Oh well I didn't win that one.

Any got any ideas how to fix this? Apart from the obvious of shooting the dog. Blue roll in the background is the water one I just collected. Oh I do love having extra to do when I'm busy already. Bless him??

Can I have some contact details for the rep please. @Pete

That should work, I would just take the fine surface filler further out on the final skim.

So after a year of surveys we have finally put our application in. But now I'm a bit suck on what to do next if I start building regs drawings what if the planners come back and want changes will it all be a waste. Do I take my basic plans to a timber frame company to see if it is possible for them to build our design or again if planning don't like it is this a big waste of their time. Do timber frame manufacturers charge for a quote, I think they should, I would be happy to pay to talk to one for a morning with my mind happy that I had not wasted anybody's time. What was your next move. Cheers russ.

My opinion on this would be that if I had made it inside your house I would now have a lot of time to get through ANY door you put in my way. I have dealt a lot in theft of machinery in the past in my previous life whatever you show me I will work out how to get past it. If it is car theft that really worries you I think a good immobiliser and a tracker would be good as well as a lift out post in front of the garage door either inside all outside. I think the door between the garage and house is just there to slow them down a minute or two. They do say security should be like an onion, layer after layer, they get through one to be greeted by another, all the time the alarm is wailing away after a few minutes they'll want to be leaving. Most thefts are over very quickly they don't want to be in there to long Roller door, steel internal door, house alarm, immobiliser, tracker, lift out post. What you want is them to go somewhere else.

I have bought a new I pad just for the house build I save all websites I like to the home screen, I also keep any pics in my photo album, i have also got a website called houzz where you can set up folders with all your ideas in, say windows you can keep hundreds of pics of windows in it,when you click on the pic it tells you the manufacturer and other relevant stuff. I am a complete Luddite and wouldn't know how to set up a spreadsheet at all so I find this very helpfull.

Are you asking this because you are curious or are you trying to work out when to order readymix? 1 cubic metre from a mix on site truck just cost me £120 this was dear because I only had 1 cube. Answer these questions. How much was the bulk bag of ballest, how much for cement, add these together and it is utterly pointless to mix your own if you need anything like a cube. Three barrow loads needed on Sunday afternoon mix it yourself

I think the word joiner is a bit incorrect if your doing some hunting around, you want a shuttering chippy, your joiner bloke will be more interested in fitting skirting and stuff.

talk to the pumpy and see if he will supply the concrete a lot of them have accounts and have a good working relationship with the batching plant. As a bit of advice you want the pump pump on site at 8.00 am and first load at 8.30, if you have any problems you have all day to sort it. If it all goes tits up at 3.30pm you are in trouble.

Your a clever sod mr @JSHarris?

after what I previously wrote @jamiehamy hits the nail on the head really. If you spend as much effort looking for a good lad to help you as you would chasing who is at fault it will be a much better use of your time. Get back out side and start networking find that new bloke and crack on.

We have just had a very comprehensive hydrology assessment done as we have a large lake near our plot, I suggested rainwater harvesting and large tanks. It was completely dismissed,we were told what happens if all the tanks are full and it rains significantly your water will go straight out of the overflow, so we would need the soakaway as well. we also looked at the cost of the tanks and a pump and electricity supply and dig a big hole. We worked out it was easier to dig a soakaway. Ours is actually going to be visible and will be used as a wildlife pond. If you have the room I think this is a brilliant idea. We have over 300m of roof.

The stone idea works very well as opposed to the pipe option, I have done one also were we concreted the bottom,( lean mix not very thick ) and laid to a fall then refill wth the stone, this creates an impervious layer that the water runs along until the drain.

Did you have to buy new blocks or did durosol replace for free. I think I would be looking at getting some free blocks and taking the cost of the labour on the chin. Did you go on the course was propping mentioned. I work with a bloke who loves to moan he sends off e mails and letters and if he doesn't get his own way he sends off some more, I have never known him not get back what he thinks he is owed.

Looking good. Are the joists at wall plate height or are you having a raised tie.