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  1. Ferdinand
    Is there a moulded code or manufacturer or BS number marked on any of them?
  2. Ferdinand
    You’re probably lucky they did not raid your stocks of the medicinal coke. Is not Kermit in a Blender the red one, if I recall my tasteless schoolyard jokes correctly? What is green and goes red at the touch of a button?
  3. Ferdinand
    A longer term perspective than you thought you needed.
  4. Ferdinand
    Just trying to work out how to get into GripIt economically without making Deborah Meaden .. I think it is she ... umpteen times richer than she is already. The individual pricing of fixings and tools is so astronomical that the only sensible way is to start with the whole Trade Bucket, which means a stock of 100 and all the Tools for the sake of three fixings for one curtain pole. Any other way means ultimately paying about three times as much. Still .. must be done and they will be used eventually.But this feels like a decision I have made loads of times in the also 12 months. Best price I have seen is £50 here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/GripIt-Assorted-Plasterboard-Fixings-100pce/dp/B01MPY34UI F
  5. Ferdinand
    ‘Ollocks ! At least you only quoted the polite bit... The quote is from a Desmond Bagley Thriller.
  6. Ferdinand
    I think we all agree on Osmo. But can I gently question these £90 inc VAT per door prices. You could be approx 15% below that, and at least 25% for the slightly lower-quality Wickes version. Travis have their version of these doors at £78 at present including VAT and free delivery. https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/Hardwood-Oak-Suffolk-Internal-Door-1981mm-x-838mm-x-35mm/p/480461 And Todd Doors where mine came from have them at £81 inc VAT. The quality mightily impressed my joiner. They charge delivery but price matched the TP lower price at that stage (£72 last Nov/Dec iirc) and free carriage when evidenced. https://www.todd-doors.co.uk/cottage-oak-door You would perhaps get yesterday's price of £78.85 if you point out it is on the Google ads still this morning. Wickes are advertising their Geneva at 80 inc VAT, but trade is -10% and they had 15% off across the store (does not stack with trade) last weekend, which will return. https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Geneva-Internal-Cottage-5-Panel-Oak-Veneer-Door---1981-x-762mm/p/214699 Of those three it may be possible to assess the TP door at a local branch in Preston. Todd are a southern supplier with showrooms in that area. Based on that the doors plus hinges, handles, and latch, should be around £90 all in. Although paying slightly more to support a local business may be a good decision. Unless there is something I do not know. Ferdinand
  7. Ferdinand
    Is a Mexicano the same as a Geneva or a Cottage Oak? Ie simulated 5 vertical planks with a frame? I cannot find a Mexicano on the Howdens or Benchmarx websites. I am sure it is but wanted to be sure. Cheers. F
  8. Ferdinand
    Where are you buying from, and which model? The collective be might be able to save you some more. F
  9. Ferdinand
    Very much worth it If you have any medical issues. Osmo seems to be vicious stuff wrt asthma etc. Gave my handyman a horrible migraine too, even though he is generally healthy to fumes etc. And we were quite well ventilated.
  10. Ferdinand
    Might have rain and flood issues. ”If there is any water in the hole, remove it first”. No good in Manchester without a wet and dry hoover, then.
  11. Ferdinand
    Is potassium nitrate better than the now banned sodium chlorate used to be, used the same traditional way as suggezted by Jeremy? If it comes down to chainsaws I would get a cheap one in rather than risk the big one. F
  12. Ferdinand
    Notes that Airobe is an anagram of “I Bare, O !”.
  13. Ferdinand
    You need *shoulders and biceps* to be a real plasterererer...
  14. Ferdinand
    Good to have you joining. You are two thirds of the ghost of David Frost, and I claim my £5 .
