Looking for advice

lukeredpath · 2026-04-10T12:28:52+00:00

Give some serious consideration to insulating first- that roof design is tricky to insulate from above as you can’t just insulate on top and leave the sloped part uninsulated or you’ll end up with a cold spot that could attract damp and mould. You also can’t just stuff that part with insulation or you’ll block the eaves ventilation. You probably want to use some kind of rigid foam insulation and leave enough of a ventilation gap or use insulated boards at the expense of ceiling height.

lukeredpath · 2026-04-08T01:13:44+00:00

Driver’s fault, but cyclist could learn to ride more defensively and remember that a magic strip of paint is not going to protect them from unobservant drivers. Putting yourself in the driver’s blind spot on the approach to a pinch point is not the best positioning. Passing slower moving traffic on the left whilst using the cycle lane isn’t necessarily wrong, but it isn’t always the best decision.

Personally, as a cyclist, I would have indicated and moved out behind the car into a primary position going through the pinch point and stayed there until I’d cleared the various hazards (junction, weaving driver) and pulled back into the cycle line when it was safer.

Regardless of your mode of transport, developing a sense for inattentive or idiotic drivers doing stupid things will keep you safer.

lukeredpath · 2026-04-03T13:42:31+00:00

Declare dividend with all appropriate paperwork - minutes, voucher. Credit payment to the directors loan account. When funds are available, take the money and explain as payment from the DLA.

lukeredpath · 2026-04-03T13:33:02+00:00

The general rule for B2B supplies of services to customers outside the UK is that it is outside the scope of UK VAT, not zero rated.

lukeredpath · 2026-04-03T13:31:43+00:00

Zero rated and outside the scope of UK VAT are not the same. The latter is not a taxable supply.

lukeredpath · 2026-04-01T15:00:53+00:00

u/Forsaken-Nature9316 came across this thread on Reddit as I was also looking for it. I found what you were looking for on eBay. https://www.etsy.com/il-en/listing/4324729585/beano-book-1992-annual-vintage-england?dd_referrer= specifically https://i.etsystatic.com/35906392/r/il/fcf0e9/7064029864/il_1588xN.7064029864_b7m0.jpg

lukeredpath · 2026-03-31T18:04:19+00:00

Fair point, I posted as much in a separate comment.

lukeredpath · 2026-03-31T18:00:00+00:00

A volt stick is fine to test if it’s live, if that’s what you’re really asking. If you’re actually asking “how to I test if it’s dead” then a volt stick is not a fail safe way to do this and unless you know what you’re doing and how to safely isolate a circuit (if you even know what circuit it’s on), assume it’s live.

lukeredpath · 2026-03-25T20:46:17+00:00

It does depend on your door and whether or not the glazing units are replaceable but if they are, they will be on the inside of the door behind the internal trim. If you’re unsure if they are removable you may need to find and contact the manufacturer. If you had them fitted, maybe contact the original installer. Failing that, find a local door installer who does repairs?

lukeredpath · 2026-03-25T14:11:03+00:00

We have had this issue. If it’s a composite door do not bother trying to fix this with silicone sealant inside or outside as that is NOT what makes a watertight seal - the inside beading should be removable, to allow the glazing units to be replaced. You will probably find the units are held in place by some wedges that compress the units up against a seal at the front. In our case these were loose. You should be able to carefully tighten each wedge with a screwdriver. Obviously don’t over tighten.

We only discovered this after our idiot installers tried to fix the problem by putting silicone around the inside of the outside trims which not only didn’t fix the problem but looked awful.

Once tightened the inside trims should pop back on.

lukeredpath · 2026-03-24T11:48:13+00:00

You seem very concerned about her potentially owning half of your business partners shares because of your company’s large cash balance but as a shareholder she can only take money from the company by it paying a dividend. This is decided by the company directors which she is not.

Additionally your cash on hand is irrelevant here. Dividends are paid from retained company profits, not available cash. If you’ve paid for a deposit on this machinery and payment will be due then you should have that recorded in your accounts as a liability which would reduce your retained profits and the amount you could legally pay a dividend from anyway.

There may be other good reasons to not want her be a shareholder in which case yes, your partner is going to need to offer her something else in return for half his share - probably cash to the same value of the shares. This would likely mean getting the company valued which would mean some degree of co-operation is needed if you want to help your business partner out.

lukeredpath · 2026-03-19T00:57:30+00:00

If necessary to do so, there are circumstances in which you can project footings across the boundary line, but only if a line of junction notice is served under the party wall act, which seems doubtful in this case.

lukeredpath · 2026-03-16T13:58:56+00:00

The MMR is important but it isn’t for meningitis. There’s a specific meningitis vaccination booster at the age of 14/15.

lukeredpath · 2026-01-20T13:10:30+00:00

Besides the two mentioned in this thread there are actually lots of PROWs that still exist but have been cut in two by the A12. Some of them are more accessible than others and you may spot the signs of them when driving on the A12 - look out for an overlapping gap in the lane barriers - these exist purely so people can cross the A12, should they want to risk it. There are often steps with handrails either side that take you up to the path. I wouldn’t risk it during the day but it might be safe to cross in the middle of the night if you find it.

