ToughButterCup

Part of the joy of plumbing - for me anyway - is getting to grips the way in which the trade talks to non-trade people. Like Zoot, bless him - and me. All plumbers know what an iron is, but I use one to process her blouses after washing. It was just brilliant watching and listening to an arsey female counter assistant in a plumber's merchant the other day : here goes ...... Overheard at a local plumbing depot: a real proper plumbers merchant, smelling of paraffin, sweat, linseed and thinners - Single lightbulb on at the hatch where sits a Ditsy Teeny Blond Bomshell : her nail varnish bottle out on the counter: cotton wool blob and nail file and thinners bottle open - slightly heady scent. One hand waving to and fro to dry the nail she had accidentally painted a few seconds ago. A local plumber beats me to the counter: smiles at the lass who's now on her second nail of the day .... Y' awreet mert? she says sweetly, while looking at nail number three Aye 'Appen ye've sum 3/4 irons in then? Wadja mean 22 mill? Nahh, I need sum three quarters Pause: by now nail number three had a wet edge, and so needed constant attention We've got sum inch in if that'd do ya? Nahh, I need three quarters really. Ditsy promtly turns and shouts to some hidden Golum deep in the bowels of the warehouse. I cant pretend to remember what she said because I didn't understand it. I speak four languages, and Plumber isn't one of them. Golum replied: which langauge does Golum speak? - because I understood not a word. Not a syllable. The plumber left. My turn. Do you sell HEP2o ? The shock of the question actually stopped her nail painting - eyed me suspiciously. 'S all Speedfit 'ere. And got on with nail number 4 I stood there for a moment and wondered if I should ask her what an inch iron was. Because I was going to give her one. Didn't have the guts.

Sir, people are allowed to be wrong.

Every discipline has its own terms and special ways of applying them. Designed almost to keep people like Zoot and me OUT of plumbing, just like doctors give things Latin names - anyway keeps me out of brain surgery. Cos if I'd have been a brain surgeon, I'd have replaced Donald Trumps brain by now. And mine.

Hellfire mate! Something I can help with. Yes there is. Geberit Wandklosett Flexible PE Sheet 90 x 90 MM, 241521001 Made my eyes water in terms of price. Annoyingly, unavailable currently on Amazon. If you need to get it from The Fatherland, I'll dig around a see if I can lay my hands on one. No subtitles needed ?

This is not a paid for professional service where you might properly expect measured responses from all contributors. Nobody can know exactly what's meant by written text. So much gets - as you say - lost intranslation. Thats normal. This board is a teaching and learning resource. It does not offer a Members' Needs Analysis such as those offered by other online teaching formal, paid for teaching institutions . So respondents to your posts cannot know what you dont know. But, out of kindness, they respond anyway. Thats why it is very suprising indeed that you react with visible frustration at the perceived quality of responses. One technique which is very powerful in online teaching and learning is to ask the person posting to summarise what he or she thinks she has learned. As a simple post - just bullet points. That does three things, It reassures readers that you have made an effort to understand them It allows time for you to internalise some of the teaching Its helps set the agenda for further development. Try it. Please.

Families are great. We all have one. A place to share stuff informally. A safe place in which to try things out and see if they work. Bridging the gap from informal to formal ( i.e. professional) is frought with the opportunity for mis-communication. I have seen many instances of the bridge between family and professional services being put under strain. On the other hand, nobody would have told me of those instances when it all went well.

Online, you could not want for a more patient, polite or kind environment in which to share your build challenges. Look at the page count. Re-read just some of the members' responses with care. Work out, briefly, how much time you have been given by BH members - for nothing. Generous does not even begin to cover it. Build Hub is not the only online resource in this sector.

Ask the manufacturer of the ICF. They will (might) have an approved list.

Welcome. Good luck with the planning aspect of things. Since this is your first post could I suggest you have a look through the planning threads? And also have a play with the search facility on the site: its very powerful To help you, as an example, I've done three searches for the topics you highlighted in your post above - and link to them below. Metal stair cases Bi-fold doors ( You might try different spellings of bi-fold ) Kitchen Islands You are starting out at a difficult time - BH is a very supportive group though. Best of luck. If you want some walk on glazing @pocster has some , and don't worry about @Russell griffiths, he's actually quite tame. ?

Mais cherie, je suis trop jeune pour ca, non?

Here's a YouTube search list with the terms balancing and radiators.

Zoot, this thread is the perfect case study of how difficult it is to explain (teach) and learn online. Most of the contributors here have forgotten more than you or I will ever know about radiators and balancing. And I venture to suggest they've never been taught anything about how to teach ab initio members of the public in an online resource. So everyone's groping around trying to help: and you are groping around trying to learn. Both your job, and theirs is incredibly difficult. It might be an idea to spend a little time ( maybe a post ? ) summarising what you think you have learned about radiators and balancing. Write it in simple bullet points as a list. Then those who still want to help might be able to see more clearly what help you need.

Try Babylon Berlin. Plenty of walk-on-glazing to be seen there. And one or two actors who will prolly get your heart rate up ; a bit.

There's your answer. Bloody interesting problem though; thanks for asking here.?

Who is taking responsibility for the decision? Put another way, whose PPI is on the line for getting it wrong?

It doesn't matter. Start your planning anywhere. You will soon identify your own constraints - things that have to be worked on first. Can I suggest some form of list system - one that works for you? There are loads out there. And then there's - ermmmm, paper. Theres no point in amassing vast amounts of information without being able to access it when needed - quickly.

Sad to hear how you feel at the moment. But it's only a feeling. And those change over time. Even low levels of involvement in self building means that you look at almost every building in a different way. You can't flush that experience out of your mind. A bit of you will always be a self builder, and I bet you won't stop looking either. Even if you do so in secret, under the bedclothes so she can't see you looking. We waited 35 years.

Talking about Class Q ?: There's this fantastic resource you might like to consider. (If for no other reason than the superb written style: clear, concise, focussed)

Subject to your answer to Ferdi above, pick up the phone or bush telegraph or write and ask. The Council has a duty to help you complete your application. The agenda for success has been set by the response given by the Council. ( Dressed up in horribly badly phrased plannerbabble I suspect). What do you mean (above) when you say '... not given...' Might you mean '.... not made explicit...' , as in - here's a form, fill it in and attach a cheque?

Insurance, Band Aid, ignorance . In any of those roles, there's little or no point to it.

Not stupid is she, eh?

Whats the prevailing wind direction? I ask because if you are in an exposed location with the wind predominantly blowing past your neighbour's house towards yours, then you're on stronger ground not doing anything abgout it.. If the neighbour won't shift from the notion of 3 m high hoardings, then set the OSB ( I assume) base at a little over 600mm above ground level: job done. The bottom of the hoarding height was not specified I bet. And fiddling about providing another 600mm is a bit OCD innit......

Well, with my screen name, I'd better be the first to say welcome. And with our screen names, we should both be wary of that @Russell griffiths : he thinks buttercups are feeble, delicate little things. ?

Fiscal deficit boys! Run for the hills. An economist has infiltrated us. Arrggghhhh!

taped ? As in airtightness tape applied to the joins? Or is there a different sort of PIR ( taped PIR ?)