Definitely swing by for a chat

Probably go have a chat.
If CWI hasn't been done it could be put in through the EWI (preferably before the final render).
Of course if it is not done it will add to the final cost and hopefully they don't shoot the messenger if they don't like the message

Are they applying the render with render spray guns? Otherwise I can't see why it would be necessary to mask off the windows.

My render was also thin film type and on all 4 occasions it was done with trowel application without any masking and without any over splash although the footing slabs were masked off to catch any drips (there were a few)

Just got 2 quotes back for EWI (2 compaines didn't even bother replying). One was for ÂŁ173/m2 [90mm grapite EPS], the other for over ÂŁ300/m2 [150mm mineral wool]. These numbers seem outrageous. Has anyone any recent experience of EWI costings?

Slight hijacking of the thread

What insurance/guarantees do they have? I'd expect the providers of any such to require their members to be professionally behaved, so there might be an avenue of complaint if they weren't.

Yes EWI on cavity wall without CWI is at risk of being almost completely useless, especially if the cavity has not been carefully sealed at the top all the way round, so they really do need to get that sorted.

Kinda depressing if that needs doing but the EWI people haven't bothered to check/haven't told them/don't even know themselves.

The owners need to make sure. They should have guarantee certificates and an itemised invoice in an ideal world.

Posted By: RexThey are both high city flyers; he has a law degree but is currently a highly paid exec in personal equity debt management (whatever that means?) so I assume he has all his bases covered.

But may know absolutely nothing about the requirements of buildings - or engines or anything else practical.

When I was young ... we used to classify jobs by 'usefulness'. So somebody who grows food and sells it to the public is level 1. If they sell it to somebody else, they're level 2. And so on. People who make tractors get a fairly low number, people who make tractor parts get a slightly higher one, etc etc. We were people who designed computers at the time, so we got a pretty high number. But where do you put policemen and lawyers and politicians, not to mention artists and musicians? Civilisation ain't that simple, however cynical I feel.

<blockquote><cite>Posted By: djh</cite>When I was young<img src="/newforum/extensions/Vanillacons/smilies/standard/cry.gif" alt="" title=""></img>... we used to classify jobs by 'usefulness'. So somebody who grows food and sells it to the public is level 1. If they sell it to somebody else, they're level 2. And so on. People who make tractors get a fairly low number, people who make tractor parts get a slightly higher one, etc etc. We were people who designed computers at the time, so we got a pretty high number. But where do you put policemen and lawyers and politicians, not to mention artists and musicians? Civilisation ain't that simple, however cynical I feel.<img src="/newforum/extensions/Vanillacons/smilies/standard/devil.gif" alt="" title=""></img></blockquote>

We are well into our 70's and still at level 1 grow veg and eggs and sell at the gate (food yards) grow grass for cows to make milk. It is unfortunate that we do not have the level one activities in sufficient numbers which we need to fund the support professions we all rely on. Shipped so much out to China and far east and the country is too heavily dependent on financial services as our "export" The welsh farmers are quite rightly up in arms over having to give up 20% of land to trees and wildlife. Government have loads of plans to do this but no mention of where they are going to plug the hole of less production. With pressure on becoming regenerative there is no way farmers can produce more. Perhaps we should all eat less which would not be a bad thing.

Can't log in to quote anyone but...

AFAIK the new land payments scheme will pay for the land that landowners voluntarily give up, nothings mandatory. I beleive there's over 300 activities landowners can do

The fundamental difference between the new scheme and the old is that landowners now get paid for results rather than trying to do something and potentially failing, yet still getting paid.

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What's the problem with logging in? I'm using FF and don't see any problems. Are people using different browsers or platforms or what?

I'm using chrome on an android tablet. Personally if something doesn't work there's usually a work around or just not bother, or go to jail in the case of Post Office Horizon.

Whilst I had been problem free whilst a number on here were having problems a few weeks ago after an update to either edge or Win 10 I have started having issues. When I now do a post get a message "The information you’re about to submit is not secure". When I confirm I want to continue then I have to sign in at that point even though am signed in and remembered. I have to be sure that I am signed in and remembered otherwise my submission gets deleted and have to start all over again.