Gone West

If you haven't seen this book, it's a good read, Wendy swears by it. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jekkas-Complete-Herb-Book-Horticultural/dp/1856267806

They don't need to keep changing the regulations, Part L isn't too bad. If they improved airtightness to 1.0ach and mandated MVHR it would be ok. The problem lies in the quality of the construction and the inspection process.

I've ended up with two ridged discs in my neck which causes constant background pain which intensifies when I have to hold my right arm above my head or lift heavy weights. So that's simple I just take it easy.

It's all @Oz07 doing.

To be fair it does say that particular knife shouldn't be used for removing beads and to use one of these instead. https://www.windowware.co.uk/don-carlos-pallet-knife https://www.windowware.co.uk/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/31354/

@ProDave or @Jeremy Harris may have some ideas for testing the compressor. I bought our Genvex Combi 185LS direct from Denmark at a very reduced price compared to Total Homes and they also sell spares. https://www.sundthus.dk/

We had a similar problem when we replaced one of the fences. The installers had kindly put the posts in 600mm deep and put around 150mm of concrete at the bottom of the hole. When the posts broke at a later date they didn't replace them, instead they concreted a chunk of angle iron to the post and strapped the two together. As a result we had to dig out two lumps of concrete for every post. The only way we could do it was with a spade which was a real pain for 25m of fencing.

We have soft water and we have been using two black Schock sinks for the last two years. Wendy was going to buy the proper Schock cleaner until she saw the price and she uses, yes I know gender stereotyping, Ecover bathroom cleaner. It keeps them looking black without scratching the surface.

I've now received an apologetic email from Sonos stating they will not be bricking legacy products. We heard you. We did not get this right from the start. My apologies for that and I wanted to personally assure you of the path forward: First, rest assured that come May, when we end new software updates for our legacy products, they will continue to work just as they do today. We are not bricking them, we are not forcing them into obsolescence, and we are not taking anything away. Many of you have invested heavily in your Sonos systems, and we intend to honour that investment for as long as possible. Whilst legacy Sonos products won’t get new software features, we pledge to keep them updated with bug fixes and security patches for as long as possible. If we run into something core to the experience that can’t be addressed, we’ll work to offer an alternative solution and let you know about any changes you’ll see in your experience. Secondly, we heard you on the issue of legacy products and modern products not being able to coexist in your home. We are working on a way to split your system so that modern products work together and get the latest features, whilst legacy products work together and remain in their current state. We’re finalising details on this plan and will share more in the coming weeks. Whilst we have a lot of great products and features in the pipeline, we want our customers to upgrade to our latest and greatest products when they’re excited by what the new products offer, not because they feel forced to do so. That’s the intent of the Trade Up programme we launched for our loyal customers. Thank you for being a Sonos customer. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback. I hope that you’ll forgive our misstep and let us earn back your trust. Without you, Sonos wouldn't exist and we’ll work harder than ever to earn your loyalty every single day. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Sincerely, Patrick Patrick Spence CEO, Sonos

This might help. Pipe Sizes and Dimensions Chart.doc

Exactly right. I had quotes for a staircase that varied between £3000 and 30000.

I've never heard of either of those. We have an outside post box and no letterbox in the door. The only letterbox related building regs change I know of is the proposal to ban low level letter boxes to save posties back. I think he's spinning you a yarn.

Some of the beaches around here are dog free from 1/5 to 30/9 others aren't so we choose the dog free beaches. Why some people think it's ok for their dogs to crap on the beach God only knows. Even when there are clear signs banning dogs owners still allow them to run off the lead.

When my partners parents had a water meter retro fitted, Thames Water fitted a 'smart' water meter inside the house. Maybe that is what you have at your current house. Do you have a meter reader come to read your water meter? You could ask Severn Trent whether they fit smart meters if that is what you want.

I got that email as well. I've had my Sonos for over ten years and I've never updated the software and it still works ok. I've no intention of "Trading Up" and I don't want their support so I'll just carry on as before.

The whole of our ground floor is tiled with porcelain tiles. We haven't noticed any problems. We have a large rug in the sitting room, which is the largest room, and has a half vaulted ceiling.

Around here any pipework under agricultural land has to be 1m below the surface to prevent damage to the pipework by any future deep ploughing. I can't see the activity of any cows affecting pipework 1m down.

The reed bed system we bought came with common reed (Phragmites australis) plants. These grow vigorously to around 8m high and unless there is sufficient space need cutting down to an acceptable height throughout the year. I found out later that other types of water plant are suitable as long as they have a rhizome root system so we replaced the reeds with irises which only grow 0.75m high. Apparently the bacteria that continue to breakdown the effluent live on the rhizome root system. The beds have to be cleared out every 3 to 4 years depending on plant growth which entails removing the plants and silt. The plants have to be split up and then replanted and the excess plants disposed of. If the ground conditions are suitable you may not need a very deep borehole. Ours is 110mm diameter but unfortunately even after drilling 47m down to the chalk only found water bearing geology.

Hi, welcome to the forum. Very remote in our case.

I did a similar thing at my last house in the 90s. I made the mould out of melamine board and just to be sure I coated it in vegetable oil. I fixed a semi circular bead on the bottom of the mould near the front as a drip channel. It all worked as expected fortunately.

Slight overkill . If you like pheasant to eat an air rifle would would soon stop it's unsociable behaviour.

We had a similar problem with a crow attacking one of our windows to the extent that there were blood spatters all over the window sill. Maybe a temporary silhouette of a cat or fox on the inside of the glass would deter it.

If I was going to fit a replacement for ours it would probably be a Viltra's Oxtec which appears to have tertiary treatment in the one tank. https://www.viltra.co.uk/products/sewage-treatment/oxtec

If at all possible I would prefer to have a deep bore soakaway. When we installed our treatment plant, ten years ago, discharge permission wasn't required if your property is not over a certain type of aquifer. I can't remember the details now. The reed bed system we have is high maintenance and there are safety issues when maintaining it but at the time it was all BC would accept. More recently the BCO allowed our neighbours to have the outlet from their sewage treatment plant flow into another tank which was filled with plastic filter media and from there it flows into an ordinary soakaway. There are also trickle filter systems which can be used for tertiary treatment before flowing into an ordinary soakaway.

It may improve airtightness and noise quite a bit if the extractor was replaced with an efficient recirculating type.