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Are the Tram drivers going to be competent in full rules and regs? If not then how are they allowed to drive on the network - If they are then surely they'll immediately move to a TOC?

It took me 2 hours but I went straight down the M1 to junction 29 then along the A61, so my 38 mile journey turned into a 58 mile one. As soon as I tried to get up the slightest hill I got stuck so I ended up leaving it on Dronfield bottom and walked the rest. In for 3am with a beer.

Setting off now. Gulp.

Thanks for the reply. It's looking like I won't be leaving here until 2.30am at the earliest so fingers crossed.

I'm currently at work near Dewsbury and I've got to get back to Dronfield. Is the M1 south to junction 29 ok, and will I be able to make it to the Dronfield turn off on the A61? Thanks

I left our house in Dronfield at 5.30 and slid the entire length of the drive straight into my works van which was parked on the road. Even Shetland Road which is usually gritted is sheet black ice. I've had to dump my van and slid, literally on my a rse back down to our road.

How do you know he hasn't heard the official side, ie that of the company, after all they have information on their website, plus, the majority of posters in this thread have argued the other side. Maybe f.sidebottom weighed up the evidence and came to a conclusion, you know, like how people do with debates?

Goon, where are you getting your info from? Honest question. Because at the moment all I'm seeing is rich_b (in the main) giving references to his various statements and arguments where as you are just throwing out vague facts with zero in the way of further reading/peer reviewed articles. Infact you appear to be relying on nothing more than a slightly unpleasant, condescending manner.

You inferred.

No you're not, you are standing at the back of the room shouting "b*****ks" at rich_b's points (bar the wind direction) without engaging in any form of argument. He has outlined his concerns in bullet points in his 17:39 post and he has linked to peer reviewed articles. If he is so wrong argue against his concerns. Re: house prices If the anti-incinerators' actions are driven by purely selfish motives then that does not negate from the weight of any of the arguments raised if the arguments are logically/scientifically sound. And since no one apart from rich_b can claim to know the main driving force behind his stance, any speculation (that it is merely a selfish, financially driven campaign) just becomes a tedious internet forum ad hominem attack.

Goon, it appears to me that rich_b has quoted several peer reviewed papers which is apparently not evidence enough for you, yet you are quite willing to blurt out unsubstantiated "facts" such as "Incidentally, there will be more air pollution produced in the area from the increase in traffic than from the incinerator itself."

I'm trying to work out a budget in order to make an offer on a place that needs a lot of work doing. Some of it I have an idea about, other stuff, such as replacing a roof, I don't (or rather I didn't when I started the thread). Even now, I have heard varying figures (for the roof alone) from 15k to 75k. Now if it gets even half way to 75k then it's probably a no go or a much bigger mortgage. You said that I was cutting corners by trying to break the roof work down to individual parts and I just wondered why this was? I might be missing something that could bite me on the arse later and end up costing me thousands.

Thanks for the reply Mr. G Got to ask you a question though, why is it cutting corners? The electrician is a family friend who did a rewire on our current house and did a great job. The plumber is one of my best mates whom I've known for 28 years. He fitted the central heating and bathrooms for my current house. He has had his attic in his house converted the other year and recommends a father and son team he knows for the roof. Another friend of 25+ years is a kitchen fitter so i'm short of a plasterer and that's about it. We've just signed a rent contract for 12 months so there is no value in getting it done quick time. These are trusted and/or recommended tradesmen, why is it cutting corners? Edited to add: We have just submitted our sealed bid for the property so it's in the hands of the vender now. This all might be for nothing.

MZ, the rest of the street has had conversions done so I don't think it will be a problem getting planning permission for the conversion, however if we do buy the property we'd like to go up perhaps 3 course of bricks to take into account the thicker timbers and to give a bit more head room. They might turn us down for that? The other option is to lower the ceilings downstairs and get the height that way I suppose. Anyway, the property itself is a totally original 30s bungalow that needs totally renovating. This is why I'm thinking it might be as easy to take the old roof off, have the extension built, and then have a new roof put on. The plumbing needs doing through out as does the rewiring. I 've got friends who have said they will do these for me. I'm going to need it plastered through out (any ideas on cost?) and of course the roof doing. Now my Dad (in his much younger days) was a joiner and he reckons that a new roof frame should take 2 men one week to do? So if I work on £800 for each man for 2 weeks, plus timber (no idea of the price) then £5000 for felting and slate, £2000 for windows then I'm up to around £10500 plus materials. I realise that this is the slow way to go about it but we'll have around a year from start to finish. So am I being realistic?

Thanks Dan. It's just a ball park figure that I'm after really because this will affect how much we can offer on the property. I had an idea of between 15 and 30k. If it's 25k then that leaves us 30k for a rewire, heating, plastering, kitchen and bathrooms. It's going to be tight but I'll do a lot of the manual stuff myself.