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Character building! 700, christ, I've done about 230 on mine, and a lot of them were silly little bulltish invoices for small amounts from the likes of toolstation or screwfix. Just add a second sheet with a vendor and VAT number and do a lookup for the main culprits and then fill in the anomolies.

@Pocsterclaim-vat-refund-diy-invoice-template.xlsx here is copy of the template handed out by HMRC, and a screenshot of the webpage it came from. Hope that helps...

This is Key, I'm considering Aerobarrier for my own brick/block build, I've been quite fastidious in membranes, taping, painting airtight paints at junctions, but I'm always thinking about how to make the best out of what we are doing, and at this point Aerobarrier does come into the equation for me. I think I'd need to do a pre plaster Airtest first to really work out if I can justify a decision to proceed.

what size pipework? 10 or 15mm, chase the wall slightly above the joist and/or just hide the pipe in the dot and dab if plasterboard

2 days, a 3 ton machine, and a pro sorted mine, depth to 1m though. I’ve hired in various sizes since to do various jobs probably total cost of 1600 ish in hire fees. Wanted to buy one as can certainly make use for one but i think the capital is better spent on my build. Maybe when the vat payment comes in at the end 🤣

yes, installed by myself. Haven't moved into my build yet is the main reason.

That's what I installed last year. Pumped version though. Not used in anger yet.

I was being a wally, making more complicated than it needed to be, I'll just run the cables through the wall, then crimp some rj45 plugs.

Just after a bit of a sanity check, or correction please. I've run unterminated my cables to the approximate Camera location, I'm pondering over what to do with regards cable meets camera... I'm thinking terminate the main cable into a faceplate inside the building then run a shortish patch lead from the faceplate through the blockwork to the camera, alternatively run the cable straight out and have a junction box of sorts at the camera with splice kit buried in it. What would you do?

Cant answer that but try to look forwards and factor the annual running costs, might be more capital up front but lower running costs or vice versa, look at length of warranty, not that it means a lot these days, but might indicate a level of trust in their product by the manufacturer. As you’ve picked up, just stay well away from mechanical parts in a poo tank. Have a look at the bioficient if you are set on klargester.

I guess it depends on the ground water situation and what the manufacturers instructions say, I only a used concrete base and a complete concrete surround, just so it created a heavy tomb only because we have high water during winter, although simple answer to that is to leave it full and only de sludge in the summer. I might of gone a bit overboard tbh, who knows 🤷🏼‍♂️

If the works are open and no slab down, just make two runs to the ic outside, more pipe and a couple of fittings and an hour or two, but a batter solution that can be dealt with individually if the need ever arises.

My install - not that detailed but you’ll get the general gist.

I purchased rewatec unit, used travis Perkins, the delivery was on the back of a merc sprinter type flatbed. Direct from a yard up County Durham way (I think)…. We slid the unit off on some ramps that they bought with them. No need for the digger or crane - which I was fretting over.

Why do kitchen waste pipes after they emerge externally out of walls fall at steep angles as opposed to being straight up/down? Just something I just noticed when sitting in traffic this morning? 🤣

This is so true, amount of times I've seen the nail skew out over the course of my build. I always keep a hacksaw blade close by.

Did it myself, just saw it as one of the simple jobs that I could do without needing to pay someone. I also saw it that £1500 buys a lot of plasterboard, or half the tiles for my ground floor, or even the 9 days I spent in the Canaries over Christmas.

Electric only here, in the old bungalow. I switched over to Octopus Tracker 3 weeks ago, initially hesitant because of risk, but looking at the last years worth of tracker prices I decided to switch. Not running the heat pumps in the build yet, but if unit prices stay at approx 30% less then I'll take that.

Another bargain IT deal, if you see it as that... If you work in IT, or come across a trade supplier that will deal with you then, TP Link are running a promo, not for resale on selected lines of their Omada switches/AP's/Router/On prem Controller. A lot of the gear is 40% off and you can have 2 of each line. Probably isnt evolved as much as the ubiquiti gear, but then the product lines probably wont change as much either. I used my own trade reseller, but discovered by browsing on broadbandbuyer

No experience of the windows, but make sure you grip the handles and check their operation and feel in the hand. I never really did, mine are crap and the majority of them have loads of play left to right and in and out. The windows weren’t necessarily cheap either!

Hi there, no I didn’t, I put it to the back of my mind and moved onto another job. When it comes to my pre plaster inspection I’ll find out then. I do think that a 10mm notch won’t cause too much sleep loss. This scenario must crop up regularly in bungalows I’d have thought, maybe the modern way is to have fat dabs and pack out the plasterboard from the wall.

Get rid of door and frame, cut the concrete out, make surface good then clad the step down in same material as the flooring. Only worry would be, opening the door and falling down the step. You'd be ok as you'll know about it, but visitors might get caught out...

opposing connections below need 200mm I believe, connections at 90 are not entirely in the no connection zone so I believe are permissible. I knew I'd seen it somewhere on my hunt for rules - here it is. Technical_Bulletin_7_2014_Cross_Flow.pdf I'd wait for others to comment though...

Maybe this'll work.

Morning all, I'm not really the complaining type, I generally just let things wash over me and take the approach that I'll sort it out. However, I'm starting to think I need to be a little forthright in some situations. Take this loft hatch casing as an example, picture attached below. Should I complain or not? Part of me thinks, nah, leave it be, not worth the effort. But the other part suggests I paid decent money for it and as this is going into my shiny new home that I'm putting blood sweat, swear words and tear into, and anything visual like this might just bug me till I'm pushing up dandelions. During assembly they have fired a staple through the casing, it either gone in skewed or hit a knot and deflected out the bottom, I don't think the trim will cover it? What say you