Good morning everyone.

Its dry at the moment but dark clouds are looming.

I'm giving Knit and Natter a miss today as my bed was too warm and comfy to get out of.  Yesterday had a trip to Plymouth with a couple of Knit and Natter girls and we had a good day out.

Good morning everyone.

Its dry and bright here.

Off food shopping and that's me for the day 

Morning everyone, a bright dry day here so far, but its all about to change evidently, tomorrow.

Starry in a way that's good the jabs are being done in 2 locations, because people can choose which, if any, they don't want. 

Diane I often get the day's mixed up for my groceries now I don't have it delivered anymore and I missed one episode of the NightSleeper series because of it, I couldn't be bothered to watch it on Catchup when I remembered. It didn't seem to make much difference. lol 

Well so much for the relief of having the porch finished. It looks like I have been ripped off yet again and I am so upset and angry! Briefly the porch has not been constructed properly and is just a timber frame with upvc shiplap on the outside and tongue and groove on the inside with a little bit of fibreglass loft insulation stuffed in between. There's no ventilation and the windows were NOT ordered specially for my porch/summer room. They were either some he had already in stock or he's bought second hand and they have no trickle vents on so they're at least pre June 2023.  The door is the same, no trickle vent. The door still doesn't fit properly and now doesn't meet the outside seal as well as the inside seal. The only good thing about it is it looks nice. And the best bit about it is the floor which I have painted in 5 coats of Drybase Liquid Applied damp proof membrane which is fantastic! It's white and forms a thick rubber waterproof seal from rising damp, radon gas and God knows what else. The tin cost me £50. But was well worth it. 

I have the Housing Assoc surveyor coming to inspect it and sign it off soon and I don't think he will be very happy as it doesn't meet the current building regulations regarding ventilation and when he finds out about how it is constructed and the windows/door he definitely won't sign it off.  I am fuming. I asked the builder to come back to fit the guttering on both sides as the water was pouring down the sides and not going to the front gutter, because theres not enough fall on the roof, and he came and fitted gutter on the door side but not on the other side. He fiddled with the door and now it's even worse than it was before. Yesterday morning the inside (room side) of the windows and door were running in condensation and I had to mop it up, the walls were also covered in condensation. This was after he'd filled in all the gaps where the front wall meets the side walls and water and draught was coming in. So now it's airtight on the inside pffft. He didn't touch the outside.

I am trying to find his address so I can send him an official letter pre Court after the Surveyor has been and left me his report,  asking him what he intends doing about it and if it's not satisfactory then I will take him to court. 

Peter my neighbour came round to look at it yesterday as I'd asked him to because I was so stressed out and don't know what to do about it. He said the way it's been built and using door and windows that were not acceptable with health and safety and building regulations he doubts that the whole lot cost more than £1,000 in materials. Peter said as he didn't seal the front and side panels where they meet the wind and rain will still get in and rot the timber frame and ruin the insulation and it will be full of black mould before long. And he said to charge me £4,250 was down right criminal. I just sat and cried and cried yesterday and when I got up this morning had an upset tum and was violently sick. 

I can't find his address, I only have his phone number (mobile), email address and bank details. So I can't take him to court until I find out where he lives as he kept telling me he lived in different places, from Charlestown, Pentewan and Polgooth. All around St Austell. I've checked online and found his Facebook page but he doesnt post on there and no details about anything I could use to trace him. The porch looks lovely, but sadly it's not fit for purpose and I've been ripped off financially. I don't know how I can find out where he lives to be honest. I feel a total idiot for being taken in again by a builder and it seems unless you use a big company you are open to this kind of thing happening over and over again. 

Oh and when I paid him by bank transfer the Bank stopped the payment and I had to phone them, they said did I realise I was paying a personal account for building work, it's not a business account. I didn't realise and so they said if anything goes wrong with the building work then they wouldn't be able to help me or get my money back. But when I paid I didn't realise there was so much wrong with the ruddy porch. I need a private detective to find his address. pfff. I'd taken a £3k loan out toward the payment of this porch, plus the money I got back from the first cowboy builder.  

Good morning everyone.

Its another bright chilly morning.

Paul, Maya and Lola are coming over and we are going out somewhere with a picnic.  There is a weather warning for later on today so hopefully it will stay reasonably nice for us to get out and them back home again before it arrives.

Still feeling ropey today  Another quiet day