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Ta. No monthly subscription is there?

Do you fill the expansion joint with "mastic"?

To anyone planning their bathroom: Check, double check and check again your tiling layout. Cutting pi$$y little <40mm rips is time consuming. I had a plan (even made a model) but deviated from it with the pockets and mixer positions. I didn't see the knock on of this. The fitting too, up against the ceiling, will be awkward and it's another grout line to get dirty! Still, all good experience for when I do the en suite!

Anyone use or recommend a Miracast, MiraScreen, Anycast type dongle? Like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HD-1080p-MiraCast-HDMI-Media-Streamer-TV-Player-Dongle-Wifi-Display-Receiver-ML/312263572414?hash=item48b45bfbbe:g:JnwAAOSwUVhbwXgU:rk:12:pf:0 Simply want to whack one in the back of a non smart TV via the HDMI so the youngest can "cast" her yoga or whatever videos to the telly from her phone. Cheap as chips but which one? Ta

I used to take the regs to bed to read, like a novel. Fascinating tbh. Not much of a plot mind!

Trouble is there is so much info in the regs now it's a pita to remember it all. It's quite acceptable to say you need to refer to the regs during an assessment though probably not on every question! In fact, if designing wouldn't you want someone to methodically refer to the written word than guess it or "remember". Fwiw I smashed the 17th. Did a few hundred test questions beforehand and tagged the book for speed. As long as you know in what section something is you've got 2 mins per question. 60 questions over 2 hours. 58 mins with a migraine and no Neurofen! Got 98.something percent.

Crap pics but looks pretty damn good from what I can make out. You've bought the 20KG bag already? It won't last forever you know, use and bin the rest unless you can take it back and get a refund. When you apply and feather you obviously want to cover the perforated trim with the "plaster" at a shallow angle rather than steep & sudden where it'll be more noticeable. The better you do it now the less sanding back. Some deftly applied decent white silicon where the tiles meet the window would hide that black gap too.

Don't know what his earthing system is but it might be advisable to run that 4m of cable in "earthed metallic" something as it won't be rcd protected if off a breaker. Pedantic?

You could likely replace the rcbo with a suitable sized breaker then feed a small local cu incorporating a couple of rcbos... Then if one goes down it won't affect the other.

Not cheap. Trying a few old mates to see if they have one. About 18" - 2 ' diameter the ones I'm thinking of. There are fabricated versions using a central, bearinged shaft etc. This maybe: https://www.slhardwoods.co.uk/products/tools-and-accessories/accessories/turntable-360-450kg-capacity You'd still need "outrigger" casters at the near edge of the structure.

A "just my luck" sort of thing! A weird fitting tbh, 16mm pex-al-pex to 15mm compression only it's chrome pipe not copper:

Repair patches. Thinly smeared! Will re tank later. I deliberately left the hole in the mrpb over size so I could wriggle the pipe around: I have no idea then as to whether when the tile is fitted, the pipe is central to the hole in the mrpb. I was going to cut some small rings of pb to go over the pipe and block the hole up a bit. Can't see it being concentric though. Thinking anyway to stick the two half tiles over the pipe on with "blobs" of something like EBT so if the elbow joints in there ever leak I can "easily" break out the one tile and a small, localised area of pb. It'll be a darn sight easier than removing acres of tile adhesive! So rather than a ring of pb to block the hole maybe a ring of EBT AROUND the hole and squash the tile onto it?

I don't think it was tripping out on over temperature again or the switch you reset would have tripped. It was doing what it's supposed to do as mentioned here on the forum previously. It "cycles" to gradually change the pcm state uniformly.

The exam simulator I referred to above and sent to Nick was for the 17th but tbh 99% valid as a learning tool. There's also this free online one for the 18th: http://www.sparkyfacts.co.uk/18thedition/18th-edition-exam-simulator.php

Potentially yes. I guess if it's a long run and they're dead parallel, v.unlikely in reality as cables get a bit of a natural twist. Trunking inside trunking or flex conduit inside trunking? That'd tick the separation box.

You need to physically separate them. See the commissioning sheets tick box. Not sure if this is the latest: Guide_to_the_installation_of_PV_systems_2nd_Edition.pdf

I'm going to say above the grp and under the block paving...sort of underlay...makes sense...possibly...

Perforated rubber sheet! Might even be enough left to run yourself up an evening number... Says can be used as a drainage mat. https://www.silex.co.uk/products/perforated-silicone-sheet/

Hardest stuff ever this. The chisel blade on the multitool hardly touched it.

I like the idea of grp. Easy to repair too! Maybe with something with "give" on top before the paving. See @Barney12's roof with integral, hidden gutter to see just how good it can look.

As we're "thinking out loud"... How about...EPDM then rubber mat: https://www.matsgrids.co.uk/rubber-grass-mats/65-16mm-rubber-grass-mats-150x100-5060423910770.html? Then blocks laid on sand / cement mix. I should point out I've just necked a large Cobra...

What's the minimum gap for tile adhesive?

No composite grating that woukd fit the bill?

A Roballo slewing bearing is what you want. Let me make some enquiries and see if I can get one off a mate.

Galvanised steel sitting in damp will rust like f*** and surprisingly quickly too.