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Just knew someone would come along suggesting GSM! Next up...Pi...Arduino... ?

Clever little emf detector here - no mains connection: http://www.circuitdiagram.org/contact-less-mains-power-failure-alarm.html Pretty much what I drew: https://www.electronics-project-design.com/PowerFailureAlarm.html

Let's face it it's only a 230VAC relay held open when there's mains there. When power is lost the relays normally closed contacts shut triggering the 9VDC battery powered sounder. Easy to make from scratch with an ordinary electromechanical relay but always the chance it might stick over time...unlikely I guess. I'd maybe use an SSR if I was to make one I think. Very roughly it's this. 230 keeps the NC contact open. Lose it and sounder goes off. Replace sounder with small relay to trigger wireless doorbell: For £10 God knows what's inside. 2 pin plug btw so you need an adapter. Not an issue if your going to hack it! I've ordinary 230V contactors here and probably a wireless doorbell or two kicking around...no SSRs though...

Mr Cheap Seats here. Graft this to a similarly cheap, battery powered, wireless doorbell. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wireless-Indicator-Detector-Pressure-Resistant/dp/B07Q61M64H/ref=asc_df_B07Q61M64H/?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25-100-mm-HSS-Co-M35-Drill-Bit-Hole-Saw-Cutting-Stainless-Steel-Metal-Cutter-UK/283549972006?

4:1 building sand/opc with added Integral waterproofer.

Must help having nice clean air up there to start off with.

...forgot to mention, I only want 2 posts, one front and rear on the left hand side.

I'll quite happily drill one arbour at 9.5 and one at 10 to go with the 9 I've already done and post but it seems a bit mad. You can get a cheap vernier for a couple of quid: https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/153593884476? Spend a tenner and you'll get a full stainless one. Aldi and Lidl often do them.

You can also cut bfo rectangular or circular holes and edge with grommet strip: https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/GRS3.html? https://cpc.farnell.com/hellermanntyton/ps1/grommet-edging-1-2-x-5-0mm-75m/dp/CB15699? etc

It's a dilemma. House was here first. Previous owners had the garage built. All above board with pp yet it's forward of the house, nearer the road albeit off to one side.

Well the Chinesium bits did their thing. Make that Chinesium BIT as in I only used one. Forty two 25mm holes in 5mm 304 stainless plate aided by the odd squirt of finest Machine Mart cutting fluid from a Lucozade bottle. It's still SHARP FFS! Bench cleaned up and the plates all degreased in the kitchen sink when SWMBO wasn't looking: Pity I should have drilled 44...

It'll never get done if you all keep taking the pi$$!

Say you have a 16mm hole but you want to put a 20 in, or a 20mm hole and want a 25. Yes, I know cone cutters / step drills etc but they go blunt. Starrett have the "OOPS" allowing holesaws of two different arbor sizes to be used but no good for the smaller sizes:But for using two of the smaller sized arbor cutters together........I think I'll call mine the "FOOKIT". First, get yourself a 1/2" UNF 20tpi x 2 1/2" long bolt and cut the head off, file neatly and de-burr:Then screw on a couple of Starretts:Job done. Needs a 13mm chuck so I've turned down the plain shank down to 10mm so I can use in my right angle drill too. You can do the same with a bigger dia UNF bolt to couple two of the larger Starretts and again you need to turn down the shank. Make up these homebrew adapters either side then you can mix & match big/small Starretts to your heart's content: Edit: Poxy Photoshop!

Yep go for it. Nice sharp 20mm Starrett cutter.

Backfill? Best get up that forest with your wheelbarrow and do some reverse fly tipping! ?

Quite seriously we were taught to rub a pair of nylon knickers up and down plastic conduit like you're spanking the monkey to generate heat and aid bending. So you've a head start there! ?

Bottom line is there is no agreed proper drawing with levels stated. There's very little to work to other than that fag packet sketch. You reckon there was about a foot of concrete poured for the footings? Concrete should have been poured to the height of pegs banged in with the level marked. A foot doesn't sound deep enough to me. Again depth of footings should be on the drawing. Who wins if the trench isn't as deep as it should be? Less digging, less time, less diesel. Not you. Who wins if there's less concrete? You might be paying for Xm3 of concrete but they've only supplied Ym3 etc. Again not you. And how do you know the BCO isn't their mate etc. You've made your own bed I'm afraid. In all honesty there's two storey builds still standing built hundreds of years ago on footings less than a foot deep if at all. Loads of compacted hardcore and a slab poured should allay your fears over the soil from the side of the house eroding. You'll keep whinging, it'll get done somehow. See if the BCO is happy (tomorrow?) and raise your concerns with him.

Thinking to build a car port. Nominal 6m x 6m. Something like this: Shallow pitched roof. 4 posts each side. In an AONB. Reference pp, there are I believe restrictions on how far forward of the dwelling these things can be. But the garage is already in front of the house albeit to one side. Crap screenshot but garage is the single hip end building to the left, road is the grey strip top left. Car port would go on the hip end of the garage to the NW.

It is very unusual in my experience not to see the reference "FFL" on a section drawing as in "finished floor level" and a datum of some sort to reference it to e.g. ground, exterior paving etc. In my day job it's all X metres above sea level for finished slab levels and "SOPs" - setting out points from which to work. The thing is there's no guessing or dispute when it's all considered, agreed and approved beforehand.

It's cos you're special! ?

Really? @pocster, you're slipping!

How much do you need? I could give you a length.

I'll line 'em up, you knock 'em down. Wtf do you get 4 years from? And the rest. Anyway, I think the results prove the method in my madness! Seriously though I learnt so much from doing it thanks to all on here.

I could make him a scale model... ?