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My thinking was to loosely lay the first course of tiles, from left to right, lifting each one slightly to interlock the next, then adjusting the spacing so that the rightmost one ends up in the right place. Then work from right to left, lifting tile 2 to clip tile 1, then tile 3 to clip tile 2...

I'm not doubting you, but is this an educated guess or are you 100% certain?

I intend to. I took one of the existing tiles off the roof to try and identify whether it was Marley, Redland, or Sandtoft etc, but there are no manufacturer marks visible, so I'm still not certain, though at the moment my roofer has gone with Marley Double Roman Smooth Grey. I've attached some...

They are a Federation Of Master Builders member. I know that isn't a guarantee of good quality or knowledge in and of itself, but they were the first roofer I've spoken to that recognised that Building Control approval was a legal necessity, which at least gave me a small measure of confidence...

I'm considering having my roof replaced in advance of fitting Solar PV panels, and having new membrane, tiles, eaves ventilation, dry ventilated ridge, dry verge, fascias, soffits, guttering etc, and then fitting PIR board between and under the rafters to bring the insulation up to spec. I...

Anyone like to comment on my plans for flooring my daughters' loft so it can be safely used for storage. See photo. The ceiling joists are 4x2in (95x45mm), spaced at approx 450mm intervals. There are 5x2in (125x50mm) binders on top of the joists, 2m apart from each other. Between the joists...

I've constructed a 2.1m x 1.2m kitchen canopy (35 degree pitch) and I'm thinking of roofing it with Redland Cambrian tiles, so estimate about 40 required. If I can't get new ones (I'm told there is a UK tile shortage!) I might have to go for used ones, as there seem to be plenty on Ebay. I'm...

Thought I'd just close the loop on this one. I tracked the encoder down to be an ALPS Alpine EC18AGB20401 which I ordered 2 of for £3.56 each plus £12.00 postage plus VAT (Total £22.94) from Mouser Electronics. I had to shorten the shaft to fit with a hacksaw, but with a bit of disassembly...

Hi keen2learn, Yeah, I saw this when I was searching earlier. Unfortunately, not only is the PCB the wrong shape, but the actual encoder also appears to be different and dots in each corner (fixing holes maybe) whereas the one for the DXC71100W does not. I may well have to take the TD apart...

My daughter inherited the above TD when she moved house. She's only just mentioned that the Control Know doesn't work, and on doing a bit of disassemby, I can see that the Encoder Control Knob shaft has broken off. Does anyone know if it's possible to just buy the encoder PCB rather than the...