Onoff

I genuinely found the No Nonsense Silicone Remover from Screwfix pretty good. Leave to soften them take off with a blade like the above. C-Tec Multisolve to finish off. Quite impressed too with the heavy duty Big Wipes that come in the yellow tub with red lid.

Getting quite a crop of runners. I think the neem oil is having some repellent effect as I've some nice beans. Some however are a bit chewed/diseased/infested. Should I pick and discard these or leave in the hope that whatever pest/predator carries on with those and leaves the others alone?

& Bingley

Indeed, as @joe90 says, short ones in first then the long. Ask me how I know? Especially on say a fanlight like this, there's just not enough flex in the short trim. It was then I found how useful a sharp chisel is for removing trims!

Erm no... This is a face drained set up: This is @zoothorn's window. The arrows point to the face drains, though my crap arrows are obscuring them maybe. Look at the original photo on page 4. It's face drained.

The cover plates clip into the slots you can see? He must have them lying loose somewhere. @Tempput up typical pics on page 3.

It's face drained see the picture on page 4.

Like this?

Multitool?

Is that a huge issue if the losses are within the thermal envelope?

No need for @Onoff or @joe90 to reply then! 😂

Do they really make great chips?

I thought all yours came in bottles especially flown in?

There are also window fixing cleats you can get that clip or screw into the outside edge of the frame, then get screwed to the block / brickwork, like this:

Remove beads with a chisel in the crack line, sharp tap, it works.

If your glass is ready fitted you need to remove the beads in order to drill the frame. Take note of where any factory fitted packs are between glass and frame.

Wedge it and pack it on all 4 sides. Drill through your frame into the wall and fit your hammer fixings. Use expansion foam to fill the gaps. Illbruck FM330 is amazing. Airtight and remains elastic. Streets ahead of anything you'll get at SF/TS. (Don't go bleating it has to be from SF or you haven't got such and such a drill, couldn't give a toss). You might want to mask up your frame to avoid getting foam on it. Trim the foam off. Buy some uPVC cover strips, neatly cut and stick on with mitre bond (basically 2 pack super glue).

No. Could have done without this earlier. Btw I'll be coming after you for maintenance!

Didn't you do a window previously in the house yourself?

I didn't mean to hack off the render. Photos to show how I filled the cavity with a bit of EPS, levelled of the inner leaf with a mortar mix then foamed either side. My nod to minimising cold bridging. This place btw is 20 odd miles from you: https://plasticcentre.co.uk/store-locator/

Neem oil spray... Gave to my daughter to make up the potion figuring she's at least half witch from SWMBO. Well she was gagging at the smell, it really is quite offensive and then some! Went for the natural neem spray concoction. 2L of it applied by spray to the 50 bean plants. I was surprised how far it went.

Chamberlain. Had it about 10 years...only just taken out of the box! 😂 Fired it up for the first time last night via a temporary lead. Double checked the wiring beforehand of course. Need to sleeve a grey core with some blue sometime but it's all got cable markers etc. Both CR2032 batteries in the remotes dead of course! Fitted a new one in one and it all works a treat so far, nice smooth running action. With a bit of lube it should be even better/quieter. Just got to set up the end of travel magnets tonight. Have "misplaced" one of the magnet mounting brackets like this. Tbh the space between lugs is too narrow to fit over the metal rack I have (like 20mm vs 22mm), designed I guess for the plastic rack: Gave to laddo and a few minutes later: He'll print a couple in black PETG and I'll affix with M5 stainless, countersunk screws drilled and tapped into the rack. Though I've buried ducted SWA from the garage to gate pillar it's justy coiled up inside the garage along with a couple of other comms cables for video entry, camera etc. That's the next mission, thread it round the garage but I need to move h.duty shelves and one car, possibly two! Then trench to the house... So another 10 years! 🤣

EVs don't go VRUM, VRUM, VRUM and make your willy feel funny...

Maybe not Ukrainian sunflower oil...