ToughButterCup

£ shop's cheaper. By now, I must have about 20 pairs of glasses knocking around: I buy three pairs per monthly shopping trip - oh, and one pair's just come out of the washing machine. The car has at least one pair on each seat, and when being bussed about our grandchild has taken to putting them on and declaring " Mine glessiz"

Change '... could...' above to are in my case. And here's why

The labour bill has been confirmed as £270 per person per day. @Temp , you are right: everyone oop North has too much work

This part of the summary strikes a chord with me ... Will that ever be implemented ? Even by a Labour government?

Retire this evening with a smile on your face...

Nested errors....

Impossible to impute motive ... I suspect the adverb was used accidentally. ?

Take proper professional advice from three specialist survey companies. Ask for references. Check their professional qualifications. Ask them to list membership of a relevant professional body Check the relevant standards policed by that organisation Check the currency of their Professional Indemnity Insurance .(ask to see their certificate of insurance) Network : ask other people about the company. When I did that I was surprised at the directness of some of the answers. Once that's done you have enough information to make an informed choice. And reduced your exposure to unnecessary risk. Good luck!

Thanks Terry...

I venture to suggest that every single one of us on this discussion group has had to face this problem. There's a fairly detailed thread about the matter here

Not you as well Clive!

Exactly @Cpd, which is why I have written a polite email asking for confirmation....

I have done...

Post first fix, a small 2 meter by 2 meter wetroom : labour only £6480.

See @patp, he uses his to store his spare batteries. ..... And the real reason is he can't ever see the red spot....?

Ja, vorsicht aber! Die Gurtwickler sind sehr wichtig. Elektrischer Gurtwickler sind - so zu sagen - empfindlich. Yes, but be careful. The mechanism that raises and lowers the blind is very important: the electric versions are (were when I had some) a bit 'delicate'.

Unsurprisingly I have gone down the Bosch route. Measure : GLM120C (Amazon Warehouse deal) Level: GLL3-300 with the staff and receiver. (On offer from Campbell Miller Tools). I've used the laser measure almost every day : it's far better than any other I have used. I still use a steel tape : Hultafors Talmeter 3M: superbly designed and measures internal distances far better than any other tape I have used. You will find those who argue that lasers are a waste of time: your other half might be otf that opinion too. Keep the receipts, maybe?

Right on Sister!

But, Gary, thats what you find in the average teenager's bedroom - well it was for ours......

Similarly, a quick chat with 'the boys' most Monday mornings, a smile and Christmas bottle works a treat.

Treat it as both. The issue is in any case structural. As such, why bother to ask an SE (Structural Engineer) to become involved before you have double checked the listing issue with the relevant authorities? You might need to phrase your enquiry very carefully indeed, I suspect. For example, you could enquire about repairing the ceiling and listen between the lines ...

I'd like to think that's actually the case. But its difficult to evidence.

How to Lie With Statistics. Published by Penguin Books. Been in print since 1954.

Start with a spike. Watch the thing for a bit: see what happens. If necessary, move the spike. Repeat. Then C40 ( ? ), rebar, all bells and whistles, plastic sleeved hole, hole drained ( so the post rusts more slowly) Make a footpath to the rotary line such that you dont get dirty feet , and a small plinth so you dont need to stoop so far to get the wet washing out of the basket. Keep a set of replacement pegs under the plinth. (Overthinking again Ian?)

Hi! Well come on then , show us whatcha got.... piccies / pdfs please! Or are you a bit shy, maybe?