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Well cut joists into hangers against the end board would mean a lower ceiling as well, the plasterboard would almost block the top of what I presume is doors at the end. You you need to lift the whole end of the conservatory roof to put support underneath, which will effect the angle, which might affect where it is hung against the property. The tapered end is also most exposed to any elements and most likely in the longer term to rot. Are you expecting a flat roof on the insider or angled, if flat then there may be a way to put a support across before the taper to help take the weight, it would need to be where the windows meet though to help transfer it to the floor, you don't want to end up boxing a UPVC windows frame. I'm genuinely not sure what your best option would be. I'm not an ex builder, but I've had a fair amount of experience building porches, garages, side extensions with flat roofs and angled ones.

He bought the joists for a roof with an overhang and then you don't have one, hence the taper issue. But yeah, I wouldn't be happy with that

@LeMarchand I assume that a broken panel, you literally meant a broken Waverley Lap or Featherboard panel. Which you can get round here for £25 each for 6ft x 5ft, I paid £20 a panel only a few months back. Did 8 panels, new posts, gravel boards and concrete for £400 total, with a few friends helping with free labour. Apologies if it isn't this type of panel that is knackered. I entirely agree with you that you shouldn't claim on your insurance and your neighbours shouldn't be expecting that either!

Deeds might say who is responsible for the boundary, with the marking, they will only very rarely say what this boundary must be. Someone can use some string between two sticks to maintain the boundary, and they are meeting those obligations. Fences/ trees etc are owned by someone, someone paid for it and they are the owner, if it was the previous person who owned your property, then you now own it, whether you need to maintain the boundary or not according to your deeds. So the fence might be yours (as the previous owner installed it), no matter who is responsible for the boundary. I really don't understand why replacing £25 fence panels causes people to fall out. Going round armed with deeds is already over the top to me, you should have gone round and said, you thought the fence was his so he would be replacing the panel, he then says, no I think the fence is yours, then between you, you agree to replace the panel, maintaining the fence and good relationship (hopefully). I replaced the fence on a proportion of my boundary, I didn't need to tell the neighbours I was doing it, but I went wrong and let them know, one offered to contribute towards it. None of he boundaries are marked as mine to maintain, but the old fence was most likely mine, so I replaced it, one neighbour offered to contribute but I said it was fine. If a fence panel needs replacing one day, I'll replace that as well. Admittedly, if you inherit a fence you don't necessarily know who owns it, but don't rely on the deeds, as they don't say who owns what's there.

The Logitech Rally setup with a TAP system still opens and joins Zoom meeting etc. It opens then using the web browser version of the meeting, so it isn't as good as the full app obviously. You don't have to use the TAP part I don't think and just use the Rally. Our boardroom (not a school) has 3 mics on the table as well now and new TVs instead of a projector.

The reason limits take a while to update at POS is because it is PITA to do it. The firmware needs updating on the readers, where the readers connect to have to be updated as well, then we also needed to update the authorisation server as well! Was a nightmare to do. I'd love to say that I am sure big retailers have faster systems in place to do it then I was using, but given they are forever on out of date OSes etc, I would probably doubt it.

Yeah you have to take an actual picture, then post it them.

Lenovo Warranty for me at least has always been pretty good. Usually returned within a week of being collected, including during COVID.

You sure you don't just have a laptop with a knackered graphics chip, that as soon as the system tries to use it properly it fails. Normal graphics card can do it where they work fine, then soon as you load anything 3d it failed (i.e opened a game).

Honestly, as everyone else has said, just ignore her. She can home educate her child if she is that concerned or she can get an expert (probably from the US) to confirm her child has this condition, and what needs to be done to accommodate them. She can then lobby her local MP to get additional funding for the school to enact these measures, it won't happen. There's plenty of research which debunks her "theory" and "concerns", she won't believe any of it. Some people simply won't, you will just have to ignore her politely. The parent probably has a mobile phone, WiFi at home etc.

Techbuyer are fine to deal with, I've purchased from them before. Based up near Harrogate I believe, always found them helpful and responsive.

We can do, but there is an opinion of time versus reward as well, so they like to bulk get rid of them.

It's annoying that everyone is so desperate for laptops, as places like my place of work has literally 150+ desktops that will just be scrapped sat in storerooms as they replaced every computer with a personal issue laptop!

I haven't had a single notification that I've been near an infected and I live in a "High Area".

What are you telling us so? For the main system that is using some dubious import method and might not be great to have a breach or for the App to have a breach. Given that the App doesn't actually collect your personal data, I don't really get what the breach will be. Someone will be able to see where my phone went and who it has seen over the past how many days, using Google Maps probably does worse then that already! If you mean the actual Test and Trace system, then if you have had a test then you would be included, so you couldn't have told anyone so. Unless you actual mean you wouldn't get a test because you don't trust the system to keep your data safe, that is ultimately your choice. I kind of think unless someone is a selfish idiot, you could easily isolate yourself and not get a test especially if you live by yourself and not get tested. Just remember to take a trip to your local tourist attraction to test your eyesight.

