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It might be a good idea to check the detail with the inspector. I wonder if there's been a little talking at cross purposes there? Having the insulation bonded to the plasterboard certainly makes installation easier (at a cost) but I think you will still need battens on the wall to create an air gap. For my garage conversion I discussed the approach with the inspector first and more-or-less did exactly what he suggested for the whole job. I used separate insulation and plasterboard (simply because it was cheaper) but there was no ambiguity about whether or not I needed an air gap and the battens were not just there to attach the insulation and plasterboard to.

Well, that's the frothing for May kicked off then!

Indeed. I agree, there are a few omissions and several small areas that could be better but it seems to be well made overall and the builder has clearly take time to ensure a good fit of the parts. My astonishment is not at what is for sale nor the quality of the item. It is simply the current price and still another day to go. IIRC these kits used to be on sale for around £40. I imagine the seller is also (pleasantly) surprised.

Well that's a landmark! I helped my youngest son to move out and into a flat with his girlfriend this morning. After 20 years it's going to be a new experience not having him at home anymore. This afternoon I have indulged in completing some wood butchery. Chris P Bacon and other carpenters should look away now! In addition to the main part visible in the loft there are assorted pieces (some carefully cut to thickness, some simply scraps) which I have screwed to the walls either side of the staircase in order to even things up. There's a roughly 10% variation, mainly along one side, which you don't notice from the bedroom side of the wall but when there's a staircase up the centre it becomes much more obvious. There are also some lengths of timber at various points to give something to screw into when fixing the handrails, plus a few more pieces just there to give something to fix plasterboard to. It is crude to look at but a spirit level indicates it is straight and level. Everything is firmly fixed down through the floor and/or through the sides into the floor joists with some substantial screws. There is very little movement when I push against the balustrade from any direction so I reckon it will do the job. All this butchered timber won't be visible. I am going to clad it in plasterboard so the walls either side of the stairs should will continue up to the top of the balustrade.

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Based on the information in Mike Storey's link it appears that American's call everything caulk, they just have different types for different purposes. After a while, grab adhesive seems to set hard so I imagine something more flexible is what is required to stick down track. If the aim is to be able to lift and re-use track then grab adhesive seems too aggressive and decorators' caulk might provide enough stickiness to do the job. However, I wonder if what Screwfix call "sanitary sealant" is what is required? It is very sticky, remains flexible and for track you'd need such a thin layer that any springiness wouldn't be an issue. Definitely has to be an acrylic one though with plastic sleepers. P.S. It's "silicone" not "silicon" guys. Silicon is used to make computer chips and as a hard crystalline substance isn't much good for sealing things. Silicone is flexible and is what is needed for sealing bathroom fittings (amongst other things requiring flexibility).

Although this is a serious topic and in many ways not a laughing matter, I couldn't help smiling at one aspect of this article. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43952652 Surely, if increasing the number of guns in a school by arming staff makes the environment safer then the same logic ought to make an NRA rally one of the safest places for the VP to be?! I don't want to trigger a discussion on guns. I'm just posting this in the "it's a mad world at times" category.

I had that problem too. Press the Continue button at the bottom right and they appear.

Life has been getting in the way recently, as it is wont to do, but things are now picking up. At the very start, I agreed with the BCO that I could fit a space saver staircase. This has alternate tread half width steps rather than the usual full width treads which means it requires less floor space. N.B. If you are considering this you must bear in mind that they can only be used to access a single (loft) room (a bedroom plus en-suite still counts as one room) and interpretation of the regulations may vary so check with your local Building Control before including one in your planning. The main reason for not wanting a standard staircase was that the layout of our house means that the most suitable position would have been right in the middle of the new loft room which sounds fine until you realise that you need to enclose the stairs at top or bottom. This would have meant either a central dividing wall in the railway room or turning our light and airy landing into a corridor, neither of which was particularly appealing. Opting for a space saver staircase meant that I only had to pinch most of the airing cupboard and a small chunk out of the built-in wardrobes behind and also that the structural changes are all but invisible on the first floor and only a little storage space is lost. The stairs come out in the loft towards one end with (eventually) only a balustrade reaching any higher. Look away now bgman. The staircase is in and fixed in place. The gaps and scruffy walls at either side will be lined with fireproof plasterboard as will the underside of the staircase where it protrudes into the built-in wardrobes behind. I will also be building a balustrade around the top to stop people falling down the hole.

I thought the same but then I clicked on the image to enlarge it and it looked like pale cream/yellow as, no doubt, Mike intended. An odd trick of the light.

On this thread? Yes. It runs from 1st January to 31st December I believe.

I suspect he's past caring now that he has a season ticket to the naughty step.

Excuse the slight diversion but a question occurs to me: what are the people called who lay cobbled roads?

Royal Mail seem to have a 10 day response time for complaints and leave it to the last day. An alternative is to speak to them on the phone. If you can bear to wait, I suggest you give them a few more days to reply to your email because this will give you a complaint reference number which might save you having to explain the problem every time you call, should you need to call more than once. My experience of using their complaints process earlier this year was that it is slow but the complaints dept. staff are intelligent and seem to want to follow problems through to resolution. I did insist on a written apology from the depot concerned which again to ages took come through but it ensured there was something on record. Don't let the ######## grind you down Keith.

Another news article reinforcing why the problem of plastics needs to be dealt with urgently: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43823883

... the more you f@rt the better you feel so eat your beans up every meal.

I think the gunpowders are either N gauge or the couplings are enormous. So not Dublo.

There is one at Worcester Shrub Hill. A quick search for images should bring up a few. It is towards one end of the platforms rather than the more central footbridge.

Judging by what you appear to know already, I'm not sure it would provide you with additional information. He does suggest "A more serious student of this line would be wise to read in British Railway Journal No. 53 a very interesting article by Warwick Burton." so perhaps that would be worth tracking down. A quick search brings up the following but there may well be other suppliers: http://titfield.co.uk/Wild-Swan/BRJ-Journal.htm

I'd forgotten that too but then it is the Christmas 1997 edition. I have just dug out my copy. Nice plan but it is a pity Barry didn't do a 'Petherick' and sit the railway in the landscape. (That wasn't the point of the article though.)

1898 to 1907

I agree with "for good reason". If a photographer aimed for the aqueduct in the background of the viaduct then too much of the aqueduct detail would be lost and it doesn't make for as good a good composition when viewed from the paths near the river Goyt. From our model-viewing helicopter position however we would have the advantage of being able to peer over the viaduct or through it which I think would be most attractive. Perhaps this would make a good exhibition layout? Taking your suggestion of a split at the tunnel one could have the station on one board, a hidden 90 or 180 degree bend, then the aqueduct scene.

In case you think I'm a map reading whizz, Compound, I'm not, I grew up near Marple. If it wasn't for this inside knowledge, I'd agree with your suggestion. Mind you, sometimes buildings at the front can provide interesting views of trains.

Except on the pilot edition.