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Yeah but I want sexy..... (as well)

Ouch, ouch, ouch.

OK, I'm getting fed up now. Any more and I'll lock this thread OK?

Boys, boys, come on, play nice. If you cant say something nice, then don't say anything. There's good lads. Cup of tea and a piece of cake time eh?

Contemplating the minor challenge of our foul drainage piping : and came across this little video of how to ensure the correct angle of fall. It's brilliant Nice bit of gentle weewee extraction too. Want to go straight to the technique? 2:58 Recon my laser spirit level set up correctly in the middle of the pipe will do fine. But I betcha @Declan52 will tell me how to do the same more easily.

Broken? When a system demands some sentences be parsed to a degree that would delight a grammarian, it isn't necessarily broken. It's testament to a system invented by humans. Planning's like plumbing: you can attempt it yourself, but if you don't know how to cut a bit of soil pipe without it slipping around like an oiled up pig, I can either persist, or get a plumber. Or watch YT until I'm square eyed. And then get it slightly less than wrong. And try again. If I can't read fast enough, or persist long enough (like my neighbour), and so don't know about the requirement for consistency, then I don't get planning permission. Is that broken? Or just as complex as plumbing? I recon the two are about the same.

No need for me to do the Lottery then is there. I retired the day we got Planning Permission.

Ah, that good old term material. I must say, I struggle with it. So, I'm late back from the pub. Any material difference to the quality of the supper which is now destined for the dogs if I make just one further false move? Supper's now cold: material? I went back on a promise to be back at 7:00: material? Dogs eyeing my supper. Yep, thats material.

That is really very interesting indeed. Thanks very much. This application was refused. (My neighbour less than 25 meters away from us) On these grounds. Briefly Every single word of that logic could have been applied to our site. hence the vital importance of your quotation above: I suspect a good deal will hang on the meaning of '... materially... ' above. This is what the Appeal Inspector had to say ..... Briefly; In other words, the Inspector appears to be saying - yes, the applicant pointed the issue out, but because I haven't got the bits of paper in front of me, I'm not going to consider the matter in the light of consistency. Thanks @MintSprint very much for moving my thinking on a step or two. Very valuable. Ian

Hmmm, interesting. Thanks. If only I weren't building a house, I'd get stuck into that - thats the trouble with only a little learning. But I am reasonably good at speed reading. Does this cover the issue well enough ?

Not sure there is, but IF there is then Martin Goodhall's blog is the place to look. 25 meters away from our build, our neighbour was refused permission , appealed, refuse and is now contesting an Enforcement order to leave the site. I can see no good reason for permission to be refused. The reasons given are here. Not pretty.

'...some tangential function of the force F ... ' is'nt that the force which '.... promotes the desire but taketh away the performance ....' ( Shakespeare W, 1590ish maybe?)

Thought I'd put it in context for you .... glad you like it. Ian

Donald! Keep the ducklings indoors, Russel's doing the Highland Fling again! Apologies for mis-spelling your name Russ. Artistic licence ?

Go on then, dare ya. I might do one of my little illustrations too.... ?

What's the Geberit part number Pete (of the overflow that you have) ? I have the same problem ...I'll dig around on reuter.de. Ian

You see Russ, two Jocks, each wearing a kilt have to be able to dance a Highland Fling in the kitchen..... no need daan sarf is there? The circulation refers to the arc described by a sporran when it's flinging, mate. I mean just imagine what would happen if two sporrans collided at speed. Phwaarrrr, don't bear finkin abaart does it?

Better hide this thread from @Russell griffiths - I expect he'll want to come up and tear it out with his bare hands.

Boys! Geberit do a flexible bend. Bought one. Problem solved. Manufacturer's number 241521001 Yeah, I know, I know. I just haven't got the confidence to take that slippery pig apart again and put something together entirely on my own. Have broom, have bum, stick one in the other and keep going.

OK, just been on to Geberit Tech line; very helpful They propose Solvent Y piece instead of the current push fit branch Fit a short length of pipe to the (as it were) left hand branch of the Y (solvent weld it) Fit a ring seal coupler to the end nearest the loo that should give enough wriggle room ( 10mm or so) Phhhhh, wadja fink?

Cunning plan man...

This image, for me represented success - never done it before. Putting in a Geberit DuoFix. Took ages to plan, longer to do, pipes slipping all over the shop doing a fair imitation of a slippery pig competition - that silcone gets everywhere dunnit? Deliberately sprayed some silicone where the cat jumps up - jumps, slides right off the work surface. Got the shock of his charmed, fat cat life. Should have seen his face as he fell off the edge of the workbench ? But he was laughing loud and long when ...... ... I realised that I put the socket connection joint in about 45mm too low..... Cue rictus grin, smart exit of the cat stage left when he hears me cursing. Is it possible to lift the grey Triple Socket Branch by just 45mm or so? Or should I try and get a flexible connection? I'm so nearly there....

This question pops up regularly. In our family, there's a local detective and his partner a CSI. We got broken into recently, and I can tell you, it wasn't pleasant. But. It lead to some creative thinking. An alarm: no details, but a good one A camera that's visible, and one that's hidden, but does record faces and number plates if its switched on ( ?) and is protected from the rain Another fairly cheap time lapse camera hidden on site which I move regularly Multiple cheap solar powered LED lights (12) that stay on for a while when there's movement Ladders locked and a plank strapped on them to prevent casual climbing Flood lights switched on INSIDE the house in such a way that any movement will cast obvious and very large shadows towards where we live Regular contact with the neighbour who has CCTV Muliple locks on the containers HERAS positioned such that its incredibly incovenient and noisy to open the containers A formal walk round the site once per week (Monday first job, and Friday first job if Monday wasn't possible) to see if some small improvement to both safety and security can be made Two or three marginally unpleasant surprises placed on the site which are both very noisy and in one case extremely smelly. Proper insurance, with named expensive items of equipment on site A photograph of each of my tools: each security marked and listed on a Google Photgraphs site. Every single invoice for tools stored online Each one of these on it's own isn't enough. But slowly, site safety and security are improving. Its a bit like competitive sport - one training improvement won't make much difference, but persistent focus on improvement will - over time - make a significant difference. Which reminds me ....

That looks brilliant Gary....

SWMBO needs to read your post Barney............... Thanks ?