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Thats the one. Drill a perfectly vertical hole (7mm) through a block of wood (2 by 2) Attach that block to the wall, and drill the hole for the bar through that hole. (so the hole is perfectly level) Remove the block Repeat three more times Now you have 4 perfectly level holes for you to resin. Pop the threaded bar in , slip the block over the threaded bar again so you can support the threaded bar with the block Now you have four perfectly level threaded bars ready for your sink. How deep to drill? My guess is 100mm. Use a pooter (blower) and vacuum to clear out the dust. Threaded bar about 75-80mm long. Sit back, tea, medals, Brownie points. Tell her you'll get the plumber to connect up the waste and taps soon(ish)

I found that out the hard way a couple of years ago. A wasp got caught between the back of my safety glasses and my eye. It took exception to the restriction and stung me just below the eye. We held a funeral for the wasp. It was well attended - by our two dogs and cat, each of whom had suffered at the hands of our little friends.

I got so annoyed by the same issue, After the delivery of our windows where the packaging was all fastened with Torx head screws, I decided to use only Torx heads, and only the sizes dictated by a set of Wera Torx drivers. I lack the power in my hands to hold screwdrivers properly to Pozi or crosshead screws. Torx compensates for that issue quite well.

I thought it was just me. Thanks so much for the technique, Clive. I'll use it from now on.... Ian

Exactly - for me they wobble even more than normal. So I have an increased reliance on power saws.

When we bought ours (Siberian Larch) , I asked Paul from ProWood about price variability. - then the issue was Brexit. It did make a difference: but not all that much couple of hundred quid. Buy when you have the money - and then let it go - DON'T look back. There's always some smart arisole who could have got it done / bought / mended / fixed at half the price. Lovely cladding - dogs gonads ....

Almost all hand tools. I have Dupytrens, and had two fingers amputated (the little finger of each hand). The operation scars healed very badly, leaving the two outermost fingers curled over quite substantially. So I have some difficulty letting tools go - putting them down is worst. Losing two fingers means the loss of more than 20% of my grip strength. On the other hand, the curvature of my hand is superb for holding liquid soap, and since the outer fingers are locked in place, they make excellent hooks with which to empty cups from the dishwasher. Oh and prop a glass of wine base and stalk without needing to grip it. Ill wind that blows nobody any good eh? Now, I regualrly lift a 20Kg bag of chicken feed with the three remaining fingers - I would not have been able to do that before I lost the fingers.

@Jilly, have you scanned this website? ( https://www.pavingexpert.com/ )

I used 120mm concrete screws into our ICF (Durisol) - drilled to 135mm to allow for concrete dust that gets pushed ahead of the screws. I think part of the answer might be to do with the nature of the wall where you want to put the sink. I went to a lot of trouble to make sure that the brackets keyed into the concrete cores of the Durisol - and avoided the woodcrete type 'cladding' to the concrete lattice. You might want to consider mounting a really thick piece of wood as a shelf to carry the sink perhaps? My mum's house had an arrangement like that - gave you somewhere to put bits and bobs (like dirty boots)

If it does - if - then the effect will be minimal I would have thought.

The answer depends on the quality of the wood and from which part of the tree the wood is cut. The closer to the centre of the tree, the lower the risk of cupping , warping, bending and twisting. Quarter Sawn is the phrase you need to look for. Lay flat Sticker at even spacings - using clean evenly cut wood (paint, for example, transfers to the sticker to wood very easily) Place the stickers at even intervals vertically Cover with a sheet of OSB or similar to keep some direct sunlight off Weight the sheet of OSB evenly Try and ensure a steady airflow over the wood A little damp makes no difference Wait ; year or so easy..... And watch some of it bend, warp or twist anyway. But if you follow the above, then there will be a good deal more straight stuff worth using. I had over £1000 worth of Siberian Larch waiting outside for a year, or more. Covered and stickered properly. Little bits have warped here and there, one or two bananas. Whizzed through a thicknesser, it's come up beautiful. Bent grain has made the last meter of 4 meter boards deviate by 20mm in a few planks. The same treatment for scaffolding planks repays the effort.

