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SWMBO says she'll review the advice in this thread later. At the moment, she's deep in the bowels of our 16 year old Bosch washing machine changing the brushes of the motor. And there's me saying that Bosch stuff doesn't break down : the Bosch dishwasher packed up last month

Hmmmm. He was tired and under pressure.

Right. Here's what's under the sink. And it isn't good news. The photo is of the hot water supply under the mixer tap in question. Approaching this with what I think is logic (but probably isn't) .... work back from the tap towards the newly fitted equipment. Take a close look at the valve thingy. I thought it would be a good idea to rotate the screw in the middle a quarter turn to see if that changed anything. And immediately got a squirt of water coming through the screw seating. You can still see a drop of water on the screw head. Cue quick exit, photo and this post. Just the kitchen sink. Other taps on the line are flowing normally. The kitchen sink is the last in the supply line from the boiler. Opened fully and then backed off a quarter turn. This feels like the issue is local to the kitchen sink. Ian

Still on my knees looking for obscure bits of plumbing; bringing her breakfast in bed ; offering to do all the shopping ; polishing the bread..... you know, the usual

Of all the different things to think about, decide upon and track down, lighting seems to me to the most annoyingly frustrating. Full of 'professionals ' who when asked simple questions simply can't answer. Or attempt to skirt round the issue and suggest things they have for sale instead. So called Lighting Designers if I meet one at a party, I'm gonna ... ? For example: recessed tracking for LEDs. Not tracking for other types of lights. Or tracking you can see that sits proud of the ceiling or wall. Proper, purpose built tracking designed to take an LED strip that disappears into the wall - or ceiling. I can't find any. Have I just got Fridayitus?

What does a Pressure Reducing Valve look like?

Colleagues, I may be some time. It was nice knowing you........?

@ProDave, I really don't know. I don't think he touched the kitchen tap. The hot water flow is reduced also...... Does that help?

Ed, where's me stop-cock? I have managed to turn it up 1/8th of a turn. Slight improvement, but not sufficient to prevent a public hanging.....

PLEASE HELP STOP +++ LACK OF WATER PRESSURE IN ONE TAP STOP ++++ DANGER OF OWNER'S PREMATURE DEATH STOP +++ REPLY SOONEST STOP +++ NOT MUCH TIME LEFT TO LIVE STOP +++ We have recently had our heating system changed from a gravity-fed system to a pressurised system. And it's all tickety boo. But there's a little niggle : well in some quarters it's though of as .............. massive, really massive. Our kitchen sink tap water pressure has gone from full-bore-in-yer-face-mind-out-you'll-die- if-you-turn-it-up-any-more to an annoying trickle. Plumber says he has no idea why. I think he was under too much pressure (sorry). To answer this question, do you need more detail, or do I just go to the house stop-cock and give it some? +++ THIS MAY BE MY LAST POST +++ HAVE PITY ON AN INNOCENT MAN +++ REPLY SOONEST +++

Add 300 ml all round for the flashing to the stated area of the panels. Roughly for our 12 panels (3 Kw p) we needed about 16 square meters

Here's the full play list. Screen cast them from your laptop to a decent TV (Chromecast for example)

The release of youthful energy and joie de vivre.

By chance - to act as sheeting tie-downs - I have several of these already. As a base and popped into a moveable bollard / cone / marker of some sort, they'll make an excellent deterrent. Thanks everyone for helping me think this one through.

Scratching my head about that: one of the doors cannot be unlocked. I'm just so relieved that I have the doors and windows in. It's strange to the point of being illogical that putting them in has drawn my attention to the size of the forecourt.

Messy is he?

The Apprentice Sphinx reclining in the road is called Molly. That's the only dogging that goes on here @ProDave I like the idea of a couple of gabions........ positioned about a car's width from the edge of the road to give people the chance to pull over to allow another to get by.

Now that our windows are in and our frontage has been cleared I'm a bit shocked by the amount of parking there is outside our house. And so are the residents of our little lane too. A normal Class 2 LGV will fit in it with space to spare for one or two cars. Our Lane is really narrow. Two bikes side by side is tight. And of course that means people look at the space outside our place, heave a sigh of relief, and park up to have a phone chat to their friends, dump their fish and chips and coffee cups and so on. The look on some of their faces when I turn up in the digger and few mm from their bumper is worth photographing. When the HERAS comes down, all of the space outside the frontage will be open to the roadside. How do I manage that space sensitively? I really don't mind people parking for a few minutes because they want to make a phone call safely. And removable bollards are - well - crass. But we're beginning to get fast food rubbish and plastic bottles from folk who make (lets call it) an overnight stop. Well, you know, quiet narrow lane off the beaten track...... I'm tempted to use PIR lights, but I'm a bit concerned that they'll blind drivers, and that doesn't solve the day time parking issue. Ideas?

Your house is coming along well Dave....?

I can third that. £100 worth of technology saved me from a £9000 bill . Get a Brinno Time Lapse camera (there are loads of others equally good - but not both as cheap and as good in my opinion ) . And tell everyone that you are using it (they may not consent to being photographed). Dump the contents onto an external hard drive at the end of each work period (label the files with the date) and you'll soon have a nice photographic record to look back on. In our case the camera gave us evidence of unprofessional, borderline criminal behaviour on the part of one employee. Something that we would never ever have been able to prove. Even the most expensive Brinno justifies it's purchase when something like that happens. Oh, and before I forget: welcome. Ian

Theres no way to soften the message. You will regret not being there on so many levels.

I have been warned then...... Is there a niche market here for someone? I wonder.

There's the issue, right there. Can I suggest that they may well not be friends, or at least ought not to be regarded as such for the period of the build. Some tricky, delicate negotiation required now, I think

Having our Gaulhofer windows fitted by a Polish crew this week. They are well on with the job. Getting the 4 meter slider off got me well puckered up - almost as badly as my first balloon-based parachute jump all those years ago (1974?). Now that they are in place, I have been warned to cover the jambs, mullions and sills with some form of protection - not to mention protection for the glass. What have folk used for this job? Ian

Thanks everyone. Windows going in yesterday, today and tomorrow. Never thought we'd see the day. It's a year -roughly- after they should have been fitted. Debbie could only say 'Fantastic, Fantastic' , and me - all I can think about is - What's going to go wrong today, then? So far nowt. ?