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"can be treated as 2 separate lengths for TRADA table purposes" Excellent. So at least when the Council jobsworths tell me 'Just do it all the way up' I can at least direct them to that so they can tick their box. But I'm presuming. They may be very nice people. Would be very interested to know...

Nope, could be worse. Looking at it this afternoon. Wondering if I could get away with only going as far as the purlin. . . . . .

"Your payback from electricity savings will be about 1,000 years" Sounds plausible. But then it's not the ONLY reason. . . . . . "If you can prove by calculation that single rafters at that increased spacing can support the load of the window and trimmed rafters, you wont need to double the...

Thanks for the responses. I think 'regs' approval will definitely be needed because it's a structural alteration to the roof. If you could perhaps fit a very thin window between existing rafters I guess you could get away with it because there would be no structural changes to the roof. Now...

Hello, I'm currently looking at putting some velux-type roof windows in my loft. It's not 'habitable' but used for a bit of storage so with the cost of electricity going through the roof (sorry) I'd thought longer term I'd be better off with some free light. It would only be one or two small...

Hi This morning I took the angle grinder to the remains (aluminium frame) of a long broken double glazed unit to ready it to take to the tip for metal scrap. When I cut into it a lot of odd brown granular material started pouring out a bit like a very fine cat litter. I'm assuming this is just...

Thanks Phil ! That sounds like a vote of confidence for LIVE. Definitely warming to the idea of keeping this board. Much appreciated !

Amazing. Such is the power of marketing. I can understand people 'buying the badge' when it's a car, but not something that sits in a cupboard under the stairs for years on end. Now if we could just find out my LIVE stuff were the same Siemens ones. . . . . . . but somehow I don't think I'm...

OK Thanks John. Fair enough. I admit I'm basing my perceptions of cost on what seemed likely to me (I just paid £5 for a plug adapter from Asda) and also from seeing the Siemens stuff (and some other pricey stuff) on the RS website . . . . £100 for an RCBO ? Ouch. That said, as the cost is more...

I've recently got into my new house. Well new to me - old to the world. It's mostly fitted with the old Wylex wired fuse boxes. However a new consumer unit has been fitted but never wired in. It's made by a company called 'LIVE' - the logo looks more like 'lve'. It doesn't look too shabby. I've...