Ferdinand

Can you render the copings, or use distinctive materials such as coloured half moon engineering or glazed bricks, or something that looks sharper such as slate slabs or porcelain tiles?

Use one of those Thin Film renders? Or Perhaps get shares in Sandtex I have seen rendered walls with pantile etc tops.

I didn't build this, but some things are good. Most satisfying points are probably the location, finishes, and the excellent design given that it is the wrong way round (back to North). But the shower cubicle gets people talking, and is enjoyable. Gas on right, electric on left. Always have a chair in a shower. My favourite current item is probably the Bear-Fridge. ("Lee-Bear"). The un-wow thing is the out of line doors in the utility room. F

I'm interested in this. I do not know how to fix it afterwards.

I think an incinerator may be a little small if it is a serious hedge ?. Perhaps a metal cage pallet. Well away from anything combustible. Perhaps a bit pre soaked in white spirit not diesel for less smoke though others may differ. Have the stuff ready to add. Light with newspapers and dry fresh wood offcuts under a part of the pile with dry stuff on the upwind side. A garden fork to keep pushing stuff towards the centre. A hose handy just in case. A spade to beat out any stray flame fronts. Non combustible clothes, and perhaps a hat to avoid hair issues. Duffle coats are good. And some roast potatoes in the middle. In a biscuit tin. A bit of plastic may help it start. Just check your la notes on the website in case you have any flappy neighbours. And coffee or beer. And enjoy.

Not sure why computer programmers are considered fit to make tea... it’s a skilled job, you know? The trick with snowdrops is to wait for spring and notice where they are growing ?.

I listened to a R4 Today Programme interview on this report with the author, before it was released, last Thursday. The today interviewer spent the entire interviewer obsessed with getting an admission that “combustible” materials should be banned. Dame whatever wanted to have a serious conversation. Reminds me why I now listen to R5. At least they do not pretend that they are trying to be serious. You will need to press play on the link, but the start point is correct. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2gspb#playt=02h10m06s

If it’s a collared dove you can shoot it provided you can prove damage to crops. Or make like Cromwell and use a pike. if the head stays embedded in a rafter you get instant tradition.

These are a few Cash Plan providers known to me: Westfield Health - https://www.westfieldhealth.com/individual/health-cash-plan BHSF http://www.bhsf.co.uk/personal/healthcashplan WHA Direct http://whahealthcare.co.uk/our-plans/#personal Sovereign Healthcare https://www.sovereignhealthcare.co.uk/personal/ WPA http://www.wpa.org.uk/products/cash-plan/overview.aspx Orchard Healthcare http://www.bhsf.co.uk/personal/healthcashplan Healthshield http://www.healthshield.co.uk/ I am sure there are others. F

At least it isn’t a peacock.

In the past I have recommended Wallbarn for Adjustable Support Pads. An interesting product new to me is now available which self-levels for up to a 5% slope. https://www.wallbarn.com/products/balance-pedestals-paving/ I may use this or one of the competitors for my shed which has self-unadjusting foundations. Ferdinand

I think they should, yes. Unless it will cost them more than I think roughly £500 of officer time.

For future readers (if we have any ?) you can always access the records via a Freedom of Information request. Most places would also probably supply you the docs as PDFs by email.

I love that the instructions are only available in French. Can anyone price a new equivalent from the mainstream? Would about 10k be right new for one without the tracks that narrow to get through a door? F

OK. Having done the bathroom Objoke, what do we think of this digger? In my terms it is a micro digger not a mini, being 640kg all up, 85cm wide and a fuel tank size of 0.8 of a gallon with a 5.5hp engine? Is 4900 Euro = 4250 ukp a good value price for the built up version? By adding a couple of k you can get things like a 9.5hp engine and various shovels and augers. Useful for those developing a large garden as a general tool? F

We know the answer to that. Engages function-key @Onoff aka F-OnOff. Altogether now: Less time than doing a bathroom.

@dpmiller I think the obscured bathroom window is a little cruel. No view for you from the bath, then, unless you have a Camera Obscura in a black shower cubicle ! I thought you were in the back of beyond with one neighbour and the wild animals. Are they concerned that you will traumatise the squirrels? Will you? Perhaps removable-later obscuring film is called for. F

So the person needs to run and keep up with it ?. We have a chappie who walks 2 dalmations every morning, and one of them thinks it is a husky because it howls at ambulance sirens and police cars and reversing lorries. Great fun. District hospital is just around the corner :-). Need to look out the Hornit for the bike.. F

Buildhub prescribes a husky or a sheepdog ?. Personally I would say utility cycling. F

Ouch. Sympathy. This is a real life Paddington episode. I have my own tale of woe for another thread, which involves a supplier going bust.

As someone who has regular bop measurements, there has been a noticeable move back to traditional pump bulb over tech pump methods for measuring bp amongst practitioners.

As a counterpoint some of it can be included in the VAT reclaim if included as part of the scheme for Planning Permission. And there may be advantages to planning where eg a hill and raised seating area going, which can be built out of rubble and driveway gravel.

I used Geneva pattern to add perceived height to openings which were lower.

Sorry I love this sort of nerd query :-). The English Register of Listed Buildings has about 2400 entries which mention grey brick. Here and put grey brick (no quotes, just the words) into the Text field: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/advanced-search?searchType=nhleadvancedsearch Hopefully that will give you some relevant local examples. Ferdinand

Don't know about ceramics, but apparently a lot of the Great Wall of China,Imperial Palaces, etc is built from grey bricks. Tourists got a lot of it, but there is still some left ! Perhaps @Hecateh should have had some in her Great Wall. A chappie called Wenwen Xia wrote a Thesis about it: "An Investigation of Chinese Historical Grey Bricks of Soochow, Jiangsu and the Effect of Tung Oil Treatment" They seem to date back to 7000BC. Not sure if that helps an argument with Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh District Council Planning Department, unless you lob them at the windows. ? This might though. Late 1600s to 1730 are mentioned as desirable by the Georgians. Killed off by cheap London Stocks etc. https://www.scottishbrickhistory.co.uk/brick-development-through-the-centuries/ There is a bloke in Cambridge called Dr James Campbell who is a specialist in the History of Bricks. https://www.martincentre.arct.cam.ac.uk/research/building-histories/history-of-brick Wrote the definitive book on the subject. Should be cheap on Ebay as it was published in 2003. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brick-James-W-P-Campbell/dp/0500341958 There is also bound to be a museum somewhere with an Historical Brick Library and an enthusiastic chap or a lady looking like Fred Dibnah and / or Mary Beard looking after it. There are also a frankly worrying number of blogs about lego bricks. F