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    That's what we did in the end: never mind a jemmy ..... two 'king great big crow bars ....
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    Only gorillas will tell you the difference, @Crofter. I'd like to know more about the secret process by which manufacturers get to decide why there are about a dozen or more pozi sizes - 0h yeah, that's be the one about the profit motive: make so many different types it makes it worth the manufacturers while to produce bits and bit extensions and long-tail bits and short tail bits and put them in a box so that @Onoff (I use his name as code for proper trades folk - other proper trades folk are available) is forced to buy more than he needs
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    Good. Now I have a couple more ideas to get to 'grips' with the problem. Lesson: don't let gorillas screw with your screws.
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    Broke two...
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    So folks, is there any way of removing screws which have (say) had the slot stripped or otherwise abused? I ended up trying to screw them in a tiny bit first. Some Torcx screws were in so deep and hard that I broke two driver bits. Please tell me it's not just me, tell me there is no simple answer....
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    Shuttering came down this weekend: well, most of it. The shuttering was screwed onto the wall by gorillas. Some joker had given them several boxes of screws with which to play: here's one of each type. And, being fun-loving gorillas, they managed to burr at least 50% of the heads sink the screw so deep into the shuttering the screw was invisible destroy the heads put the screws deep into the wood at an angle so that it was possible to see that there was a screw in the wood, but it was impossible to tell the type of screw hid the screw behind a thin scrim of concrete I bought a proper set of (Na! Bosch naturlich!) screw-driver bits. I armed myself with patience and good humour. I balanced happily on a proper scaffolding tower. And by tea time on Saturday I had been transformed into a furious, fulminating Dervish, happily ready to rip the arms off the nearest gorilla and beat it to death with the soggy ends. I am I alone in this sentiment?
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    My finger-tips are burning. Something isn't right here. The only way round the problem is to network extensively. It's a hard slog, with potentially the opposite answer to the one you want. Make it your job to talk to estate agents, planners and people in the local pub(s). Get hold of all the relevant documentation: probably online. Contact the authors of the reports for the various sections. Listen hard.
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    F what are you doing sitting on top of a sink? Use the shower like the rest of us.
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    I hate to try and be fair. Often, good builders just hate paper work, and handling information. We all concentrate on what we love doing best. It takes guts and self-discipline to do the ancillary tasks. Which reminds me: I must get that paperwork done.................
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    Cant wait to hear Debbie's reaction to your comment. When she retires she swears shes going to become an ' [...]olgist' , copy and paste content from the Internet, submit it to an overpaid official and get paid for it.
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    I bumped into this a few days ago
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    Systems and people show themselves for what they really truly are when things go wrong. When all's well or just OK, or there's no contest for resources (the most common stressor) we can make good progress. The trick for me (us) is learning how to react appropriately to many challenging events, often with little time separation between them. It's the lack of control that gets to me. Many of us here came from an environment where we were quite senior - if not in rank then in terms of control. We knew (know) our jobs very well indeed. In research terms, we are experts by experience. (Usually occurs at 50,000 and over hours on the job). We can handle exceptions, we have the contacts, we have the in-depth of knowledge attitudes and experience sufficient to handle most things. House building strips that 'expert status' away. So, the challenge is the thing. It's our reaction to challenge that really matters. And we all know how we individually do that. Just look back at how you've faced other challenges. Chances are you'll do the same or (importantly) nearly the same as you've done before. We've all had challenges, so we know how we've faced them. Sometimes well, others not. They are, therefore, a huge resource which we can mine. How can we adapt the way we faced previous challenges to this one? Cherish them.
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    Right, got the go-ahead for the threaded bar: now which resin should we use in which to embed the bar. Durisol say 2 Part epoxy resin for High Loads, and 'ask the architect' Yeah, but what do you say?
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    The trick is to try not to both be stressed at the same time
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    Ave! Oh Sage of the South: all Hail ! One Land One King! You did speak, I did ask, From the cloud, the Sage of Structures did answer And, lo! All was well ! Just off to polish me threaded bar. I have a job for it.
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    Must confess, my (our) hearts are in our mouths at the minute. And the real irony is that for a few years, I gave lectures to 200 students at a time on Resilience in the Professional Context ! Ha! Good deal of careful thinking and discussion due this weekend.........
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    Today's challenge (should I wish to accept it) is to get to the bottom of all of these issues. (This post will not self-destruct in 5 seconds.) It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good - remember? Now that I have extracted more than a hundred single meters of M12 threaded bar with nuts and end-plates (washers) from the grip of the concrete, they are lying on my stillage. Waiting for a project. Well, here it is. Just got to make a couple of phone calls.
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    @JSHarris, there isn't a week goes by without me remembering that post of yours (Link to it here for those who are interested:) When I re-tell that story of yours: everyone winces. But it's the repeated re-telling of your particular story, and the telling of similar stories here on BH that, frankly, puts a bit of lead in my pencil. It puts our hiccup into perspective. It's the reality mixed with honesty that hooks you. And so inspires. Then re-kindles resilience. And we all need a bit of that.
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    Folks, truly, why the price differential when there appears to be so little real difference?
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    Steamy, we're still at the spreadsheet stage. But there's a growing determination to get the job done one way or another. Looking round the Fylde, you can see a handful of housing projects which have (apparently) stalled. HERAS been up for a couple of years and no real progress evident. My problem is not unique. But we do live next door, I can do stuff anytime I like, I am retired with nowt else to do except think and be as creative as I can. I can plan. I can network. I can beg. I can steal. I can borrow. I can earn more money than I am at the moment. Where's the hardship in that? Why it would be as difficult as the average BH member working all day and coming back at night to get on with it Every day I see faces of local people walking past the site green with envy, some sneers, some smiles. How many hundreds of couples would give their back teeth to have my problems? I am very very lucky.
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    Thanks for the nudge. Its important to keep an eye on whats new because we all need to set budgets; and as you say, they aren't cheap.
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    Why?
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    Here's too much detail. But worth the read.
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    Right then. Time for a brief discussion with the SE and Durisol with your post to hand so I can sound as if I know what I'm on about... Mindful of @Construction Channel's very informative post, I'll give you a nudge if I may, please. Ian
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