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Do thermal blinds work? I'm figuring metallic ones must as in reflecting heat back into the room. I'd originally envisaged a blind external to the reveal to cover in part the 3 narrow rips above the reveal. I think though, once grouted they'll look OK. So now thinking a blind in the recess. Anyone used these? https://www.blinds-2go.co.uk/energy-saving-thermal-blinds.htm?

Saw these in Lidl today: £12.99 with 3 year guarantee.

And then @zoothorn opened his bedroom door:

Got to do the soffit of the window reveal first but made a start on the side tiles. 1mm gap as shown by the yellow spacers, 1mm gap to the window frame and 3mm between tiles. But... I lined the reveal with 27mm insulated plasterboard. It means the tiles encroach onto the window frame. I knew that. The black arrow is on the trim line...where you'd place the chisel if removing the trim and then glass. The square is touching where the tiles would if I keep the tile "square": Same the other side. I think I need to angle the side tile face back to the black arrow in case I ever need to replace the glass. I'll have to anyway as the same line follows up to the opening fan light where it's a faux trim line. At least I'm thinking about things!

In a rare kid free day a while back SWMBO and I grabbed a drive thru McDonalds in Crayford. Intending to park in the retail park and eat it, the place was packed and getting the ar$e I drove off in a huff. First place I came to was the heath where there's a public playing field. This was the middle of the day. We parked up and mid Big Mac I noticed the car opposite was flashing his lights at me... "You must have your lights on!" said SWMBO. Slow realisation of a news story about Dartford Heath..... Edit: I hasten to add we drove off!

You forgot inventive and keen to try new things...but I'll take it!

Wasn't just me then...

Was that you in the car park flashing your lights the other night then?

I still haven't done this despite having the new Honeywell valves sitting here. Fear of it going wrong / leaking / sudden cold snap / plumbers being shut at the weekend for those bits I never knew I was short of. Of course I may just be prevaricating!

I find a crap camera handy when posting pictures of my tiling!

Show off!

If then you have an existing mature tree on your property can you fell it or is there an automatic TPO on it by default? I've a 50+ year old beech which is majestic but imo too close to the road and overhead cables. Then 3 equally impressive "firs". I'd take the lot down given the opportunity but conscious of the wildlife havens they all are. Gone, it would free up the front garden and I could have a nice circular drive with maybe a pond or cedar as the centrepiece. The fir nearest the house is superb but it's like the bloody thing from Avatar!

You're posh up there, mine's a sheet of Antinox!

Not here it won't!

How easy to recreate the heat exchanger in one of these? Doesn't look a lot in them:

Not to pi$$ on anyone's parade here but if that hole you're blocking up is the ONLY access to the void above the kitchen ceiling then what are you going to do the day you get a burst pipe in there...or a chewed wire? I'd be making an insulated door / removable panel.

Are you meaning Rockwool batts?

Ta, I did promise a warts 'n all journey with this! Tbh the last few, up high / down low, if it was a 2mm or 4mm gap rather than 3 and I couldn't get a 3mm spacer in or it was loose I just whacked 'em up!

Vapour control layer. Go way, way back and I put up pics (discussed?) of a green plastic sheet that I put over my studs after filling between them with pir. I did the same on the underside of my ceiling joists. The pb then goes on sandwiching the vcl between it and the studs/face of the pir. Belt and braces against draughts slipping by poor fitting pir.

I seem to recall suggesting a vcl like I did in the kitchen to stop draughts...was too involved or something. You can lead a horse etc!

A few (very few) done tonight: 2 on the floor under the basin: The left hand rip above the window that's been bugging me for ages. I removed the original tile that was just wrong ages ago and tonight multi tooled the old adhesive off and put a better rip up. I can trim the edge now and tile the soffit. Poxy little one in the top corner done now: Last two pockets done: 3 rips above the bath: Focus now then is on the soffit and sides of the window reveal and the mosaics and trim along the painted wall shelf. Then THE BATH!

Are the opposite walls parallel? Seem to remember I had a similar situation in the bathroom which was basically an irregular quadrilateral. I just had to accept that the majority of the joists would be 400mm centres but the last one would run in <400 and not be quite parallel to the adjacent one.

Lime mortar is that maybe???

Trust me fam! See the data sheet. For example: https://uk.rs-online.com/mobile/p/camlocks-cabinet-locks/3222562/ That's the difference between T'station & RS.

Thickness of the door I think.