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Now you've gone a blown it haven't you ! So it can't be subtle anymore. And anyway, Debbie would never do that would she? Would she?

It might make a tiny bit of difference.... have you tried experimenting? It think their perception might well have it's roots in the experience of turning a hot water tap on to increase the flow rate and so 'hasten' the onset of hot water.

A tiny amount of water spreads itself thinly. If there is a pool of water that consistently forms in the same place ( a low spot) , the normal precipitation / evaporation cycle will , over time leave a ring caused by small bits of dust trapped in the surface film. Our flat roof has three small 'pools' and has had for the last five or more years. I have no concerns whatever about them. None. And it has been done to a much much lower standard than yours. Its Friday. Not long until a pint of foaming liquid a good chat and a family meal, and time to watch a trashy film - take the mickey.... eh?

Sweating detail and worrying about it is completely normal. There is not one self builder here who has not lost many nights sleep over detai. Not one. (Shit I spellt detail wrong. Arggghhh) Except @Onoff

Rollo couldn't. I'm not kidding

We've kept it simple. No FIT. Part P electrician installation (used to be a solar fitter but stopped when the market was kicked out from under his feet.) Focus on self-consumption. If others benefit because we aren't consuming, tough (on us). Watch the battery storage system price like a hawk - aim to store our PV production as soon as we can afford it. ian

The killer for us was the rental fees. A related sideshow was the way the builders simply moved it as and when they wanted making the site insurance invalid and the scaffolder's insurance invalid. The builder's response to me pointing that out was - " Wodja meen - nuffin rong wiv at, we'm insured. " £280 was hemorrhaging every month while we coped with the collapse of the wall and the knock-on delays. In the end the business case for KwikStage was compelling.

Welcome to the club where even the clued-up find themselves clueless at some stage or other. There are some who haven't got the emotional intelligence to admit it...... The direct answer to your question is - somewhere . In the words of DH Lawrence, each flow is related to every other flow. That's to say, no matter where you choose to start, the process of starting somewhere inevitably makes you look at its precedents. In terms that I suspect you might feel comfortable, where you can, choose a code library, or content development network if possible. But do write some psuedo-code first, and then run it past us. I chose to think of things from under the ground upwards. I started thinking about soft and smelly stuff and worked upwards from there. It worked for us. Good luck, and welcome!

No, there isn't. BUT, scaffoldingdirect (etc) do provide a help-sheeet that's about as helpful as a chocolate fire guard. If you are using Kwikstage, I'll pop up and give you a hand if you like. PM me or ring. Ian

Thanks to the recent discussion about render ( @gravelld's concern about the quality of his render) I have been given the courage to think about mine. Yesterday Gary wrote this ' .... Regarding the thickness As long as every inch is covered you will be fine .... ' here Taking a bit of scaffolding down today to get ready for our flat roof I saw this ... Little holes that I couldn't see when I was working a bit higher up...... And of course that means that I have about a million little holes to fill. Just need to find them now, that's all. Oh the joys of full on DIY self build. Thanks Gary. Appreciate it.

Whaaaaat ! And you didn't log on to BH Congratulations.?

Well I might as well get two then....... Phhhhhh. Oh poooo.

Thanks. Errrrmmm, by the way , what's with the less-than-instant-response , you had me worried for a minnit.

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My attempts at render is exactly what's concerning me at the moment. My concern is the lack of consistency. Lets hope that @nod (Gary) reads this: he's our man Materials: I have used plastering sand, cement, and lime, 3:1:1 on Durisol. Technique: Mix it to a sloppy consistency, apply with a house brush (£2.60 form the local BM). I have tried a variety of 'thicknesses'. Its now bone hard. I can hit it quite hard with a hammer and nothing happens. But have a look at this Look at the difference in colour. I'm not sure why. But I suspect my lack of experience in mixing and - just possibly - a different bag of sand. Not sure. Cost? I don't think I've spent more than £100 on the whole house. My concern is also my poor application of the 'slurry' Sometimes I lay it on thick, others, thin. And you can see the difference. That doesn't matter to much because it will all disappear behind the Kloeber Permo Forte. Sometimes the surface is hard but a bit dusty, others bone hard. 'Spect I'm overthinking it..... @nod Gary, what do you think?

My thoughts too. Bum(s)

Yer learning fast, lass!

It was all going too well. Made myslef a nice big hole, popped the poo tank innit, (?) made myself a nice ramp up and down which to choogle the ballast and 20mm stone. Digger going nice. Then click, bump, click, bump, click . Tek naw notice: noisy + bumpy anyway. Looked down: whassat? And that, and that? See for yourself. Bugger. New track I bet eh @Russell griffiths, and @Construction Channel ?

I am overwhelmed by your question. Help us all would you please. Some more context would help: which way do the windows face, how many are there? What does overwhelmed by light mean?

Pop round and use some of our spare , @Triassic. Provided you don't keep it for a few years..... ? Scaffolding is the second best expensive (over £600) tool investment. It keeps it's value, is readily resold, and does what you want it to when you want it to. Pain in the arse mind. Hard work. Lots of research. Many ways of getting it wrong. I luuuuuurve it.

A very warm welcome. I agree with all the other comments: Its a shame you didn't find us or post - ( if you lurked for a while) earlier. That said you make some useful points. There's the start of a book in there somewhere.

Thanks Pete. How do you get round the need to qualify as a business to get that price.....

Hmmm. Thats a first. I'm delighted. (not referring to your post @joe90 )

Must be a first ..... JSH and PeterW not knowing every last detail about [xyz] Stand in front of any of your eye-level kitchen cabinets - any one will do. Look up at the top shelf. Now tell me what's at the back of that shelf. If you are like me, you don't know because you cant see. This prevents that. In effect, the back of many cupboards are wasted space - knee level or below, shoulder level or above. I am starting to hate bending down. It'll only get worse. Debbie stands on a stool to get to the back of top-level shelves. Every time she does so, I wince at the potential for a broken this or that. Moving into the bedroom, those storage units that are shoulder-level or above are similarly inaccessible. This time round I can plan to mitigate that problem. Pull-down, fold-out, and rotating shelves seem to me to be a way of slowing the inevitable descent into decrepitude - if I'm not already there....

At last, there's an opportunity to build our kitchen shelving units as we would want them. That includes pull-down shelving. And i bet there are some things to be recommended, and others to avoid. Would you like to help us think through what to look fr when buying them, and - just as important - what to avoid? Thanks Ian