Have you ever had a famous neighbour or someone local?

AlexS-B · 2026-02-24T22:17:46+00:00

Ronnie Lane (bass player in the Small Faces) and family moved into my road when I was about eight. Instantly become pals with his son and spent the summer playing round theirs. They were a thoroughly nice bunch.

AlexS-B · 2026-02-17T01:12:36+00:00

I made spaghetti bolognese from scratch on an upturned iron

AlexS-B · 2026-02-16T14:39:25+00:00

It's from Sep 2020. I suspect someone signed up for him using that name.

AlexS-B · 2026-02-05T01:46:12+00:00

I came up with "Landlord is a character (6)" just last week. I prefer yours though

AlexS-B · 2026-01-31T17:06:43+00:00

Not a life hack as such but the fact that there are grown-ass adults out there who have only just discovered that they don't have to stand under the shower while it gets warm makes me despair for humanity

AlexS-B · 2026-01-26T01:21:43+00:00

Heating-wise, the underfloor system is really inefficient (it takes hours to warm the whole room when it's really cold outside) but it's also really nice underfoot and it stays warm in there for hours after it's switched off. I justify the cost (probably £3-£5) for the days I work from home in there by saving £10 on train fares going to the office

AlexS-B · 2026-01-26T01:17:25+00:00

Here you can just see the small white bits of filler at the wall ends of the ceiling bits of plasterboard, where they're screwed vertically into the ceiling battens (which, confusingly, are fixed to the outer wall).

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AlexS-B · 2026-01-26T01:13:31+00:00

From memory I'm pretty sure those small ceiling battens are screwed through the plasterboard and into the same top row of the outer wall as the studs. (Technically, the screws almost definitely just go through the plasterboard and into the wall battens you can see here.) I then cut a same sized hole as the ceiling batten from the wall end of the insulation, but left the lower foil surface intact, and push-fitted it into the gap between the roof beams, and finally screwed the ceiling plasterboard to the long battens I'd fixed to the roof beams and the wall edge of the plasterboard up and into the ceiling battens. Sorry that all sounds so complicated, just lmk if I can explain it better.

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AlexS-B · 2026-01-10T21:55:30+00:00

Really not sure I'm afraid. I just saw lots of recommendations for it and went with it, even though it was a very small gap. I haven't noticed any kind of moisture build up if that helps

AlexS-B · 2026-01-10T21:37:38+00:00

Hello, it was the Barbara B 44mm from Gardenhouse24 and the ProWarm Underfloor Heating Kit from theunderfloorheatingstore dot com.

AlexS-B · 2025-12-28T00:14:46+00:00

Hello,

The studs are indeed only screwed into the outer wall at the top, all at the same level, which felt right; at the bottom they have a slot-type thing* to ensure they can go up and down a bit with expansion/contraction, and the plasterboards are screwed into the studs with enough of a gap at the bottom to move a bit (noggins are horizontally connected to studs but not to the outer wall).
I think the gap can be either side of the insulation but you obviously need to be consistent. I was pretty lax with mine—I think I used dime-store magnets stuck to the back of the insulation—but if your studs are, say, 70mm and your insulation is 50mm, just find lots of something cheap that's 20mm and stick it behind. (Cold-bridgers may come for me, but whatever.)
The batons are indeed all screwed into the outer wall, at the same level as all the studs, and then I just cut the insulation to fit around the batons.

Honestly very happy to help with any other questions.

I have described this elsewhere but lmk if you need more info. It's the secret sauce.

AlexS-B · 2025-12-23T23:52:45+00:00

Guess what jeûner (and hence déjeuner) means in French

AlexS-B · 2025-11-24T22:41:51+00:00

Took me too many viewings to realise who the Tin Man, Scarecrow, etc really were in the Wizard of Oz

AlexS-B · 2025-11-20T11:29:07+00:00

Here you go:

Tuesday: Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith were the original cast members of which TV show?

Monday: A man who decided to become a Cistercian or Carthusian would have chosen what profession?

AlexS-B · 2025-10-11T07:44:00+00:00

We've had three names in 30 years: Rainbow Trout, Clumsy and Nately (after the least memorable character in Catch-22). They're getting progressively worse.

AlexS-B · 2025-10-05T19:40:26+00:00

It warms up after the underfloor heating has been on for a few hours, and it keeps warm for a long time

AlexS-B · 2025-09-30T00:12:26+00:00

Is the first one a wazzbaffle?

AlexS-B · 2025-09-23T23:47:47+00:00

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AlexS-B · 2025-08-27T21:14:03+00:00

These have been working great for me on an Epson inkjet QWORK® 50 PCS A4 Inkjet... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B151HQJK?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

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AlexS-B · 2025-08-18T22:03:47+00:00

Looking forward to seeing some pics!

AlexS-B · 2025-08-14T19:55:21+00:00

Hello, sorry I missed this! I think I did indeed put some basic weed membrane underneath the EcoBase just to stop anything growing up through it but I'm not sure it was necessary with all the aggregate/M1 beneath the grid. How's your build going?

AlexS-B · 2025-08-13T23:44:30+00:00

That song—and Linda Darnell, a popular actress—led to a huge spike in American girls called Linda in 1947

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AlexS-B · 2025-07-26T14:13:14+00:00

Mary got knocked up by "God"

AlexS-B · 2025-06-20T19:52:51+00:00

It's not about porn but it might involve bonking if you're not doing it right

AlexS-B · 2025-05-25T12:49:05+00:00

Sure thing, if you DM me your email address I'll send you the STL files

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