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Thats the one. Good enough for you, it's good enough for me.

That's enough for me, then. I'll refer the planners to your secretary then..... what was the phone number again?

Here's a screen grab of our architect's design: look at the orientation of the cladding...... If I want to change the orientation (of the cladding) on any face , do I have to ask anyone? The reason I want to change the orientation is to help make the East face ( image rhs above the green flat roof) more resistant to driving rain. I want to change it from vertical to horizontal. As some will have read, the east face is sometimes subjected to turbulent gales

You need to be reaaaallly wary of those. They fall out of the sky on their own. Regularly.

Internal.... wood only ?

If - once more - I have to go to the BM to buy just 200 screws, I'll go mad. But before I buy 2000 of the wrong size, which sizes will I use most?

Roofers are here until Saturday Gary. Do you need some help on Sunday? Ian

Knowing him, Nick, he'll want something more subtle - 'arty' (not to say farty)

No Nonsense cleaner works perfectly with Nonsense foam. Always

Welcome. If ever you are coming North on the M6, drop in. We are within sight of the Lake District. Anyone is always welcome. Ian

Well, I see you lot do not in fact have an answer to the question of what to do if you lose the little red widget at the end of the can...... So, I've had a brainwave. Yes indeed. But another gun and leave it permanently attached to the pressurised can of cleaning fluid. That way I always have the wherewithal to clean out my other dirty gun screw couplings! Simples! ( as NFW would say)

@Nickfromwales says he only needs his nails done once every other month....?

You'll know of my adventures with foam. ? And so you can imagine how careful I now am about using the stuff. Got more foam gun cleaner cans than cans of foam. Imagine then how I feel when the little spray attachment is as detachable as Trump's wig. It threatens to fall off as soon as you look at it. And when three fall off when on the top of the scaffolding to disappear into the maw of the mess that accumulates under the scaffolding. The little lanyard is about as thick as Donald Trump's skin : the spray attachment falls off at the slightest excuse. Who has solved this annoying little issue?

From the roof ridge I can see Black Coombe , Walney Island, the South Lakes , Clougha, Ward Stone, and the edges of the Howgills. From the ground, the nearest hedge.

We both have a wife. Taking as long as I wanted was a luxury which ended on the day I stopped being a bachelor.

Working for yourself, procrastination isn't. Procrastination becomes a problem only when others are involved in (in this context) our builds. And since we cannot avoid that, then, perhaps, procrastination needs to be renamed : scheduling or rescheduling. Being daily, and boringly predictably dog-tired, working on my own, I am eying the safety aspect of procrastination. Maybe procrastination has a good side to it.

Sometimes it's essential. Especially when you are working on your own. I'm just too tired to do what I need to within the time ' ... allowed ...' Do we set ourselves unrealistic ' ... targets ... ' as self-builders ? Just imagine if we were entirely realistic and accurate in target setting : there'd be no need for procrastination

Germanic OCD: wodjer mean.... Face North, bow Face South Look up Face North, bow Face South Look up Face North, bow Face South Look up

I've nearly finished the South bit of our roof. And there's 250 mm left to do...... bloody architect's made the roof too big. And Kloeber have made the felt roll too narrow. Do I really have to make a massive overlap (1.25 m) on the (in my case) bottom run of felt?

Well, I'm half Jock, half German. Directly related to Kier Hardie. Debbie's jealous as Hell. Can't apply for German citizenship because my mum was German, not my dad. Scheiße ist das. Reine Scheiße

For the battery operated camera, any of the Brinno cameras will do. I'm fairly sure that a few of us use them.

I'm inherently suspicious of treatments. It's a bit like a hairdresser asking me if I want any product on my hair. It's quite fun watching a hairdresser trying to explain what product is. Similarly, nobody down my woodyard knows what treatment is. Yet you can buy any amount of wood treatment online or from any of the sheds. Bet snake oil works better than anything.

Reading through all the guff about timber - my God there's loads about it - I am still not sure what the difference is between treated and untreated timber. Is it possible to ' ... treat ... ' timber yourself?

Here's the problem ..... and I checked earlier: I have 7 points where the scaffolding is attached to the building. Once I have loosened (but not detached) those, I'll hit the problem with my farm jack. Don't use it often, but when you need one, you need one.... Aldi first, though.... (wonder what they have in the Big Boys Toys alley?)

Thanks everyone. Weekly shopping first , then photographs.....