ToughButterCup

Thanks @HerbJ Ian

We have to store our windows for a short while. They are in a proper warehouse. The insurance cover that comes as part of the storage is poor. I can find lots of insurance quotes for self-storage: but this isn't. Its storage in a warehouse, pending further shipment. I have looked for insurance policies that are suited for this bit of the market: so far I have only found one and it looks to me like a colander. Has anyone faced this issue ? Did you insure your goods in a warehouse (not self-store). I'd be grateful to hear about it. Ian

No matter what the results of the costing exercise are, don't acceptable any figure as accurate. Question each and every single one. For example from our project: QS cost for piling £22k - actually paid £6.5k. 5 expenditure headings which were never applied to the project (Total of about £7k) Wrong assumptions on the part of the QS (among them Muckaway never used, some items on site already) Some expenditure headings missing. And we paid for the QS' work! Bills of Quantities are useful as a general guide. But no more. They are a small-scale risk-reduction exercise I now use a blend of SPONS, Internet research, asking here on BH, and local networking.

+1 to @Onoff's advice. The only thing I'd add is use a blower if you can to clean off the roof: a broom takes ages, and will never be as thorough. As luck would have it, my repair lasted a few years - long enough for me to forget I had repaired it. But you are right, it needs doing thoroughly.

No. Just NO. Simple. No. You know it makes sense (not to).

Thanks @joe90 for the link. Surprised they sell the Grauniad down your way.... As it happens the man himself is also in the news today for unhappier reasons This bit could have been written by @JSHarris ' • Grand Designs don't happen without what McCloud believes to be the essential component of any home improvement project: an architect. "Expert help needn't be impossibly expensive. Everyone deserves and needs to work with talented individuals. If you go to a good architect, your fees will pay for themselves." and most uncomfortably this is all too true I come across people who are very successful in their own sphere, and really believe they can do it all themselves, but they can't." Ouch. Thanks @nod for teaching me that.

I will be watching this one like a hawk. Had we such a system, I'd have sorted out our analogous problem long ago.

Pop round to mine and take 4..... We'll agree a sensible price whenever. You know where I am . PMme. Ian

I heard and read about this early today Debbie and I are donating a small amount. You may like to do the same

Welcome indeed! You've found one of our Techno-Gurus, I see. He's not the only one, there are a few: they take a bit of finding but I'll let you discover them. We've also got some real sticklers for practical detail. For me their words make for difficult reading because they've all become experts by experience. And no matter how much you read their words, there's no substitute for that. Tell us about your first build. What did you learn? What did you get right? What are you going to do again because it worked so well?

I've tried that tack. But I don't understand their response(s) I'm a Domestic Client. And so is @Hecateh So, let's help her. @PeterW, or @JSHarris or @TerryE or any secret SEs we have on here, or secret BCOs, or an architect, or architectural technician will do fine, or @nod'll know or steels fabricator What EXACTLY should @Hecateh ask?

Now that is a BRILLIANT, just BRILLIANT idea. I never knew they existed. Thanks very much @Onoff

Ah, @SteamyTea, the rational approach. I wish the issue could be dealt with so logically and ..... Germanic(ally). And why are the damn things made out of black plastic? Black batteries in the depths of a dark tool tool bag. Now there's a recipe for success.

Have you met anyone as cack-handed as I am? I've only got 8 fingers and two of those that remain are just for show. Plugging anything electrical in to any socket is a process on which I have to concentrate hard. The two useless fingers are curled in toward my palm. They hook onto random stuff - and here's the thing - I can't feel that they do so: if I'm lucky I feel stuff just a little bit. Makes for some interesting interactions with people and things.... One day I caught one on a plug terminal as I connected up.

I thought that running an extension lead - even 110- would be too dangerous (for me, others will disagree) And our local place was having a promo on the Blue Tooth version of their floodlight (Other types and makes are available) Once a battery is on or in a tool, I tend to forget about it, put the tool back in its storage box (specially if it's raining) : and then wonder where the batteries have all gone. I wish Bosch did a double charger like Makita or some other makes......

I made that mistake until I realised that the lights were blinking (Bosch's way of telling you they are about to run out of juice)

But don't you use flood lights / or work lights? I have four. There's another 4 I need...

At the outset, I should admit that I am abusing the word 'need'. Or put it another way, using the word 'need....' in the sense that all teenagers do. As in; Dad I need (....insert appropriate fad topic here...) Given a single battery system (in my case Hieronymus Bosch The Elder) and a good few tools that take batteries of varying capacity (lets say 10 tools) How many batteries do I need? 1 each (10) 20 5 2 or just one? I can make a case for any of the above except the 20 one. You realise that your answers will be taken as the excuse (reason) to buy more. As in : Well on BH they say I should have [ n ]

Thanks very much everyone for your help. Ian

Echoes of our soil survey. And I must admit to panicking a bit about the cost implications. Until I realised the significance of our site being on a gentle slope. That meant we would be bringing 400 tonnes of MoT1 in (and take no soil out) to level the site. So any contaminant (in our case lead , Pb) would be even more hidden than it is now. We have built on 'Made Ground' - spoil from an old clay quarry.

That's what I like: simple. I can do that.

Because my mind is so full of other stuff. I do remember and thanks, I'll do some research based on your lead. Thanks Dave Ian

Anyone recommend a cheap oil-filled radiator? Or suggest one type to avoid?

That, @IanR is impressive. Really elegant, elegant because of its simplicity. If you want to know why I keep coming back to BH, it's because of posts like yours. You can be sure I'll be re-reading it often. What do you call that stuff @Nickfromwales ? I mean generically, I'm not asking for a trade name. I know for sure that if I go to our BM and ask for Quick Trim like Ian's post I'll have another of these experiences

Thinking through the issues involved in advance of first fit, I realise that the issues of shadow gaps (or not) is one that I need to think through. I did this search on site Are shadow gaps just a style thing? Or a feeling thing? Or used when needs must? Or just cheaper and so a way of saving money? @LadyBuilder would disagree arguing that they are are all the rage, @ProDave uses them with care, I note, @Stones dislikes them but uses them when it suits. @Trw144 uses them everywhere. At this remove (when will I ever get to first fit?) I'm thinking - go for it - shadow gaps are cheaper and will impress people like @LadyBuilder when they come to visit. I bet there are some real gottchas using shadow gaps. What do you think?