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Easy? What's the point? Hard? Needs energy fizz, effort..... worth it.

If only I had known how much hard work there is in polished concrete. @MrsRA probably did before she fluttered her eyelids. Still, I've got be kept off the streets somehow. 6 samples being cast this weekend and the polisher has been ordered. Thought I'd make the samples into tie-downs for tarpaulins by sticking a bit of bent re-bar in the top. No point in wasting good concrete is there? Piccys to follow.

Right first time. I'm making a set of foot square samples of concrete so @MrsRA can choose her favourite mix of glass and concrete, and then agonise over which colour she wants. I have yet to polish one sample, let alone the half dozen I'll need before making a choice. I have a decent Bosch angle grinder. My usual approach is to look at videos and I fancy this approach But I'm not a fan of mixing sparks and water. Advice, please!

No need for us to shoot at you, Ferdinand. You are running away too fast. Wise.

Well now, Barney has a poetic side to him. Kept that on the dark side til now dintcha?

Ditto mein Freund! Bei mir auch . Die Bosch Geraete sind toll. Ich habe mir viele Bosch Greate gekauft. Peiswert mit Qualitaet.

Phhhh, a thread like this and Amazon one-click purchase is just too damnably dangerous. I'm off...............

I'm yer man for that job. Lived round the corner, know where they store it, know where they get it from , used to burn the off-cuts in the fire. Had a mate who did his apprenticeship there. Last century.

Won't be long before Steamy piles in with some esoteric argument based on Time Series Analysis and Stochastic Process. And Chi Squared if he's irritated. Lets just wait.

That is a really interesting question. And I wonder where we can get an honest evidence-based answer? Is there a timber price index? Or a Timber Futures market? Something to get your statistical teeth into, Steamy.

Hello, and welcome. Here's the link to far too much detail. And here is a comprehensive list of all the discussion on buildhub about Permitted Develpoment Regards, Ian

That looks a picture (sorry). It's really useful to illustrate the process. In my mind's eye, I saw wheelbarrow's full of 'product' being heaved in by moonlighting, handsome firemen..... (apologies again) Oh dear. I'll get my coat. Ian

@MrsRA will want piccys Jane. Please! Ian

That's what (for us) Pintrest does. Save a load of images, browse others, decide, then delete your account.

Thanks folks. That's it. Off to the BM this morning.

OK, petrol Belle or decent electric?

SPONS. Saved me more money in the first week of ownership than it cost. £150.

Oh how I laughed when first I made that mistake! Oh how flew the handle - like a homesick Angel! A beautiful high tumbling arc straight into Diglis yacht basin in Worcester, by the river Severn. Oh how I cursed.

Declan, I'm married to an old Belle And yer pushing on an open door with the Lister engine. God, the number of times I've nearly broken my wrist starting one of those in an old boat I owned. Hard to get it to stop once started, though. And totally reliable

Answers on a postcard, please. As usual in 17 minds about it (yep Declan , overthinking it) Lots of work for one if I buy, and I have a bad to poor back.

Yeah, brilliant innit! And here's how he makes it. Cracking bloke

That's me set up for the day! Excellent! He does read my posts!

@SteamyTea at his analytical best. Normally you'd have to pay good money to read content as statistically literate as this. It'd be behind a pay wall. Thanks Steamy! Ian

Oh Gawd, Terry. As usual, you make me think Ian

Budgets and spreadsheets go together like [...........insert your own idiom here..............] And so do errors: errors of fact and errors in formulae. Realising that, recently, every time it rains, I'm in the office trying hard to avoid checking our spreadsheet. Errors of fact Not a great lot to be done here. My only suggestion is to get a mate to check with you. @MrsRA is better at this process than I am, but we still manage to avoid the issue because it's so hard (for that read time-consuming) to do something which 'should' be easy. It isn't. Errors in Formulae Is there anything that can help the hard, detailed, mind-numbing, eye-watering, annoying slog Yes Here is a simple search for all versions of the term 'formula auditing' (because there are so many versions of spreadsheets out there) And here is one website's summary of several approaches to checking formulae in the most common (I think) spreadsheet of all. Just sayin'. Guess what I'm doing this morning.