Yeah, : it's in your email IN box already. All part of the service. By the way - You can't park there sir! Welcome to the semi mad house. The nutters are in charge here. Good luck. Ian

Weight - for us anyway - not an issue. Chickens are though. They seem to use it as a form of Alka-Seltzer. Now, the EPS is covered with a lead-replacement membrane If it were as problematic an idea as your post suggests, the idea of an EPS insulated raft would have died long ago.

Yer a star @Roundtuit ................... Divorce avoided. Phhhhheeeewwww. My fault wuzunit.... ? Buildhub strikes again. Thanks everyone

The latter..... aaargggghhhhh I think I need to dig the bubbling delaminating bit, strip it back a bit, Stixall and aluminium tape. All to be done while I'm upside down. Suppose I could use a mirror.... Ughhhh.

The drying cycle of our dishwasher includes a phase where the dishwasher door opens automatically. I think it does so to help the dishes dry off without using any electricity. Today I find that the bottom of the worktop in line with the dishwasher door is starting to delaminate. Not all the way along , but about 100mm or so is delaminating quite bady. This feels like a put-the-toothpaste-back-in-the-tube-moment. Is there any way I can glue the laminate back into place?

Welcome first of all. I'm only half Jock , so wait til the full-on ones come along. They'll all know. Irrespective of the answers you get from anyone, in each and every case, you must always do your Due Diligence. The term 'professional' is somewhat loose. Anyway, here's chapter and verse.

OK, hands up: it was a bit of an irritated piddle-take. Someone as intelligent as you asking that question, I thought? Really? Where safety is concerned a flying instructor told me an excellent maxim; If at any part of the flight, you wonder -however idly- whether something is safe; the answer is - its dangerous. Step back - reassess. Same here, I think. As to the YooChube videos, they merely indicate the number of people who either don't know, couldn't care less or both.

Naaaah, lick your hands after to clean them eh? ? Have you ever ever ever seen a lead worker working without gloves? Cos if you did, his missus has a fekkin excellent life insurance policy on him

and I agree, everyone is being asked to do more with less. My argument is - well in that case don't tell everyone you're going to deliver exactly the same service with less resource. Silence is one of the most powerful weapons in any contest for resources.The mantra becomes Just keep yer head down and the problem will go away, or morph into something else. Our LPA must be coining it at the moment. The Planning Application fees are pouring in : four large development areas round the A6. Everyone and his dog with a spare postage stamp of land thats within sniffing distance of the A6 is planning a new village. Rollo's dad (remember him - large land owner and major player in the local property market ) is '...trying hard not to buy myself a Bentley... there's so much work on at the moment Ian ' Asked if he has an issue talking to Planners - ' I meet them two or three times a week - always do. ' Whats the problem with us plebs then eh?

Thank you. I hadn't thought of that

OK, I read the replies above as; there's no easy answer . I'll follow the standard rule then. Voice or Exit. Exit it is.

I take all the points above. I accept that in the grand scheme of things, my issue is minor. Yes there's a pandemic. Yes processes have changed and will change still further. But the broad openly debated issue here is that in this area, the opportunity has been taken to evade public accountability. A handful of large developers do manage to have their agendas discussed in public (hence the description of the local scene above). If you are Joe Public, you stand no chance at all of a reply to a normal question. But simple silence engenders suspicion: hiding behind COVID ? Maybe. Maybe not entirely. A good lie depends on a hint of truth. Our local A+E can publish average waiting times updated hourly - outside the front door. Why can't a Planning Department openly publish currently expected service levels. In this case, silence has been used as a weapon. In exactly the same way as an argument with a close family member who uses silence as such. My enforcement issue is very minor indeed. The bigger picture is much more worrying.

No. It's about a generalised lack of communication. Everyone I talk to who attempts to communicate with the planning department tells the same story. If you need the Planning department to talk to you, they simply don't. 'We' (at Parish level) called in our Planning Councillor. At a public meeting he explained that the department no longer had the capacity to talk to members of the public. I am involved in an ongoing issue with enforcement. But that, in the normal course of events would be discussed , a resolution agreed and action taken. Nothing has happened for years now. Nothing. Now in addition the planners simply refuse to communicate. They have not told us that they regard the matter as closed. In common with every other person with whom I discuss planning matters in general I find that none of us gets a reply to any questions we ask. It's a simple generalised wall of silence . It's very disconcerting. I am out of ideas - short of going to the local press - of what to do next. Hence this post.

Never mind just forget it.