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Aren't those not taking Asprin the Control Group? Or have I misunderstood?

Here's a similar rant from me about foam : this time it got into my knickers : my trousers still bear the scars @Carrerahill, @Andehh , you are in good company. Word of warning, though (prompted by the image immediately above). A mate of mine (a submariner - he was on leave) got quite a bit of foam (not my fault luckily). in his impressive beard. A+E pronto: can't remember the severity. He was in agony. Not funny.

To me that hints that he realises there are likely to be no consequences to his unprofessional behaviour.

I'm glad I am no longer a Mod. I'd have shut this thread down long ago. Whats the matter with some of you ... ? Expletives and childish insults all over the place.

No. The key issue is: are you minded to do anything about it when you find that has happened? And have you suffered a finacial loss as a result. It happened to us: the person camping next door (the one who built a dwelling house inside a caravan to pee-off the LPA) submitted my ecological survey - word for word - pure plagiarism as his. £2500 ish that cost me. And what am I going to do about it? The sin is committed, the planning decision taken. Naff all I can do. - Well, I don't smile at him if by accident we meet, thats for sure. I suffered no finacial loss as a result. If -after pasting a different name on the same survey - a professional liability is incurred, then the soft and smelly hits the fan. Likelihood? Zero. Can't take a joke? Don't self build.

Quite the most sensible approach I've read. Welcome. You cannot plan in enough detail. Why? Because changing your mind causes all sorts of grief and delay later on. Anyway, waste time on BH, and ask away Ian

Lancaster Co Housing project ; unfortunately you're too late for the most recent tour this time round, but they do open their doors regularly ...

Exactly right. Protect against that most common of crimes and you filter a significant of aggro out of your life. Determined thieves will always...

Our son and daughter in law, both coppers say : keep it simple. A good insurance policy and built-in security (not add ons) is very cost effective. Any house, no matter how secure will always be beaten by determined thieves. Its easy and cheap to keep casual crooks at bay.

First, welcome. Next, lay in a good supply of cider. I think you'll need it. Network, network, network. Good luck Ian

Pushing on an open door with me Paul. I used to use the same name as you for that sector: ' the drainage sector ' . I now call it the Dregs Sector . The number of stories I hear about it.... The sooner that company is out of business, the better. I am not sure that you can use the Small Claims Court until you can show loss. I have no feel for the costs - is it worth the effort, or is it another one of those - '' If ya can't take a joke, don't self-build " moments?

A slightly disappointing response @SteamyTea. Imagine for a moment you are a proud Welshman.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury and Commentariat, I bring before you today a sorry tale of coughing, furious backpeddaling and arisole covering on the part of Her Maj's Revenue and Blood Suckers. Dunno what I'm on about? I refer you Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury to the preceeding matters. Faced with the incontrovertible evidence of the Date of The Document which informs us of Listing in the VOA List being five months after the Effective (oh that inglorious - and misapplied - word) List the respondent for and on behalf of HMRC replied "Oh well, with an Iffy application like this, we have to make sure that you (I) are not the cause of the 5 month delay." "Ya wot, sweetheart? " I answered (she had a smashing voice) "Well we need to make sure that you hadn't asked the VOA for a delay in communicating the entry to the Valuation List, and then there's the problem of us all coming back to work slowly, I work from Wales, so there are very few of us in the Office. So we just had to make sure." Now, I don't know about you, but most self builders know when shoo shoo is being shovelled don't we? '.... we need to know that you are not the cause of the delay ..." followed by the real give away '.... then there's the problem of us all coming back to work slowly, I work from Wales, so there are very few of us in the Office. ...' Thats an HMRC employee telling me: But my dog ate my homework. As often when I'm cross, off to walk the dogs along the river. Might see a Dipper.

Those who use ladders the most safely have already fallen off at least once. For me, both times were when I was BOTH tired and in a rush.

Geberit because I'm half Kraut. And I have limited imagination. We bought two for exactly the same reason. Worry about warranty ? For Geberit? Really? I mean really? Left over 4 by 2 and some sheet OSB is what I used Meine Guete, solche Klienichkeiten sind schwierig ? Darf wohl nich' Wahr sein. Mann kann es auch 13,5 schreiben. @Temp Sie haeten Deutsch an der Schule lernen sollen! ? One thing to think about, @James94, knee height. As is the way on a self build, you make progress while you can. So there was a googdly gap between fitting the first one and the next. SWMBO asked for the second one to be set 10mm lower than the first. It's not that she's a tiddler, I'm just under 2m tall. When I start to sit down on 'hers', I feel for just half a second or so, like I'm about to fall over. 10mm makes a huge difference in comfort in seat height. Her knees are about 10mm lower than mine.

Hmmm, @klane, the threads on this subject are a good evening's read by the fireside. The situation is complex, and rules are inconsistently applied and regularly misapplied . But the general rule is as the post above outlines.

While I respect and value many of @Moonshine's posts, I disagree with the one above. If this statement is correct , then there should be no real problem. It might be an idea , @matstand to talk to others who have done what you propose, or something close to what you propose, and guage their experience of talking to Network Rail. Who knows, you might even find that you don't need a solicitor. I know the NWR can be a really serious nightmare: friends of ours have had endless trouble. But to risk a diligent solicitor in years to come finding that no agreement between you and NWR ..... (sucks teeth)

Having a bad day son?

Add just enough heat to the inside of the structure to prevent condensation.

First .... excess PV in Bonnie Schottenland? Honest?? Next howdya manage to divert the output to a convector heater then?

I love(d) them. Until - it is said - an Oriental ate one and the rest is recent history.

Don't place the box where we did in the house before last, install it next to a roof-space office. They chatter like - well - like bats. On a phone call, people could hear them chattering. Charming for 2 minutes. Then rictus grin.

There loads of help .... here's a couple of resources.... https://youtu.be/0PYzEiLsNqQ

I do hope that you can find such an insurance for your sake. But I fear that the process of of finding that insurance will be fraught with difficulty. At the very least I suspect you will need someone who has their PII insurance of their own to sign off on the work you have done, so that he or she in turn will be able to reassure the insurance company that they are accepting a reasonable risk. I really hope I'm wrong.

We have accepted occupancy. We no longer have site insurance, just normal house insurance. Occupancy isn't an issue for applications based on a Competion Certificate: not sure what you mean Dave about dots being joined ...