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If water can get on top of the dpc/dpm at the edges and sit between that and the underside of the osb it'll rot. Make sure the dpc doesn't stick out too much and form a "catch tray". Your dpc needs to be minimum 150mm above the surrounding ground. You can even think about covering the edge of the dpc with something like upvc strip and bringing the shed cladding down over it a bit. It certainly won't crush under the weight though.

Ta. Can it really be 4 years since I did the water meter? ? I'll strip the PRV tonight and report. Dead easy tbh as I can isolate at the stopcock in the picture and there's then a 15mm ball valve on the mains up in the loft. I can drain to under the suspended floor. Only thing I recall from this is I should have put the PRV in horizontal according to the manufacturer's instructions.....which I just skimmed.....and missed that point.

Any balance issues along with this possible tinnitus? I only ask as SWMBO has Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Affects her balance and hearing. The local GP is pretty useless tbh but it seems trying the "home Epley Manoeuvre" might help. She's been on at me for months to help her try this. Something to do with crystals in the ear canal shifting. https://www.tinnitus.org.uk/balance-and-tinnitus

Isn't that what Jamaicans eat for breakfast?

I've one outside tap before the PRV and that pushes water through the hose at a ridiculous 8 - 9bar off the incoming mains. (I'm frequently splitting hose pipes and popping off cheap hose fittings. The reduced pressure mains (3bar) then runs up and over the top of the house to the kitchen. There's then a check valve, can't remember if it's single or double, and another outside tap. The pressure at this second outside tap is dire. Tbh the kitchen mains cold isn't that good. I know I need to clean the mesh filter in the PRV some time but can check valves "clog" over time? Cheers

I don't think he's bs'ing you tbh: https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/BS_EN_1090 This is the fab company I use. See how they have their CE accreditation on their home page. http://www.pwnash.co.uk/

On getting back to my car yesterday:

Haven't you got a decent sized pond next to the house? Ditch the ice box and use the pond instead:

Page 1 here, @Nickfromwales is saying about rubbing with cement to get rid of any mould release agent:

Vacuumed too?

Used them with a base from memory (and that's fading). The cable comes thru a small hole in the pb and terminates in the base that's screwed to the ceiling, then the alarm, be it smoke/heat or CO2 clips/twists into that. A bit bulkier than Aico. Some pics somewhere...on Tinypic or maybe Photobucket that I don't use anymore... Edit: only pic I can find:

By choice Aico but I did once fit some Kidde wired stuff on the hurry up as it was all they could get. Tbh it was alright imo and easy to fit. Been in 5 years with no issues.

FFS it's a link to YOUR thread where you asked about removing beads etc! ?

Didn't read that. In that case wine cellar/ red room / dungeon.

My remaining suspended floors will be dug up then rebuilt back up with min 150mm pir and concrete slab with UFH.

Fu all, I'm going for a shower!

...could have avoided all this agg if you'd have just cast the floor to falls... ?

He's not doing the neighbour's architect daughter is he? ?

Aren't window sills a "structural" necessity? As in the cover up where the window meets the frame thus hiding any movement and also stop the base of the window moving/being pushed inward.

Tbh I like this stuff if I'm buying it. https://www.toolstation.com/cold-galvanising-spray-400ml/p60070 Keep meaning to cut a plate into a few bits and spray with various zinc paints and see how they fare in my particular location. (Bottom of a constantly damp valley).

Blasphemy! No such thing! ? If you must use zinc rich spray then good old Galvafroid takes some beating. Been trialling Zinga of late too.

Glass? https://www.futureglass.co.uk/glass-window-sill

...and a drawing.

Many a time I've taken cordless tools to site and knocked up the pattern for bespoke brackets in 10/12 mm MDF. Then drop into the fabricators and tell them to make it in steel and galvanise it. A few different types here for ideas: http://www.ashsafety.com/davit.htm

Bunch of wusses! We manhandled and fixed over 1/2km of 46kgm I beam (in 3m lengths). My chiropractor made the most money out of that job... ?