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Bare in mind I don't know what I'm taking about here... Could you apply for outline planning permission for a knock down & rebuild, then get it valued on the basis the valuation should be higher with pp. Then present that valuation as how you're mitigating risk to the lender. ?

A 16 year old, apprentice monkey with a gas axe could have done a better job fitting our 2G windows here. I think they did these too:

Pot, kettle.

Typo probably. Cambodian! ?

Slightly off track but can you get in roof trays for solar thermal, evacuated tube arrays?

Cheers @PeterW, all up and running:

That hatch for the ST aav came in handy...

Dunno, maybe someone offers a course?

I use this on car door rubbers. I wonder if it would help on window rubbers?

Vaseline the keyholes. See @pocster. ?

https://sse.com/communities/communitytrust/

This 12GB HDD in the eBay lappy is noisy. Would a 2.5" IDE PATA SSD drop in there OK I wonder? Something like this? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KingSpec-PATA-IDE-2-5-2-5-Inches-8GB-8G-MLC-Digital-SSD-Solid-State-Drive-V8O3-/133034413169 Wanting ruggedness, longevity etc.

L to 3 bridged with a spare switch & a tank of hot water!

No harm done. Critical HDD back in its own lappy and booting up fine / back to normal. Result on this newly purchased one too. Same screen above trying to boot from the HDD it came with. Problem with the "modular bay" turned out to be the CD drive. Whether it wasn't sited properly I'll find out shortly after a bit more playing. I did buy it with the rider saying it booted to the screen in the OP so all's good! Now to delve into his JPEGs and deleted stuff! ? Christ...hit the mother load here. Folders such as "berlin", "amsterdam" & "naughty". EDIT: Nothing "naughty". Plenty of ripped male torsos taking selfies in the mirror though. Squaddies possibly. What looks like an Army wedding. WTF couldn't I have bought a fit lesbian's laptop??? I've contacted the seller asking if there's anything on here they want. He's come back and thanked me for informing him but said feel free to wipe clean.

Got half the bricks tonight. 175 bricks in the back of a Golf GTI... My back hurts.

Lidl often do a Baufix Stain Block spray.

With any luck!

Must admit not tried with the original HDD...will get back to you.

Dell Latitude CPt laptop bought as a backup / spare off of eBay for an existing one with some critical software on. EXACT same model. Done it before. Put HDD in from one you want to "clone", boot up and all's well. This time though. Starts OK But then: Have reseated everything; drives, memory etc. Any ideas?

Ordered my bricks. Collecting tonight. Reading @AnonymousBosch's comments ref dry mix elsewhere... I've probably 10 bags of cement a couple of years old. Wondering whether that with some ballast would be alright for infilling the pillars as I build them just to use it up.

Aren't there mixing issues with dry mix with one sort of cement mixer being better? Something to with "paddles"? Seem to recall this when discussing whether I went for screed or wet concrete for my floor.

It's a pity Anna didn't touch on renewables and the energy saving potential a self builder has. Together with the fact even self builders often overlook that. How many times have people said they wish they'd found Buildhub sooner so they could have avoided mistakes / improved their detailing.

Blame the OP I would!

I posted as I thought it might resonate with what some on here have said about making the move "North".

Thanks. If, with the controller removed and the base plate exposed I jump L to 3, will that fire up the boiler to give me a tank of hot water? The cylinder stat should then do it's thing and cut heating when the stat temperature is reached. It'll be a day or do for the new controller. Likewise can I jump L to 4 on both controller bases and get CH back controlled solely by the room stats? Cheers