Nicolas Paice asked:


A garage is an integral part of your property, it adorns the side of your property and its presence perhaps sets your property apart from your immediate neighbours. If it’s an eyesore it may diminish the value of your property whilst an independent survey by a leading Building Society has shown that your investment and more can be recouped with the addition of a new garage.  

 

You may only purchase a concrete building once or maybe twice in your lifetime and so our advice is to ignore the marketing ‘spin’ and make your informed choice using the following set of guidelines.

 

Testimonials: Many of us may already have friends and relatives who have recently purchased such a building. Where did they buy it from? What is the brand of the garage? Did the whole transaction run smoothly? After all, a company’s reputation is only as good as its last customer interaction.

 

Construction: Not all garage companies offer the same level of installation and guarantee. Ensure that the concrete panels are mastic sealed, that an internal cement fillet is provided. One also imagines that if something as a simple a leak was reported the manufacturer would without quibble rectify the fault? Don’t hold your breathe, a guarantee rosette maybe brandished but some guarantee statements contain clauses designed to tie the consumer in a noose.

 

Brand: Many of the components found within concrete buildings are household brand names with service and support to match. Enquire as to the brand of the main door for example, if you don’t recognise the name then walk away. Remaining on the subject of garage doors, do ensure that your door is supplied with a rigid steel frame.

 

Concrete Panels: Take a tape measure, not all concrete panels are alike. Accept nothing less than 2¾ inches thick reinforced and vibrated concrete panels. Enquire as to the weight of each panel, heaviest is best we suggest (2cwt per panel) furthermore ensure that your panels are securely bolted in at least at three-points.  

 

Services: In a good many instances you may require removal of your existing garage. Ensure that the contractors employed are fully trained asbestos workers and demolition operatives, and are fully licensed to remove all types of waste. They wear all of the required RPE/PPE (Respiratory/Personal Protective Equipment).

 

Payment: All manufacturers will request payment prior to delivery. Be wary of those looking for payment at instigation of order. Avoid paying in cash, cheque or debit card. If you have one available use a credit card in order to provide card protection for your purchase.

 

Planning Permission: It is a common misconception that Planning Permission is not necessary for concrete buildings sectional and portable i.e. concrete garages, sheds and greenhouses. This simply isn’t true. Read on…

Usually, in the majority of situations, no. Planning permission is not normally required due to the nature of our product - i.e. “portable sectional building” - providing that the structure is within certain size and height limits which in turn are governed by the type and other aspects of your property. The usual criteria to meet to avoid planning permission are…

• The proposed building is not in front of the building line.

• The proposed building is under 30 sq. metres and under 70 cubic metres in volume (or 50 cubic metres for terrace houses or houses within a conservation area).

• Your property is not in a Conservation area or a listed building.

• The building is less that 4m in height

• The property has few alternations (attached or within 5m distance)

Also recommended is the booklet: “Planning A Guide for Householders” by the Department of the Environment. It may be available in your local library. Often your Local Authority offers a free-of-charge Householders Enquiry Form where they will consider your proposals and formally respond.

 

Removal of asbestos garages or corrugated asbestos roofing sheets: There is a common misconception that only a licensed removal agency or local authority can remove your tired asbestos garage.

 

If you are contemplating replacement of your present prefabricated garage then it is very likely that this building contains asbestos cement or Chrysotile (‘white asbestos’). Asbestos cement normally contains from about 5% of white asbestos by weight.

 

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral which was used within the concrete garage sector up until the late 1980s. Modern concrete garages no longer contain asbestos within their roof structure preferring to use reinforced cement fibre. Neither material can be identified by any markings and only chemical analysis will prove that asbestos is present.

 

The mere presence of asbestos does not necessarily create a health risk and the removal of asbestos cement sheets is not governed by any regulatory body although it is strongly recommended that you/your appointed contractors adheres to safe working methods.

Thoroughly douse the material before starting work. You are advised to introduce a suitable wetting agent such as washing-up liquid, into the water before saturation. Operatives are recommended to wear RPE/PPE (Respiratory/Personal Protective Equipment) to protect from inhalation of dust particles. Avoid breaking asbestos panels unnecessarily but if this is necessary continue to wet down the area that you are working.

