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I'm really no help but when down find a bit of me time in a warm, dark room in a comfy chair, listening to a choon helps recharge me. This seemed apt:

Gyproc Thermaline 27mm from Travis Perkins.

How about 27mm insulated pb if you've only got about 30mm? It's precisely because of minute draughts I decided to line my reveal with a vcl. I stuck the 27mm stuff to the vcl (blue dpc) with a mixture of Sikaflex EBT and foam: No pinpoint draughts as such now other than the big cold bridge which is the 2G window!

No, it's different. I seem to have got somewhere with it tonight. Cleaned but not yet greased. Not sure how the the triangle bit functions or if it's working right until I refit. Wondering what to re grease with, EP2, silicon grease etc? Short video, de-gummed:

Anyone know the model number of this old Yale night latch? Or where I might get one. Dates from the early 90s. Cheers

Adds weight to their guarantee. Still, look on the brightside, at least you haven't spent out too much in time and money...

Another "with hindsight" moment! Should have tiled with a full tile central to the window!

A bucket of dirt with a rod banged in makes a convenient portable earth point...

I could have, should have, would have put the soil pipe inside when I had the chance! The original soil even went under the footings but I capped it off. Idiot boy!

Bedec been paint? Reassuringly expensive...

CCTV...

I suppose I could carefully file the front edge of the tile so I get a neat 1mm gap... These sharpening stones that @Nickfromwales put me onto have been brilliant but I could do with a new set now: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-Piece-Diamond-Knife-Tools-Sharpening-Stone-Set-Fine-Extra-Fine-Coarse-Grade/311816827397 Need something in between them and the super coarse one I've got:

A thread a little while back veered into pop up socket territory: CPC were cheapest and slimmest but that was for a particularly slim gap and had 230V sockets only not USB. Some links above in there also to very low profile, USB only worktop sockets, barely more than little brushed discs! I think @nod, with a well finished nice spec kitchen it cries out for S-BOX! https://www.the-sbox.com/s-box-power/2-port-socket-twin-usb/ Not that I want to see anyone try and cut a rectangular hole in granite ...personally I'd never sleep for fear of cracks emanating from the corners of the hole!

I was going to use this, silver grey one: https://www.screwfix.com/p/mapei-mapesil-ac-111-solvent-free-silicone-silver-grey-310ml/93192? Assuming I ram white grout in the 1mm gap first are you saying that CT1 is harder to apply than normal silicone? Also that it will maybe stain the white grout? Cheers

How thick a bead are we talking about here btw?

Boll@cks...

Stuck with CT1... No gap. Tbh I've been using the trims to get a "best as it gets" line to try and hide my dodgy tiling.

Freaky! I want a slate roof too!

What were your base walls like? Mine are VERY rough cast rendered. Did consider sand blasting all the layers of paint off then redering flat before the ewi goes on. What did you do ref soil pipes etc? Cheers

Grey CT1 bought! The window sill then: It's two full tiles and a cut one to the right. Something's "out" though. Planning on having a 1mm gap at the front where the tile meets the trim. To get the correct gap between the tiles then at the front, from left, the packs go 2, 1, 1, 2 rather than 1, 1, 1, 1. Not sure where to lose the discrepancy...

Was it a pane to apply?

Ticks the reutilising brownfields site box and promotes the LA's green commitment.

When I first joined the site's predecessor I couldn't for the life of me figure why people were using passive infra red detectors in conjunction with insulation! "pir"

Any pointers on ballpark per m2 figures if one was to fit EWI on a DIY basis at today's prices? Also particularly interested as to the detail below ground, how the ewi bridges the dpc etc if the property is of traditional construction on concrete footings. Thanks

A thread here on the subject: