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  1. Ferdinand
    My plasterer worked alone. And it didn’t seem to slow him down much. But the most recent was a small place.
  2. Ferdinand
    I used a micro fibre cloth on a continually running hose while it was raining. (!) Took about a day on a 10kWp system. Having the material softened really helped. I have one of the pro window cleaning systems. There’s a thread about it if you hunt. Worked well with tree fallings and some lichen in addition to dust. Given that that is only about 3.4m high along the roof, a small ladder, bucket and sponge mop might have some impact. ideally a telescopic sponge mop. Ferdinand
  3. Ferdinand
    No idea. I think that is Jami’s from the other thread. F
  4. Ferdinand
    This may be useful. Perhaps £100 give or take for a board lifter. Available everywhere.
  5. Ferdinand
    What is the wall area being boarded and skimmed?
  6. Ferdinand
    That looks totally open ended to me, unless there are other clauses or definitions, so you could take the space shuttle down there on a low loader in order to BBQ an elephant. F
  7. Ferdinand
    How difficult is is it for you to clean it? I have two Which are accessible, and two which are pains. I would have paid for the latter. Assuming, Of course, that it works. F
  8. Ferdinand
    Previous comments about have it. I have treated timber by dipping and painting and standing it in buckets. If it is fenceposts then consider PostSaver. It will perhaps surprise how much liquid is absorbed. F
  9. Ferdinand
    See previous thread here . But you are talking about several processes so take care with comparisons. F
  10. Ferdinand
    Is that because she is right of because she is your wife? ?
  11. Ferdinand
    Until They leave too ... ?.
  12. Ferdinand
    I have to admit I do not have extensive scrote surveillance experience ?, but i do note that people who have the option of parking in passively surveilled or not surveilled parking areas choose the former. Which means that presumably the latter will be future potential self-build plots for warriors with paperwork machetes who can get through the thicket of bureaucratic rules which keep them as empty parking areas F
  13. Ferdinand
    The classic example is isolated unsurveilled parking courts. Possible surveillance via a couple of windows makes a difference to the perception of the scrote. Love ‘passive surveillance ... also known as passive surveillance’ :-). Manual writer being paid by the word, perhaps!
  14. Ferdinand
    Too late. Ordered the 150PS 2WD Diesel version this morning ! Looking at the V70s you mention they look OK. The starkest comes hanger seems to be that MPG seems to have improved by about a third for comparable models. Tempting to get an old one to play with during the 12-14 week wait period, though.
  15. Ferdinand
    I think that passive surveillance and eg active frontages are in the last several versions of planning guidance nationally, and may be in the policies of your Council, which would make them planning considerations. F
  16. Ferdinand
    Has your PP now been determined? Problem is that now it involves new applications to change it, unless you can creatively meet your conditions. Caught me out when the Planning Officer abracadabra’d a cripplingly short time restriction onto a business change of use on the last morning, without talking to *anyone* about it, despite having been in discussion for months; CoU was about a third of the agreed lease length. First I saw was the decision notice. Broke the payback period for the project and made us engage in expensive lease renegotiations. F
  17. Ferdinand
    The ONLY things that are perfect and square are probably squares.
  18. Ferdinand
    Is thIs one of these zombie pieces of paper that only exists because an official needs an arse-covering document mandated by a nonbinding internal orocedure that no one has ever heard about except Geraldine or Ferdinand who wrote it as part of a make-work assignment during a student placement in 199x? It reminds me of being asked for a “Drying Certificate” after an insurance claim wrt a water leak. If no one knows about it I would knock one together in word, and get it signed by your architect if they will or digger driver / demolition person as ‘Demolition Contractor”, and/Or yourself, and just send it in, with weasel-words like: ”We confirm that the demolition, for which notice was given on X by Method Y (mention the notice you gave them) was completed on date Z”. If if there are any specific regs they will presumably tell you at that stage. Or you could ask the Council person to send you a blank one to fill in. F
  19. Ferdinand
    interestingly different situation. For me the big risk is a not-good job and unhappy tenants. I need it done well and reliably in a single hit by someone who had good diplomacy skills. F
  20. Ferdinand
    I do that very rarel6y these days, even if they ask unless it is a small job or favour of just a couple of hours ... but as a LL I offset against tax for normal maintenance, which makes it more rewarding for both sides to keep it the right side of the sheets anyway.
  21. Ferdinand
    Hourly rates here would be perhaps 15% below Jeremy’s quotes,depending on busyness, deals and whether the customer is a regular etc. Perhaps a plus or minus 10% tolerance on that. Less for cash in hand, of course. Ferdinand
  22. Ferdinand
    Ihave been a bit in 2 minds on all season tyres *and* 4x4, but looking back over the last several years I have had circs where I would benefit from both. On the Derbyshire borders, and I aspire to a weekend retreat in the sticks ? . This is the undulating bit of Notts ... not the southern flat wussy bit where 4 snowflakes stop the traffic. And who knows, I ma6 need to travel to the ski chalet in Switzerland. Also you get more towing limit and better towing ability , which may be important. I am more inclined to cover eventualities when it is planned as a many-years car.
  23. Ferdinand
    The last washer I abandoned on the street was taken away in a Rover 100.
  24. Ferdinand
    Yes. Forever rubbing itself in circles.
  25. Ferdinand
    I do not have the space for an auto-graveyard. Had to deal with one of those .. 3 x NSU RO80 plus a 40ft artic trailer ... when dad passed on. No one wants RO80s. Think of the children ?. F
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