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Travis have had their few years of aggresive take overs of the small merchants, now it has to be paid for. I've got an account with them but I'm not using it now, they put £25 extra on a bulk bag. I was only paying £30 per bag so that's a big increase they can't justify. If I go back to them...

It's worked for me in the past.

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The insects have already been tried. Probably about thirty years ago, I remember them trying to get rid of the knotweed on a NCB site in South Wales. It didn't work, either the climate or a native species killed off the bugs that were brought in.

Yesterday I was talking to a friend who works in the City. The way he explained the situation is like this. If you have a good party then you will end up with a hangover. What the Government are doing at the moment is staving off the hangover by giving out more booze. He reckons there...

'Compo' derives from composition. A composition of sand, cement and lime. Being an apprentice was useful for learning somethings.

Only in the hours of darkness.

or do it the old fashioned way and inch it up on two piles of blocks Done that a few times. Lifted some real heavy steels on two piles of blocks near the centre. Push the steel down one end, add a block, then push down the other side and so on. A couple of times we've raised steels up...

Use the rollers on scaffold boards. Or, eight of you should be able to lift it, stand astride the beam and move it a foot at a time.

You can move it on rollers, then hire a lifting genie to lift it into place. You'll still need to manhandle it though. That's a hefty steel, what does it need to hold up, are you sure of the weight.

On the last loft conversion I done, a previous owner had laid 4x2s across the existing joists to take a floor. The ceiling didn't collapse but it did sag, about 3in at the worst point. You need to put the right size joists in.

A 4X2 noggin in the centre of the board will hold it fine.