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I'm not sure which way to go with this. Aforementioned FiL's is built into a 'retaining' wall so I'm not actually sure on the design. I'll probably have to go with a more standalone thing of the forno bravo type but I want a bit more of an 'area' with bbq than just an oven. I havent even worked out a site yet. Is smoke a problem?

My father in law (in Crete) has one built into a rustic outdoor kitchen. Yes they aren't quick. But like cooking a while lamb over a fire pit rather than a bbq you can't rush these things.

Following on from the hot tub thread, in the spirit of gauche cliches, has anyone got any experience of outdoor/brick ovens? this is merely a placeholder for the foreseeable. Not the commencement of a project...

Some inspiration https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/493214596664012225/ lovimg the the block work one

Halifax have eliminated the reward on our credit card so I'm looking for a new one. Liked the fact it was a simple £5 per month each for the wife and I on around £1000 spend and our normal bank. Need to get new cards and find the most effective reward for us. Most schemes too convoluted now and a grand is not really enough spend for them. more research required.

Found another 2"-er. Trapped in the bowl of the the food mixer. Wifey not impressed :lol: Tidied up the wasps a bit better today and liberally sprayed Raid. Not seen any buggers since. In between a few little jobs like soap dishes and bog roll holders

Literally just come back off 2 weeks 'time away' to find 50+ dead wasps all over the bedroom and ensuite. Quite possibly there's a nest in the new loft section. Which is a PITA in itself as I was going to insulate, board and shelve it soon. expect some ACME Inc DIY wasp extermination in the coming days. Oh and BFO house spiders. I've t***ted 2 in less than an hour that were 2" across

If I could kill 2 birds, I'd be spoilt for choice and the wife had a good chance of surviving...

Its not a holiday, it's visiting my wife's family!

I forgot noisy, incredibly noisy. But needs must when you make a living a from it. That was from Tuesday when we were out in the south eastern Med.

I don't have a boat. Awful, smelly, nauseous, expensive things. My father in law does though. I suppose you need one if you claim to be a fisherman. Bit nicer out there though

When you park your car, do you have to make sure all the tyre brands are the same way up and the wheel centres/logo in the same orientation?

A quality vinyl? Karndean/Amtico? We have this cheaper one in a bathroom http://www.polyflor.com/jh/products.nsf/products!open&family=lux&prodcode=CamaroLocPU&shade=3452 although I'm not sure that's wise.

From further investigations I am confident I have identified the "power" lead to the first alarm and the lead between the two existing alarm positions. I've disconnected this joint between them but to keep things safe I have terminated the end of each lead in separate old fashioned junction boxes and switched off the MCB. This is under the carpeted landing so reasonably accessible at the moment. I've also sort of laid a length of 3&E as described above so the bathroom floor should not need raising for this issue at least. I'll look for alarms themselves in a couple of weeks.

Looking at that second photo, it might look nice not to have a window board and have the upstand continue up to the window on the 'sill'. Avoid that claggy gap between the worktop and the underside of the board.

I know what you mean about the look. I'm surprised how good the really thin worktops look in the kitchen showrooms - it must only be the same carcass faced chipboard but looks really modern. Went with 30mm quartz though, with my wife it needs to be bombproof. Its a beautiful surface to DIY work on though like a granite surface table

It had crossed my mind, I figured reasonable sized round ones could be easily replaced in future. famous last words. Not sure why you're bothered, you're a dab hand at plastering now!

I'm due to cover up smoke alarm 1 very soon so will be taking the opportunity to put some cable in the floor and hope it's suitable. As before, the T&E from the CU is existing and goes alarm 1. From there, the 3&E will go to alarm 5, back to the space by alarm 1 out to alarm 3 and back, then up through a cavity wall to the loft to alarm 2 as shown. Approximately 33m which should be ok for 5 smoke alarms on 1mm2 cable. The link between 2 and 4 will be trick and worked out later. If I moved alarm 1 about 500mm so it was under the landing not the bathroom floor, I could maybe come back to this later although the I would need to leave a cable or drawstrings in place between 1 and 2 or I find another route up to the loft from 3 up the bedroom wall or something.

This will be fine.

The forum is full of them

You clearly need some very obvious nugget of wisdom that no one will point out till about 6 months after the event on someone else's topic. When you suddenly realise that's why XYZ happened. For XYZ read, "your UFH manifold wouldn't hold a pressure because all the pipes were not lined up straight."

Isn't that what inserts are for?

Having cleared the brain fog, I'm now looking at a smoke alarm layout here:

Following on from my questions, I am a lot clearer on things so I'd like to start a fresh thread focussed on a design. Smoke Alarms 1 & 2 were installed (badly) before the extension (shown by the dashed line) was built. They are connected by T&E not 3&E so were never interlinked even though they should be. I'm trying to find out the requirements I need to meet i.e. Buiding Regs and not break the bank. Consumer unit is under the cupboard under the stairs and the alarms have their own MCB switch. Alarm 1 has a JB with a cable in and out (floor void) and Alarm 2 has a single cable to it (in loft). So it looks like the Consumer Unit feed alarm 1 which feeds alarm 2. In doing some work in the house I now have an 'easy' route from alarm 1 to alarm 2 to replace the joining cable with 3&E to make them interlinked. But this does not address the issues with other alarms I may or may not require. The potential alarms are shown in the bubbles, 3, 4 & 5. The kitchen will require an alarm, shown as alarm 3 and I can get access to the normal ceiling area shown from above with 'moderate' difficulty. Nothing else planned for this open plan area. I'm not sure if I require an alarm in the utility but seeing as it has the boiler, washing machine and tumble dryer and its under my bedroom, I think it should. This alarm has 'moderate' access back to the consumer unit but 'difficult' to link it to one of the other alarms. Alarm 5 I am not sure if I require but it is another lounge area and has a gas fire. Again there is moderate access to installing in this room and linking to the other. Also, it would be nice to have a reset switch, shown S1 by the open plan room. Will one downstairs be enough? Do I require S2 shown upstairs? Alarm types to be confirmed once layout and requirement for alarms is decided. Also there's the loft(s) I suppose but no plans for those at the moment. Note, I don't intend doing the terminations myself now but I may have to put wires in the correct locations myself now for a professional to terminate at a later stage.

Raiding my ebuild account has brought up this: http://www.ebuild.co.uk/topic/18486-hard-wired-smoke-alarms/ (Save your breath, comments previously on ebuild) so the bathroom floor void one is the first alarm and the loft is the second, on a 'string' not a 'loop' as there is only one T&E Bloody hell, almost ready to consider an alarm plan.