Sue

singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The details are in the OP?s original message. Ah OK, yes I remember that meeting now. Apologies! I was there too. The union rep was giving out rather mixed messages, if memory serves. ETA: I was confused after RedJam's reference to a "protest meeting", but the meeting at the community centre and the protest outside the sorting office were two separate things.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > The Bays (Single Storey)probably do not have the > same depth of foundation as the main building. > Which may mean that although the bay will need to > be rebuilt, the house hopefully will be > unaffected. > Yes, that's the case, however I'm pretty sure it is not the differential depths of foundation which is the problem in this case, although I'm sure it doesn't help, otherwise the whole street would probably be affected. It is the fact that the bay was unexpectedly found not to have clay beneath it, but made ground plus silty sand, and then silty clay at three metres. The report says that their opinion is that damage has occurred due to consolidation subsidence. This has been caused by "consolidation of the weak underlying subsoil, which in turn has affected the foundations." More people are coming to look at it next week with a view to deciding what to do about it. Oh happy days.

To cheer you all up - I currently have severe (class 4) subsidence in my bay. They took soil samples and aren't even bothering monitoring it before doing whatever is necessary to sort it. Huge cracks outside and inside the house. Due to the underlying soil (bizarrely, not clay until a very long way down) and not to the street tree right outside as originally thought. :((

Don't remember a meeting? Who organised that? But my memory is crap.

Are you confusing fibre with cable? Or am I? Because I deffo had fibre with Plusnet. https://www.plus.net/home-broadband/fibre/ ETA: sorry, hadn't properly read your post.

FightingFit Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pants God you are boring.

Let us know the outcome, hopefully successful!

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Foxy. > > Well, actually someone calling himself Bill44 who > posted his opinion in 2006. > https://sourdough.com/forum/topic/389 :)) :)) :))

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Freezing Sourdough Bread.. > > Tip. > > There are enzymes in sourdough bread that will let > you freeze and refresh a loaf once only. > To freeze your loaves, first place in a plastic > bag and remove as much air as you can before > sealing the bag with a knot. > Then place this bag inside another bag, preferably > one of the heavy re-sealable type freezer bags. > > Foxy. I have found all that palaver completely unnecessary! Plus if you freeze a whole loaf, you then have to eat the whole lot at once after defrosting. If you freeze in slices, you can defrost one or two slices at a time. But to do that you either have to first open freeze the slices, or else separate them with something like easy-leave sheets, otherwise they will all stick together.

FightingFit Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...so what Another really useful contribution to the forum. Why do you bother?

Plusnet also provide fibre in the area. I thought every provider did these days, tbh.

FightingFit Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > FFS... another pointless idiotic thread FFS... another pointless idiotic post by FightingFit. If you don't like a thread, don't read it.

Crikey, glad I didn't come across that in my house :))

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------- > > Maybe our local MP and councillors might agitate > for some sort of local collection point for mail. This was certainly discussed at great length at the time, and if memory serves was raised with Royal Mail by Helen Hayes (our MP) - who also turned out for the protest, which the vast majority of residents did not. By all means raise it again with her, but she really did bend over backwards at the time to oppose this move, with very little practical support from most of her constituents potentially affected. How many people even wrote to Royal Mail about it at the time when there was still a chance to influence the decision? Various options for locally picking up parcels were suggested previously, but I have no idea how feasible they were. I believe it was Helen who suggested a vacant site on one of the small industrial estates round here. Possibly the one near Barry Road.

Isn't this just what we used to call filter coffee?

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you ,makes a bit more sense to me now ! > > Any advice on how to target my tapping on my new > Amazon Fire ? Or is it designed for young people > with slender fingers ? Should I get one of those > little stick/pencil type things I've seen ? I don't have a tablet, but I used to use one of those stick things on my mobile until my daughter unkindly laughed at me. I found that once I got used to it, using my ancient huge fingers on the tiny keyboard was actually quite easy :))

Dry skimmed milk is sold in Tesco as well as Sainsbury's and the Co-Op. Don't know if other supermarkets also have their own branded milk. It's probably all the same as Marvel anyway, only cheaper! And yes, I buy sourdough bread and then slice (if it isn't ready sliced) and freeze it. If you open freeze it on a tray, you can then easily shove it into a bag and take out one slice at a time, or however many slices you want.

DulwichBorn&Bred Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks Sue. I didn?t see that thread so I?ve only > found out today via this thread. Wasn't meaning to criticise, hope you didn't think I was, I just didn't want to repeat the information on here. We too have very fond memories of John, and will continue to support Chener books.

S/he has posted this survey on two other sections (at least) in this forum.

And http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?9,1964208

Erm .... http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,1962163

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,1935850,page=1 and http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,1935850,1959552#msg-1959552

I can't advise on the specific issue, but I suggest you speak directly to an insurance broker, or possibly directly to insurance companies rather than filling in a list of questions online. Though if you get a minion who just goes through the same list of questions, that will probably be as bad as trying to do it online ........ ETA: Or whoever did your underpinning may be able to advise, or possibly put you in contact with other people who have had the same thing done for the same reason? Obviously (or at least I imagine that) the reason for the question is because insurance companies assume that any underpinning is done as a result of subsidence.

Not sure how you could interpret my posts as looking for information on making a spiral staircase, but thanks anyway! My issue was sorted long ago and I now have no door at all to the understairs area, and a chest freezer there plus other stuff :)

In my experience some insurance companies lump every type of movement together under subsidence. Others don't. You may need to go through a broker?