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I'm doing a brick and paving slab step, as well as relaying one of my old steps.

For the new step the slab is 50mm thick, it's got paper on the backing. Is it okay to leave the paper on the slab when I lay it? The slab needs to be level with another one, so I'll only have about 10mm of mortar between the bricks and the slab, will that be strong enough? Also I'm doing some repointing at the same time. Can I just use the same mortar that I'll be making to do the repointing to lay the slab for the new step and the old step which is thicker and heavier? Thanks for your advice, as I want to make sure I do it correctly.

I'm doing a brick and paving slab step, as well as relaying one of my old steps.

For the new step the slab is 50mm thick, it's got paper on the backing. Is it okay to leave the paper on the slab when I lay it? The slab needs to be level with another one, so I'll only have about 10mm of mortar between the bricks and the slab, will that be strong enough? Also I'm doing some repointing at the same time. Can I just use the same mortar that I'll be making to do the repointing to lay the slab for the new step and the old step which is thicker and heavier? Thanks for your advice, as I want to make sure I do it correctly.

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I've just come across this petition regarding Widdrington Road when I was searching for information about the current closure of Widdrington Road. I drive down it every day and the surface is terrible. I also have a friend who lives on the road who's scared to cross the road now after a couple of near misses with speeding drivers. I thought there might be other people here who regularly use the road or who live near it that might want to sign the petition. As it's calling for road resurfacing and speed measures which would hopefully help make the road safer for drivers and pedestrians.

https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?id=689

I'm 47 and only really started to fully grasp how autism has affected me all my life last year. I've had three professionals suggest I might be autistic. But I always took what I read literally. Coming here has really helped me see all the ways that I've masked, struggled with sensory issues, and stimmed. I'm still waiting for a diagnosis. But I've been trying to be more aware and tell my family about the ways I struggle.

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Unfortunately, I appear to also be going through perimenopause. The hormones, or lack of them really kicked in today. I ended up snapping at my mum as I was stressed trying to find a shop she'd been to that she couldn't remember where it was, trying to focus on rush hour traffic, and my logical brain told me I couldn't park there because the only dropped kerb was blocked by two cars.

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I know now that when I snapped when I was younger I was having a meltdown. But I still feel guilty and spent years angry at myself for snapping at my mum. I understand that today I had a meltdown after an extraordinarily difficult two weeks, combined with being tired and hungry that tends to trigger meltdowns too, then adding the beginnings of what appears to be perimenopause rage. But I've spent years trying to control my emotions. Trying not to snap, not to get angry. And now I'm seeing myself having more meltdowns, struggling to cope with things that I'd have been okay with even a year or two ago. And I don't like it. How the hell do other people who are autistic and going through perimenopause cope? As I feel like I'm going backwards.

ETA I meant to add that I have a massive family history of heart disease. My lipoprotein A was 550 so my risk of having a heart attack in the future is very high. My sister had a DVT. I have polycythemia, and Idiopathic Intercrainial Hypertension. So lots of conditions that are sensitive to hormones or that increase my risk of heart disease. So HRT is unfortunately off the table for me.

I'm going to be selling my home in the near future. It's a 1905 terraced house, it needs a new main roof (kitchen extension has had a new roof on less than two years ago), it will probably need rewiring, if not at least a new fuse box, and new windows and doors. The bathroom had new cladding, shower, and taps less than two years ago. It's got a good sized rear garden and on street parking bays outside the front.

If it was done up it'd be worth £160k, one is for sale currently at £170k that's been on the market for several months but they tried asking £190k to start with which I think has put people off.

My house has been valued at £140k with room to drop down to £130k. I'm thinking of listing it at £135k to start with and am willing to drop the price. I'll also be selling it with no chain. Are there likely to be any buyers interested in it or do people not want to do up houses any more due to the costs of materials?

ETA I'm in England.

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