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You can't waste time on this board Karen. It's not easy to drill down to the core message sometimes but mostly a bit of effort repays handsomely. Or you could just PM @Russell griffiths, he knows everything.

Had more confidence in speaking out when I saw poor workmanship. The extent of local tradespeople's networks. The goss on .... Which local tradesfolk are shite and why. The levels of distress and poor personal performance caused by frequent sleeplessness The levels of blarney talked by tradespeople The need to forgive and move on - eye on the main prize. The range of meanings of unreturned phone calls The balls to kick people off site instantly when evidence and fingertip feel matched

The manufacturers will have a downloadable data sheet.

English is a Germanic language. So zis shud hev been ezee to verstehen, Heil Hitler

In my unqualified opinion, the quotation from the HSE site above could have been worded more clearly to read You must now enter the details for the DOMESTIC client, principal designer and principal contractor In other words, if an F10 is to be submitted at all, acting for a DOMESTIC client, the contractor should complete the form FOR the Domestic Client. And later on the same page

There's a simple hierarchy.... if it ain't permitted it cant be financially viable. So work on permitted or not first. Here's a copper bottomed rock solid bloke. His writings need some work, but hey if theres money at the end of it..... http://planninglawblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/permitted-development-excluded-in-aonb.html

Thanks folks, got the thinking juices flowing now..... like the idea of repurposing stuff: and tada .... I have some toughened glass somewhere. (but where? FGS) Could get that frosted innit?

.... wanted at a sensible price. Lord Love a Duck, what you can get from Italy in terms of minimalist design is so expensive, they wont tell you the price. And the Nordics are almost as bad. Hard on their heels is this German (German for Gods Sake!) offering of a sheet of melamine covered board for 398 Euro - down from over a 1000. Nuff to send @Russell griffiths round the bend. I've wasted hours on Tinternet looking for what I have concluded is a company that rips off Italian and Nordic designs and sells good copies at a sensible price.

Try a pneumatic air bag under it : available from other sellers too.

Thanks Peter. Nobody tells ya FFS (except on BH)

Nevermind overthinking, I'm over-worrying, I hope. In a fit of what might subsequently be regarded as stupidity, I bought this All else has almost failed, so I thought I'd better read the instructions. Oh dear. Better make @Onoff and @ProDave proud, so here goes Electrician's Guide to The Building Regs , Ch 5 page 75 Reading the Tech Notes in the Instruction Manual: no mention of a metallic sheath to which I can connect the earth wire. So, I tried to contact their tech Helpline. Closed. Hence this post. Is this a some-you-win-some-you-lose case?

You'll get a technically correct answer from others on here @MrsDeS. But the results of heating stuff up depend on how people perceive those results. On how real people feel in situations relevant to them. I'm suggesting, based on a trustworthy estimate, you over-specify by a bit. How big's that 'bit' then Ian? Ask another plumber - one who hasn't specified or quoted for the system. No conflict of interest that way.

... to store it, or use it?.... from the wall or ceiling? Mine hung from a ceiling on a normal floor joist. I ask because using a punch bag hanging on a wall means damage if it's used. I've never used a boxing bag, maybe that's different... From a joist, or noggins fastened across several joists, 80kg is fine.

Find a beekeeper, she'll know, and know how.

For those who can set out and so don't have to ask on BH, that's fine. I rather assumed that asking for advice implied a lack of confidence. And setting out is one of those bits of a build where getting it wrong is potentially disastrous. I'm not sure how to put guttering up. When (not if) I get it wrong, I take it down & do it again.....

As so often , (it is painful to admit ) @Russell griffiths closely followed by @scottishjohn are right. If you have to ask about mission critical stuff, employ someone with Professional Indemnity Insurance. Do proper due diligence, talk to several of the professional's previous customers. On our laying out phase, I did all of that and still found an error of exactly one meter in two places. Cross doesn't begin to describe how I felt.

Yellow Pages. A professional to do it for you.

Bloody Hell Gary. I'm tired just reading that....

The inside of our piggery is nearly finished. It's walls are lined with OSB. The piggery acts as a utility room. It'll be dampish in there for short periods. Painting OSB is new to me. Any gottchas?

Get a farmer to run a flail over it for the first pass. That photo - to me - shows it's too much of a job for a normal hedge trimmer. Much too high. Unless you've got the shoulders and biceps of a gorilla. Then any of the serious tool companies do sensibly priced hedge whizzers. My preference is for Stihl, but there are plenty of good alternatives . Keep on top of that thing... hedges run away with you if left even one season.

Welcome. I almost remember those hopeful days - Building the Dream on every Friday, Kevin Whatsis-Face when we've had enough of Charlie L. I won't make that mistake - look at that stooopid design, that's nice can we have one of those dahling? How much? Ya jorkin' Ah those were the days. Travelling hopefully. Hold on to your optimism and energy. And good common sense approach to standards. We need folk like you to energise us. Thanks for joining. Ian

Phhhhhhhhhh ovewrthinking again ?. Bloody Hell.

Have a look at @Jeremy Harris blog. Loads about it on there.

That about nails it. Ralph's point about location is critical. SPONS ( the architrects price guide) gives a national level guide using factors. With Outer London as 1 (one) it gives various factors for the regions. The factor SPONS gives for Lancaster is 0.96 - but Sandbanks in Dorset will be significantly different (2.5?). Locally (15 miles away), there's a millionaire's row. Tradesmen talk about silly prices being the norm there.... (you can see it from the West Coast Main Line). I'll be glad to come in at £1600 on 146 sq meters. The Devil is always in the detail. There seems to be a good deal of antipathy to SPONS on this board : costs £150. And has saved me many many times that price. Its hard work to get into, but a couple of days working at it repays the effort.

Call that a mistake? Whassa matter with ya man?