Gone West

Will you be having a door mat? You can buy coir door matting off the roll around 15 to 20mm thick.

I don't know if you've used Manomano before but I have and I wish I hadn't. I thought I was buying from the UK as there was no indication to the contrary. In fact I was buying from France and I haven't received the goods and trying to get your money back when all you get are emails in french is a right PITA. It's not an ideal time to be buying from Europe with the lockdown.

We had a SMETS1 meter fitted to the new house although it doesn't transmit. They were just using up supplies of SMETS1 meters. I find it useful as it stores a record of all our electricity use.

Another way of looking at this is, that the person who planted the Robinia was being selfish and inconsiderate. They would have known that the tree canopy and roots would be on neighbouring land. What right do they have to plant a tree knowing that to be the case. If you want a tree on your land then ensure all of it is on your land, if not then suffer the consequences of any work being done on the neighbouring land.

Our soil level is only 100mm below DPC and the BCO was happy for us to have a narrow strip of 20mm shingle around the house. Had the soil been 150mm below DPC I wouldn't have needed the shingle.

The AECB have given free access to their webinars during the Covid-19 problems. They cover a range of subjects and may be of interest to some. https://www.aecb.net/webinar-recordings/# There is also an airtightness webinar on 19th May 12.00 to 1.00PM. https://www.aecb.net/airtightness/

When we were planning our replacement house we had to move our driveway and that was done within our planning application. It required approval from the local Highways Dept. as well as LPA.

I had Robinias at my last two houses and bearing in mind Robinias are not native and can suffer damage in cold wet winters how do you prove what killed it.

Our BCO was happy with Nu-Lok and we didn't show him any documentation.

Can you have a saturated solution of that stuff?

I bought my first one only a few years ago and I wished I'd had earlier for some jobs. I bought an Erbauer because I wasn't sure how much use it would get but it's very good for the money.

Very true. I spent around £7k on tools to build my house. I wonder how many people include that cost when calculating cost/m2.

I would have thought more than £4500, as that is what we paid for an Internorn PH entrance door nine years ago.

Many years ago a friend of mine made sliding wardrobe doors out of MDF and routed grooves in it to look like T&G.

Sounds great. That's what I want, the three Ns, no near neighbours.

Our site insurance didn't mention it so we didn't use it. We lived on site and are out in the sticks and it was a few years ago. Any deep holes we roped up so it was difficult to fall down.

These came up on a Google search. https://www.window-openers.com/rv-2900-battery-window-opener/ https://www.window-openers.com/ks3040-electric-window-opener/

Plenty of remote control window openers, to save having an accident.

We've definitely got two hedgehogs although not all the time. Sometimes it's just a one night stand. Hog hump short.mp4

Solvent weld waste pipe is 56mm. Pipe Sizes and Dimensions Chart.doc

We use only Miele washing machines and dishwashers and have done for a very long time. Never had a problem and the ten year warranty is worth it.

Hi, welcome to the forum. Have you checked for blocked filters?

It's a good idea having a pergola to reduce solar gain. For our roof window glazing we have a G factor of 0.3 IIRC, which keeps solar gain very low.

@Mr PC We designed our MVHR system ourselves and used a branched layout with plastic ducting. It was straightforward and has worked well. It doesn't require space for manifolds but does need space for straight runs of ducting so works well with metal web joists.

Sometimes it just needs a little prod.