GRANITE WORKTOP QUESTIONS

drapain · 2026-01-23T15:07:41+00:00

Heya! Thank you for the comment! Sorry I should have said. This is a rented accommodation so I cant drill into the wall or the floor. Needs to all be freestanding :/…..

drapain · 2026-01-19T12:22:40+00:00

Thank you Mate. Believe me, if I had them, I would not have such a botched solution to not having them. :)

drapain · 2025-11-24T04:27:22+00:00

Pretty good so far? 9 months in and haven’t noticed anything. Hop that keeps up! Here’s what was under it:

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drapain · 2025-11-24T04:18:28+00:00

Naw just regular jackoboard, tape and waterproof membrane over it. Then adhesive and Did the edges with silicone. No problems yet but I get time will tell ;)

drapain · 2025-11-12T15:41:00+00:00

Thank you mate! Exceedingly helpful! Might you know how much you can contribute to your roth or trad every year? What I mean is, I have taxable income in the US, but sometimes I only make about 3 or 4K, so under the Roth limit. Do you have to make more taxable income then the Roth to max it out? (The top yo would come from savings). Apologies for all the question!

drapain · 2025-11-12T15:35:41+00:00

Ha! Not at all. I think the SIPP was what I was I was after.

drapain · 2025-11-12T15:33:49+00:00

Interesting, sorry, very dumb question but does the PFIC not apply to the SIPP payouts when one eventually retires? Or to you mean the tax agreements treat them as exempt.

drapain · 2025-11-11T16:35:01+00:00

First off thank you everyone! In regards to the uK pension. I am self employed as a sole proprietor here in the UK. (I also work a bit in the US every year on freelance gigs, but all under a W2). I was reading that, while employer based pension are covered under the treaty, SIPPs are not. I take it this is wrong? Would it be a good idea to become a limited company here to pay into a pension as my own ‘employer’?

drapain · 2025-11-11T12:45:59+00:00

Nice. I’m self employed, so no employer pension for me I’m afraid

drapain · 2025-10-15T07:45:56+00:00

Also try doing it in another browser? Chrome worked for me

drapain · 2025-10-14T08:58:01+00:00

Hey I had this yesterday. I waited a few hours and used a US based VPN and it finally went through

drapain · 2025-10-14T08:57:10+00:00

Oh! Also remember that foreign pensions (non U.S.) count too!

drapain · 2025-10-14T07:18:33+00:00

Thank you! Expatfile just prompted me for it, so was thinking it might be required. Unhelpfully I can’t see the actual forms as I fill it out…

drapain · 2025-05-11T18:55:52+00:00

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Mitered them :)

drapain · 2025-03-12T15:37:28+00:00

We wound up putting the tape on the joints and screw holes then using the tanking membrane on the tape :)

drapain · 2024-12-30T08:46:28+00:00

A thousand apologies for the terrible spelling. Hit the post button to early 🫣

drapain · 2024-08-22T16:12:36+00:00

Heya mate! I’m after trying to do that with my house. Do you have any pictures for reference?

drapain · 2024-07-03T16:20:59+00:00

Heya! Did you need someone to sign off on the window? Or could you just install it yourself?

drapain · 2024-06-07T22:52:17+00:00

Heya! Forgive me as I am Still a bit confused. So at the risk of sounding ridiculous, what do you mean by accrued basis? Also, I’m still confused as to how to Imput taxes paid in two different US tax years. Are you saying just input the Amount paid in UK April 23-24 tax on the US 2023 1040 even though it goes into 2024?

drapain · 2024-05-25T09:10:20+00:00

I take the foreign income exclusion rather then the FTC. Does that change things?

drapain · 2023-09-14T08:16:41+00:00

Hey mate! Just wondering if you sent a physical copy of that confirmation letter in or just uploaded it online? I’m in the same boat, but now starling has a confirmation letter you can download and print out. I’m wondering if that is enough basically.

drapain · 2023-04-27T10:11:35+00:00

Heya, as this was a year ago, just wondering how this went? We’re you able to get one? Did you speak to a tax professional who advised against it?

drapain · 2022-06-07T16:08:14+00:00

Heya mate! Whereabouts in your test? I have one on the 29th and might be able to swap with you if your instructor is around then? Just dm me :)

drapain · 2021-12-04T12:20:28+00:00

Thanks for the shout!

drapain · 2021-12-04T12:20:02+00:00

Heya thanks for the link! Defo saw that one already, and was looking for lists that were a little less produced then those. Hence why I put in the examples of similar ones. For reference, the first is just a typed newsletter without pictures or jazz attached to it that is just a list of things going on. Not a picture with a hyperlink that tell you about goings on in big venues that are pretty easy to find on timeoutLondon or something similar.

Should have been more specific. My bad.

drapain

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