In the room. It's to vent damp that builds up in the sealed off chimney breast. They're usually on the side.

Also, how tattie is your chimney breast?

:) need to finish the skirting

I thought about that, but wouldn't that be loaaaads more work? I'm not brilliant with wood...

And after 2 hours checking every outlet and appluance and replacing one socket later... the reason the RCD tripping on the kitchen ring was because some fucknugget had taken the mains twin and earth, spliced a connection box onto it and run a small transformer for cupboard lights straight from it. Happy with their work, they wrapped the whole thing up in electrical tape and left it sat on top of the cupboard. Now, muggins here has had to unfuck this, and will have to tidy it up sharpish. And, because that has been done that way, fuck knows what lurks beneath.. AND I wanted to watch The a walking Dead tonight

Did you do the brickwork / foundations yourself? That's pretty hardcore (pun!).

Mr. flis did the foundations. The ground is sandy/silt so nice, easy digging in a little machine and the excavations held themselves up well. He had to 'barrow in 4m3 of concrete in an afternoon by himself. I thought he'd be dead when I got home from work but he had my dinner on! No, I forgot about the blockwork! Mr. flis did all the mixing/loading out while someone else laid them.

Any photos of the finished loft conversion? I've been kinda tempted by that idea for our house (possibly hampered by the probable lack of room for a staircase)

In some instances, building regs don't require staircases and you can get away with a loft ladder if there's no space.

Also you might be hampered if your roof trusses have a tie-beam (a beam that makes the bottom of a triangle, if you like), like mine

My lofts are only about 4 feet high, due to the design of the house.

I had a girlfriend that lived in an attic accessed by a ladder.

Was she called Alisha?

Any photos of the finished loft conversion? I've been kinda tempted by that idea for our house (possibly hampered by the probable lack of room for a staircase)

Also you might be hampered if your roof trusses have a tie-beam (a beam that makes the bottom of a triangle, if you like), like mine

That's hardly insurmountable. I'll be replacing most of the existing trusses and having to put in 3 204mm section steels measuring 6.6m. 2 for the floor and one for the gable ends to support the roof and the dormer window we're putting in.

A catapult to get you up and a fireman's pole to get back down.

It's not insurmountable, but it does make it (considerably) more expensive.

Or fall down

Is your council tax going to change?

I see our council tax has gone up again by £50. It's £2,301 a year now

I see our council tax has gone up again by £50. It's £2,301 a year now

Thought they were blocked by the government from doing increases?

My local council started charging £40 a year for garden waste bin collection, before you just bought it for a one off £35 payment.

Any photos of the finished loft conversion? I've been kinda tempted by that idea for our house (possibly hampered by the probable lack of room for a staircase)

4% is the maximum each year I believe as long as 2% of that is spent on social care.

I'm having a 4% rise next year... But it'll still be half of what Grim... Pays.

Very impressed by all the posts in this thread. Wish I was that creative.
Still, just paid a deposit for a new bathroom so hopefully by the summer I might have a toilet that flushes first time.

In initially parsed that as "I might have a toilet that flushes for the first time," which begged many, many questions.

In initially parsed that as "I might have a toilet that flushes for the first time," which begged many, many questions.

I have often thought if latrines would be more hygienic than the Turdises we use at events. Then I realise which private would always be detailed for that particular duty, and decide to stick with the devil we know.