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Well Alan, thanks for the heads up. I can just see me walking into my builders merchant and saying I'd like some pitch which is used for sett jointing and it's specially modified and it's intended to be stiffer and more resistant to penetration by spiked heels. I can think of a few Lancastrian responses to that. Probably best not repeated in genteel company.

Cheers Dave. Off to buy some pitch and have a bit of fun this weekend. I think I'll start by fixing some of the grandchildren's old unwanted toys in the path outside their playhouse. Nasty grandad.

Hmm, well I'll keep this thread going then. I have a couple of I/Cs that I'd like to edge with setts and a bit of path. If that works well we'll do a longer path with setts and pitch joints. It's the 'pitch' bit that worries me. I can find any number of YT videos on how to fill the joints with mortar or resin or sand ..... Now.... how to boil blocks of solid pitch ? Here's what I've found so far Looks like I'm going to have to stop and watch a road gang doing the job - starnge way of teaching yourself , but hey......

Has anyone used hot pitch to seal the gaps between joints in setts? I've done the usual Internet searches, and quite by chance my wife looked over my shoulder.... Using the the search term ...joint hot pitch sets... I'd got more than I bargained for. "But sweetheart it's purely for reference and research purposes" Flounce, mutter, slam. And later, much giggling. The process of hot pitch jointing seems dangerous, and therefore fun. Advice please. @Pocster, I done' wan' no smutty talk ya hear me mayun!

Toulouse on the same pipe. Pas de probleme. But put the I/C where the foul drain exits the house ( not one the same line as you show above) Rodding... Think of a packed lunch from your place on its way to meet everyone else's. Where would you put a rodding point to clear the inevtable traffic jam? Photograph the foul drain before the trench gets back-filled Buy enough rods to clean la pipe.. Store them in a locked container. Keep the key to the container where the rods are stored round your neck. Do not lend them to your children. Yep, that's right, I'm still bitter about it.

This is the paint we used ( before I get chewed ...... other sellers and other paints are available)

Our BM's have them in small bags and stupidly expensive Why cover our flat roof with chippings @SteamyTea ? We were told that they would keep the roof surface cooler. But every roof needs maintenance - so you need to walk on it and thus risk puncturing the membrane. When we asked the builder about maintenance - he said that the roof wouldn't need maintenace. Yeah , right. And then we asked him how we could re-point the gable wall above the flat roof without pushing the 'grit' through the membrane he went quiet. We used specialised reflective paint on the surface instead.

Morning. I wonder if you would be kind enough to post the images referred to above on here this thread please? Thanks.

Welcome back @Jeremy Harris . Not to worry about the back-story : we'll kill the fatted calf anyway. image stolen fair and square from Wikipedia

Well @Pocster , we can all sense your presence in our lives all the time. Never seen you, never smelt you, never touched you, never heard you. Yet we all know you are there - or is it here?. A Deity maybe?

What you have the same theres your answer to the two points above who (other than you) is going to notice them when they are in the wood?

There's so much behind your question ..... Help us with some images, or maybe a sketch drawing please.....

I don't think that's rotten. If that timber has the same grading stamp as the one next to it - '.... CE [...] CERTIFIED UK ' etc. then don't worry. You might want to double - up (sister) that timber though out of caution.

You can train almost any corvid or columba to carry messages. As yet there are no reports of trained, literate crows or pigeons who report to LPA Planners. .... Yet. (Well there might be in Hampsted or Sand Banks.)

Wait. Do not lose focus on the possibility of a house Keep the area mown. Watch - like a hawk - the Planning legislation develop over this Government's incumbency Network with appropriate people - Planners, Local Govt execs, Estate Agents, builders, publicans Prime key people to tip you the wink when anything new and relevant is happening in your local Planning area Know your Local Development Plan inside-out As @IanR says - infrastructure : no poop disposal, no sparks, no phone line, no water - > no house. Double check everything Check your LPAs website regulalry for similar applications - 'know' the territory Keep the idea alive in your head: plan > cost >replan We waited from 1985 to 2012(ish) . SWMBO never forgets anything. Useful (sometimes😑)

Because they can. In the same way as Elon Musk can do what he does. He does so because he can: and will soon realise that one day - because he abuses that right - will be roundly ignored. It's the quality of what anyone has to say that matters. Immaterial Objections ( technical term in the Planning context) cannot be taken into consideration. Because if they are, and they lead to a rejection of a Planning Application, they form grounds for Appeal. It's hurtful, its nasty. Its normal. You are not alone.

I don't know how to quantify the additional costs associated with cold bridging in such a small area : and I bet nobody else can either. Treat yourself: forget about it.

'Therefore' is a dangerous word. You have three wood burners. Those burners need to be supplied with wood. And the house needs additional cleaning - smoke produces dust, oils, How much do you pay someone (a teenager?) to gather, fetch, stack, chop, restack, supply the fire? How much did your log-store(s) cost to put up and maintain? How much do you pay a cleaner to cope with the after-effects of burning fuel on a wood burner? How much do you pay someone to empty the ash from the fire ? Are those costs currently hidden by family good-will? I merely point out that mis-applied, the word 'therefore' sometimes hides assumptions. I would love three log burners: I love the work associated with a fire. But one day (soon), I won't be able to manage that process. But at least until then in our house , I could have every door open all day and all night

How about water leak detection tablets - dye the water in one area ( in this case a limited area on the side of your chimney) and wait ..... I've used my Thermal imaging camera to discover leaks before now - the water lowers the temperature locally I'd be tempted to take this short plank out and have a little look-see.....

Ladies and gentlemen - I give you Lancashire's Whirling Dervish. @nod If someone gave him enough money, he'd solve the housing crisis on his own.

Photos would help us devise a strategy with you.....

Well, Richard, good to see you've found us at last. Vive la difference!

Good advice. BUT When we did a similar exercise (narrow single lane track) , the rig driver could not have cared less about the documentation we offered him (via his company office). He arrived with the rig, looked at the couple of really tight corners, - sniffed - spat - and muttered about him having forgotten his stone saw. "Why do you need one ?" I (stupidly) asked "That road sign's gonna have to come down" I ran and fetched ours. Didn't need it. Heres' the rig. Made in Germany by Zeppelin - yes, thats right, you couldn't make it up...... airships and piling rigs

In haste ... similar though maybe not so severe an access challenge. I've written about our piling in detail: quick site search will do. Bottom line - ground improvement columns - Town and Country Vibro. Very professional approach £6500, 52 piles. £70k is a try-on

Great. I'm not at all jealous. Nope, not one little bit. More workshop indeed - phhhh more workshop. 😑