The Garden Buildings Centre (Chesterfield) offers a nationwide garage demolition service and a price maybe obtained on-line at http://www.4concretegarages.com/concrete_garage_double.asp

 

You may also read about our modern fibre-cement roofing panels at http://www.4concretegarages.com/concrete_garage_single.asp#14

 

Background: The author has almost 20yrs retail experience in the concrete garage trade. As well as advising on the most suitable building per application advice is also tendered on groundwork preparation and all aspects of planning and building control. The writer resides in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK and operates from one of the regions largest concrete garage showrooms.



Bobby

Abhishek Agarwal asked:


Luck is defined as our tendency to be happy or unhappy about persistent questions specified in some combination of circumstances. People often bank on good luck if they are not prepared on aspects of life where they should have been

Some say that the day trade on forex is a game only of chance where only luck can help you win. At the same time, others say that being prepared will help to avoid becoming too dependent on luck.

1. Being educated - Education is something that can not be withdrawn to you. This is a key personal attribute and important in your life. Therefore, if you wish to see success in the day trade forex industry, do spend time studying the market changes and its components.

There many ways to educate oneself regarding currencies day. You can also register for a seminar or a workshop. You could also see video tutorials, web sites on the topic, and talk to experienced stock brokers.

2. Learn to use the right software - You need to stay informed of the importance of tools that enable forex trading. An such tool is software. Two kinds of software are used in this industry namely (1), internet-based software, and (2) client based software.

When you select the right tool it always makes the job easier.You can then focus on strategies that may work for you.

3. Have a plan - Planning ahead makes things better if not perfect. When you have a plan you know which direction you are going, and not just with the wind.

Trading sometimes is a gamble, but with each bet lurks a strategy for you to win. Therefore, you need to plan. You must set guidelines and plan ahead for for:

a.Make your own business objectives modeled forex main objectives.

b.Settle on a sum of money which you will need as capital.

c.Establish your expected benefit from the trend - profits on the market.

d. Decide on measures to be taken when things aren’t going well

e.Have different strategies for different situations, as the market can change face quickly.

4. Being controlled

Use your plan to incorporate discipline within you. Some people lose attention when they begin to make money. Others scrap their plans if they start to lose. Never let the emotion be a master of the mind, and stick to your guns even when things are not going too well. If the plan is right it will finally work.

When you fail, do reassess your plan but do not lose hope.

Many will tell you that the markets are all about luck, but it is not so all the time. A good plan can work wonders for your trade.



Valerie

francis asked:


I have a fully operational metal machining workshop in S’pore with up to date machines and equipments to provide fabrication services. With trained personnel confident of taking up to any task. I would like to provide my services overseas to genuine parties. I am also dealing in hardwares,mechanical products as well as electrical products and accessories. We ship to anywhere as long as it is within our means.We are a dependable company with reputed MNC companies as our customer base.

Virginia

psycho shocker asked:


monsters
gear golem x3
gear knight x3
gear engineerx2
e-hero stratos
e-hero prisma x2
cyber dragon x2
giant rat x2
grand mole
sangan
earth hex

spells:
trade-in x2
gear castle x2
gear workshop x2
monster reborn
premature burial
heavy storm
giant trunade
mst
power bond x2
shrink x3
pot of avarice
future fusion
lightning vortex
fissure

traps:

royal decree
magic cylinder

Antonio

DB asked:


I’m interested in going into a trade and I am used to using tools in general but I have no clue where to find info on proper safety and there names. When I search online, all I comme up with are website and software devolopment tools. Any sugestions?

By the way, I tried using keywords like workshop, construction, hammer etc. Didn’t work since they are all software related too.
I’m not looking for a place that sells tools. I need a GUIDE on tools.

David

mixedup asked:


I mean, I don’t know if I want to change my career this late in my life. I am 30 years old and established in my present career. But I would really love to be a photographer in some capacity. I have been interested in being a professional photographer for the past 8 years. I’ve only just now made it a serious hobby and I’m pretty good with a 35mm SLR but I want to switch to digital and learn photoshop. I’m taking a digital photography workshop this spring to get started. If there are any professionals established in the business reading this, are there any directions or advice you could offer me? My Uncle shoots professionally after pretty much teaching himself the trade, I can’t get a hold of him nowadays, but I’d love to know is it better to have some sort of formal education or learn through experience, or both? If I need the formal education, how much? I thank anyone with input in advance.

