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  1. Ferdinand
    I try and avoid doing any major stuff at home, because eventually something will break and it will be down to me to mend it.
  2. Ferdinand
    Absolutely. But you know in advance how much they weigh and how big they are. We had 4 blokes when we did our student houses. You want the type with the brace at the top.
  3. Ferdinand
    I would not bother with the flipper panel personally. Fixed screens, a gap, and the shower positioned accordingly. There are various sources on eBay that will let you get a decent sized tray ie a big one, and robust reinforced screens for £300-400 give or take. IMO anything swinging or moving in a shower cubicle is the spawn of the devil. Ferdinand
  4. Ferdinand
    Ooer. BOHIC, please, M’lady .. or at least feels like it even if the price adequately reflects the cost of the service. I make that about 35sqm which is £700-750 per sqm or so. Or 600 ish with the discount offer. Would you be able to reclaim the VAT, which would help. In those circs, I would be tempted to try a professionally installed film which should be a lot less perhaps even 5-20% of the price (total guess plus an engineering half or double approximation as I haven’t done it beyond inside one window) then see if it works. Or maybe you do not need blinds on all of them. Plus blinds move so there would be maintenance and repairs at some stage if it is your forever house for 20-30 years or so ?. F
  5. Ferdinand
    @lizzie there was a thread in early June 2006 where @JSHarris and @PeterStarck talked about this, including a sample test doe by Jeremy. The thread is linked below and these are the photos. You can see that the film is hotter. The patches are halfway up left and right. Read the thread for the commentary. F
  6. Ferdinand
    IMO this is one area not to try and save too much money, as it is 1 so critical 2 so prominent and 3 relatively a big job which would be a pain to redo on big windows. Personally I would want to have an established and ‘likely to still be there in 10 years time supplier’ do all of it including fitting, so there was no ambiguity in future if there was a problem. I think would also place significant weight on people who have had it on their windows for some time, including visiting their houses. Ferdinand
  7. Ferdinand
    I think you need to post your spec ... what will it drive. But if they are appropriate Lidl and Aldi special buys have some good ones. F
  8. Ferdinand
    Such a comparison is basically meaningless until you know whether the figure is apples or oranges, and what is included. But each £100 per sqm on a 150k budget is £10000. eg Is the plot included, planning fees, curtains, kitchen gadgets, the wall mounted TV, the garden features that are developed 2-5 years later? Remarkable results are possible, but quite often several chunks get left out as these things are naturally nebulous. I am working towards building a rental bungalow or two, and the figure in my head is 100k-120k including plot and finishing to a good lettable standard with all paid labour for a 100sqm 3 bed chalet-bungalow. Possible? No idea yet. F
  9. Ferdinand
    I think I bought a 12” and a 24” set a couple of years ago, just to have the tools for when I lose padlock keys or have recalcitrant bits of cable that are a stretch for even big pliers or bolts. I guess I have used them 8 or 10 times since, even for things such as separating rusted studs. Will check which ones they were. F
  10. Ferdinand
    If you are using a grinder, then start in the middle so that the two end wires hold the rest of it steady until the last two cuts. Alternatively bolt cutters are surprisingly cheap, and can be useful for all sorts of things. F
  11. Ferdinand
    Sorry .. misread. Have corrected. Must still be traumatised by toenails ;-).
  12. Ferdinand
    It won’t be a garage any more. (Incorrect .. left in for the record).
  13. Ferdinand
    A small coda to this thread. The VW Passat GTE (hybrid) has been withdrawn and the new one has an electric range of about 118 miles (claimed) compares to 31. a significant difference. Currently on backorder until God-knows-when, however.
  14. Ferdinand
    Looking very very good, If it is Ironstone are you Northamptonshire way? I recall visiting an ironstone church near the M1-Kettering route from Simon Jenkins' book that glowed almost orange in the sunshine. F
  15. Ferdinand
    I think you can use permitted development rules, to do what they allow, assuming no restrictions have been placed on you by conditions to your PP. I would suggest getting your signoff and letting the dust settle, and then asking for an opinion from your planning authority. Dormers are not the most obvious things to decide, due to overlooking etc. You may eg end up with frosted glass.
  16. Ferdinand
    Also wrt the demolition order, that process itself will involve a period of notice (6 weeks?) to the Council, so have your schedules such that that is not totally on your critical path. On soil samples, if you know a man who can play a tune on a digger, you could bring it in and dig half a dozen deep holes to find out what is there in the places that matter. Record and probably sample, then refill. When we sold our field for a housing estate the first thing the developer did was to dig about a dozen 3m deep holes for soil samples. They did the whole thing in a morning. Our Phase 2 soil survey had cost 5 figures. It might also be an opportunity to remove any known minor contamination spots (eg where the previous owner stored lead paint).
  17. Ferdinand
    You're in? Looks superb, and you must be very pleased. I'll post it so that nobody else has to, now that you are "In Da House".
  18. Ferdinand
    Has anyone used this Company? The website is here: http://www.aplmidlands.co.uk/ The Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/AccessProductsLtd/ I am considering ordering some horse mats from here, and I note that on the FB page they have normal £65l garden wheelbarrows on sale at £10 - which makes it tempting to order about 4 if the van is coming anyway. But the website seems a bit flaky on the script side, so I need to at least talk to them and ideally get a third party opinion. Currently I'm being slightly sensitive because a horse mat company chappie I have previously used (Abacus Rubber / Mercia Trading Ltd) did a runner a few weeks ago while leaving his website still taking orders which lost me about £550 until it was successfully reversed by the Credit Card company, Cheers Ferdinand
  19. Ferdinand
    Look at the woods used by coastal engineers. Though something like the plasticised wood cladding may be suitable. A huge amount depends on the deals you can make, as we all know. Hmm. Is there a sheet material that would be suitable? F
  20. Ferdinand
    Think he wants a handmade cherrywood loo seat, and coffin.
  21. Ferdinand
    The mind boggles as to what would happen with @Onoff's coffin. New product: EasiOut - half finished coffins for Zombies.
  22. Ferdinand
    Remember that this will be England only. I will be interested to see what they come up with. Gove is a genuine reformer, and has done things in every department - personally I regret that he did not get a chance to continue with prison reform. F
  23. Ferdinand
    Did they spray that on? If so what sort of kit does it need?
  24. Ferdinand
    Devolved? And even though Direct Rule is in place that would presumably be the NI office rather than DoE. The NI Office is probably in a Brexit Border haze at present, perhaps ?. Bigger fish?
  25. Ferdinand
    LI see that Mr Gove is proposing an expansion of National Parks. The policy group is lead by one Julian Glover, who I think is a former Cameron assistant. This area is I think devolved so probably England only, and it seems to be related to turning AONBs into NPs. To my eye the big change will be a regionalisation of Planning Policy in the hands of NPs (small c conservative Nimbys?) away from local councils. I think it will affect middle england Cotswolds, Bucks etc, as the non-urban peripheries / North have National Parks coming out of our ears already. Currently NPs are iirc about 10% of England and AONBs 20%. What will the impact be? How does dealing with an NP compare to an LA? I expect this will be on Countryfile this Evening. Report:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44268724 F
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