Ferdinand

I don’t know about this, but I am interested in hearing for the future. I know that there is an extraction limit of 20 cubic metres per day without declaring it, but I am not sure if you need to declare the *existence* of the extraction. Not whether using a hose not connected to the mains would contravene a putative hosepipe ban. F

Hopefully not a teetotalitarian ?

Perhaps you could take the opportunity to redesign your garage to be taller? Very useful in future for people with transits with lladders on top. Go for 3-3.5m height? F

Aren’t there chaps you can bring in with a sawmill for stone for a day for several hundred?

We can’t comment without at least some more precise information; planning, like anything else, has an argot, and some of the vague definitions are very considered and precisely targetted in their vagueness. Ideally we need the wording of the emails but that may be a bit close to home. Planning is a game of pin the tail on the donkey anyway; without wording or summary it is an entire beach full of donkeys. It is genuinely very similar to bistromathics. It would really help if you could quote or summarise. ? F

I agree with Peter’s numbers. The last Report I had was £250 or so for reports on 2 trees to give to someone to make him deal with them, ie notice now given and an assessment of what a third tree has done to a wall. I would think you could have someone commute from a long way away and still save some money. I can see they might be cautious given that it is slightly obviously dodgy. Perhaps if you had an agreement that the report would be offset against the cost of removing it, depending on how firm your intentions are. F

It will also help to see t( detail of the points he is making, and which LPA is 8nvolved. They have wide leeway, but they can’t do *anything*, and you can appeal if you need. F

So why are commercial housing sites of such questionable quality? On the numbers, my current potentially large - 3-4k repair job is looking at a day rate of about £135 per man through the books on a local roofing company. Not entirely convinced by your numbers @nod. 14k Tax a year is just into the higher band say 52k income for what you say is a 6 or perhaps 7 day week. If we take 130-135 at 275-300 days I am not sure it is that different once the swings and roundabouts have been swung and turned. F

Thanks for all the comments.

You need the vapour barrier to prevent the wet warm air from eg your breathing condensing in your floor structure where there is a cold surface. Given your ground conditions you could consider an insulated concrete slab floor instead.

If it is not too heavy stuff you are doing, permanent spray glue for picture mounting could be an option if you get a decent one. Would probably need an absorbent surface however.

I don’t know ?. Handyman is planning to try it as a solution in the local ATC when cadets break their shoes during square-bashing.

I used the glue on what was the side of the cupboard, and the activater on the furry side of the hardboard. Got caught out by the speed of binding when doing the first side .. virtually no time to adjust at all.

Anyhoo, back to Glue. Tried the Mitre Glue to stick the liner to my dead-built-in-microwave space. Goes off damn quick, and sticks like .. er ... anything.

Good weather for water cutting tiles !

May be an obvious question, but why not enlarge the solar array?

With @Declan52on this. It needs a few days to dry. I reduced this to about 36-48 hours on my last by using chunky dehumidifiers, but I had an electrician programmed and needed it done first. I spray the first coats for speed (would save a number of days on a house) for a number of whole rooms, and while still empty so as to avoid needing to do too much masking. Ferdinand

I sparkle anyway. ?‍♀️ Cheers.

We already did the YMCA. Behave. F

It says "buff" :-). Probably similar products are available in white. Probably need to play with it.

So I have a pair of french doors in a leanto, and the frame is attached to a house wall via a vertical batten, and I am applying a trim to cover the batten - about 30mm wide by 2.2m high to protrude each side. Suitable job for this glue? Or is it for more delicate occasions? A couple more to let me get a handle on it. Sticking a picture hook to a wall? A curtain batten? F

I thought that was the one that required a decontamination course re: Bubble Baths.

How does this glue compare to, for example, superstrong Evostick cartridge glue, such as this: https://www.diy.com/departments/evo-stik-serious-stuff-solvent-free-grab-adhesive-0-29l/212376_BQ.prd which also comes in tubes https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EVO-STIK-STRONG-STUFF-ULTIMATE-STRENGTH-GRAB-ADHESIVE-200ml-SQUEEZE-TUBE-/122800435904 Could someone compare and contrast. Cheers (I don't wear glittery nails) Ferdinand

Probably. Or not.

The things we get on Buildhub ? Waiting for the headlines: ”Kiss My Glass Scottish hospital closed when English woman turns up with French window attached to fingernail”. Only topped by a recent experience having sushi with 5 other men’s wives for an evening.