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  1. ToughButterCup
    Nice idea. Very nice idea. The rafters are exposed (albeit under something like Kloeber Permoforte) ? There will be some fitting that works well - use that - and then cap it off with code 5 lead? As usual, I'm short on detail.....
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    That's an excellent filter. If he says he wants it - but not at the minor expense of a bit of paper, then in reality he doesn't want it. Call his bluff.
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    Oh for "%^&*()_!" sake..... I'm really tired - obviously. Thanks Ian
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    Getting any old 150mm screws (Crosshead, POSI) is easy. But I would like to use Torx screws because of my digital deviance. (Too long a story ) And I'm tearing my remaining hair out trying to source T25 Torx screws 150mm. Ideas?
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    Now: train the kids to mow it. Ours: " Get a ride-on and we'll think about it" Me: " OK, come and help me choose one - shop's round the corner" Silence, followed by a really fast disappearing act
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    Thanks Dave.
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    Mendacity. Can be a bit of an own-goal, sometimes.
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    See, folks. Ya learn summat every day. Thanks @ProDave. Now for the next lesson ... Something to do with rocks? Ge-olate?
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    'ope you've a licence for that son ....
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    Four storeys? And here's me whingeing like a big handmaiden ! Mine's 2 and a bit. I have built an internal scaffold : part KwikStage, part trestles and KwikStage scaffold boards. Time for some pics (a la @Onoff), I think. Steep learning curves, I luv 'em.
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    Thanks everyone. I really appreciate the responses. I have yet to underboard the joists of the vaulted area with 80mm of insulation, and then put the PB (the subject of this thread) on top of (underneath) that. Debbie points out that if I plan it well enough, maybe I can arrange it such that the smaller pieces of PB go into the apex of the roof. It's not that big ... about 10 square meters. ' You aren't the roughy-toughy you once were, dear ' she said hi-tailing it out the door to work this morning. Revenge will be served, cold, sometime later this week.
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    @lizzie , are you North or South of the NEC?
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    I was born the day after the coronation..... my parents carried me round on a sheet of plasterboard, Im told. ?
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    You sayin' I'm old and feeble then, eh? ?
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    Oh..... looks like I need to give this some more thought then dunnit?
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    OK, @lizzie , @Hecateh , @newhome , @Pete and a few others yer just going to say MTFU. Now that you've got that off your chests, I need to tell you that I have a vaulted ceiling to do : top is 4m off the deck, bottom about 2m. I don't mind heights - I respect them, and it's nowhere near as bad as some of the tricks I've pulled before now. But lifting boards into place when already on an internal scaffolder tower? I was wondering what you thought of one of these? Worth it?
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    She was a nightmare student, a real cauchemar..... Think the recent series called Cheat on 'telly.
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    A (few) small block of wood, propped between a vertical and the house, such that if the scaffold moves away from the house then it will drop. Very simple, very 'dirty' - but at least it makes me think about movement every time I see the telltale: that's it's principal value, I think. Otherwise, I'd just walk past it and not give the issue even a passing thought. Caused a few heart-stops when I saw the telltale on the ground - until I realised the wind had blown it down. A quick measure of the gap between the vertical and the house was (is) exactly the same.
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    Where to start? Easy. Somewhere - doesn't matter where. Then think about it's dependencies. That always - without fail - leads to the fundamentals. The things you cannot avoid. Then, head-down-arse-up-go.
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    You must be really hacked off. In that phase of our build, I got quite adept at re-scheduling and re-planning stuff. Delay can be turned into a positive thing ... takes effort, but it can be done.
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    When I do go up there, I do indeed fit a kickboard and netting. There are also four strongpoints to which I fit a fall arresting lanyard and I wear a full safety harness. (Unless I'm up there for a couple of minutes) The structure is properly braced (one bay in three) and is fixed to the house in four places. The next planned work is early summer. So, until then, to reduce windage, I took the netting and kickboards down. Having said all that, let's hope I remember my weekly checks eh? But when nothing is happening on it, and the movement tell-tales (a technique shown to me by my dad, an Ex-Royal Engineer WO2) are still in place, I tend to switch off a bit. Thanks for the nudge.
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    Welcome! Get to know us eh? Well, I drink Lancaster Bomber and Wainwright's beer, and the odd glass of single malt. I think I need to introduce you to SWMBO because I tending to ignore normal maintenance . She drinks anything dry and white. Stop off at J33 on the M6 next time you pass. ? Ian
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    North West Lancashire attitude to planning permission, described in 3 words. I just have.
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    Over-focus, perhaps? But most of all, just trying to get it right.
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    Oh, it's oooooozin' baby, Its ooozin' OK. All over my trousers ; I've knelt in it sat in it, walked in it got it all over my hands got it on one elbow but not the other got it in my hair one lens of my glasses is coated in it
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