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    Pergola of sorts

    got any photos buddy?
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    Pergola of sorts

    Bitumen sheets were my choice due to strength and durability plus weight. Poly sheets will create a greenhouse until the roof ends up green, then we have to clean it.... OSB Deck and Felt - Heavy and not fit for my aforementioned plans on the fence posts... Pitched roof and Shingles, heavy...
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    Pergola of sorts

    Ok, so i want a covered structure to cover my outdoor kitchen and hot tub. Pergolas to their name seem pretty pointless to me.... Hey Wife, lets go and sit on the patio with a nice glass of wine under them timbers, in the rain.... or blistering sun where we will be greatly protected from the...
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    Pergola of sorts

    So... Before i potentially waste my time (and money); is this a viable option? I am in the process of a landscaping project at home and i have created a space that we want under cover, i plan on using corrugated bitumen sheets as the roof so nice and light. I have put in new fence posts all...
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    Discoloured Render - splashback?

    Anyone??
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    Levelling garden - what to do by the fence

    what software / site was used for your design?
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    Levelling garden - what to do by the fence

    FOR 200MM i would use rock faced gravel boards with 3ft of post in ground, depending on what you are doing with raised area.
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    Discoloured Render - splashback?

    Hello all, I am looking for some advice on this issue at home, We had an extension completed just before last Christmas (so 14 months ago) and the "patio" has been like this ever since; I am just getting round to sorting it (another post on this). I have noticed some stains on the bottom of the...
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    Bi Fold door issue

    well..... seems a bit dead in here now'a days
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    Bi Fold door issue

    Hello folks, We had an extension built (what a joke the builders were! i had them in as i lacked some of the skills, ended up teaching them on the things i lacked but was out of pocket so had to keep them on the job!) we are now a year on and still snagging to be done. One of the issues is our...
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    Roof Lanterns

    Thanks guys! :-)
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    Honeywell EvoHome

    Howdy folks, Question for the heating engineers and anyone that knows! I currently have a Vaillant EcoTec Plus 624 running standard rads via an EvoHome, i am using all 12 zones plus a few are doubled up. We had 14 rooms needing heat. We have had our downstairs blown up and redone to create a...
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    Roof Lanterns

    Folks. Does anyone have expirence with Korniche lanterns vs Atlas Lanterns
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    Electricity Use

    IS it any good?
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    Electricity Use

    Its not about being able to "Afford", affording the bill is not the issue, the issue is that i belive we are using MORE than we should be... having a rouge power hungry "thing" somwhere
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    Electricity Use

    So- Fish tank is on an energy plug, it consumes 3.45KWH per 24 hour period / 95.2KWH in the last 30 days. I have a server and high end IT equipment – my comms cab and all of the kit consumes 4.21KWH a day and 127KWH in the last 30 days I have 5x 4W LED soffit spots on for 5 hours a night I...
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    Electricity Use

    that does not help me a great deal and its not instant, IE i have to turn off my fish tank for maybe an hour or more in order to get a meaningfull reading off the meter, never going to happen mate. I am looking for an instant or more efficient way. Perhaps even see what draw is being taken...
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    Electricity Use

    Has anyone got any thoughts on how we can monitor electricity use at home. For over a year now we seem to be using soooooo much electricity, even before the price hike and us being in a fixed contract we ended up in £600 debit on electricity only. We dont have a smart meter, well we do but its...
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    Extension plans question.

    Hummm well this concerns me, i have just paid over the odds for my plans as the company said all the right things pre-plans. ~ I will call my LA and see what they say and then go back to my architect
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