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I've tried and failed to obtain local timber when C16 is the requirement. So I was surprised and pleased to see that it is now being marketed. At the "future-build" exhibition in London I had a long chat with them. They were very knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and the rep clearly knew all the merchants personally. Scottish timber grows fast and with wide rings. I'd expect Kielder and more southern climes grow even faster. So it is never close ringed and dense enough to provide the stronger C24 timber. But I have never been able to get uk timber because the merchants get in Scandinavian wood for their own ease. I am assured that some merchants will get the UK stuff if we insist/ ask around. And it should be cheaper for obvious reasons of proximity. Plus the carbon credentials are much better, and rather incredibly, Scottish forestry supports 34,000 jobs and GVA is £3billion. If it sold more as structural timber, then they would plant more. They also seemed to agree with my concerns on timber being stored and supplied wet by merchants. They understood all the concerns about dryness and straightness. I guess buying local and just-in-time might help that too. Confederation of forest industries, called Confor. Confor.org.uk Nobody else came to the stand. There were thousands there but the agenda was more about "solutions" and tick-boxing systems. A lot of Chinese exhibitors selling robots incl plastering machines , lots of IT and computer modelling, but also earth bricks and marble. Overall... the future of building is systems and protocols. I couldn't work out what some stalls were even offering, and their staff couldn't always explain either. NB.. it wasn't aimed at self build or small projects.

Everything I'd guess. I'm getting very prompt adverts for things we are discussing but absolutely not mentioning in messages or searches. So that's the phone listening? I bought a watch and there were ads for watches the same day and since. Pointless as I now have a watch. Wood burning stoves discussed... ads appear. And other such.

They should be fine. Drills don't use a huge amount of power. I've got 2A, 4A and 6A batteries. 2A fine for drills and jigsaw, and multitool. and lasts for hours. 6A for the SDS drill/breaker , bench saw, vacuum, leaf blower. ( the latter two still need changing after 20 minutes) 4A generally not my first choice as they are a compromise, so are backup.

I'd say so. Most people just see what they see and won't be aware of the other issues. Filling a hole with concrete and steel is the obvious thing to do so that's what happens. They could be bolted down to exposed rock, use piles as support, include voids or mass materials in lower stress areas, reuse the excavated material include recycled aggregate. But with concrete readily available then that's what happens. Actually I don't know. Maybe other methods are already utilised.

It might not be terrible hard If it is cleaning of tools slops then it will have been very wet and that makes it weak. It is total ignorance... thinking a drain is a magic thing where stuff goes away. Yes the culprit should pay for a solution. I wouldn't want them bodging a half- hearted improvement. It needs a groundworker who doesn’t mind old-fashioned spade work. £1,000 deduction, some released if it turns out to be easier.

I'd be very surprised if there isn't a way. Needs some early collaboration between the parties rather than a linear design process. Having spent a lot of time in such cages, doing qc, I'm left wondering how the steelfixers got out. And how the concrete got to the bottom... how do we know it is well compacted? Doing the site inspections was much easier than the fixers job so it breeds respect for them and the detailer (both the Engineer and their draughts- person)... and my own designing for ease (feasibility) of construction.

That doesn't even happen for gross incompetence with lives lost. To me, the PI I had to pay was firstly an assurance for every client, and secondly it was in case of any inadvertent error by my business or a sub-contractor or engaged specialist designer. It didn't occur to me that we, or anyone, might be incompetent... ie only do what you know and do it well. Part of the training is to appreciate all aspects and know enough that you don't dabble. Eg a surgeon doing hip surgery knows a lot about cardiology but doesn't dabble with heart surgery. Fundamentally a dabbling and overconfident builder or a rogue designer probably goes out of business after a very big mistake, but some poor client is left with the consequences.

What is the context? What is being connected? Materials, and why you are concerned?

Interesting. Does this mean there are three dams of relatively low output rather than one huge one? Like in earlier centuries, having several flour mills along a stretch of river?

I don't know, but would be surprised if the usa has any ethos towards nett zero, or government pressure in that regard. I'd expect the blades could be recycled but that it is entirely a short term financial choice. I was talking to a polystyrene product manufacturer today. All their dust and offcuts get sent back to Austria, where it came from, for recycling...that obv is more expensive than dumping it... it's a choice.

I hadn't heard of that. Do you know why it can't remain as a base?

Having been in the shaft under construction for one, it felt expensive even before any mechanical kit. The land-rover drove us into the mountain to the man made cavern. There may have been 2 tunnels, one for pipes and one for people. Very James Bond.

We've had it fitted as part of the deal. Very fast when nearby. Very slow to nil at 30m away in the site caravan. As the project is all metal clad, we will have to provide boosters. The fitter asked why starlink when there was an O2 mast within sight. Well, because O2 don't say that reception is any good in the area and because they are right... it's very poor.

Re downpipes. Once the water is in the pipe it is well within capacity. But the constraint is in the inlet where a weir effect forms. So a single pipe with a big outlet can carry lots of water where a standard one cannot. The upmarket makes cater for this. Do you know what brand is being used? They should have info in their brochure or online. It sounds a bit as if this hasn't been designed and is just a sequence of events. Bigger gutters, big outlets, more than one pipe (and/or an overflow) and a fall, if possible, all help. Also, a downpipe near an end works less well than if centrally positioned. Bottom line is what happens if it overflows? Does it come clear of the house or run back to the wall?

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