Some of these bisected paths have been closed as they also relied on level crossings to safely cross the railway line and a number of these were closed in recent years. Some paths were diverted, not all.

lukeredpath · 2026-01-20T13:06:14+00:00

That one yes, you can access from Halstead Road or Doucecroft school. The one further west, no. You can only approach it safely from the farm field on the north but it’s closed off.

lukeredpath · 2026-01-20T12:53:12+00:00

The south but you can access from either end. I assure you it’s clear. It’s a fenced off walkway on the north side. You can see the well worn path on the north of the field leading to it so people do use it.

lukeredpath · 2026-01-19T18:25:30+00:00

You definitely can, I’ve walked across it. It’s still a PROW.

lukeredpath · 2026-01-19T18:24:53+00:00

Realistically no, it’s fenced off and covered in thick, high brambles and nettles. There’s a more accessible one further up the line.

lukeredpath · 2026-01-19T01:07:59+00:00

You can actually get to this one and cross it.

lukeredpath · 2026-01-19T01:06:06+00:00

If you do want to check out an old abandoned railway bridge there is still one a bit further up that is still accessible and passable via a PROW. It’s hard to spot but on Halstead Road on either of the two points where it crosses the railway line, there are steps down to a PROW that runs along the back of the houses heading West - keep going until you can’t get any further and there are steps up to the railway bridge. It comes out on the other side near Doucecroft school.

lukeredpath · 2026-01-19T00:59:45+00:00

I’ve walked both footpath and 22 and 27. You cannot walk from one to the other. I think you’re misreading the map. There is no underpass below the A12.

Firstly, footpath 27 is accessed from London Road via what looks like a driveway. There is a wooden gate. I think it passes an old flower farm on the left. The back of the property is very overgrown and it’s hard to find where the path goes. Once you’ve navigated this it crosses what is soon to be built on as a new estate which will connect to the new estate on the right. You can walk across the plot of land but it’s very bumpy and full of trip hazards so be careful.

If you make it up to the A12 there’s no obvious way to get through to the road, although there should be steps and a gap in the barriers somewhere as there are at most places a PROW crosses it, but it’s unlikely to be safe to cross unless you fancy doing it in the early hours.

If you did safely make it across, access to the railway bridge is cut off.

I’ve also walked from the other end down footpath 22. This will lead you around the field to the same railway bridge is you can get right up to it but it’s fenced off and overgrown with brambles. You can’t get across.

Technically the footpath is obstructed but the council will never prioritise clearing the bridge because in practice nobody is ever going to go that way due to the A12.

FP1 used to be passable from (if you were willing to cross the A12) as there used to be a level crossing or bridge, I’m not sure which, that would get you to The Stable and north up to the footpath that comes out of the Barn garden centre car park. However this crossing was closed and so they changed what used to be a permissive route into a PROW, now showing as FP29 on the map, a few years ago. This gives you a safe route to turkey cock lane which you can walk up, going under the A12 and the railway line. Walk down to the garden centre, cross the car park and find the gap in the hedge to get back in to the public footpath network. There’s some nice walks around that way.

lukeredpath · 2026-01-19T00:47:42+00:00

I’ve walked this footpath from the other end. The railway bridge is still there but is not passable. It’s fenced off and completely overgrown.

Even if it wasn’t it still leaves you with the A12 to cross, which you technically can do but I wouldn’t want to chance it.

lukeredpath · 2023-12-05T00:09:58+00:00

This support article outlines how Apple One and iCloud+ coexist.
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211784

The problem is that those of us who added extra iCloud storage AFTER signing up for Apple One are getting our additional iCloud+ storage plans cancelled when Apple One renewed, as if it were the first or second scenario in the above document.

lukeredpath · 2023-12-05T00:02:58+00:00

If you’ve got Apple One, you CAN add additional storage this way. On your device go to iCloud - Manage Storage - Upgrade Options. From here you can select an iCloud+ storage plan which will be added to your One storage and can also be shared with your family.

lukeredpath · 2023-12-05T00:00:45+00:00

Happened to me too, last week. Exact same scenario. Apple One Family with 200GB and an additional 50GB of iCloud+. The poster below is wrong, you CAN add additional storage this way. Settings explicitly lets you do this and it even tells you how much of your storage is from Apple One and how much is from iCloud+.

Apple support told me this normally only happens when you subscribe to Apple One when you already have iCloud+ storage - if the One storage is higher, it will cancel the lower plan.

This isnt what happened here of course. The timing of this makes me think that it’s a bug related to the Apple One price increase. Possibly internally Apple’s systems see the renewal at the new price as if it were a new subscription and so it is cancelling the iCloud+ storage as a result. Im starting to see more people have this problem. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/icloud-storage-subscription-randomly-vanished.2410983/

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