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  1. Curlewhouse

    Full house build.

    Hi, I've seen criticism of those tools on YouTube with guys saying they'd be laughed off their building site at work if they took one, completely missing the point that they are not meant for proper bricklayers of course, but rather guys like me who aren't. For the first layer off the base it's...
  2. Curlewhouse

    Full house build.

    Water, water everywhere..... I've been looking for an IBC for a while as a temporary water store on site until we get the mains in, and with some sort of idea of using it for rainwater collection for watering the garden and the like afterwards. When your looking for stuff on eBay sometimes being...
  3. Bricklayers mate takes tea!

    Bricklayers mate takes tea!

  4. Using the "Bricky" bricklaying tool.

    Using the "Bricky" bricklaying tool.

    "Bricky" bricklaying tool.
  5. Bargain IBCs

    Bargain IBCs

    IBCs for water storage
  6. Garage. My first blockwork.

    Garage. My first blockwork.

    blockwork for the garage.
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    Neighbours Plans are right to the Edge of Boundry

    Just a thought, but there is now legislation about disabled access - from what you describe, this would stop any access to your door with a wheelchair if I've understood you correctly about the distances involved. I don't know if there is any mileage in this, but maybe worth looking at. I do...
  8. Curlewhouse

    Full house build.

    Thought I'd do a bit more about the joys of the backdrop chambers (I just think they are a simple yet elegant solution to the issue of excessive fall). We're having 2 in the end as to do it in 1 would have been just crazy deep to have been dug - as you'll see in the bottom picture, imagine one...
  9. Backdropchamber1

    Backdropchamber1

    Sewer back drop chamber1
  10. Backdroppipework1

    Backdroppipework1

    Sewer back drop chamber pipe work 1
  11. Curlewhouse

    Is it just me or are evenings still getting darker?

    I think theoretically it advances as a set rate, but weather, cloud etc makes a big difference. I reckon we're up to about 4.45p.m when it's still just usefully light up here in Northumberland. At 5.30 now it's too dark to do anything much.
  12. Curlewhouse

    Full house build.

    I think that's a cracking lesson Bernard - a move of 1.5 metres making £2100 difference! I wonder how many people have missed out on stuff like that.
  13. Curlewhouse

    Full house build.

    Thanks for the comments re the criticisers, and I think your idea for their reasons may be bang on the money. No, luckily for us we don't have to go under a footpath or road, which I gather can get eye wateringly expensive in the case of roads where you have to pay the council for a closure...
  14. Curlewhouse

    Bosch Classixx Tumbledryer not heating

    I'd second that, I'd certainly suspect the element first.
  15. Curlewhouse

    Full house build.

    Services. I've included a few links in here if anyone wants to read a little more just click on the blue text. Sent off a few days ago to the water company to start off the process of getting a water supply and the foul connection approved. Luckily we are just going into a private pipe first...
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