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Chicken Run?

Anecdotal evidence these sorts of mould spores can lead to dementia like illnesses. https://www.alzdiscovery.org/cognitive-vitality/blog/can-mold-harm-your-brain Could explain a lot.....

@ProDave went on to say that a duct will future proof the install.

I used this solid DNO duct. The SWA runs in that. Then I've 20mm flex conduits within that with the Cat-5, screened flex etc in. Think this was a tenner win on eBay. Add the petrol picking it up from Esher 😂

SWMBO here says she has to regularly wipe clean the insides of some window frames to remove mould. Especially bad around the old Everest patio door, aluminium frame, double glazed etc. The edges of the frame almost certainly wouldn't have been foamed etc. Likely great cold bridges.

If you re silicone you could use Forever White. Has anti mould stuff in it and works.

You really need to stop thinking yourself into a corner here over the damp. Nothing is impossible. I'll grant it's likely more difficult and potentially expensive given the fabric of an old stone cottage. Go back far enough and these buildings would have been very air leaky around the walls and doors with no insulation. Heated by a single or multiple open fires with a chimney. By "modernising" we often stop the building from breathing. By having a well insulated area with little moving air like room corners its a magnet for dust that gets damp then mould spores etc. Particularly adjacent to windows is an issue where cold bridging can occur. Sadly I'd almost guarantee your builders would not have taken the same care you did to seal your window perimeters. They may or may not have foamed the edges. Even then it will have been hit and miss. On the subject of old ways...don't overlook cleaning. I'm not saying you're not but you're a bloke, remember your smelly washing machine saga? When my lad was at uni in his various digs, everytime we visited, SWMBO would go equipped like Mrs Mop with bleach wipes and remove exactly the same looking mould from round the windows. Again, old properties with added uPVC.

Utter BS.

Knock the earth electrode through the bottom of the pool once finished. It'll keep the soil nice and damp and make for a nice low Ra Or not... 😂

The 40% I pay hurts enough!

Not having to pay 45% tax anymore must help? 😂

Chuck it in a duct?

Low cut top it is then!

So it's true Jocks are tight! 😂 Pity you're not this neck of the woods as I've a near full bag of hydrated lime you could have had for nothing.

I did 3 builders sand, 1 sharp sand, 1 cement and 1 lime to get this colour around my flints. I didn't want "white" that would contrast too much with the mortar which was 4 builders sand to 1 cement.

Get a pot of coffee on and a nice plate of posh biccies. Distract him with some clever amp your making in the workshop.

Yeah right, be like me doing a quick thread! 😂

I actually meant making the whole thing a uniform colour but up to you. Any cut ends of the deck board need treating anyway. If you have any of the No Nonsense stuff put that on. Aldi/Lidl sometimes do cheap deck treatments.

Is it all going to be stained dark with the Barrettine preserver?

Run a router up the centre each side as deep as the bit will go, then use as a guide to handsaw the middle.

Time for some C24 stencils methinks... 😉

Those handrail posts look very high as in over 1100mm. Optical illusion?

Pity you weren't around for my bathroom thread! 😂

If you wanted to tone down those concrete pads, you could mix up some waterproof tile adhesive and cover it in the same gravel as the drive. Or get some offcuts of AstroTurf or paint with black masonary paint etc.

That Illbruck FM330 is streets ahead of anything else.