mrrusty's latest activity
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mrrusty replied to the thread Cracks under Steel Beam.I bet the payments made are ahead of the goods delivered and work done.... -
mrrusty replied to the thread Cracks under Steel Beam.Exactly. The builder has shot himself in the foot, because he has no get-out. By using his own SE, he's changed a build-contract with no...
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mrrusty replied to the thread Building over our water supply pipe?.Y, agreed, but Ivor has said the divert is a PITA and he will hand dig around the pipe. I've pulled MDPE through duct into our garage...
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mrrusty replied to the thread Building over our water supply pipe?.Why not just leave it in place and build over it, and close by put a duct across the new garage with a draw string in. Chances are the...
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mrrusty replied to the thread Need to cut disk of wood to plug hole.I have a piece of wood I span up on the lathe to exactly 35mm I use for this very purpose. I use a bit of 2 pack resin or epoxy to glue...
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You can purchase 35mm timber disks for kitchen cabinet doors. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CFLRY9ND/?th=1 Other suppliers are available.
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mrrusty replied to the thread Cracks under Steel Beam.Yes, I know that but that is a fact fairly irrelevant to the point I was making. If anything goes wrong as a fault of the design the OP...
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mrrusty replied to the thread Cracks under Steel Beam.If BC pass it, then probably it is what it is - the builder can carry on, and the BC confirmation would put him in a very strong...
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mrrusty replied to the thread Fibre Broadband - the last 10m....Just had mine fitted by openreach subby on behalf of Zen. I knew he wouldn't run the fibre to the existing router position and like...
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Never, ever pay for more materials than are delivered, or for work actually done. Never. If paying for materials up front, pay the...
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mrrusty replied to the thread Out building - shed.Looks more like a station to me.... :)
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A tiny bit more expensive with SIP's, but a 5 times better build & a lot quicker than making it out of studwork. My vote is for Mrrusty...
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mrrusty replied to the thread Paying half up front.Just no. In 40 years of employing tradespeople I have never paid more than a token goodwill deposit up front. There is no valid reason...
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mrrusty replied to the thread Cracks under Steel Beam.What the builder may not realise is that by doing this he has transferred contractual design responsibility from you to him. If he uses...
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mrrusty replied to the thread Beware of email forwarding from your business domain.which is exactly what I do. I just forward for convenience and to avoid continuously switching clients to read emails. Gmail allows you...
