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Oh, sorry, bought a paper copy and it's in Bricks & Mortar section. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/my-heat-pump-cost-me-thousands-and-no-one-will-repair-it-w7ps6n57n & https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/house-of-the-week-britains-first-off-the-shelf-eco-house-that-can-actually-earn-you-money-hvbz9gkzv

A piece in The Times today about a Nick Palmer and his 200 year old farmhouse. How his 6kW Aeromax heat pump, installed in 2012 doesn't work properly, annual leccy bill of £2K, in his opinion the original calcs were wrong etc, etc. I'm just loving what looks like a sash window in the background! Elsewhere I do like the Wunderhaus...just not the price.

Pan height, really important to work it out and get it right when you put your frame in and adjust the height. Some discussions here on page 20 of my mega thread. You need to refer to the dimensions of the pan you're fitting etc. I went with 445mm from finished floor to top of closed seat (not lid) i.e. the bit your ar5e hits:

I used coach screws for the side fixings, into the stud work. The sort you do up with a ratchet and socket. I had to unclip the cistern and lean it back to get to those. Mine fixed to what was a blocked up doorway so was quite deep, I made up extensions for the top. Resin anchored the studs in: Bottom into concrete: I lined the recess with sound absorption panels: I glued 9mm ply to the front of my frame as I had to bring the wall out by that much: Test fit the Aqua Panel to go over the front: A bit of Sikaflex over the ply:

CT1...

Spot on that, less smell hopefully. You could probably pretty that up with some black concrete paint or even liquid DPM.

Aren't they already a thing?

I try and give him these little projects to keep him occupied. Needs to be finding a job really. With a good computer science degree it shouldn't be that hard! Oh well, I'll have to let him loose on the magazine fed, stacking toilet roll holder dispenser with digital roll counter project I've been mulling for a few years! ?

Got one of those little drill presses years ago, the type you'd lock your B&D mains drill in to drill reasonably plumb holes. Nothing I've got now fits it. Gave it, one of my Makitas and a Vernier to No.1 son and left him to get on with it. Came up with this: This slips onto the drill that slides over the blue casting. Appears to fit nicely. Where the drill fits in is actually tapered and he's got that pretty much bang on. Got to find the original plastic, ,"top hat" liners that go inside the blue casting. If not will print a pair! As it was a test, only 5% infill but surprisingly strong.

Do you see much of the CLF down there? In a Toby carvery last night and the grandad at the next table said about their increasingly uppity 2 'ish year old, "We'd best take home home, he's getting a bit stabby!"

100% better than it was already.

It was my Mum who got mugged. Cut a long story she was mugged on her way to bingo which she loved by a couple of scumbag opportunists. She gave chase and dived through their open car window to try and get her handbag back. They drove off and she fell into the road. Broke her arm I think it was that time. Never went back to bingo ?

Certain exposures can be beneficial to our immune systems but it's been documented and talked about in recent years how certain mould spores might contribute to or even lead to certain forms of dementia. Mainly the pieces are from the States so I guess we should be talking about "mold" ? For instance: https://www.alzdiscovery.org/cognitive-vitality/blog/can-mold-harm-your-brain If in doubt get rid I'd say! My old Mum was fastidious about cleaning and spent many years as a housekeeper to a few minted households. This as well as keeping on top of our house. Windows were always opened, cobwebs gotten rid of etc. In later years, after a mugging, she became quite reclusive in the home, drawing curtains, barricading doors and windows and developing an obsession with closing windows if opened. Black mould spots soon built up in the corners of the rooms due to lack of cleaning and ventilation. She was diagnosed with mixed dementia. I have to wonder whether it was the years of breathing in dust, Mr Sheen, Ajax & Vim, or the mould spores that triggered it! ?

I put up an old shed that tbh I should have chopped up and used for firewood. I had this mad idea to "insulate" it. In some areas there's a breathable membrane on the outside under the timber cladding. Between uprights I foam gunned. The thing is I put 6mm ply over this that soon went speckly and mouldy. What I did was wash down with a bleach in water solution and paint with a shed and fence treatment, chestnut I think it was. They do loads of colours, pastels etc that might suit. I'd maybe do a test panel. I figure if the surface is water repellent, it's less damp thus less hospitable to mould.

Naughty boy ! Save that for Friday treats

Blah, blah, staircase in, moving on! What's next? Can you zoom in in the "crap" please, one man's rubbish etc ?

Could be worse, could be footprints! ? Multisolve? Leave it to work as per instructions though.

You can make yourself a "scratching tool" by taking a scrap piece of say 3/4" ply and cutting to say 6"X 3". Put a few screws or nails in from one side that just poke out the other side. Think "bed of nails". When firm enough but not gone off, you sort of go over your render gently and the screw tips leave scratch lines to help key the next coat.

I found the Geberit instructions confusing to start with, what with their mixing mm and cm. Once you crack the code so to speak and it's crystal clear. I've fitted a Geberit wall frame and wall drain now and tbh love the stuff. I found the videos really helped. Just YouTube "Geberit UP320".

The name your looking for is Abacus and the general consensus here I believe is that it's w**k! ? I believe they pretty much copied Geberit, might even have been some legal proceedings instigated.

Similar, cheaper: https://www.lights.co.uk/selin-hanging-light-rotatable-tiltable.html?

Is it not because you have no proper insulation and airtight membrane? The temperature in the building is marginally higher than the outside so condensation us forming on the inside of the ply? Just a guess.

Drove you batty eh? Mods, can we have an "I'll get me coat" emoji please?

Indeed. Some woodgrain and leather effect Fablon roll, job done!

Probably, I find Google good for searching this sort of thing.