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Thats exactly what we did. Because of the build sequence, sometimes that wasn't possible (because of lack of experience on my part).

Any one. It doesn't matter. What does is attention to detail. Nitty gritty finicky fussy attention. Choose one system and get it done by someone who knows what they are doing.

Oh how useful a bag of those is! And another bag with wedges of different sizes. I feel like taking a few of them with me when we eat out - beats shimming or wedging the restaurant table with folded paper napkins dunnit?

We wont kick it because we know about it. But little GrandTots won't know or care about it. How do you make Kickboard lighting truly kickable?

I thought that. Until our sparky showed me that it'd (for us) be easier and quicker to put a continuous wall plate in first, and then drill through as required or, if necessary cut it. We spaced the attachments (thunderbolts and sometimes threaded bar) accordingly. That worked well for us.

Now there's a characteristic we share, @SteamyTea, at least we did until I started going to the gym. It has mirrors on all walls - and in front of each, loads of anorexic stick insects stretching, bending, arching, flexing, balancing, pretending that they are in some sort of Zen-like zone of concentration and calm. I hate it. Nowhere to hide from my paunch.

Liar. It was a golf course you were on mate! ?

Developer over claims on tax deductible expense: to the value of the fine (at least).

Welcome. I'm no brickie, but looking at your post, may I offer a small word of advice since you come from one of the hottest places on earth? At this time of year, consider covering your work with a bit of plastic or hessian or something (your auntie's shawl would work too) overnight....?. But you knew that dint' cha? I'll get me coat.

Well Dave, that's the cost of intelligent planning ... can't get the staff these days squire ....

Hannah, get them cut down, pronto. Just do it. Locally, if a tree has a TPO on it, developers employ a mate of mine to disappear the tree. He does it on Sunday mornings well before breakfast. He's usually in church by 10:00. The developer pays the eventual fine and writes that down against tax. Oh, by the way, welcome. Ian

Clive, yer a star. You've just saved me a good few quid. Thanks Ian

Sheeeeet . I didn't know I was sticking my [... ] in a hornets nest .

?? everyone. Ian

Whats wrong with trying?

Bleedin' edge dimmer eh? @Conor, I'm working on it... Do GU10s need to be Fire Rated if they are going to be put in the ceiling downstairs?

Exactly. I'm almost past caring now. It won't matter if we leave the ceiling open until next summer. So it can dry out. It takes about an hour to get a drip during heavy rain. And a day or so to stop dripping. Thing is the area concerned is in the rain shadow, so it drips every few weeks. It has been the next but one job for the last few weeks ... ?

My in-roof system is fine. Faces all the wet weather, nay borra (yet)

Reading this section of the site, I'm sold on the idea of dimmable LEDs. We're thinking of dimming some LED strips, and a good few LED GU10s. Maybe my brain's too full of dripping roofs, stolen favourite tools and First Fixation circuitry: but where does the dimming actually occur? In an LED GU10 circuit, the bulbs need to be dimmable. But what about the driver / transformer? Does that need dimmability too? Do the same rules apply to LED Strip dimmers? And has anyone seen a Scolmore Click Mode Module dimmer switch - you know, the type that'll fit in a grid together with other switches?

No, not yet. Been first fixing the electrics. No excuse for me to sleep. The leak is tiny: a drip every two or three minutes.

Well @scottishjohn and @SteamyTea ; within 20 meters of my house there is a Tupperware (oops GRP ) roof which is still leaking two (three?) full years after it was built - when the temperature outside was too low. I did suggest to the owner of the roof, that the weather forecast wasn't too good. But he was under time pressure. Each summer since it was built he has tried to repair the leak: without success. Some ya win, some ya lose.

Indeed, thanks very much @SteamyTea . I'm almost feeling like getting the calculation done and then the drill out . But @Russell griffiths would laugh at me, @Construction Channel would roll his eyes, @Nickfromwales would tell me to get on with the plumbing, @Jeremy Harris would point out some fundamental errors, @TerryE would point out some rare statistical anomaly that occurs in months where there is a Friday the 13th, @MikeSharp01 would keep winding me up about the size of my drill - it's the diameter that counts , and @Pete would bring a deck chair to watch. So @SteamyTea, I think I'll pass on his one, ta!

Not cool maaaan, not cooool. ?

Bloody Hell Ed, just remembered your video .... Theres no reason why I shouldn't make a window sill like this is there?

Cheers Ed. Reveals? Some really nice bits of timber boarding - saved from the wooden packing which came with the windows: knot free, dead straight, stickered outside since delivery. Just needs a run through the thicknesser. And a good few coats of sealer. Really looking forward to it. Kiss the cat for me eh?