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I'm going to look for the screed manufacturer's info on this. I noticed that they had about 8 products and they will all have different absorption properties. We are currently measuring the air humidity in the enclosed space of the testing box. That must be an approximation. A probe will be another approximation as the free moisture content must be linked to the amount of impermeable aggregate in it. The only real test is to take a core and heat it and measure the water evaporated off it. That isn't going to happen. The floor will be engineered timber, and the manufacturer has nothing to say on the matter. The contractor changes his requirements when challenged, as in the initial post. Wants to seal the screed or charge an abort cost, so I have no trust in them. I will be there on the day and the poor chap may have a hard time if he plays at being technical. What I don't want is them walking off because the scam hasn't worked.

I've always found that they give the correct advice and don't sell for the sake of it. That's good business too as they started with just the one passionate inventor: was it 25 years ago?

So we found a moisture meter and set it up. currently saying 53%. I just know it can't be any drier than it is now, but it will be interesting to observe any changes with time or temperature. AI says 50% max for flooring on anhydrite. Other sites give very different numbers. But I came across this erudite site. Perhaps in the toilets. I'd take their site even more seriously if the page headline didn't use the word Moiture. Rhymes with voiture?

5% on a conversion. One big advantage of that is that the builder can own or hire equipment and it falls within he one invoice. VAT reclaims do not otherwise allow tool hire or purchase. But otherwise...NO. There is nothing to stop you buying materials, and the only downsides might be if you get it late, or if there is a problem with quantities/ waste.

Although I'm qualified I still engage expert SEs because I can't keep up to speed on all aspects. I might 'know' that something will work but have lost the calculating skills and haven't kept up with the changes to codes. It is normally prudent to engage a local practice because they know the ground, the local preferences, and are available for site visits. Equally an Engineer doesn't usually want work far from home, for the same reasons. That can change if the work is purely academic as in the analysis of a beam or truss. But that will be an unuusual case. So we can rest assured that Chartered Engineers are not going to use BH to tout for business, and free advice should normally be received as well intended and without any strings .... with the unstated subscript that the project has not been visited or examined in detail and no liability can be inferred. Which leads me to emphasise that a concerned owner might not be noticing the underlying problem or cause*, and a site inspection is recommended in mot instances. *That's why we ask so many questions which can annoy some correspondents who simply want an easy answer. Gus is not touting for business, but his advice is rounded and pragmatic and up to date.

I liked someone's advice in a prev discussion. Buy a German or German approved one. The quality will be good and safety thought through.

That all seems sudden. I know we discussed it on here a few months ago, but I've not seen anything in mainsream media. So perhaps HMG follow BH for balanced and knowledgable advice.

The issue is the height. That's 6m so needs a cherry picker. What's that £350? We will have one there but not fir a few weeks and I'd like good wifi on site and the camera working. As long as an attempt at a plug doesn't do any harm I'd like to go for it. If that's no good then we need a new cable and to fit it when the mast goes back on. What I haven't said so far is that we will also move the mast 3m to the left, as there is an office there. Where it is was to suit the scaffolding at the time. I guess it would be prudent to buy a ready made cable.

No we will have the cladder remove and refix it. Fyi the cladding is composite pir double skin on timber battens. Then behind there is the timber structure you see there. Vandalism? I don't think so.. plain ignorance probably with plasterboarders either damaging it or cutting off for easy threading. And further enquiry would very definitely find that it was Mr Nobody. The main concern now is that I might get a plug on it and it still doesn't work.

It's very high indeed so the cable isn't being changed. I've exposed the wires, and damaged one, thus demonstrating that a stanley knife is to be avoided. Amazon do a kit of a multitool (strip and crimp) plus some pass through terminals, For £22 so that may be the way forward. There's plenty of cable so if I fail then a proper person can still do it. We've lots of similar cables fof doing fancy things i'm not much involved in so someone will do it.

All my fault. I was just thinking we could turn the gas turbines off. But don't you agree that is a way ahead for water?

Thanks I'll check these references. I need easy. The cable is built into the wall and it's lucky that one person thought to make it accessible at all. Btw I think the cameras perhaps won us 20 mins production per day. "Of course we trust you but it is security."

So this? I find it hard to believe this is so cheap. That's for 10! They are half that price each by the hundred. Yes it's recent and was working well until someone decided to cut the end off. (That we have cameras is disliked by some. Perhaps that's why it's been accidentally damaged and no rush to resolve. So it has to be diy.) Do the wires just push in? I expect the colour positions are easy to research.Such tiny wires though: I can see me losing some copper along with the plastic. Is it a stanley knife or wire stripper job?

Repoint and monitor is the likely advice. Are there trees nearby?

For whatever reason, the terminal has been cut off the starlink mast, or extended with a wire. So we just have this bare cable. Any advice on how to fix a usb plug on it? I can try harder on focus if necessary.