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He's right, for the wrong reasoning. ? Gimme my star pal, an' I wan' it now.....

30 Show your workings: (ppphhhhhhhh) 3 pairs of shoes = 30: one pair =10 2 blokes + 10= 20: one bloke = 5 2 cornets + a bloke = 13 , one cornet =4 10+5*4 (BODMAS) = 20+10 =30

I hope this helps you to stop overthinking old fella......?

Lack of local experience. For the word ... ceramic... substitute any build material or method that's even slightly outside the range of experience of local tradespeople and, based on my personal experience, you will hear a continuous sucking of teeth akin to a bad dose of tinnitus. As you might expect I am very keen indeed to see your project succeed. I nearly chose your preferred build method too. Good luck. Ian

I sympathise. By chance I'm struggling with the same stuff, without the pressure issues. And need answers to the same questions. Your discomfort at dealing with water supply mirrors mine. To me it's full of arcane nonsense, organised by people whose main concern was their own convenience. Break the problem into bits. You can't find a check valve for 32mm MDPE. ..... because they don't exist or because they can't be supplied? What happened when the taps failed? How did they fail? I've heard of Pressure Reduction Valves (know sod all about): is that a thing worth thinking about? The sprinkler system needs a ' ... temp on/off ...' system. Help us with a bit more detail, please. Slowly slowly catchee monkey. ?

I'm in competition with @pocster for Eeejit-Of-The-Year Award. I've left @Russell griffiths far behind, flailing in my wake: overthinking some more stuff I expect. I've just realised that I now need to dig a drainage trench before it starts to widdle down with rain - and fill up the trench more than it already has done. Mind you the water table has been higher, and we do have gentle slope on the site. And thats a significant blessing, I know. Hmmm, 'nother weekend lost then. (I'll have a ripped torso soon ?)

The mesh is brilliant stuff, as long as you don't have to dig through it. It's function is to reduce the amount of MOT1 needed to underpin the raft. I can't remember what the numbers were, but it made financial sense to buy 100 square meters of it This is the stuff. You need an angle grinder to cut it. This is a good example of how powerful the stuff is.

The wailing and gnashing of teeth when my digga left the premises only got worse when I realised that Hartley Hire (good mates to me) were shutting up shop - no diggas for hire. The BH member who stole my beloved digger - you know who you are, (Sue) - should give it me back: pronto. I didn't mean to sell it. It wuz an accident. Honest.? I need to dig the trenches for our foul drains. But no digger. Or prospect of a digger. Just a day's work with a 2 tonner. Poo. Back t' 'drawin' board then. Dad was one of the Bridge Masters who were employed by the Local Authority while the M5 was being built. He was permanently banging on about coffer dams. Very focused on digging deep holes for bridge paprapets. Dimly, I seemed to remember something about digging deep holes in sand - like they have to do everywhere in Berlin. Its tricky, dangerous work. I recon the invert for our foul drain is about 1300mm down: not that far. But far enough if the bloody trench keeps falling in. I don't mind spade work, but a weekends' work was disappearing before my eyes. Damn. And then I remembered the key term: timber shoring, or even close timber shoring . Quick google and then this You beauty. Here's the trench without shoring Can't photograph a sore back: but it's sore. Monday afternoon I notice the edge is starting to cave in - collapse. So this is what did .... I've yet to dig towards the house (as opposed to along the side): thats where I'll need the close timber shoring. I'll post some pics tomorrow. Yes, I have blisters on my hands. Big girl......

Well, at least you had the guts to try....

That'd be Jet LUBE Plus wouldn't it , sir?

Strikes even me as a simple way of turning 'delicate' into frazzelledDave

Looks like a Field Mouse ? Our cat just plays with them. Very annoying

Whatever the delay, every single one of them can be put to good use. They are all annoying. I have, slowly oh so slowly, learned to harness the irritation.

If that's the case, then silence is the most powerful response.

Ask an SE. That's the trouble with asking interesting questions ... when you do, the first impulse is to do it the same way as before. And the next to deflect responsibility for the answer to an expert. Try it?

Yeah, but did you shine the laser down the pipe - like Sean in the video? Such a brilliant little idea - makes it really easy to get the level of the gravel right...... Watch Seamus and Sean in action at speed ....

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