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Yes please. I've noticed that the prices from diy shops are very much cheaper in the country of origin. They've still been on lorries just not so far, so there is a big mark-up here. BUT we got very big discounts here for large quantities. I mean 3 pallets as this post. Off he budget ranges, not so much.

I think the difference is that the gauge measures conductivity. through wet wood is very different to through wet concrete. I'm sure its fine from what you've said and done. If the repair is still damp you've sealed it so tats good too.

That shouldn't be after this time. A puddle of 9mm would have evaporated in that time. either there is damp in the whole floor, or the measuring process is wrong. I once had this with a huge floor that 'stuck' at high humidity despite heat and ventilation. it turned out I was using the gauge wrongly.

We built an office and got a D rating, largely because ashp was a radical thing and rated badly in the epc programme 15 years ago. Because they were rated as if straight electric heating. Now the programme has caught up and the same building gets a B, even though no changes have been made. It was a thorough and professional rating. I am aware that others are sometimes available that give a nice rating for a fee, or accept erroneous statements without question.

Solar panels with tanks on the roofs are common in Greece but rare in Spain.. I don't know why. So simple for free hot water, although the last in the shower has missed it.

add shoes and walking must raise height by 3cm? I lived in an old house and never caught my head on the ancient tiny doors because I developed a pace that allowed an easy ducking under. But I was often caught out when I turned back for any reason . Would I put in even lower doors to avoid this? that would be selfish and unfair on slightly smaller people. Perhaps round off the door frame liners or fit a quadrant. There is a pub near here where I can only stand between the oak floor joists in the ceiling, and my head skims the ceiling. I don't often go there.

Ouch. Very low doors you see coming and duck under. Slightly low doors are installed to catch the unwary on an up-step or doing a Columbo U-turn..

I would use gravel because it is permeable* and less harsh than hard materials. I'd also use gravel grid to keep it in place, despite the cost. That also deals with the drainage requirements that were rightly imposed fairly recently.

OK so it won't get soaking wet, and will seldom if ever have aluminium pans laid on it. Also less need for vigorous scrubbing, so it might be ok. Varnish will seal it of course but looks different to oil.

It cannot be, if we are thinking of slinkies here. They get their heat from the summer warmth being stored in the ground. At some stage in the winter the heat will mostly be gone It has been quietly acknowledged by ethical gshp suppliers that it is necessary to recharge the ground in summer, using solar panels, or reversing the process to chill the house and warm the ground.

Danish Oil I think. Several coats. As was recommended. I'm hoping for a miracle chemical that will bleach away the black. Rhubarb sticks rubbed in was one recommendation and it does work a bit. A patient joiner for 3 days with scrapers was the only real solution, but then it recurred.

you can have anything you want really. NB with sliding gates there have to be pressure stops in case a child sticks an arm through and gets crushed. I've tried to avoid this cost on the basis of them being non-automatic, ie supervised. but it seems that can't even be by fob, so needs a button at the gate to be pushed It doesn't apply to swinging gates.

We have an oak worktop and regret it. It stains black with water or with aluminium . Unless you keep it constantly re-oiled it is a problem. the stains go deep too and need to be scraped off with 1mm of wood.

That, and specified by parasites. they wanted the subsidies and were into greenwash.

On the project I mentioned above they were forever working on the heat exchangers. That may have been intended as a distraction from the real problem though: that it wasn't working because all the available heat had already been taken from the ground.