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Oh bloody Hell, @Pocster . I feel genuinely sorry for you. There's something insistent about a leak isn't there. Every damn forecast is watched for -will-that-rain-make-my-leak-worse. Reeeely annoying. Your idea appears to me to mean : - I could create a sump - But I know how it feels - if you can't see the leak, there's no leak...... As you say above, I prefer control too. Just reassure me would you (this thread is so long) have you tried leak tracing dye? (£10 from Screwy's)

M6 Preston area. PM me if you're passing. 2 minutes from the motorway. Ian

Irrespective of sector or industry, efficient communication is not valued at best, and ignored at worst. Trades folk, professionals and customers in our sector all have so many ways of foockingitup: you have my sincere sympathy. Think of it as a rite of passage. A hardening-off process. Thats the best I've got - from someone who spent many years teaching people how to attempt to communicate well. Its Friday. Is that a help?

And @Big Jimbo, more importantly than that, you will have solved the Conflict Of Interest problem : the person fitting it, won't have identified and designed the answer to the problem. Thats exactly what should happen - far more often than it does.

I don't know @Oz07. I suspect that animal behaviour determines the cycle you refer to. Or rather your local ecologists perception of the relevant cycle. Our neighbour resubmitted the survey we commissioned and paid for on our site one year after our Ecological survey. The only details changed were the address. Oh, and the cost. To him, the report was free of charge. Copy - paste. Bats and GCNs were the main focus. Locals here would suggest you get someone to demolish the roof before you apply. When the demolition takes place, you need evidence that you were on holiday abroad. That's standard local farming procedure. Not joking - evidence provided if needed If it came to it , it would be fair for you to fund the fine for unauthorized demolition. Bitter, cynical? Me? Yes.

Yes. Read as many Ecology Reports as you can on your LPA's website. Read them carefully, especially where several applications occur within the same area - a square mile or two. And look at the relevant maps at the same time. Look at the author, the language used and the conclusions drawn. The sector does not apply standards consistently. In my case to the tune of about £6000. In haste - here's a reading list

Attack of wind son? 🙃 Hope you're recovering

Crack? Crack? Wot crack? Come back in a few centuries and show us the crack if it's still there (Bois, where was that crack again? Anyone see it? I can't. Someone get @Pocster and see if he can see it)

Crane: top hamper - trees Plasma cutter - 🫢getting that past Debbie is, ermmmm ... Drag it out - there are several locals who would have a field day with that one. Its looking like scrap value 🤨

Access..... We could just build the new workshop but doing that would prevent us removing the old container. Bummer Putting all my stuff in store would pretty soon rack up charges in excess of the monetary value of the container (1K ?) I think we might be saying - build the new workshop and take a chop saw to the old container - scrap value. 😐

Ten years after we started, we're now at the stage of contemplating the unthinkable. I say 'we' - actually she is. And what does that mean? Getting rid of our site shipping container (20 foot TEU) . I nearly died when she broached the issue. Its my kingdom - I know where everything is - its got all my tools in it, a workbench, electricity, water, a dart board, secret stash of pickled eggs and crisps, an old dentists chair in which I can contemplate my navel, all those tools that I've used once and then never again. There's a tool box for everything. The smell is a heady mix of paraffin, D4, meths and rat shit. What's not to like? But, but, but. She's right. As usual, though, where wimmin are concerned, there's a plan. "You need a proper workshop dear" "And how are we going to do that, exactly? I mean while one is being built, how do I store my tools?" "Well I would have thought that was obvious" (And when a woman says that, it always means she hasn't got a clue.) Hence this post. I need to store about half a TEU's worth of valuable tools safely for a few months - And in a manner which would not get a hollow laugh from an Insurance Loss Adjuster. A trip to the local ShiteSheds-R-us won't cut it, I'm afraid. I'm hoping someone here has solved this problem ..... please, if you have, tell us about it.

@SteamyTea , in the context of the posts to date, would you explain your post please? For those of us who are hard-of-thinking about Dew points and RH stuff please Thanks very much

Dear Santa. The grand-children say that this year I have been very well behaved. I haven't made them pick up spilled screws, - (I let them use a magnet) or sweep the sawdust off the floor. (I let them use the blower instead) : that was fun because they learned the value of safety goggles and a face mask. And learned the difference between steel and stainless steel. And every time they have wanted to play on the digger, I let them. I even allowed them to dig a hole so deep they couldn't get out without a ladder. I had my first glimpse of the extent of their brotherly love - one chose to take the ladder away and leave his bro stuck in the hole. I also let them use the digger to fill their Tonka lorry with sand. Ahhhh.... Since I've been a thoroughly good grandad , I'm submitting the following list for family perusal and retention A BM which automatically applies decent discounts to genuine self-builders An automated lost tool finder A digger which cannot throw a track (even when it's cross with the way I drive it) Delivery drivers who read the delivery instructions A self-propelled self-cleaning cement mixer that doesn't let mortar set in the drum Pain killers that work instantly A parrot that sits on my shoulder that warns me just before I make a mistake Tool batteries that recharge themselves A laser level that remains visible in bright sunlight Better stop there, don't want to appear greedy ....😑

No, there isn't. How I wish there were. Just broken yet another drill bit a few minutes ago. 😐 The Independent variable (nail, screw) is too 'variable' for manufacturers to claim that their product can ... 'hack' through nails and screws without snagging. If there were, the whole world would know. And I would have bought several hundred of those mythical bits.

What a lovely design you have there.... This what we have done. The 'louvres' are just 4 by 2 bits of Siberian Larch - now contraband - bolted to the roof at the top and RSJ at the bottom . The photo was taken in the late afternoon and shows the amount of shadow cast by the slats ( thats what I call them - most people call them louvres) They make a significant difference. As you can see we sit outside in front of our kitchen window : the slats enable the corner to fill with light and provide some shade too. They also shade that corner of the house a little from the rain. Our dog chooses to lie out there in almost any weather. The plan is for SWMBO to fill that area with apprpriate plants to provide what Kevin WhatsHisface calls a Breeze Corridor. Yes, the area does overheat a bit , but we're hopeful that appropriate planting will smoothe out the temperature variation and provide some degree of air conditioning too. Looking at your design, my suggestion would be to consider moving the louvre assembly forward a little (more) to create a bigger buffer between the window and the glazing. Before i forget - window cleaning ... if the space between the house and the louvers is tight .......