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colorfill is a filler not a glue. The clue is in the name....

I suspect the door /frame is leaking in the corner. Get the hosepipe out and test it.

I'll second (or third, or fourth) the opinion that it isn't worth worrying about. Houses always have a few little wrinkles.

@noseall I agree, but foam has it's place. It has one big advantage in my personal experience; salt contamination doesn't cross it unlike wet dabs...

Now you know that, you'll prob do what I do which is drill through and wack a screw and red plug in to keep in position...

@23vc yes in my experience foam is really only good for boards if the wall is flat

My house has a load of board - squirt and stick, no waiting! Hasn't fallen off yet... The 5 minute thing isn't mentioned in the instastik application instructions.... No breaks, no kit kats :D

Not sure I totally agree with that. I think it depends on the brand of foam. I've found with Instastik that it skins rapidly, and if you wait too long, it skins too much to get a good grip. Pinkgrip foam which I've also used, seems to take a bit longer to go off.

If you don't want to muck around with wiring, you could just use smart bulbs and stick-up switches. Leave the bulbs powered on and use the stick-ups to control. I use philips hue and it's a very solid system - the switch batteries last years. You'll also get benefits like timer control, voice...

Yes, you could, but foam when initially applied has no body, so when you push the panel in place the foam will compress to almost nothing. If you want it 10-20mm off the surface, as your builder says you either have to build up even layers of foam, or use some wood blocks to stand the panel off...

If you need 10-20mm use a dab adhesive and pop a few screws and plugs through once it's solid if you want. Unless you fit some sort of timber packer to get the levels, you'll never use foam at that thickness. It's best used pushed tight to the wall.

I've been using this in honeytone for the last 4-5 years on teak furniture https://www.semco-online.com/index.asp. It doesn't peel and does give a nice colour. Easy to apply. I re-do it every year. Expensive but is very good. Buy a big tin, and it'll last ages.

Personally, I think you are going to have a problem, particularly with the gas. When I had a new outside box installed by my builder ready for a new connection, the gas provider made a huge song and dance about the builder even drilling the back box for some securing screws, in case they leaked...

go on amazon or anywhere else. Cross dowels for just the cross piece or bed bolts if you want flat head screws as well. Otherwise any metric bolt can be used with a cross dowel

@noseall I was responding to this. In the past surely BC would be the ones to sign-off conformity. If they are now asking the PD, it changes things dramatically. BC, particularly privatye BC, have to carry PI insurance against them being negligent - this was what the fuss was about after...

@tony1851 It's a mess. What happens with a DIY/self build small project where there is no architect and carried out using a notice? Are we saying BC will ask the client as PD to sign off? That's ridiculous - it suggests the client carries the liability and not BC. Or are we saying all projects...

Isn't that the truth! Hopefully as a someone who routinely works with many construction contracts that wouldn't be me!

@robinbanks, yes I know all that, but this looks like a simple 2-wall Permitted development extension that many would do on a notice. (except it's scotland....!) Interestingly, almost identical to one a builder mate was talking about recently. Council grant to build a downstairs bathroom of a...

@noseall maybe. But liability to whom? It is the clients ultimate responsibility to ensure compliance, and if the client and PD are the same person? Or are you thinking that BC are picking up liability, in which case we have a completely different kettle of poisson! I think this is a developing...

@noseall - yes, but what happens on a simple DIY-led project where the DIY-er or self-builder employs the trades. That DIYer might be competent to project manage, the trades competent to construct, but what if the DIY-er has no official bits of paper to prove "competency" as PD even if for the...