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Why don't you try thames valley windows? they have a reasonable number of front doors on display With so many door models, styles and finish types you're probably never going to see the exact door you're looking at. But you can look at the quality

If a way was found to store electricity as easily/economically as gas or water, then this would be the biggest advance for humanity ever. There is absolutely zero need for time based charging of gas/electricity.

Yes, how dare they ride a bike, how dare they not pollute, how dare they not risk pedestrians lives by speeding around in a 2t lump of metal

On my daily run today, I saw three open virgin media cabinets (green roadside box with lots of thick black coax cables inside) ... a vandal could cut the cables and kill half the street for a week or two, water ingress could also break connections Please, if you reliant on internet access for home working switch to someone who runs over the BT network, virgin are utterly useless

Rockets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ex- I agree that they need to be used in > combination but Southwark haven't done that - they > have used LTNs to create a set of streets with > less cars at the expense of others who get more > cars. They promised fewer cars for all and that, > clearly, hasn't been delivered. > > When the data supporting that came out showing > that displacement was occurring the council told > us that "main roads are built for more traffic". > > Your list is telling by what Southwark haven't > done in Dulwich - no segregated cycle > infrastructure, a failure to deliver sufficient > cycle parking storage, no sign of any delivery > hubs and so the list goes on. > > Given we have them for another 4 years I do hope > Labour councillors apply a little more grey > matter, engage more broadly with all members of > the community and finally come up with something > that benefits everyone rather than just a few. Overall traffic has dropped not increased A few hundred posts ago you were moaning about the segregated cycle infrastucture at dulwich village lights and how it impeeded the traffic! Imagine the uproar if on-street parking was removed on EDG and replaced with bike lanes, not gonna happen

ab29 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What evaporation? There is no such thing - how can > traffic simply disappear? Where to? Only because > you don't see it near you, it doesn't mean others > don't. You agree induced demand exists? e.g. suppose LL was widened to a motorway with 6 lanes then more cars will flow down it? Then the opposite evaporation must exist if you constrain road capacity

Headlines like this sell, the DM online is the only news site making decent money and is the most visited english language website Unfortunately, it draws me in also, for which I espounge myself of guilt by subscribing to the guardian

I voted labour to keep the LTNs and I live on red post hill which sees significant rush hour traffic. How can anyone possinly vote tory to cut traffic pollution? ... we're talking about the party that hasn't put fuel tax up for 20y which has seen the cost of driving drop in real terms year on year. I'm sorry for those who think LTN is making things worse for them, but in aggregate and given sufficient time for evaporation, they cut traffic, nudge behaviour and bring cleaner air to more of us.

Blackcurrant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The problem is the infill, which extends beyond > the party wall and across the boundary but only by > a small amount. It's in breach of rules but was a > sensible thing to do from the builder's point of > view (it would have been daft to leave a huge > maintenance gap), but doing it without consent was > a mistake. Resolving the weatherproofing issues > should be easy. I doubt the cracks are related. > > The real problem here is ending up in a legal > dispute over something fairly minor with a > neighbour, which can have a horrible impact on > quality of life, with lawyers and surveyors > potentially aggravating things. I hope they sort > it out. The new extension should have been built away from the boundary line leaving sufficient space for construction/maintenance/ventilation. First extension wins and can build up to the party wall line, second extension needs to build sufficiently back ... unless prepared to pay for new party wall and remodelling of existing extension to attach to new party wall ... not gonna happen Infill was probably bodged and stuffed with glassfibre insulation, very nice for holding moisture and blocking ventilation allowing damp to infiltrate and cause plenty of damage ... as damage will only be noticed when penetrates through to interior!

I replaced 2, google for spindle matching, send off what you have and someone will turn you a new one

I've actually just installed 4 of them myself in a victorian bay (I'm a pro diyer), it's tricky and you need to take your time getting them straight, square and packing them out on an uneven wall. I would refuse to pay until fitted correctly, after all if you're fitting these things every day you should get pretty good at it.

RenatoMattos Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've been fined twice for driving on Townley Road, > once on 15 and again on 18 April'2022 between 8:00 > - 9:00AM. > > There is a sign for Monday to Friday between 8:00 > - 9:00 AM but nothing about "bank holiday". > > We have other bank holidays approaching so be > aware! Sign seems perfectly clear to me, so what's the problem exactly?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Be careful .. dont look like datum points for > surveyors to me > > Do not want to worry you but the picture posted > looks like it could of been place by potential > burglars. > Do let the Police know and let them have a look. > > Good that you have removed it. > > Take care > > Foxy Remove your house number as well, I've heard of burglars circulating vulnerable addresses by telegram as well

These are datum points for surveyors

With a large seating area and the corporate ownership assauging any guilt, this place will be laptop camper central. Get your lunch in one of the independents, and then camp in pret with a ?1.25 filter coffee.

