dpmiller

no, he looks wonky from here too.

they rebrand Titon units IIRC.

Surely the groundworks you need permission for are any commencements. Any precommencements (clearance, site levelling and land drainage) are F-all to do with BC.

but if you're just scraping off an area to retain topsoil, why is the datum so important?

Any OS maps with contours for your area?

I bought a £15 chinese laser measure (branded Snoway) off Ebay and I've got to say, it's superb. Deadly accurate and with a good bright laser.

And knowing how unobservant many drivers are, probably a good idea...

What might help, is a slight change in terminology. I see plenty of "MBC frame" "MBC build" and "MBC slab" but is there really anything unique about the product? Surely it's a TF or passiv slab *by* MBC. It's not a Hoover, it's a vacuum cleaner.

You need a fair old area of enclosure to stop carbon granules being terribly restrictive, from my fumecupboard experience. Does mean dear, but also means plenty of storage capacity. http://www.carbonfiltersdirect.com/ are my supplier of chioce for carbon cassettes if anyone fancies building a housing around one.

Cheers all. There's plenty in the £5-10k region but I'd prefer to keep it on the low side. Don't mind needs a service/ hoses/pumps a bit slow/ bit of play here and there. Groundworker has a good arrangement with Uhire which will be super for the early heavy lifting, but I'm thinking more of the odd wee thing here and there later in the build. I've a couple of sources to try for ex-hire or ex-lease yet as well as the couple @Declan52 flagged.

Any of the collective have any leads on cheap machinery? I'm keeping an eye on Gumtree and Donedeal but there's nothing come up and grabbed me yet. Or has anyone got one they're finished/ nearly finished with?

With cheapo MR16s I found that earthing the outer case/heatsink made a surprising difference, even when using a DC driver.

many mains- LEDs (and not just the cheap ones) have regulators that are rather electrically noisy.

stop would be on the outside surely.

Hi and welcome from the Ards. There's a fair few of us on here, where are you precisely?

sunamp's a bit pricey, no? And in the context of this thread I can't see how a buffer tank would help with improving pressure and flow at the taps.

copper TS ftw then.

could you not get @SteamyTea to do it cheaper?

definitely.

that slate looks nice but what would it be like if you brushed up against it?

Dunno about your cost differences between block and timber, for my 280m2 design a cheapo "developer spec" erected frame kit w/ trusses and first floor deck would've been £28k total.

Have a look at Turco/ Eurocal boilers too, good efficiency/ easy to service/ not too spendy.

did I read about an after-the fact indemnity service somewhere? here- https://professionalconsultantscertificate.com/

I was wondering more about over studwork, Nick.

So this pink stuff for PB; how thick a bead does it end up at when set- does it squish down flush or does the board sit on a raised bead?