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  1. Russell griffiths
    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.
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    Your a clever sod mr @JSHarris?
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Looking good. Are the joists at wall plate height or are you having a raised tie.
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    Thanks for finding that, would anybody like to hazard a guess as to the company he got the insulation off.
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    Morning would like to go down the passive slab route and looking at different companies to supply the insulation. Many use eps and a few xps, so doing some research it seams xps is denser and doesn't absorb moisture as much as eps. But how come eps is so widely used? is it a case of the xps manufacturers are better at making videos on you tube slagging off the eps market or is there some foundation to this. (Pun intended). Any thoughts. What have you all used. Maybe we should have a poll listing manufacturers and who has used who. Cheers russ.
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    Whoever installed that yellow string line with the block under it. Buy that man a beer, this is the correct way to use a line to check for run out. Anybody putting a line tight to the face risks creating a belly in the wall as you can't see it pushing on the line and you think it is all hunky dorey until it's to late. Top ?
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    Cheers @Onoff that place is not far from me.
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    Thanks for that about the white ct1. So any thoughts on a good quality white silicon for use in a shower.
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    Need the clear to fix a glass shower screen in place, frameless onto the floor, if anybody can recommend another product that would do he job @Nickfromwales cheers.
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    Anybody tell me a good place to buy this sealant, need a clear and a white. Cheers.
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    I have just brought a trap for a shower from a British company called mcalpine have a look on the web, I didn't know so many existed. Have you seen a trap that is fitted from above rather than below? I had one on a previous bath it fits to a flexible pipe like you have you hold it in position on the floor with a bit of tape to hold it in place then put the bath in position and reach through the hole in the bath with a supplied hook thingy lift into position and drop the stainless grill on and put a stainless screw in, it pulls it up tight under the bath so you don't go under it at all. I think they are designed for built in units with no actual access underneath.
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    Lets do that again cos I like doing it. ?
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    thanks for all the comments I did a bit of searching and good ol you tube comes to the rescue again.
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    So are we sort of saying you have an Earth that runs all the way from the meter aprox 100m but also have a spike local to the cu as belt and braces type of thing. If this earth runs from the meter box is it a separate single to the swa or is it contained within the swa hope that makes sense. Any thoughts on depth this new cable should be at. Minimum depth required to avoid finding other services. So what is a TT earth and what is PME.
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    I think the underwater cables days are numbered, it will definitely get removed if and when we get consent for a new house.
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    Did we get a chance for any pics. Is the affected wall core filled yet or not. I ask this as I remember having to fix a rather misplaced wall a while back and it will be far better to fix now rather than the problem reoccurring all the way through your build.
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    If you are not confident using it yourself I had a drain guy come out to find a squashed pipe he put his camera down as I walked around with the scanner to locate the blockage, found it in a couple of mins so I got him to scan 3 other pipes on site took about an hour and cost me £80 cash.
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    This stuff. Fairly evil. Be careful if you have any respiratory problems. Get the wife to use it. Cleared ours up no probs. Or just use a bleach solution and clean off and dry thoroughly before re decorating. The main thing is good ventilation and air movement. Have you a good extractor.
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    Meter is by the main road, it runs for 180m and then T off to cabin in then travels another 200m to 2 other holiday lets cabins we have onsite. A burst pipe is the thing I have nightmares about. I check our water meter every week to check it isn't spinning around like a nutter.?????
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    Minimum cable depth. Soas an offshoot to this I'm going to have to put in a trench for this new cable, the problem I have is I don't know the location of the other services down the driveway, water, telephone. So if I go as shallow as I can on the elactric I may avoid bumping into my 50mm water main. ?????? thanks for all the input.
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    Divining has been mentioned but with all the water around me and in the ground I think it's a non starter. You would think the manufacturer would be on to this and start installing a trace wire thingy in the pipes by now.
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