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How often that happens ... ?

Not one would be displayed locally if that process were adopted here.

Yes.

Done

We're not that far up that particular creek... yet

A curb mix.... I live and learn every day .... Exactamento. Why dry? Laziness, and curiosity, and cos J's lot did it with a dry mix ; but now I know its a curb-mix, and isn't completely dry. Fascinating stuff concrete. There ya go, simple, practicable easy.

Nothing. There is a 'puddle' of water at the bottom, about 2 meters down. I asked about how dry is dry because at the moment, my sharp sand is very dry indeed. It's 'crusted' - I need to break it up before i can shovel it. Whereas the same pile of sand was easy to use a month ago.....

That just about nails it. Evidence-free supposition , written by an author who should know better given her previous career.

Building on the comments from this thread, the good weather forecast, and the current low level of the water table , we're planning to 'sink' our poo tank this coming weekend. Using dry mix concrete. (Thanks J for the advice, we'll do exactly what you did) In recent weeks I've been reading a lot about concrete - and more specifically dry mix concrete. @Bitpipe talks about using up spare cement and and sand: this search provided some very interesting reading. It seems a very versatile mixture, which until recently, i would not have given it any thought. The search above points to all sorts of uses. But without water - how does it go off? Does it just take the water out of the atmosphere? And so that means you can't guarantee when and how fast it sets? Is there a rule of thumb about when to use dry mix instead of wet mix?

Of far more concern is the removal of the urinal for your garden gnomes. I thought that was a very socially aware touch in your build Gary. Very accessibility agenda. Full Marks, fella. I mean what are the poor gnomes going to do now?

Olly, I had forgotten the layers of trauma associated with this roof. Entirely due to carelessness on the part of the architect's specification sheet . Or rather the person who drafted it. A dweeb in the office - a dweeb with no eye, or care for detail , and wielding that most dangerous computer tool (cut and paste) didn't bother to change Min to MAX. That was the cause of confusion in the thread referred to above. Kingspan deliberately give you more than you need. Hence the need for just a little bit of saw work. Nothing to worry about. I dealt with a super guy at Kingspan. His name is Chris Perfect. I kid you not. Their back office staff were excellent too. Yep, its expensive, but ......

https://www.robinsonquarry.co.uk/tonnage-calculator.php?product=150-200mm Gabion Stone

Which is why I have to do both roles: PM and low-level skill stuff. But most of all I have to teach myself and learn fast - really fast . Thats the real delight in self building : the discomfort involved in (all) learning.

Our boards were designed by Kingspan, arrived neatly packaged. We had to 'build' the roof on the floor first. Once done it was easy to lay: took a morning.

? Got some, thanks: needed it for the house connection

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Because the user can simply take the plug out of the socket: a DIY job. If its hard wired, its a sparky job innit?

One of those wall plate things, Pete? Bit like for an oven?

The manufacturers of our digester has specified an IP66 rated RCD protected socket for the supply for the poo tank bubbler. The dedicated circuit planned for that supply (SWA 2.5, T+E, buried - 10 meters or so) is already RCBO protected. Do I also need RCD protection on the twin socket , or can I simply fit an IP66 socket in the knowledge that the circuit is already protected by the RCBO? I'd like to bury the SWA cable in the same trench that I dig for the poo tank pipe. Bet that's verboten innit?? Thanks in advance @ProDave or @JSHarris or @Onoff or anyone clever enough to know the answer ☺️

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en

Ahhhh, now I see. The concrete hasn't been removed. Only the PIR. The wooden form work will merely hold the replacement PIR. A bit of concreting will be needed to make up the wall at the bottom of the window. But not much.

I was too mean to Makita, despite heavy pressure to do so. I bought ..... yep.

PMSL.... @daiking, and because my tea is now all down my front and in the keyboard, as penance I looked up the following https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgical_lighting#Norms_and_requirements_for_surgical_light Lux: The central illuminance should be between 160,000 and 40,000 lux.

True for some. But, frankly, thank God I don't have enough money for a cruise.

If ever there was something to get angry about, really really angry.....