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    I am building a near-passive haus standard, 146 sq m living space house. I am retired, but never been busier.
    I used to develop online teaching and learning resources for several northern universities. I also lectured in IT.
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  1. And so the Council neatly ignores the issue of finance. Surprise surprise, it all cost more than the developer thought it would. Now where have we all heard variations on that type of story before? Oh yes. Here.
  2. Very interesting @craig . If you'd have known when you sold us your windows that after a few years, our slider (when shut but not locked) would whistle Colonel Bogey when the wind is from SW by S, I bet you would have charged us more eh? . Any chance of a different tune - anything by that famous Scottish duo the Complainers - I would Walk 500 miles - or maybe Blow The Wind Southerly by that Scottish bird with the big bust. Please?
  3. Welcome. Help us help you. Focus our minds on your highest priority please.
  4. When it did. I bet you 99% of all people do not look at the color of the china when tainting the contents.
  5. The dehumidifier you use also uses electricity - and doesn't recover any heat. I'm wincing when I write this..... have you tried leaving the door open after ablution? Keep the heat (for a bit) and costs you nowt.
  6. A seven year old lad. And £5. It's OK @joe90 I'm on my way out .....
  7. Your diagnosis is correct. Remedy? Knock the house down and start again. Sorry, but there it is. Sad, but true. Then again, you could simply lift the lawn (above the the piping) and the layer of over-compacted 'soil' beneath it and replace with free draining soil. Replace the lawn
  8. '.... are they pig-nosed ....'. an interesting question. Wish I knew the answer. Each point-fitting cap has a single blind hole in it , about 5mm deep - I've assumed that's for a pin to tweak the cap a bit tighter. But tell those of us who don't know whassa pig-nosed dooberry?
  9. The fixings are all level within the thickness of a laser line. But - that really important word - but - the wall isn't as vertical as I would like it. My rendering is a bit erm.... 'out'. I have compensated where necessary by using a half-thickness nut : and if like me you need cheap specs to see anything these days, the bubble on the level appears moderately vertical. If I take my specs off I can't see the bubble: at best I see two or sometimes three: if its windy my eyes are so full of tears that it's not worth guessing whether its vertical or level. Which is where the aural feedback from my laser level is just the job for me - 'til I go deaf I suppose. Don't mention cats to me. With three young tomcats knocking about the scaffolding like drunken trapeze artists, and a spot laser level which projects four points (1 up 1 down, 1 left 1 right) and a 90kg bit of glass being heaved about the place ... They learned to steer clear of me just in time. Just before they would have needed a trip to the vet.
  10. - - her fixings be? I've always avoided messing about with glass. And here I am just fitted 90Kg of pure joy (lots of Brownie points from SWMBO) glass Juliet. Looks well. Hell, I even measured out the holes correctly - all four fixing points lined up a treat . And then it came to tightening the bolts on the four fixings. Suddenly I had a fit of the vapours. Knowing my ability to FooketyFookItUpAtTheLastMoment, I thought it is perfectly possible to overtighten everything and BANG - a @Pocster glass-fook-oop moment. I looked for the fitting instructions - none. I went back to the manufacturer to ask. Zippo. I looked for guidance from the fittings manufacturer. Nowt. How tight do I tighten the point fixings (the ones that go through the glass) the nuts on the threaded M10 that goes through the wall Please? Thanks. Here's the original thread if needed
  11. There are a few ways of framing this problem. One of which could be ; It's a wire. Its on your land. You don't talk. Some might think that puts you in a very strong position indeed.
  12. There's a good deal of competition in our deepest-darkest-Fylde-Coast-desert-with-wind-in-it-tumble weed-pub. A while back a deer jumped onto a passing car late one evening. By the following morning it had already been distributed into local freezers. Pigeon anyone? Yawn.
  13. With proper permissions, and a bit of care a good deal of practice, it's fine to shoot pigeons. The problem I have is getting it past SWMBO: hence image intensifier and night shooting: Shoot> recover> bag> bin> pub> return all smiles. "Nice time sweetheart? " "Yep" "What are those feathers stuck to your boots? " "I cleaned out the chickens earlier today" Pheeeewww . Close.
  14. Yeah, right. We'll all believe you Gary. If memory serves me she slated your last roof. ..... You don't like heights do ya .....🫠
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