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Jack up the left hand side of the house (Your left as you’re looking at the pump)

I managed to get the most basic Miele washer on special so it was merely expensive at the time not extortionate. There was a similar thing with cash back and warranty and I hope I managed to respond in time to get the enhanced warranty. Like in this case, we were a building site at the time so delayed the delivery somewhat from when it was ordered but I was probably late. There was so much going on at the time I can't recall and frankly was past caring. We are 3 years down the line and *touch wood* it is ok despite my wife's best efforts in destroying washing machines. I was more concerned about getting the 7 years on the Baxi boiler. I have a letter, somewhere... Had decent service off NEFF so far, oven door fell off a couple of months ago and they put it back. I would add that trying to install even a small Miele washer when you are struck down with a UTI is not a good idea.

Cheap 100mm base layer loft insulation at wickes https://www.wickes.co.uk/Knauf-100mm-Space-Loft-Roll-Bottom-Layer-Roll---8-3m2/p/166877 appears to be also 3 for 2 on 170 or 200mm top layer and will stack with other discounts.

Had to stop reading GBF, self-righteous twits.

Isn’t it just tags - spoiler and /spoiler in square brackets

I’ve saved it so delete at will

That is awesome its a shame that 1) the office bores have already gone skiing this year and 2) I don’t think I’d get away printing it on the office

I’m not going to get a ‘van down a 2m gap plus would need a load of work to bring it up to SIP standard wouldn’t it?

You could build it to full BR house standards for that money although I doubt they are. Having spent a while on BH, I am quite sure that something shed like can easily be achieved (mostly self built) for not much money. I am looking for something closer to house standard and I don’t intend on spending much more.

I'm not here yet, nowhere near... But a Friday thought. I'm wondering about future size and placement of a garden office/room because of garden landscaping due soon. Anyway, I would be looking at a wooden structure next to a boundary so under permitted development I am limited to 15 sq. m. Ok I suppose I can live with that. I made an assumption that by the time you have external cladding, 100mm thick frame, 25mm IWI, some sort of board finish, even if ply/osb with surface mounted service you're looking at a 200mm wall thickness (for argument sake). With a typical 3m x 5m build, that wall thickness would steal 20% of the floor space! Giving me only 12 sq. m inside when 15 would be better. Which leaves 3 options* to improve the situation: 1. Reduce the wall thickness whilst trying to achieve similar thermal performance to 100mm cheap in frame insulation and 25mm PIR internal** 2. Make it 'non-combustible'. Any idea what thickness I would be looking at for similar thermal performance? Single skin block + Int or Ext insulation? Sounds like it would be thicker to me... 3. Move it 1m from the boundary. Simplest solution but the garden is not that large... *A square or even circular shed would generate no meaningful increase in internal area **This thermal performance has been plucked from the ether.

Don't let new Dyson anywhere near house building dust either. Keep it in the box till the new house is spotless. I need to look at fixing my dyson.

Must... resist... broomstick jokes....

Please tell me more about this cleaning and then sealing grout as mine are manky. They were never sealed and my wife floods them, sorry, 'mops' them on a regular basis.

#oldguys

View from hiuse looking down garden toward toward the ‘point’. Low fence to neighbour and low chain link fence to the right (stream).

There is a security light above the doors, not that is any help during the daytime like today but it stopped working after a couple of months so maybe I should get on with fixing that... basic plot plan plan to see the issues. Lots of glass/doors and whilst the street is quiet, unseen access from the rear (don’t snigger) is possible from the stream/other properties. @Ferdinand no keys it’s the kids playroom so it always looks like the aftermath of a burglary anyway.

I’m looking for a deterrent to make us look as least as secure as any of the neighbours so a working alarm covering the ground floor would be a start. whilst also being conscious that the French doors are a weakness as they are out of sight so potentially would like some video coverage of this area. we’re getting the drive laid in the spring so will get some gates to prevent easy access from the front. We’re at the end of a cul de sac so get little passing traffic and can’t do much about the fences at the moment.

I’ve adopted a rather blasé attitude to security over the past 3 years. A statistical approach based upon not having cars that make us a target and hiding in plain sight with a house that looked like the one on street with an old sofa and fridge in the garden. I’ve come home today after the house has only been empty a couple of hours to find some things moved in the garden. My kids deny doing it and my 6 year old (not exactly a reliable witness) tells me that one of the things was not in its current position this morning. So better late than never, eh? When we moved in, the house had an alarm but whenever it got powered up it just triggered so we’ve had it switched off for 3 years. There are 4 PIRs downstairs in parts of the original house, the big box under the stairs and the control in the hallway but that was ‘destroyed’ during building works. So anyway, as it stands I have space for an alarm panel under the stairs and existing cabling (which I think is 6 core?) to 4 PIR sensors downstairs and an alarm box on the front of the house. I would need more sensors (wireless?) for other parts of the house (downstairs extension) and any door sensors. Cctv is a whole other kettle of fish I have yet to get into. So, WTF is the gen on the stuff I need to know before I speak to an alarm clown, sorry, installer?

*cough* pvc/aluminium profile trims *cough* bodge.com

I found it impossible to get balanced and my cordless drill probably wasn’t up to the task anyway.

Lethal in the same way a shotgun is and probably less accurate

If that’s the silver line adjustable hole cutter... Good luck with that!

And it never will if you don’t finish it...

Got normal PB, skim then tiled for our over bath shower. 3 years and not fallen off yet