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I doubt it. And even if they were, I'd be the one who drops a sharp pointed screwdriver on one ......

We have compacted MOT1. I take your point about reaching across to do a job, thanks. I'll take it slowly : maybe do a couple of other jobs lower down first to get used to it. I certainly won't be taking it out or up as far as the spec will allow. Yes @epsilonGreedy it looks a bit Dr Who-ish dunnit?

The points made above are good. The machine's vertical reach is 10 meters (platform height) I need 5, and about 2 meters laterally. The machine offers 6 meters reach laterally. This is one instance where I will be wanting to operate well within the machine's capability: and the wind forecast is about as good as you can expect. I take your point Dave about bounce. I'll take a few tiles up with me ?

£140 plus bells and whistles...... per day

That got to you didn't it? The lady in question walked past with her dog in tow the other day. Poor thing is still traumatised.

Well wad'ya know: a knight in shining armour has just popped in. Man wiv Sherree PiKa. He came to pick up the ladder. Looking at the job he suggested that I could be let loose on a tracked one (T135) While I'm up there, I can feel a couple of other little jobs coming on..... I mean, like Ed ( @Construction Channel ) says Wot could go wrong? Only one more sleep until I get to play with this........ Christmas reinvented. Photos while I'm up there ... good weather forecast too.

There's a good deal about lighting design on this site .... The search section of this site is very powerful. This is what I came up withy to help you start.

PM sent Gary.......

25 degrees , 2 storeys - guess broken tile is at 5m agl..... access easy all the way round the house

Dry ridge. The ridge isn't the issue, though: its how to get safely to the tile that needs to be replaced.

By now, I can throw a scaffold up in a morning : safe, level and built with an eye to making it easier to take down. Roof ladder delivered Monday. So far so good. But, as is the way with stuff I do, the first thing I manage to bugger up is breaking a tile - one thats right next to the gutter and 100 mm above the scafffold platform on which I'm standing. Unaccountably, I just picked my foot up and put it on the tile. The outrage I felt when it cracked. How dare it! So now there are two to replace. Eeeeejit. Heave the roof ladder up and wheel it gingerly to the roof ridge, and roll it over so the hooks on the other side. And just then, just at that moment, I start feeling uneasy. But pleased - success afterall innit - roof ladders in place ? Over the years I have come to trust that 'feeling' Sheeeet. The other side of the roof is full of solar panels, some very close to the ridge. Off the platform, shoot down the scaff ladder , scoot round to where I can see the hook - and sure enough the ladder hook is resting on one of the solar panel. Ferkety Ferkety Fookety fook. I haven't put any weight on the ladder. Here, look at this: the cracked tile I need to mend is marked in red. Can't take a joke? Don't self build. Wot's to be done folks? (Hired roof ladder on its way back already)

Oooooofffff. Hard work indeed,

That's a good result. Jezza of Blessed Memory said it took him about a fortnight of fiddling about with his settings.

You bad man. Very bad. Poo.

It does go over, and there is a seal ... but the best laid plans of mice and men: should have sealed the edge of the cut hole as well. Nowt for it: bigger sink and a big smile on my face when I suggest it. Thanks @Ferdinand

? Just before Christmas But I cut through the laminate to make the 'ole for the sink. I think I'll go on that cruise @epsilonGreedy .... mind you that could be a death sentence - but come to think of it I'm facing one anyway.

I forgot to seal the edges of the hole I cut for the sink. And now she's noticed that the 'grain' in the chipboard worktop is rising right next to the sink - a bit not too much. Her fault for splashing around too much ?

Welcome. You are in good company here. Many stories of similar searches for land ; you can draw encouragement from members who have shown the success grit and determination brings. We're five years in, and probably five more to go (SWMBO wants the perfect garden ? - guess whose job that'll be). One word sums much of the job up - persistence.

That looks wonderful - and the perfect garden too - no mowing. Is that local stone - it looks very well contrasted with the cladding.

Stick to the knitting. The house. You are building in a period of significant organisational change. Prices are not stable. Put plenty of ducting in (with pull throughs) so that you can network anything you're going to need

Thats turned my Sunday night dram of single malt sour in my mouth .... need another to wash out the taste.

Still greatly enjoying the times Russ actually writes those words... cheers me up no end. Thanks.

Tryin' to tell us you are sitting starkers while having a coffee? This weather? Brave lad.

Happy start to 2021 from my BM. Nothing about thanks for your custom.... do hope you'll be working with us in 2021 ....

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