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Welcome. Have a look at the Funding Self Builds section of the site. Lots of people have lived in really quite difficult surroundings while completing their build. Caravans can be made 'nice', but at the cost of diverting effort from the build. It's an added stress that should not be underestimated. The process wears everyone down. Except @nodwho has too much energy and determination.

Morning! Good to have you with us. Can I bag the first question to you please? When wind turbines rotate on their vertical axis, why doesn't the 'flex' (?) taking the power to the grid get all twisted and tangled up - wrapped round the vertical axis? Oh, by the way is this you really ? - come on, admit it.......

@Chanmenie, could I nudge you please to respond to @Temp ?

Land Access to the land Planning Permission A clear Design Statement Permission to dispose of foul waste A well thought out financial plan A rock-solid partnership Everything else is optional. Everything

hello @Carpy. Welcome Wot him above ⬆️ said ... +1

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Top guy. It's done me a lot of good to read that Gary. THANKS.

You have an agreement, and it must be honoured. You can only challenge the agreement on the basis of evidence. Pay him some money with a retention until the roof is properly inspected for the quality of the workmanship. Tell the builder what your concerns are and say that you are going to get the work inspected by either another roofer - whose work you know and trust or an independent inspector or a drone (video) inspection I suggest a drone inspection because on our roof, one tile cracked in such a way that - from the top of the scaffolding - you could not see it had cracked. It was in the layer of tiles just below the ridge. I didn't have any scaffolding or crawl boards at the time. A drone video would have picked up the problem. Have a look at this post The key thing now is speed: the scaffolders could well arrive and take the scaff down .....

There's a difference between inspection for Building Regulations compliance and inspection for the quality of workmanship. Yes, it's a head-slapper, but that's the way in this dysfunctional sector. In building compliance terms, your roof is now signed off ( probably). The BCO was concerned only with compliance. To verify the quality of workmanship , it is normal to appoint a building surveyor. If you do that, please be sure to check that the surveyor is qualified, competent and has a good reputation locally. Get 3 quotes for inspection. It is common to do a visual inspection of a roof with a drone. This forum has many stories of BCOs not doing their jobs thoroughly. It's the norm. To balance that comment, I suspect BCOs are being asked to do more work with less resource. There will be some slapdashery of course.

That bench looks perfectly well organised to me @zoothorn Everything visible, everything to hand, plenty of light, electricity on tap. Wait until you feel ashamed - unprepared to show BH members a photo - of your tool bench before you decide how to organise it. The longer you wait, the better and cheaper the design. I can just about walk into my workshop - almost.

Without evidence, this forum isn't the place to speculate about why Durisol isn't doing well. Lets hope for the sake of all those jobs in South Wales, those in the company, and just as importantly that those jobs in the company's supply chain can be secured. The last thing anyone needs at the moment is the loss of income through no fault of their own. In relation to the point you make above @SteamyTea, lets hope just the right person has been waiting for the chance to lead the company to success.

There is a difference between a product and the way a company conducts itself. Yes @Russell griffiths, there are far superior products out there, yes @SteamyTea many have had difficulties with the product. But as many traders have found - not least those who post very regularly on BH - businesses fail for all sorts of reasons. You may not like a product . Then don't buy it. Poor products deserve to fail. Just as poorly administered companies need to be reminded about the realities of the marketplace. A series of recent international events may or may not have contributed to the current situation. We just don't know. Yet. I am keen on evidence-based comment and discussion. Thats why I have written (perhaps too much) about Durisol. But I know nothing at all about the financial conduct of the company . And so, in my view the Schadenfreude above about Dursiol's descent into administration is entirely misplaced.

Yes, I do. Sort of. It involves an ex-work colleague from Berlin deciding that she wants to bring her family on holiday to the Lake District....

Could have done with this thread years and years ago; about the time I managed burst, slip on and sit in a can's worth of expanding foam - while it was still expanding. In public, I have never taken my trousers off faster. Nor more visibly. Nor while on top of a scaffolding. Right on the road side. "Mummy, why has that man thrown his trousers off the scaffolding?" "Why is he hopping around, and shaking his head ?"

Loads of folk sell them Name is NRS Healthcare Uccello Easy Pour Kettle and Tipper N73209

Know what, that'd be great for teaching children how to pour hot water safely. Supervised, start with cold water and work up from there. Ordered for grandchildren...thanks @SteamyTea

Can I suggest you consider sourcing some really cheap buckets ( I went to a local take-away and took all their mayonnaise buckets f-o-c) and as many screw-down dog stakes as you have buckets ? Mix up some concrete , tip into the buckets embed the stakes in the bucket. You now have a load of tie-downs - easy to move because they've all got a handle. A dozen cheap ratchet straps to reach between the weighted buckets and you have a wind-secure tie-down system. Five years later, all mine - that aren't in use, have disappeared and found their way into our childrens' gardens.

Yes. We did. And it was worth it because without the advice given, our application would in all likelihood have been rejected. In general, I would say that its as worth it as the effort you put in before the planner's feedback. In other words, we made it worthwhile. We had put in hours of preparation in part because we knew that our application would attract pushback from the locals. Before the meeting, lots of time was spent on looking at local successful applications, and rejections. The latter helped us more because we had a good 'feel' for what was and was not acceptable. But most of all, it was useful because fore-warned is fore-armed. We 'knew' the planner by reading his decisions. We knew what he had accepted - and what he hadn't. We didn't make ourselves an easy target for dismissive feedback (if it had been offered). And now - a few years later - every single one of those who objected to our application - but themselves had land suitable for building - have all built two or three houses on their land. Two of them were active local Councillors. Silent now. If you can, know the planner to whom you are going to talk. Go through all of his (her) decisions in detail.

I intend to submit a second application... as soon as the first is accepted and paid. PS I remember (whose? ) a post pointing out that precedent cannot be established at this level.

I agree. With one caveat. Encourage Continuing engagement. Anyone with GCSE maths has all the information necessary with which to describe the problem gather the relevant data research how others have solved similar problems consider which method(s) to use to calculate the results and check them and the same goes for GCSE Physics. The biggest problem is how the curriculum is taught - it still turns off so many people. Which is why I'm such a fan of Continuing Education. For example: I can think of a few who still in middle age would benefit from a deeper understanding of ethics and the practice of ethical behaviour.

Here be dragons. The end-use of a building is as important as the building itself. If what you appear to be suggesting is automatic '... then enable...' far fewer garages would contain cars and nameless bric-a-brac. Yes, through Permitted Development and further planning applications the garage might eventually become a small flat (say) . But permission to do so isn't automatic.

Welcome. Well, it depends on the precise terms of the warranty doesn't it? And that is related to the price. From the point of view the producer, consider the opposite: '... can be installed by anyone ... ' means its plug and play. But more expensive to produce. I'm not arguing about the amount of the mark-up which attaches to accreditation. Nor about the statutory guarantee, in comparison to the warranty offered by the producer. May I suggest that there's more to accredited installation than meets the eye ? Producers' warranties need careful reading. And I can't remember the last time I bothered to read one.

Thanks Russ

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£20 a month for doing nothing . For a year. During which time the work and goods are subject to consumer law anyway.