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Hi @Huck cracker of an introductory thread, welcome and share us a few pictures of this tower ???

I’d open it up and have a look for a twisted or missing seal, should have a black rubber one and a red washer. The rubber one is tapered and the red one more rigid and helps push the rubber into the right place as you tighten the compression nut. if you un-tighten everything a couple of twists it should give wriggle room to disassemble it

Nice videos there, you need sharp eyes to see the truck that takes away the soil, I thought the digger driver just made a mound and it magically disappeared

Slate roof would look great on that house I’d say. oh and welcome home

Not being funny but maybe you don’t know what’s planned to come next and you are over thinking and getting in a panic heres a back of an envelope sketch that shows one possibility of how it could work i don’t think the trench you see will remain like this, it will all be back filled

My hut

Hello @Brix and welcome any nice pictures of your cabin?

@epsilonGreedy post it here and we can critique it for you?

Whiskey (or any other spirit) boxes/cardboard dunno where you get then but triple layer cardboard and you can fold the tops bombpoof , never fail are uniform size and liftable even when full of heavy things

£125 for four of these job done

Makes sense and boy are they cheap! 600x600 plus wall mount for £40 and a lovely bright light and dimmable ill look into it

Been in for 18 months they have died slowly over that time. I have to get finger out now as one in small room it’s the only light, in the big room I’ve lost three out of 9 and there’s big windows so it’s still bright! is it a fair assumption it’s the ballast that’s gubbed?

Well there’s now 4 of 8 double fittings gone out. Know nothing about how they work and have an electrician apprentice coming on Friday for a look. (He is cheap) @ProDave am I on the right track, oh and @Onoff I have ordered 4 of these and I’m guessing the juice will be getting through, I have tried changing tubes so these might be US and need replaced? The internet photos of the replacement ballasts look to have slightly different spade fittings even though they are the same brand/make and model number is this within the scope of a standard spark to fix? thanks TL

At the hut I have a laptop fan running on a leisure battery powered from one solar panel (draws 0.1amp) 24 hours a day, vents under the floor. Now, given this is a dry toilet this means the smelly stuff is in situ so to speak and there’s no smell whatsoever

Hi Joanna, I was brought up around the corner. Is it worth talking to the digger drivers who are currently working on the new builds across the road? It may be that since they are 'on site' so to speak you might get a homer done on the cheap...worth asking maybe.

Cut a channel with an angle grinder so it drains away? cut several parallel groves a few mm apart and get busy with a mash hammer and a cold chisel to make the channel

If your short of space one of these might help. Fitted on recently and you only need room to drill into the waste pipe. The boss slips into the hole and it locks in place by placing a tool (supplied) in the hole and twisting it. This mechanically locks the boss to the drainage pipe. Do you have room to fit a couple of these on top of your waste pipe?

Welcome @Katy we like pictures and roughly where you are will help with answers due to different regulations for the various nations in the UK ?

One of my favourite homes on the forum, lovely design and sits beautifully in its setting. love it

Drivers came as a wee box, one for each panel the website sold two types of dimmer for these panels but didn’t buy them As I said the pics distort real life as they are more muted than they look, the blue is more sky than dark blue

To finish this off... pics taken with a phone so they are not great photos but I’m pleased with the result. no on will be fooled into thinking it’s a window but the light is softer and less harsh than a double fluorescent tube. This last pic is with the main light on too but again the phone camera does not really capture it that well as it’s garishly bright lights £200 frames for wall mounting£72 and £2 for a junction box to wire them together job done!

Saw this https://www.ledpanelstore.co.uk/set-of-4-sky-cloud-scene-1-led-panels-600mm-x-600mm-203.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjws7TqBRDgARIsAAHLHP7Xc4AszR-xVIl5wQ7bdJZncf3E8EWkdzgn1exDulKYzrcVEbPOCXIaAvAYEALw_wcB#horizontalTab2 it’s small (the office room) as was a former massage room in a beauty salon, so maybe the size of a very small single room. im thinking to put in a quality carpet and decent office furniture and one of these big led wall panels but! open to ideas from the forum

Our glass balcony just exploded. Be warned if you have one, or are walking near a place with them in this heat. They aren't the safest structures right now. Be careful. #Glass #Heatwave From Twitter

@JSHarris and @ProDave will both say no need as, well, why would you need it?

Who the (expletive deleted) would live in a house like this...in England by golly! https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/17776352.tiny-flats-no-windows-get-green-light-watford-appeal/