Barney12

That looks like its going to be lovely! Looking forward to seeing the final result.

Sorry, sloppy typing. Yes it's an acrylic mix, as you say similar to the other "me too" products on the market. Im not going to get into an argument over staining. I don't mix buisiness with this forum. We will just have to disagree. I should though apologise. Its a subject that gets me on my high horse! Less reputable kitchen/bathroom salespeople and specifiers (retail and trade) tell such utter lies about the "bullet proof" nature of Corian and other "me too" products. Actually not just composites, natural stones too. If only people realised just how soft and porous marble and granite can be. And don't even get me started on soap stone, at one point the "must have" vanity surface in hotels! Only a a few months ago I watched a sales person vigorously run up and down on a corian work surface with a fork uttering the words "you just can't mark it, no need for chopping boards, cut your veg right on the surface and wipe". As you said above it scratches and scorches easily. /I'll get me coat! Sorry, that should be anorak

This is an interesting point. One of my planning conditions is that I have to comply with the ecology mitigation. However, the ecologist said there was no requirement for her to revisit. However I have a feeling I'm in the same boat as @PeterW in that the national park will want confirmation that we have complied and they'll likely only accept that from an ecologist thus yet another fee

The neatest (but most expensive ) solution would be to fit something like an Aqualisa Quartz as these have a remote button for on/off. https://www.plumbworld.co.uk/aqualisa-quartz-digital-showers-1293-0000?gclid=CMWZwKWm_NQCFeQp0wodoEoAbw They are expensive but they are a lovely luxury.

Ref the journalist; who for fecks sake is dragged out of the pub by her son as the front of their terrace has collapsed but then quickly proceeds to go back to the pub and tweet about it??

Tape an el cheapo LED mini torch to the end of your roller pole? Not too much other direct light.

Out of interest what would be the impact of simply not discharging the condition?

Corian is nothing more than a branded acrylic. The biggest issue with cutting (or polishing) it is preventing too much heat as it will simply melt or worse still (with a worktop) warp. But as @SteamyTea has said it will cut relatively easily even with basic tools. In fact it cuts relatively easily with a simple kitchen knife, it's sold as being "bullet proof" but that is utter horse poo, its soft, it marks and it stains easily!

It would be a ball ache to fit but could you put spacers between the two meshes? I know you wouldn't be able to fit enough to stop the 6mm flexing but it would at least help with reducing point loads?

Corian can be cut and joined without problem but it's not a DIY job IMHO. Im sure the kitchen company that wants to sell the display kitchen could put you in touch with a local fitter.

Funny you should mention that. Fly tipping in Devon has grown rapidly. DCC claim that the cost of this clear up (when they finally do clear it up!) is less than the cost of maintaining a free service at recycling centres. Bonkers.

Winter is coming! http://www.diy.com/departments/electric-2000w-red-black-portable-ceramic-heater/1136378_BQ.prd

Our local centre is the same. Plus they now charge for a lot of stuff and it's seriously expensive: https://new.devon.gov.uk/wasteandrecycling/recycling-centres/chargeable-waste/ It effectively has rendered them useless for all DIY type waste.

I think these are wise words indeed. Unless you think you'll get future benefit or enjoyment then head over to https://www.peopleperhour.com/ I've used contractors from that site a number of times. The last only a few weeks ago where a mate of mine wanted a logo, business card, letterhead etc for his small business. This guy did the lot for £50 within 48 hours and it was an excellent piece of work: https://www.peopleperhour.com/freelancer/muhammad/ashfaq/logo-and-identity-designer-wordpre/1217544?referrer=hourlie

Yes to both.

When we stripped the old house before demolition I had loads of it to get rid of. The only choice I had was a skip Even chucking rubble in the top of it didn't compress it much.

To which the reply is "cobblers"

Thats one of the most disappointing front doors I've ever seen

Are we commenting on the fibre board or the white polystyrene ?? The white polystyrene looks suspiciously like ceiling tiles to me as it has a chamfered edge. Very 70's I remember spending countless hours hacking those off the ceiling of the first house we bought. For added pleasure they were nicely nicotine soaked Edit: probably "coated" as I'm not sure eps has any absorbency!

Hurrah! Yep, 5mm projecting could work.

Warning: Long post. Questions at the end OK, so I know we've got some really clever technical people in this parish so I've got a nice little technical question for you. I have a feeling that allot of people are just going to say "use a structural engineer" but I like to understand things first as my experience is their insurance policies LOVE them to massively over-engineer. Here goes: Our front dormer has a Juliet balcony. My planning conditions state it must be timber and the idea is it will match the brise soleil slats. So I've been thinking that what I would really like to do is integrate the Juliet balcony into the cladding. Its taking from this sort of idea: However, for reasons I'm not going to bore you with I've only got aprox 40mm of depth from the face of the window and the face of the cladding. Here's the actual dims of my dormer: Now I've been doing some research and balconies need to meet a couple of point load requirements (as well as the height and gap elements of Part K of the building regs). As I understand it they are thus: Rigid and strong, be able to resist and not bend, buckle or break under pressure. Durable and suitable to the area they are to be applied to. Two British standards apply; BS6180:2011 "Barriers in and about buildings - Code of practice" which relates to the code of practice for balustrades in buildings and BS6399-1:1996 "Loadings for buildings - Part1: Code of practice for dead and imposed loads" which specifies the information on loadings. For domestic dwellings this translates to: Handrails: For external balconies 0.74 kN/m. This can be compared to having one averagely weighing person 75kg applying the full force of their body on every metre of the balcony. Infill Panels/Rails: 0.5kN/m. Now what I'd like to do is use the same cladding profile (20mm thick by 70mm) to create my infill panels. The handrail can be machined to sit on top using the same timber so that shouldn't be too much of an issue. Because of the way the doors open I cant easily have a centre rail so the span is going to be 2.94m. I could though devise a way to attach a bar to the bottom of the dormer which would rise up the centre. So, I was thinking that the solution would be to create a steel support behind the cladding. I can get the pieces of cladding that will make up the rails machined to accept this steel support. This is rough sketch of what I mean: So now two my two questions: 1) Is this idea crazy? 2) Where/how can I calculate the point load strength of any bar design like the above? Thanks for making it to the end!

I think for us this will be a must. We already have two bees nests (hives?) in the outbuildings which I really don't mind (although the corner of the workshop is a bit like Heathrow!) but I don't much fancy inviting them to live in the dormers of the main house! We also have a hornets nest in the woods off to the side of the garden and I'm going to have to be honest; they scare the sh*t out of me!!

Thats lovely indeed!

Ta. Funnily enough I found that last night once I knew which terms to Google!

Tidy!