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I've had a few spin without biting up. The odd one so tight to get in I've sheared it. Used these: http://www.screwfix.com/p/easydrive-countersunk-concrete-screws-7-5-x-100mm-100-pack/3839h In some cases where a 100mm hasn't taken I've gone up to a 150mm but it still hasn't taken. Must be the substrate material.

Where I've battened the walls I've found the concrete screws very fussy about what they go into and how they hold thereafter. My bathroom walls are a mix of brick, breeze and block depending on was used in the past to block up that particular door or window. A proper mish mash. Muppets even plastered over wallpaper in some areas!

Got to be worth trying to flatten off that step with some lead sheet sealant it being grey as well should hardly notice. http://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-lead-sheet-sealant-grey-310ml/21594?kpid=KINASEKPID&cm_mmc=GoogleLocal-_-Datafeed-_-Sealants%20and%20Adhesives&cm_mmc=Google-_-Product%20Listing%20Ads-_-Sales%20Tracking-_-sales%20tracking%20url&gclid=CNyShcWtutMCFQmdGwodoe4BZw&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CLePj8WtutMCFeuGUQodYqgO_Q#product_additional_details_container Seen for a couple of quid elsewhere but Screweys is convenient for most.

Use a pointing gun for a start to avoid stains. http://www.screwfix.com/p/p-c-cox-ultrapoint-pointing-grouting-gun/79243?kpid=KINASEKPID&cm_mmc=GoogleLocal-_-Datafeed-_-Sealants%20and%20Adhesives&cm_mmc=Google-_-Product%20Listing%20Ads-_-Sales%20Tracking-_-sales%20tracking%20url&gclid=CJ6Y94elutMCFe0Q0wodwMsD8w&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CMekv4ilutMCFcamUQodLCcAEg Just builders sand and cement but add a waterproofer. Don't use sharp sand as it'll struggle and can crack the gun. http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Construction+Materials/d210/Admixtures+%26+Mortars/sd3259/Integral+Liquid+Waterproofer/p80460 Wait until it's going off then point with a bit of pipe etc. Periodically sweep and brush in patio sand to help deny the little plant seeds a route into the cracks.

Would this be any good...as I have access to one and am in Kent. Welcome to borrow it if you can come up with a cowl. http://www.inspeed.com/Anemometers/Pole_Mount_Anemometer.asp

+1 on the No Nonsense mitre bond it's good stuff for cornices in kitchens too. No good for upvc trim around windows though as it'll yellow.

I think the key is to crack rapid yield of gas with the process to get the lpm up to run say an engine without storage.

It doesn't matter what the commodity is that government can control and charge for whether it be oil or hydrogen. The only real winners will imo increasingly be those who consume less...like people in passive houses.

But in grand scale of things the consumer won't pay any less than they do now.

That's the thing with hydrogen storage. The big boys will just see it as another medium like gas or oil that they can base an infrastructure around and charge the masses.

KCC thing: http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/broadband/better-broadband-scheme

I was getting at point of use production in quantities that don't require storage say for use in a boiler. A la Chain Reaction

Point of use hydrogen generation is the answer. Of course suss that and you'd disappear or have an accident.....

So.....feeling sorry for myself with man flu and the mind started to wander..... How would I recreate this tile profile in 1mm aluminium sheet? Make a roller, a wooden crimping tool or a former to beat the sheet into/over made from some shaped sections of ply?

Surely the key is to simply stop WASTING the energy by upgrading existing housing stock and enforcing new builds meet passive standards?

Aesthetics?

The depths apply I'm sure. Pick the bones out of this for lateral spacings: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www2.nationalgrid.com/UK/Services/Gas-distribution-connections/Documents/Pre-excavation-and-Ducting-Guide-effective-from-01st-October-2016/&ved=0ahUKEwjzncCypbjTAhXMZlAKHbflD-AQFggaMAA&usg=AFQjCNE11ML0-JY9tI-Fb0Nuc2V1E1OQDQ

I wonder if any insurance would pay out if a house got broken into via an "ad hoc" front door? I know they're fussy about things like "approved 5 lever mortice locks".

Oddly enough when I went on the VFast site I got a pop up from Kent County Council.....must be some affiliation.

I was looking for a specific UK Power Networks document that I've posted up before.....I think, but couldn't find it. We've discussed this one before though: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.njug.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/V1-Positioning-Colour-Coding-Issue-8.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjrnI-G6rfTAhVRbFAKHa0ICoMQFghgMAg&usg=AFQjCNFhzY5fDIDEo-f-Sz3OF0NYGinxqg

Are you sure we don't share a line? Everytime we get heavy rain we get broadband degradation. I'll hear my boy screaming "Cover me I've got lag!!!" The BT box is on the T junction next to the big soakaway. When it can't cope... http://www.vfast.co.uk

On copper lines is that? I've 7.8Mbps down and 1.1Mbps up. You know where I am down in the valley. Good old BT here. Keep hoping they'll upgrade the lines. Edit: I see Vfast is wireless! Did you get that subsidised as <2Mbps?

Makes my Surrey Flange sound much more upmarket!

Careful, have you not seen Faye wielding a nail gun?

The Yanks do seem to go for BFO panels though as they have lots of space. What they lack in efficiency they make up for in size!