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If the laser unit is showing a strong beam then its ok. i woulkd check the cover / lens for dirt as this can scatter the beam and detectors cant see it against daylight

Potential self build plots (certainly around south/west yorkshire) are selling for much more than the valuations which will cause problems for most self builders looking to mortgage the site. Ive recently lost out on two places simply because they made far more at auction than their realistic surveyor valuations.

Airflow is good, draughts are bad. The obvious ones are windows, doors and chimneys, but there are a lot of draughts under skirting boards of suspended floor houses. But sealing a building will just lead to damp if it is not adequately ventilated

An proper arch doesnt need a lintel, however although its hard to tell from the photo, this looks like a fairly low arch and therefore unlikely to be truly self supporting and structural. A better pic from further away would be useful.

Around £35K for a 13m CTE machine. We sell tracked spider platforms upto 43metres

good morning and welcome, experience is the best teacher.

EEEk, As the bathroom and en-suite are likely to be fairly small, fixing the toilet pan down is unlikely to cause much of a problem with movement, however, even engineered flooring does not fair well in bathrooms unless its a show bathroom that never gets wet. water gets into the joints (even when fully glued) and caused edges to turn up etc.

a very warm welcome

Looking at the photos i would say that was thrown in to satisfy the planning application but little more. If anything it will cost more to use the existing than start from scratch. As Russell said, the value is in the plot.

Only minimum depth and thickness (design) as the rest would often be blocks or brick etc. then its a matter of aesthetics should the foundation be visible above ground level.

Got to agree, the nut is probably a bung - could be leaking if its loose. Either way, the installation does look shabby.

oscillating multi tool or hacksaw blade works well

Definitely a tile saw - and not one of the cheapie ones. the Scheppach machine is very good at the price, or save all your cuts and hire a good machine

Really Hacks me off! and yes Screwfix are doing it much more lately

My company imports construction machinery (cherry pickers) from several European countries and i would still vote to leave EU. Importing from Aus, Russia, USA, Canada etc is only a bit of paperwork and customs clearance. Suppliers and importers will always find a way to trade regardless of Political Puppetry. My Business partner is a staunch remain supporter so its a pretty balanced operation.

I am a leave supporter and definitely not a xenophobe, racist, sexist, uneducated, stupid or any other name many remain supporters call me. I based my decision on my personal beliefs and working with Europe every single day for the last 20 years and my company will continue to do so. I love Europe, but i realize the EU and Europe are totally different things. I would also never call a remain supporter a remoaner as that is derogatory just like brexiteer.

Couldnt agree more ... as someone who relies on working closely with Europe every day

haha, honestly, they will support your weight and much much more.

Those metal mesh things are amazingly strong - much stronger than the timber itself.

As a supporter of UK Independence (I hate the word Brexit) and co-owning a company that deals exclusively with Europe, my business partner is a remainer and so is my girlfriend so we all have debates regarding this subject and the following always come up. 1) There is no right and wrong, its personal belief and situations. 2) In a binary vote someone must win and another lose regardless of the percentages. 3) Had we voted to remain, would there have been a big effort and fuss to ensure everything was done to satisfy leavers? - probably not.

The problem with Polls is that the outcome is based on those that have nothing better to do than stop what they are doing to participate. An experiment was carried out regarding polls - the rather bemusing outcome was that over 50% said they would never participate in a Poll .... hmmmm?

A lot of variables here, is the site exposed? subject to high winds?, Type of block and weight? how thick are the blocks etc etc. No definitive answer im affraid.

Welcome

Congratulations and well done, looking great

The Chinese Cater machines arent too bad, but i have doubts on how long the cabs will last. The Rhinosarous (excuse the spelling) 08 has the loudest small engine you could imagine. Used Kubota etc are good value and will last but look out for worn drive sprockets and tracks - no tread is fine but badly worn or twisted tracks will come off easily. The small JCB machines are not what they used to be ... . Decent machines are making stupidly high prices at the moment and many fake sellers on ebay offering too-good-to-be-true machines as long as you pay first and they will arrange delivery .... err, NO!