Onoff
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Should have bough a Parkside Lidl special with 3 year g'tee! Now what did I do with that receipt.....
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Found at random, mentions Hettich hinges and runners: http://www.doors-sincerelyonline.co.uk/kitchens/clic-box-flat-packed-kitchen-cabinets/
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Assessments based on assumptions without recorded/measured data.....might as well chuck a dice. Seems the mass builders pay scant attention to detail. How many of them would you see on the scrounge because they're a metre short on airtight tape? Their subbie would just leave it out.
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No offence..."energy assessor"...that's a real job then? Surely you need data AFTER the house has been up and running for a year or so to see how much has been spent / saved.
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@JSHarris I wonder if it's worth @Carrerahill checking his location on your borehole link if you have it? I found two about 100m either side of the house I knew nothing about.
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Ooh...15 - 20 seconds! Luxury! When you want a shower do you have to put the handset in the floor to get it going then if that doesn't work take it off? Then if that fails unscrew the hose from the bar valve and hold you thumb on and off the outlet? Then there's the guessing game whether when it eventually stops being freezing cold it'll be lukewarm or actually a decent (rarely too hot) shower! Happens to a "mate" of mine...
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Joking aside a short while ago somebody found a shelter in their back garden. WW2 vintage I think. They cut a hole in the roof and fitted a BFO skylight. Now using it as a garden room / cinema from memory! Happens quite often it seems. I believe the SOE had a few secreted and filled with provisions in case of Nazi invasion! Yours is probably just an old long drop!
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Cap to something? Cellar? Fallout shelter? Well? Realise you're at the top of a hill. (Jack n Jill etc )
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You don't think you might have excavated a home built soakaway do you?
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How to build a rainwater tank system from IBCs?
Onoff replied to Bitpipe's topic in Rainwater, Guttering & SuDS
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You mean like this? http://www.diy.com/departments/upvc-bell-cast-bead-l2500mm/278762_BQ.prd?ecamp=Seapla&ppc_type=shopping&ds_kids=92700018863835671&gclid=CPWsrvfK8dMCFei87Qod8kYB0g&gclsrc=aw.ds.ds&dclid=CKmvxvfK8dMCFYsw0wodTQ4AOA Guess I'd have to wire brush the paint above the window then glue/screw this bead to the existing "good" render. That would then hold a new fillet of render.
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Yep.
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+1. I ditched 22mm copper and went with a mix of 15mm copper and PB to the bath in @Nickfromwales advice. Works perfectly. I can assure you it empties both the CWS tank and hot cylinder very quickly. One day I'll be able to fill this huge bath! Btw mine is all gravity fed.
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I like to rub the stud finder over myself as the wife looks on (shaking her head distainfully), when it randomly beeps I say "Yep, it works!"
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Replaced another rotten timber window over the weekend with a generic 28mm DG panel that I had made to fit the gap. (Non opener; internally beaded, cw sill and end caps £75). Put it this way, it's better than what was there! In a 9" block wall. I used some "compriband" around all 4 sides for a start. Then wedges, 10mm window fixings and foam. Followed up with a bit of shuttering mitre bonded to the protection tape and rendered the sides and under the sill. (Need a bit of "asbestolux" on that flue cage still). At the top...should I try and form some sort of angled lip? Cheers
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Don't forget the tasteful calender! Were you the first to christen it?
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I've a couple, an old, piece of carp Plasplugs one and a Stanley the same as this that's really quite good: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/181790452960?_mwBanner=1 Say you've a 50mm stud behind plasterboard; as you draw it across the wall horizontally, it'll beep and show one LED at the stud edge then more LEDs as you get towards the stud centre. Then fades and stops as you get to and past the other edge. EDIT: Looks like the case has had a revamp but only £8 and free shipping: https://www.ffx.co.uk/tools/product/Stanley-Int077403-3253560774035-Electronic-Stud-Finder-100?gclid=CLX3rLat8NMCFVOZGwodj4kBCg
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Where's the barrier and after work cream station?
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How strong is a stainless steel bar?
Onoff replied to reddal's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
How about a length of st/st Unistrut? Plenty of pre drilled slots. If you fitted it toes up you could hook over the edge. -
I vill say zis only once....SPAX: http://www.wickes.co.uk/Spax-Chipboard-Flooring-Screws-4-5-x-60mm-Pack-300/p/140812 This is 22mm on 400ctrs. No glue, just butted tight. SPAX screws in the middle of the board and on each edge. Solid as a rock and no squeaks whatsover.
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Toolstation branches have a free tea / coffee / soup machine which probably helps! Quite partial to the Lipton lemon tea myself. Those x10 rubble bags they do behind the counter btw are shoite. Might as well sell them open at both ends.
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I'd use 22mm P5 all day long over OSB for a floor.
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Under a patio it won't be permeable that's for sure.
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Playing Devil's advocate.....is the filter material flammable? Thinking fire embers blown in. Or is there a (metal) gauze to get through first?
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Ref MVHR intakes.....what happens if: The fresh air intake is downwind of say muck spreading, a neighbour (or you) emptying their cess pool or a bonfire / adjacent house fire Presumably things get very stinky/smokey pretty quickly. During the day I guess you shut the system down. I appreciate there are filters but down to what level? But at night? Could it get to the point that smokes in the house would go off?