I don't believe that same venue results in self isolation, for example I scanned into a castle yesterday, massive open area (I know I didn't need to). That's different to a small pub. I believe you get a warning but you are not told to isolate unless the proximity tags are there. My question is, if the a person who used paper track and trace at a venue then gets a positive test, how are the people there notified? Track and Trace surely have to be able to tag that venue as at risk. But Track and Trace have no way to tell anyone who used the App to isolate because they wouldn't know who they were. It makes a bit of a farce of the track and trace really, as no one really knows who should be warned to self isolate whether on paper (as they were there at the same time) where you wouldn't know how close everyone was they were to each other anyway. Or does the paper method assume everyone is infected but the App version assumes only proximity matters? What we have established is getting a working method is nigh on impossible!

Would it generate an alert if I was to put in a positive test result? If not then it seems entirely pointless scanning anything.

The places I visited, were basically making you scan the QR code in front of them or taking your details. I agree that is it only a bit of the problem. If someone who doesn't QR scan get COVID-19, then they inform the venue and NHS Track and Trace, then NHS Track and Trace presumably can send the message out that the venue had an infectious person there. I assume with the QR code way, Track and Trace can see where I have been as I scanned in, so they can now inform those venues that I had it, instead of me having to remember the name of that place I go lunch 3 days ago etc.

Having spent 3 days in the North East, going from tourist locations, places for breakfast and an evening meal very day. The rule was pretty simple, either everyone in the party scanned the QR code or you had to give details for a paper register, or whatever method they were using. Most places had a QR code on the table, laminated and they took it away to clean when they took the menu about. But they were encouraging App usage over the paper register for places, it is probably easier for them as well. Google et al track where you go anyway, so scanning a QR code seemed to make no difference to me. The biggest issue I had was the camera on my phone isn't the best, especially in the dark so I often couldn't scan the outdoor QR codes for places without additional lighting, and the app can't turn the torch on your phone on. This mainly affected none pubs etc, as they had them inside and on the tables as discussed. I was however in a fairly rural location, so the pubs were not full, so everything was very smooth, they weren't full of drunk people either, I imagine in a city centre it is a little bit more difficult to maintain it in such a smooth way.

If you bought a phone in January 2018, that you have only just finished paying off and it is on Android 5.1.1.1. Then you need to seriously reconsider your phone choices. I have a Motorola that was £200 in January 2018 and it is updated to 8.1.0. So works, or would do I haven't got the App on it, as my workplace has spammed it to everyone's work phone, so effectively I could have to have the App on 3 devices as I use them all at different times and can't always have any particular one on me. Which means I could self isolate myself twice by being positive on one device. Would be misleading for the figures for self isolating people, but I the most important bit would be I wasn't infecting people.

So people are wiping down the surfaces before they touch then, then not wiping them down after they finish... or you wasting resources wiping them down before and after. Logic says, you fix the problem, wipe the surface and gel/ wash your hands. Leaving everything clean, sure wiping first means it is clean, but not if your the person with the virus, so you have to clean again after, so you are wasting wipes. If you are doing unpaid overtime, then I suggest you speak to whoever your boss are, swap your working hours to come in earlier and leave earlier if possible (I say possible, not if it is "convenient" for the school, but for you to actually get to work) and make staff report all the issues, then each morning you fix the reported problems. So every day you are starting with working setups. This should avoid cross bubbles as well if everyone knows they can't use their classroom if they have reported a problem between this time and this time in the morning. Bear in mind, I work in a business and we have been handling and dealing with hundreds of laptops etc since April, we make people returning laptop permanently clean them before handing them in. When we resolve an issue for them that requires us to touch the device and they are present, we clean out hands first, fix the issue, give them a wipe to clean there own device and then clean out hands again. This means the end user keeps "in control" of the device itself, so they know it is clean as they cleaned it. Personally, I see teenagers getting off the buses and walking home, hanging around in the park etc in massive groups almost everyday. Even when there is only 2 of them, they basically spit in each others faces when they talk most of the time. So all the effort in a school although helps in that environment would be wholly undone by most people actions out in the wider public. However, I guess the risk is reduced while they are in school, so the overall transmission risk is lower.

You should get yourselves 5 or so reusable ones. The throw away PPE is not only expensive but stupidly bad for the environment. I suspect if the school provide it, you are looking at getting 1 or 2, so you'll probably end up needing your own anyways.

As per the guidance, that should be discussed elsewhere unless you work for/ at Center Parcs and are asking on their behalf.

Lease company (or finance company if it is a PCP), tell them the car isn't fit for purpose and why. Get them to fix it. If they refuse to help, then go through the normal complaints procedure then if a finance company is involved you can use the financial ombudsman as not fit for purpose. Not sure what the ultimate comeback is on a lease, you tell them to collect it, refuse to pay as the contract is frustrated in that they haven't provided a working/ fit for purpose vehicle. Then just gather evidence if they ever try to take you to court (unlikely and they have no losses really since the vehicle is returned). They can hardly claim the car is worth less as it is faulty, when ultimately that is the reason you refused to pay the contract as it is faulty and they didn't resolve it.

Make it play a sound at logoff says "Clean your keyboard and mouse" I mean definitely don't but it would be funny for about 3 lessons.