markc

+1 to all of the above,

CSCS is not a legal requirement, it is like an Ipaf card for mewp operators, many will say it’s mandatory or a legal requirement but they are only required if a site says so.

granite shouldn’t be porous, its heavy and dense. Stay away from soap stone with oil or wine … soaks up like a sponge. Marble often has cracks and fissures which do pull liquids in.

100% agree, we were talking about this a few days ago.

Caller into a radio station this morning complaining about the lack of insulation in some houses that were so cold they had snow on their roofs while others didn’t. This misconception got me looking around while driving and the amount of new build estate boxes that were obviously leaking heat through their roofs was shocking. contrast those to the ex council houses where the majority had a white top and only the odd one here and there had a clear roof. Then when I got home it was reassuring that my old ex railway house was white over .

If the doors are to butt up back to back and where they come together you need full overlay hinges and a lot of patience setting them up. As above, Blum hinges are good

Only real way is a laser level or site level (dumpy) if it’s as big as you make out. 20-25m is no problem for a tight string line, we used to use fishing line for distances over that when an optical level couldn’t be used

Sorry here about your situation, all too often I’m afraid. Your first call is to give them the opportunity to put it right, at their cost. If you don’t want them to, wait to get their agreement to put things right, add that you can see it will cost them 5 or 6k and you would be willing to take 3k and them walk away. but they may well see through your plan and simply go to ground knowing you don’t want them back anyway. And you would find it hard to legal action without giving them the chance to put it right

We changed whole workshops and offices over to voip and it’s been pretty good … until tinternet goes down and 5g backup takes a while to kick in. Sound quality is good

Yes but magical to watch and hear working …. Yes I’m an engineering saddo

Pretty sure it’s not a standard term so something ….. … water company?

This is thought provoking .. I wonder how many people have ever ‘wasted’ some of their employers money? Maybe left the heating, lights or air-con on when it wasn’t required? Used a company vehicle or fuel for their own use? Taken something home from work?

Looks like a piece of flat strip steel so it will not support the wall above it. Definitely needs a lintel. Had it been an angle section steel with the leg upwards behind the bricks then it would have been ok.

No need to cover entire area, would be a pain to level and pallets not rocking. Whole or part slabs stacked to support corners of pallets would work well

Any dense concrete block will last. Don’t go for celcon or any other insulation block. Reclaimed paving slabs would be ideal for this sort of job.

As a job price sounds ok, if I was to question anything it would be the 350 for brickwork support

The skim will sort the screw craters

Well done, not enough bullet holes for @pocster tho 😉

Ahh yes, sorry I never thought about an internal overflow

Nut doesn’t need to be against a sealing washer, seal should be on the basin side, not underneath. Assuming you are talking about an outlet then the seal prevents any water from getting under the lip so can only go down the hole and directly into trap.

Commercial buildings are rarely build with insulation in mind, however where possible steel structures are kept inside of curtain glass walling with only the fixings bridging outside to in. As you can’t move the post you will need to encase it in foam and then a decorative aluminium or composite outer.

No planning Or BR implications

Hi and welcome

If you need the 44mm thickness I would be going for a home made sips panel .. 10mm ply either side of a 25mm core would be incredibly strong, stiff and staggering the joints you can get the length you want

Can you do something with the post? Move it or at least encase it in insulation before fitting anything up to it. If not that post is going to sap heat and be a condensation nightmare