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We were initially very enthusiastic. At the same time as our enthusiasm for them we were - daily - driving past an eco- garden on a University campus (in the North West) Two (3?) small student shelters were constructed next to the eco-garden. The shelters had sedum / eco-friendly roofs. That was four years ago. Initially oooohs, and ahhhs. Now look at them: tatty, patchy, tired, un-un summat or other. Sightly is the word. Once fitted, they need work. Still we have our Newts to keep us scorched by the heat of our own worthiness.

Access is the issue , not the mass. Thinking about it it, inexperience is the issue. People like @nod and @Onoff wouldn't have made the mistake of needing 6 tonnes of MoT1 - along with 30 paving slabs for her greenhouse, and a fused SWA spur for the heater in said greenhouse and a water supply next to the door of the greenhouse - when ( get this ! ) I've ducted the rainwater off the roof to our pond - and 110 pipe carrying that runoff water runs past ( albeit underneath ) the front door of her greenhouse. @jack, @TerryE, @ProDave, (I'm sure there are others) all warned me many times - past a certain point : don't change the design Gently nudging SWMABO ( She Who must Always Be Obeyed) - her response is "How do I know what I want until [.... a whole series of excuse have been employed over the years ...) " I hate that word - until- Looking at it positively: I've not renewed my gym membership. I'm sweating by 10:00 every day recently. 😑

... and perhaps The Who blasting away (Baba O'Reilly). Its the image of that concrete pier that puts a smile in my mind. 4 tonnes of MoT1 coming up this week and a 50 meter round trip from delivery point to where its needed. Well, .... Its only Old Age wasteland .... innit

You already have the resources needed. Your eyes. Make the time to: Look. Stare. Notice. Take loads of photographs and submit the results to the boss. She'll tell you. The most important thing is knowing what you do not want - and more important than that : why not. Go through that exercise ( and it's not easy ) and the brief for your bricklayer writes itself.

Yes, sarcopenia comes to us all, eventually (well - not @Pocster) Resistance exercise is important to slow the rate of decline down. But pushing a heavy load which wobbles because I'm travelling too slowly is the problem I'm trying to solve: not just lifting the dead weight

If only I (we all) had but one job to get sorted. That's precisely the point.

What a vicious nasty post. I'll set the camera up now. 😁

I'm after recommendations. Please. Loads on the market, they ain't cheap. Anyone got one. Apart from storage (they look eminently nickable to me) what's wrong with them? I'm not the Virile Squirile I used to be...

I've found that running suitably edited Chat GPT feedback in DeepSeek (and vice versa) - while remembering to keep the interaction private - can be useful

Well son, looking at those photos, I reckon you've done well to have just a small leak. A small impudent watery area. A leaklet . A UsedToBeDry. A damp bit. A damp Brizzle. Ermmm, while your on here mate , ermmmm .... how old's the felt? Just askin' for a friend..... cos you might want to be ..... nah, can't say it...... leave it to @Onoff or someone like him - someone credible....

Just back from a trip to a very wet place in Bonnie Scotland. Talking to a home owner with an external, windward wall - completely covered in pitch. The covering was so old, it had a fine patina of whitish dust on it (sand grains from the nearby dunes ?) "Why's that then?" "Eh Jimmie, hov' ya seen how mooch it rains here, eh ?" And I thought of you.

I dare you.....

You can request anything. I asked for a set of files from our architect that I put into Sketchup : but in pdf format so that I could look at stuff like this.... and if you ask for a pdf with the layers still accessible - and editable - then you can alter the image really quickly and easily (by hiding and showing layers at will ) . like this

I wonder if prayer works?

Run the boards through a thicknesser ? Excuse to buy another tool 🤐

Siberian Larch : starting to fade nicely. No treatment : 8mm shadow gaps (now often 10 or 12mm in some cases) @ProDave's detestation (above) is our preferred ' look ' Nowt so queer as folk eh? @Conor - your post above has just solved a problem for me. Thanks!

After you've salved your conscience by trying to get the marks off ( and failed) , there's one infallible technique. Absolutely infallible. But - for a self builder - really hard. It works best after about 5 years. Forget about it.

Dependant on cannibalism I'm afraid. Rats will look at a dead stable mate and - in my experience within 24 hours - eat their dead Bessy Friend. Mostly I gather and dispose of all the rats shot in one session. But I sometimes leave one or two rats I have shot as bait for others (saves my time). Rats are amazingly clean.

Ours: 77 sq m = £10K claim for us . Hmmm? Not sure whether that means much, but I can't see you missing a trick Gary...... 🤔

Come on baby, it must be wet by now......

Six months from now you'll be itching to build an estate never mind a house, and you'll be making poor Helen roof all of them 🤭

Here's all of Gary's posts { @nod ) https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/profile/176-nod/ For reference click on his screen-name and you'll be taken to anyone's profile- and content

So @Mulberry View there you have it. Between us @Jenki, @JohnMo (and @Russell griffiths ghost) your three options. Mine? Red Lead, yearly. 😑

I wuz justabout to say that @Jenki or @Russell griffiths will tell you to get it anodised or whatever it's called. Cos I asked the same question yurs ago. Hmmm. I ignored their sage responses cuz I was broke (still am) 5 years later, less broke, I wish I'd taken their advice. Got myself a proper Forth Bridge now. Still, keeps me out of HerIndoors hair innit. 😔

Pressure test, pressure test, pressure test.