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@Onoff did you resin that screw in? I'm tempted to do that once every other job has been done.

Thanks Peter. The table given there is helpful: in the table 10mm drill size takes a blue plug, whereas Geberit uses a light grey. Of course it helps if members who post here read the instructions. ?

? Arschloch bin Ich. Verzeiung.

It's internal foul drainage time. Heard all sorts of dire warnings about getting this wrong. Strong advice to shove the foul drain straight out of the house and down an external pipe. - whassa point of a thermal bridge that size I say? But I do agree: its obvious that internal piping does need extra care. Here's the schema. And its based on this discussion. I think I need what I think is called 'acoustic drainage'. I wonder whether anyone has any experience in this somewhat delicate area? Should I just get some of Geberit's Silent-db20 piping? I don't need all that much ...... or is there anything cheaper that just as good?

Hmmm, the Germans expect you to know that ....

Putting my Geberit Sigma base unit in today, and I'd like to get this - to adapt Gerry Rafferty's words - Right First Time. A tall order because usually, its two steps forward and one or more back. The feet are meant to be bolted to the ground (concrete) with a hex-head structural screw marked 8.8, and they provide a Rawlplug - well its a Rawlplug on speed really .... (invented by a German I think ? but the inventor call it a Duebel) Is there a simple table somewhere which for each screw size, gives hole diameter, the size of plug need and the depth to drill the hole? Since this is for a loo, should I use some resin in the holes? I'd be most grateful if anyone could post a link. Thanks.

You call those cracks ....... thats fair wear and tear ?

Can anyone point me to a post or Internet resource that gives a Ladybird version of what's needed between the inverter and arrival at the CU please? In Russ' words, the '... solar stuff ...'

Thanks @Russell griffiths, you have saved me a post ...

Sounds like a job for your local blacksmith / metal bashing shop..... A quick web search found this and this

And that's how we got our mezannine .... doubled the POSIs using the clips provided

Wot and she came back with you?

Get it in writing - know what I mean? Or add it to the pre-nup ?

Ask the company (manufacturers) for their list of approved fitters....

Get a quote from a reputable company to put it right. Deduct that amount from his bill, or he puts it right on his own.

Andy, any chance of a diagram?

Make sure she can walk from the car to the house in her favourite shoes. And not scowl at you.

One more hello and I'd suspect you are a Polis (as they say in the Highlands) Welcome

Thank you very much ..... at last. They know what they know, and since they learned about it so long ago, they don't know why they know it, so they can't explain it. Why should they? They're not teachers. Wiring: there's nowt more jangling for Know-Nowts like me than a scattering of technical terms all meaning the same thing, spoken by people who seem often to me not to be able to answer simple questions - like What the difference between a ring main and a ring final then?

I am very impressed. How do you manage it? The psychology of it I mean. Every person of the female persuasion I know or have known simply wouldn't put up with it. And I don't care if it costs another £1000 or more a year , I'd rather have a happy mate. The psychology of warmth is just as important as the delivery system. If it weren't we would not need to bother. Now then, where's my thermal knickers?

The ecology of our site almost forced the name Salamander Cottage. It was either that or Great Crested Newt Central.

This hinge looks very slightly out of line - maybe just the camera angle ....

And there's the rub. Evidence. Really hard to get hold of. You are right, there is no barrier. I have always tried to go with the 'flow' realising long ago that flexible attitudes are a significant help. And that meant moving. But everywhere I have moved, there's a chunk of the local populace that call incomers like me White Settlers. Sometimes I've viewed locals wistfully thinking it must be really comforting to be deeply embedded in a locality : but I don't see such people as spoilt , unrealistic or indulged. Just local(s).

Do your hinges have adjusters in them?

Morning, welcome. Could you help me please? How flat is a flat screeded floor: what's a permissible deviation from a target level?