  15. Ferdinand
    Yep. pretty much. I live in a chalet bungalow conversion done around the same time or a little later (2007 I think for PP) and have some similar issues, although some of ours (eg roof) seem to be done to a somewhat better standard than then Regs but nothing like BH ‘best practice’. It would be a significant project to redo it all, and would be difficult to justify. Tis why we often recommend to spend money on the 'fabric first' and keep the posh kitchen and the dog-spa for later, if the budget is tight. I keep coming across potential aspiring rental purchases where the cosmetics have been done but not the fabric, and it would be necessary to undo then redo to make it acceptable in the long term. Ferdinand
  16. Ferdinand
    An iPad Up?
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    The Wee House Company

    Ferdinand commented on caliwag's blog entry in caliwag

    To me that is probably inspired by Victorian Tin Tabernacles.
  18. Ferdinand
    it is not quite in place of. But you do not need the tiles or similar behind the area where the panels go. So you would have your waterproof Edpm membrane, with panels over, but tiles round the edge only. Here is J’s blog. It is worthwhile reading from end to end. http://www.mayfly.eu/ F
  19. Ferdinand
    If you dig around eg on @JSHarris‘s blog Jeremy costed his in-roof solar panel system. I think if you go for solar tiles the efficiency roughly halves. Jeremy's is in a conservation area. The cost efficient in roof solar are roof membranes plus panels and minus the cost of tiles which are not then needed. F
  20. Ferdinand
    The regulations and costs for solar are likely to be an issue at 10kWp, not 4. I have 9.98 and they just included all the extra admin in the price that did not feel too expensive. Cost for black panels and backgrounds with Solaredge and as 3 separate arrays some easy some hard was about £11.75k in Jan 2016 all in. Play the game right with saving on the tiles for a new roof and you should save a good chunk off that. I think you are within range, so I will PM the details of my supplier. It feels to me that you probably want a distributed solution for water heating, and to transfer the energy around via electricity or gas rather than hot water, certainly to the annexe. Several Distributed Sunamps? A monopitch on the annexe angled to catch the sun might give you a full 10kWp solar install in that one place. I make 800 sqft plus a roof pitch big enough for about 40 pv panels, which is 10kWp as near as dammit. If it is single storey or even a ground style array on a flat roof that will also hugely simplify any maintenance should you need it. F
  21. Ferdinand
    Edited .. not sure I was right.
  22. Ferdinand
    Interesting comment, @JSHarris. I think a painted surface would potentially be vulnerable to the treatment / environment. EG it would suffer if knocked in to a soil with clay or pebbles with a post rammer. Treatment might also be more complex if we had to get into heated bitumen for effectiveness. But perhaps a use for eft over painted damp proof course? That may work better if a hole Is dug first, but for me I would then probably be using a concrete post or spur plus bolted on wooden square post. The key point is that they will rot near or just above/below the surface. An experiment would be good, but all my current stock now have postsaver sleeves on them . Volunteers?
  23. Ferdinand
    The ones in the pic are 1.65m and 2.4m 80mm tanalised machined rounds for which I pay about £2.30 and £4.20 both inc VAT. Normal life in my soil in my experience would be 5-7 years or perhaps a bit more, and depending on the exact environment I have reused some after that time. With a postsaver I am expecting 10-12 years, but I have not had any in the ground that long. That is more conservative than the manufacturer claims, and since Network Rail and similar are routine users I am happy to treat their claims a# credible. Obviously it is horses for courses. For a longer life fence or a heavier load I would select a different post or perhaps go for a 100 125 or 150mm. F
  24. Ferdinand
    My first construction video, because we were putting Postsaver sleeves onto some of the fence posts in stock. There is also a blog entry with a little more information.
  25. Ferdinand
    A video I made whilst we were putting Postsaver protective sleeves on part of the stock of fence posts. It is a really excellent product, which should more or less double the length of life of a fence post, and takes little more than a minute to apply once you are set up. But make sure to buy direct from the manufacturer, because retail outlets will gouge you comparatively. The starter kits are particularly good value. And they do trade accounts if you have a repeated need. The feature photo repeated below shows an alternative way to create a long-life fence - use a repair spur and keep the wood off the ground completely.
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