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  1. ToughButterCup
    Frankly, I'm not surprised. It's the only place -in the world- where, showering after a lengthy saunter underground with the club members, that the blokes were (still are perhaps?) joined by the girls in the showers (1973). Nobody even flickered the tiniest reaction. I kept my back to the wall. And my eyes to the ground. I lathered up as much as I could. Reprobates all.
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    Thanks for the offer @Pete, mine was sourced from just round the corner.... Hope all is well with your build Ian
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    Sod it. Found another leak in the container today. @Ferdinand came round on a visit : looked at the container and talked soft, soothing things - like " It's perfect for ventilation" He may have a point. So I went off and practised welding the phrase: "I am a Welding God" on some spare bits of angle iron. And got some super-heated spatter stuck between my boot and my foot for my trouble. This Darth Vader swore loudly. People walking past were treated to the view of me sitting on the edge of the container welding, both feet dangling over the edge: one foot with a boot on, the other bare with a stonking blister on my sole. I couldn't see their reaction in any great detail. But they'll be talking about it in Forton for years to come.
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    No pressure then.
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    That's plan Stan. And since according to some on here, I'm a lightweight welder, it won't matter will it ( @Russell griffiths)
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    I'm on my way to godliness, one failed weld at a time. So far, on this job, I have managed to burn my wrist and get some spatter in my T shirt , and coat my watch glass with small flecks of something. And weld nothing. Because it started raining. People (well, little boys) walking past (the container is very close to a small lane) seem to think its OK to talk about an eejit sitting on top of a container with a welding mask on and say, "Look mummy there's Darth Vader"
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    Yer just jealous aren't ya, Face it.....
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    If I could find a sodding wheelbarrow with run-flat tyres, they are always going down on me. And that means I just buy a new wheelbarrow......
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    Mmmm, just foam won't do then will it. Pity. And it's piddling down here now...
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    Ha! That's tomorrow morning sorted, then. Thanks.
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    Well, I use a cart already and I'm sixty something. It's brilliant. It can take 100kg, has flop-down sides, and front or rear (depends how you look at it ) steering, just the ticket. If it was stolen I'd order another that day
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    I got some inspiration from you all....... I bought another container yay! Trouble is it's a bit rusty in parts. So, scorched by the heat of my own brilliance at welding , I got the grinder out and had a happy half hour getting this far.. Now even I know that ain't good enough, level enough, bright enough, so I chickened out I am deeply ashamed and am off to the pub early to drown my sorrows and incompetence. Thing is, do I cut a piece out, and then weld over the top? Or do I just grind away until there's enough bright metal to which to weld (I'm stick welding)? Please tell me foam will be fine. Have a productive weekend. Ian
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    There is absolutely nothing wrong with Durisol. If an idiot uses it badly, it breaks. Just like a BMW breaks if you smash it against a wall. A disaffected oaf beat the hell out of the blocks to line them up instead of laying them carefully in the first place, or relay them properly. When I challenged him, he stopped belting them for a few minutes. I have video evidence of him beating the hell out of the blocks and of me telling him not to and, subsequently when he thought I was not there, of him ignoring my instruction. He knew he was being videoed as he had had been videoed every day he came to Salamander Cottage . He just couldn't have given a toss. Thank God for @Stones advice about Brinno time lapse cameras. Properly laid and handled Durisol is fine. But if you beat the shit out of anything for long enough it will break. When the oaf told me directly "We don't do Durisol" and refused to lay blocks to a line, I sacked him on the spot. And sacked the company the next day. If Durisol was unreliable, the product would have failed long ago. There's just about nothing anyone can do about the coincidence of an absent, uncontactable MD and a disaffected, idiotic member of staff. What he did amounted to criminal damage. Cost overall? 2 weeks' delay and a few hundred quid.
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    Well, there you have it. Worry-free and expensive. Or cheap and potentially ruinous. Ian
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    Pretty standard stuff. A few of us on BH use pumping stations; use the search box and look for posts that contain terms related to pumping, or pumping station or similar (put in the odd deliberate spelling mistake) Whatever you do (and the pun is not intended, but it's apposite) bottom this out before submitting an application. It is not uncommon for people to build without giving too much thought to their foul drainage because it stinks. And so place themselves in a world of soft and smelly stuff. It stinks not to think it through that's what. You have to follow the  General Binding Rules. Take it to bed with you and read it thoroughly, read it on the loo, read it on the train, read it on the bus, read it on the beach, and be sure to refer to it closely when talking to company reps. That'll keep everything smelling sweet. Ian
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    Caution, caution, caution. Interesting issue to get my teeth into when I have a spare few minutes today. To start with I'll ring my scaffy's boss, and see what he has to say Get back to this sometime today Ian
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    Woofers here
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    @PeterW Top Banana.... waragoodidea!
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    You are in the risk reduction game. The evidence base does not have to be perfect, but you do have to have a clear tipping point. A moment you can without too much financial damage simply stop. If we were to do that now, it would be very damaging indeed. But how many thousands spent working out how far to go down the runway before aborting the take off is a matter for each individual. Never underestimate the determination of a committed self builder. Get all the family onside if you can. Network like hell. Go down the pub and listen to the response you get from those whom you trust when you tell them you're thinking about it. "Ah, I've always wanted to build my own house [....] It must be brilliant to be able to even think about it" Don't underestimate the huge amount of support you'll get here. This group of people has saved us many thousands of pounds. Emotional, technical, hysterical, and then of course there's plumbing. We apologise in advance for @Nickfromwales. He's tame really
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    See, told ya! If you sing the Hallelujah Chorus @Onoff performs well. Even if he did half inch his best mates post knocker to do so
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    If they are saying that, sing the Hallelujah Chorus. No poo disposal no house. Its that simple,
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    And that's why the more quotes you get, the better. And, good luck with that process. I got a scaffy by accident after trying hard and failing to 'connect' as opposed to speak with someone who was even slightly interested in quoting.
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    Hmm, @Pete, our scaffy offered that route, for a much higher initial price.
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    If outgoings reduction is the real end in mind, and you can make a compelling evidence-based case for doing so, there is no question. The only thing to worry about is your evidence base. If you are certain of your facts, Just Do It.
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    To do what? Act as a walkway? Enable access to work on a balcony? For how long? There will be an initial price, and a subsequently a hire price - often chargeable after the first month. In our case 5% of the initial cost per month. Part of the cost (the hidden cost) is the mess scaffolders cause on their way in, and out of a job. To be polite, they don't ever give a flying fig about anything much. And there appears to be good reason for that round here. It is fairly common (on the Fylde anyway) for half their wages to be paid in currencies other than cash.
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