Suffolk meet-up?

[LSB]

Alan, can I come and see how your cladding  is fitted for when we eventually get to that stage.

J & D

[G and J]

2 hours ago, LSB said:

Alan, can I come and see how your cladding  is fitted for when we eventually get to that stage.

J & D

That’s probably a better idea than going to see Alan’s piles.   😉 

[Alan Ambrose]

 

@LSB Of course, external battens are up, mouse guard is 1/2 on, cladding has been ordered - should be here in 2-3 weeks:

 

[JohnMo]

@Alan Ambrose What are blue squares on the roof and walls

[Nickfromwales]

4 hours ago, JohnMo said:

@Alan Ambrose What are blue squares on the roof and walls

Damage patches (plasters for houses)?

[G and J]

3 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

Damage patches (plasters for houses)?

Was it machine gunned in a drive by shooting by an irate neighbour? lol

[Nickfromwales]

4 hours ago, G and J said:

Was it machine gunned in a drive by shooting by an irate neighbour? lol

Prob more jealous than irate  

[Alan Ambrose]

Blue patches are the ‘handiwork’ of the dodgy wood fibre blowers-in. This was their solution to me asking, 1/2 way through the job, whether they had thought about the gable and eaves overhangs. They obviously hadn’t looked at the drawings I sent them or even looked at the building before they started.

[zzPaulzz]

I have blue Tescon patches on the inside of my SmartPly Airtight panels and roof membrane where holes were made to pump the cellulose 

[Nickfromwales]

On 20/07/2026 at 18:42, Alan Ambrose said:

Blue patches are the ‘handiwork’ of the dodgy wood fibre blowers-in. This was their solution to me asking, 1/2 way through the job, whether they had thought about the gable and eaves overhangs. They obviously hadn’t looked at the drawings I sent them or even looked at the building before they started.

They’re not exactly ‘colour-sympathetic’, but why is this ‘dodgy’? Is there more to this? 

[Alan Ambrose]

Well zero planning and no PPE were the first clues and then ~a dozen other things, some big, some small … probably warrants a separate thread.

[Alan Ambrose]

@zzPaulzz - did you use the Norwich guy?

[zzPaulzz]

I guess you mean Norwich Architectural Lighting? We did. 

[G and J]

44 minutes ago, zzPaulzz said:

I guess you mean Norwich Architectural Lighting? We did. 

As I (G) am wrinkly I’ve not a clue what a company like that actually does, in my world lighting meant BHS.  

 

What do they provide exactly?

[Alan Ambrose]

@zzPaulzz  I meant for a professional blow job. Payne Insulation?

[zzPaulzz]

Ah, no, not them.  This was the chap who did my insulation under contract from MBC.  

[zzPaulzz]

10 hours ago, G and J said:

As I (G) am wrinkly I’ve not a clue what a company like that actually does, in my world lighting meant BHS.  

 

What do they provide exactly?

They designed our lighting layout and supplied the fittings. I started doing it myself but It proved to be complicated with the vaulted ceilings etc, and I was holding up first fix.