There is tons of evidence, multiple papers published ... induced road demand was proved decades ago

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's simple. Your use is frivolous. Mine is > necessary. Exactly, that's how people think when roadspace is an 'all you can eat' resource When scarcity and recovery of environmental costs are introduced, people are forced to think if the car journey is really necessary. That's what LTNs and road pricing do

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Even with the extra money announced by the > government analysis by the Campaign for Better > Transport shows there's still almost 1,500 zero > emission buses missing from the Government's 4,000 > target and a remaining 66% of the current fleet - > more than 25,000 buses - to convert to low > emission. > LTNs and the very narrow focus on cycling is a > Tory diversion to stop us all concentrating on the > main polluters of the environment and the real > solutions to encouraging less car use. > The oil industry is big money for many wealthy > investors and the Conservative party and green, > cheap, efficient public transport is the answer to > less car use. > Labour Councils enabling Tory Central > green-washing policy - I have no issue about > voting them out. > If you really want solutions - follow and support > https://bettertransport.org.uk > https://www.medact.org/get-involved/?gclid=Cj0KCQj > w_4-SBhCgARIsAAlegrVP_iTUQ_ArTFTPWdx4rQl9Kz7WYDWca > 0GLMrRZ_Ea6ZpcVP9oNBVoaAq-aEALw_wcB yes, buses are the real pollutors of the environment here

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > More than half of Londoners use the bus at least > once a week. Research shows that people on lower > incomes, people of colour, women and younger > people, rely on the bus more than anyone else. > > But of course Southwark Council ignores this and > cycling is the only measurement that matters..... > No plans for bus lanes, no plans for local green > buses - but LTNs implemented that slow down bus > journeys and leave buses idling in stationary > traffic - just consider Croxted - next it will be > bus lanes swapped out for cycle lanes. It's time > for this Council to be voted out. > > https://twitter.com/LonTravelWatch/status/15069565 > 52695173123?s=20&t=fQvGtrewvwN-StkkcTiwgw I would take your comments more seriously if just *once* you would criticise frivolous car use - which is by far the largest impediment to bus usage

Castleton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How ridiculous! I rarely need a branch but went to > Peckham last week, and the staff were so > busy/helpful. > > As it happened, I needed counter service, and took > to London Bridge. What a difference! > > Greeting staff more interested in their > conversation, and 3 counter staff with nothing to > do, place was empty! "How ridiculous! I rarely need a branch" ... and this is why it's closing

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But to follow up on penguins point > > They can't tell what sort of engine the vehicle is > using > If 100 hybrids or electric go over it on battery > power for example, it still counts then as cars > and therefore the calculated figures will be > inaccurate. > > Therefore "guestimated" figures based solely on > volume not engine type are at best misleading at > wirst just completely wrong. yes, lets put a person on every street to do the counts, 24/7 x 365, shouldn't cost a lot or we could look at waze/sat nav data, scoot data, local car registrations and the resulting data models built, back tested and refined over the past 40 years and rely on the fact that this can be correctly estimated within a couple of percent

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And back to LTNs.. does anyone know when Southwark > will release any data on pollution levels (NOx and > PM) - although the Mayor has answered a question > about ED Grove pollution monitors, by indicating > there is no direct monitoring on ED Grove - can > this be confirmed? Do you see a small shipping sized container construction on EDG? Because this is what a pollution monitor looks like, they cost hundreds of thousands to buy and tens/hundreds of thousands to run each year ... that's why there are only a handful in southwark, because pollution figures can be accurately extrapolated from traffic volumes.

I did my upper floors with wire mesh and rockwool, this was necessary for fire resistance since it will stay in place during a fire. On my ground floor I used ply strips as I found wire mesh more fiddly in this situation and couldn't get my power stapler into the space. I was also able to bed the celotex slabs down on the ply strips with foam for airtightness. Insulation is a big disruptive job, but it makes your house extremely comfortable if done well ... need to pay attention to ventilation and air tightness. On a cold winters day, around 7pm before the heating kicks in, my upper floors still have retained heat from the morning when the heating turned off 12h earlier.

PS. I don't know your exact situation, but clearing out the cellar is the option I would explore. You can then insulate from underneath and avoid ripping up and replacing the floor ... it's a pain to get old floorboards up without damaging them and you may have to remove skirting as well.

I screwed in underneath the joists some marine ply strips (18mm thick, 1.2mm long, about 200mm wide) perpendicular to the joists ... lucky had enough clearance underneath to get a right angle cordless driver in. These strips will support the solid foam insulation between the joists and still allow airflow. If one was to just stuff the hole subfloor with rockwool/glasswool, there would be no ventilation to the joists and they'd get damp and rot. The joists were 220mm deep, so put first layer of 100mm celotex insulation ... loose fit, expanding foam the edges ... then but a second layer in + foam and topped off with 20mm insulation + foam Wood is a good insulator, so no real need to insulate on top, but another 20mm wouldn't hurt if you have the depth. Don't try and cut insulation exactly, just undercut it and get a good foam gun ... most builders don't realise cold air will just bypass insulation through gaps. While you've got the floor up: make sure no rot, check any mid joist supports are good (usually a few bricks) and make sure air bricks are clear ... if you block off the ventilation to the subfloor, then you'll get rot.