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A few threads ago, when I reported moderate stress - and just a bit of depression. On the basis of the feedback, I determined to have a regular day off. Family can only help when they too have days off. Bang goes my day off - and I suspect yours (and many of ours) too. To come back to your main question: how long does it take to sort out the inside? It depends principally, I think on the amount of focused support you can recruit. Neither of us can do it all on our own.

Exactly the same dilemma. Our outside has been weathering for two full years now and only leaks in two - well maybe three - places. Every time I step back from the inside job in hand, I feel almost guilty about the outside jobs I should have been doing . I have no excuse for sleep

That factor - I am assuming I will experience the same enthusiasm peak and wane curve - gives pause for thought. Use it or lose it : but, bike-like, I assume that once taught, I'll not forget. And so I'll always have that ''tool" in my tool bag.

I am trying to decide which of welding course I should take; TIG, MIG or MMA ? Lancaster and Morecambe College offer evening courses starting this September (£625). Can't wait. I'd just like to be able to weld bits back on to my Land Rover, or make fairly simple things like a basic tool to twist thin steel bar. Really simple stuff: nothing like @Onoff-level refined bits of kit . I have a Stick Welder which can be used as a gas welder..... not used it much - kind of busy recently.

Redrafted using almost the same text: The Consumer Code for Home Builders (“the Code”), which came into effect in April 2010, applies to all Home Builders registered with the UK’s main new Home Warranty Bodies. They are NHBC; Premier Guarantee; LABC Warranty and Checkmate . Those companies subscribe to the 19 Requirements and principles that Home Builders must meet in their marketing and selling of Homes and their after-sales customer service. Not Sir Humphrey. More the effect of illiteracy, and simple carelessness.

That trauma is done. Good to see someone else facing the same issue.

@craig, anything you can do to help?

Thanks for the advice given here Surprisingly I have got round to filling them this afternoon. Wonders never cease. The holes in the slab are lined with Polypipe. Am I right in thinking that the Polypipe should be removed before I back-fill them with concrete?

Every Man-Jack-One-Of-Us here started with a dream - some call it an idea, others a thought, others a hope. And the process of turning those notions into to well-formed plans is called compromise. Millions of them. Some small, others painful, many based on howthehelldowedigourselvesoutofthismess. Only you are in contact with your dreams. Many of the compromises you will have to face are hidden at the moment. So steal away Don't stop looking or stealing, eh?

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This will help.

That is exactly what we did. As so often @Russell griffiths is right - so, play it long, and then pop a porker on it.

Yes, but not for ever......

Mine have been 'out' for three years ... no issues. Make sure they are stacked properly (stickered) so they don't start to rot.

The price range was £22000 to £6500 depending on the specification. We had to have piles ; but our SE reminded us that there are piles and piles.... We chose to use stone improvement columns (piles by any other name) they were much cheaper, much quicker than steel sleeved concrete (specified by the ground survey company) and far less hassle. The company that did them was superb. PM me if you want a contact. The bottom line - no hassle or worry and 17k cheaper. And we now have 64 soakaways under the house ?

If it was that easy we'd all be at it. What happens when the ground survey is 'wrong' and you bump into a small incursion of mudstone - as happened on our site? 64 piles cost us £6500. £100 a pile: it ain't wurf it mate it ain't wurf it.

I was introduced to the idea recently. Seems to me to be a useful way of heading off some of the insolence of fortune - and a way preparing for old age. Strikes me that Constructive Pessimism has a role to play in our sector. What do you think?

Thanks. Is there a public document where I can read the rules?

And just when I thought I was getting my plumbing well organised, I bumped into the terms 'check valve' and 'double check valve' in a YooChube video about fitting taps. Scheiße - schon wieder , verdammt noch mal ! At this stage of the game, I'm getting really tired: folks, could someone give me a quick sentence on where they should be fitted - and maybe a quick word or two of sageness about how not to use them? Please? Danke.

If you can get it. Apologies for sounding a negative note: forewarned, forearmed ? In terms of ICF, PM me for a recommendation

For them, that's a very common customer reaction. And one they will likely ignore. What were the grounds for refusal? Are those grounds reasonable?

Thanks both.... SBR? OK, looked it up..... I don't suppose anyone makes SBD do they? ? Ya learn sum stuff on 'ere dontcha?

Not worth a post is it? Unless those three holes are in the slab. At one stage, we planned to duct our MVHR from the piggery (a small building 5 meters from the main house) into Salamander Cottage. But @TerryE and others dissuaded me (condensation risk). Thanks. Now I need to back-fill the holes. Since they come through the slab, I thought I'd check a bit of radon barrier at the very bottom 500mm of EPS some fairly strong concrete on top Kinda hoping it's as easy as that.....

When visiting, always wear work clothes - dirty ones.

I'm beginning to wish Id never heard the name SunAmp. The idea and the theory is so appealing. The reality is niggly, piggly lack of attention to detail. If ever there was a case for the application of boring, clumping Teutonic thoroughness and attention to detail, this is one. Scheiße ist das alles.