Also, I’d love to mentor with anyone who has the time.
Wow, that’s a lot of info, thanks everyone. To be a little more specific, I love photographing cityscapes and landscapes. I’m also interested in wedding and portrait work as well as architecture and automotive. To tell you the truth, I love to take pictures of just about everything.

I don’t think I’m too old to learn neccessarily, I just want to transition into photography while continuing to do what I do now. I mean I like what I do and I’m good at it, I’m an electronics technician, but I’m nowhere near as passionate about it as I am photography.

Francis

Ruth Brown asked:


If you pay close attention to the fliers sent in your mail, you have a good chance of finding a way to make money online. You probably get invitations to workshops or seminars on a regular basis. Various businesses sell their knowledge about multiple ways to make money online. Their familiarity with marketing can motivate almost any individual to purchase their products. Attending workshops are a tremendous value in helping you start and maintain a lucrative business.

Such workshops also provide detailed information about different kinds of Internet businesses that anyone can get involved in. They guide the interested individual through the necessary steps involved in the set-up process of a business.

Here are a few things you will learn by attending workshops:

1. Laying a strong foundation for your business

2. Understanding your market

3. Developing customers

4. Getting people to buy from you

5. Promotion and sales

6. Making sound financial decisions

7. Price for greatest profits

8. Controlling cost and managing taxes

9. Learning about the latest technology

These workshops also shed a lot of light on the use of links to other websites and using them effectively. One relatively simple way to make money online involves selling any item or service on Ebay. The owner of any small home-based business would appreciate knowing that Ebay started as a home business. EBay was founded in Pierre Omidyar’s San Jose living room back in September 1995.

At the start of that business, the home-based operation called Ebay did not generate a lot of money. However, as word of its existence spread, Ebay began to bring its owners lots of money. And just look where the owners of Ebay find themselves today. Now Ebay stock is traded on the floors of major stock exchanges.

I mention Ebay because I went to a local workshop where they were teaching a course, How to Sell on Ebay. There are individuals that have workshops throughout the country on how to sell on ebay. I learned a lot and I still enjoy selling items on Ebay to this day. The history of Ebay offers tremendous amounts of hope to any individual who wants to start making money online.

I have gained so much insight from all the workshops I’ve attended over the years. So try to find workshops in your area to attend. You will be rewarded with a wealth of knowledge about starting your own business.



Jean

☺ smile! asked:


what does it do?

Kristina

toaddreyfuss asked:


Let me preface this by saying a little about q/a’s I’ve read on here. It seems a vast number of people are simply against businesses making a profit. I understand this, and here’s my little story.

I ran a business for five years (which was pretty unprofitable). I had a hard time making money, and I had between three and five employees, which ate up all the savings I had and then some. I ended up with about $100K in debt. Even with all that, I found it hard to charge customers what I needed to make the business successful. I learned a great lesson after attending a workshop for the field, where they drilled this into us: It is not just OK, but expected and right to make a profit. After doing this, we started to break even, and finally started making a little profit. I eventually closed the business because I didn’t have the time to run it after taking a job to make ends meet.

Note that I’m not rich. I started the business with a fulltime job, and when I ended, I was working a fulltime job still. I ran the business when I got home from work, which consumed all of my free time and much of my wife’s. It was miserable. Incidentally, when we closed, we had people that called our home wondering if we would still do stuff for them, and we tried the home-business for a while, but it was still too hard on my wife and kids.

Let me say this:

If you work at a job, you are doing something for a profit. You hope to gain something that you couldn’t get without providing services or products, just like a business. You expect to get paid for your services.

The same goes for business. And the profit that the business makes is entirely dependent on what the consumers will pay. It has nothing at all to do with “corporate greed”, unless that product is a particular necessity over which the corporation essentially has a monopoly (like gas and electric prices), but even there it’s not a given.

You must remember that business owners are just people like you who have done something that succeeded. And they’re providing services or products for a profit, just like your job.

