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J33 M6. Anyone can come and take mine down, polish it, and put it back up again. I'll buy a deckchair so I can watch in comfort.

Got it in one!

What a way to start the week! First thing this morning I re-read one of @JSHarris 's pearls of wisdom and realised that I should have read and remembered it a year ago because ..... Our roof has two 100mm layers of PIR between the rafters. First layer of foam put in between the rafters - all tickety boo - installed before the first floor was fitted. Second layer put in over that stonkingly hot summer, and foamed - and forgotten about. Tiles put on - thank God for that. Walk into the house, look up with relief to see the new roof keeping the rain out. Pause, look closer and swear gently. The foam had pushed the bottom layer downwards in half a dozen places. So, I've had to trim it back before underboarding with another 80mm of PIR. Low expansion foam. Who knew eh?

Perfect. The core of Durisol is a concrete lattice and a block of PIR. The rebar goes in before or during the pour. All that is surrounded by minced up wood which has been boiled, dried and covered with Portland cement. Baked, bashed into shape, dried. To all intents and purposes you can treat Durisol as a piece of wood: cut it with any saw, or chisel or angle grinder. The 'woodcrete' former (as some refer to it) is 86% air.

Waiting for experienced people like you to remind me I need to think about it.... Ermmmmm, metal back boxes, Ed ? So, if I'm having 12.5mm of plaster, and the wood bit of the Durisol is 20mm or so thick, when do I fix the box? How deep's a back box? Theres no excuse for sleep at the moment.....

Watched it last night. The editorial bias was close to obscene. Doubt we'll watch GD again. I can stand on a bridge over the M6 and watch cars crash any day.

My tortured finger configuration ? ..... 8 left, of which about 6 have feeling in them (varies a bit each day). I have heard the argument that there is more space in those metal ones....

How do I know what I want until I hear what you, @Onoff @JSHarris @Bitpipe, @jamiehamy, and others whose technical competence I have come to know and trust say? (Not forgetting SWMBO ? ) I'm sure you mean the word ' ... considered ... ' respectfully Dave. But in my case, anything electrical is a known unknown as well as an unknown unknown. This is the guy who merrily drills into a wall and wonders - months later - why a light no longer works.

Yes. Whats more clear than it was before, I have to plan as much as I can: there's no excuse for sleep anymore.

Perfik Rodders. Perfik.

Good to hear the story from the other side of the farm gate. Change the words '... they think someone else ... ' above to ' ... know that their immediate neighbours have ... ' and you'd be bang on in my case. Here's the story

John, one day we'll meet. And then you'll know. You'll politely shake your head, and go away muttering dark scottish things under your breath.

On this thread , reading between the lines, it would appear that it's common for self builders to get back boxes and noggins ( and whiskers on kittens) in the ' wrong' place(s). I do not want to pee my sparky off. (so far the only trade to do exactly what was agreed on time on budget, no moaning no fuss) Help me sparkies, please. How best should I fit the noggins? What are the noggin-gotchas? What are the back box buggerits? If there's a back box Oh-FFS, then I wanna know please. It's be-kind-to-a-sparky day today. ?

Oh dear.....? I'm going to have to watch tonight.....

I have a monthly blow-out with my mate - badly needed after this week's little 'challenges'

Thanks for posting the link. There appears to be - from my low level perspective - a fair number of self builders locally. Lets hope the event is well attended.

Welcome. I will be particularly interested in your contributions. We - with none of your expertise - embarked on a similar project. At the risk of boring you rigid, here's a list of the stuff we did in relation to our chosen ICF. Not all of it pretty either.

Thats the hook, right there. Perhaps it's because I really appreciate the hard work behind the design and coding the videos....

Sign of a healthy organisation: critical examination of what we all do is vitally important.

I dunno about you, but for someone like me who has never ever done much round the house - and now finds himself building a house (!) - the Knowhow videos provided by Geberit are very reassuring now that we're almost in First / Second fit mode. The production standards for the videos are very high indeed : just as high as their prices. My argument is that since we can't find reliable trades people operating at a fair price, having a company that takes online video support very seriously becomes a huge factor in the purchase decision. Starry-eyed I am. Dangerous. In the interest of balance, give me a healthy slap in the face with a wet fish. Tell me why I should NOT buy Geberit.

So, there you are @K78 , just buy one. You have my permission. Just a question of price now.?

I rarely pour cold water on any tool-related purchase discussion: buying one - even a simple thing like a plumb bob - is one of life's pleasures to be savoured, thought about, over-researched, talked about in the pub, dreamt about. But. Every chippie I know - and respect - says don't buy a first fit gas nailer unless its used weekly. They need too much love and care. Bit like a whiny child. Always catching colds. Damn Damn Damn. My sincere apologies. Ian

Whaaaasat? Whats the story about back boxes? Which should I fit?

You bad man, Ed.

400 centres... I thought there might be some sort of 'rool' about it Russ....