I know people have had it drilled into them in the last 40 or so years that corporations are evil, but please, I mean… seriously…. do some homework and figure out what you’d put in their place. Everything that performs trade with another entity is essentially doing the same thing, whether it’s a person, country, business, labor union or anything that buys and/or sells goods and services.

So what do you think?

Is the idea that hospitals are “for profit” wrong? Would we get better service if it was government-run? (remember that government still has to pay for the services, and government doesn’t make money, so it’s really you paying for everything anyway).

Is “Big Oil” really the problem they are being portrayed to be in the media?

Think about it, serious responses please.
ArachDog: Profit is the SOLE reason for the existence of a corporation. It’s either profit or service… and usually, service is an attempt to market, so it’s still profit. If you love a job so much that you’d do it whether you are paid or not, why would you not just do it without pay? Because you need it to live and function. Why does a business cut corners? The same reason people are found sleeping on the job, or don’t do as well as they could when they work. It’s the same principle, and it is no different. The people in the organization are not perfect, just as you and I aren’t. However, I’m inclined to believe in the overall goodness of humanity, and I believe that most people act in a generally moral manner. This means most businesses follow the same model. Either way, it’s not fair to pin up corporations as “evil”, as they are only a product of their employees/owners.
H20 Engineer: The fact that health care is for profit provides this benefit as well; the health care professionals are beholden to their clientele, because that’s how they get paid. Although I see massive problems with the health care system, the actual problem is governmental intervention in the health care industry, which has caused centralization of management (HMO’s), red tape and ridiculous hoops that doctors jump through, and has destroyed the insurance industry with frivolous lawsuits and ungodly payouts (lottery wins) for suits against them. And what makes you think that Government would run healthcare any better than corporations do? Remember that government is just made up of imperfect people too; just one way you only vote for change once every four years, the other you vote every time you open your wallet.
H20 Engineer: One other thing. There is nothing wrong with those executives making their salaries, and their insanely high bonuses. They may or may not manage their companies well, but poorly managed companies fall. And if they are managed well, they are obviously providing a service for which they are able to charge that much. A minimum wage employee is worth only so much to an employer, and the employer needs to make more than that from the employee’s work for it to be of worth for the employer. The same goes for the guy at the top and the bottom.
4rgum3nt: Well thought out and articulated. Thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I think you have some good points, but you are twisting the word profit from the way I am using it to encompass more things.

As far as profit as just bringing in the dollars, you and I will have to agree to disagree. A business is made to make a profit, to benefit monetarily from goods/services that benefit others. I think in this case both the monetary benefit the business receives and the benefit the client receives encompass your concept of profit.

The military is not profitable, however. In its role as the clean up crew for disasters or other charitable work, it is not the case that it is profitable (itself) though it is beneficial to those they are serving. The government does not receive a benefit; therefore it is not a business but a charitable institution, whose rules do not follow what I’m discussing.
4rgum3nt continued: That said, the military has produced (or enabled an outside group to produce, more appropriately) many things that have benefitted people worldwide, but they are the clients of the servicing corporations, not the corporation.

The problem with the concept of placing hospitals (via the government, aka socialized medicine) where the government wants is that the government is not necessarily worried about whether or not that hospital will be solvent financially. Or if they do, do you really want the government to hold a monopoly over health care? Doctors start businesses, and build hospitals (or used to, before the government stuck their ugly heads in and mucked it up, now it’s HMO’s). Doctors were required to verify that the location was right, that they’d be solvent. And their customers would voice their approval/disapproval by choosing to use that hospital or facility.
4rgum3nt continued:
Therefore, if the hospital provides good service, it will be used, otherwise another person will come in and capitalize on the first hospital’s poor service and build a separate organization to service the needs the first organization failed to service.

Government intervention discourages businesses from succeeding. Ask yourself how Toyota or other automobile manufacturers must view the government giving billions of dollars in loans to the Big 3, but not theirs. Would that encourage innovation and growth, or would you be more likely to pull out of the US because it is unwise to compete against a government sponsored enterprise? And what about the small guys, like my little store? Wouldn’t it have been helpful to have the government stick its nose in and offer me a few hundred thousand in capital so that I could keep operating? Yes, other businesses may suffer from a Big 3 collapse. However, they’d survive or not based upon their ability to adapt.
4rgum3nt continued: And that’s how businesses function. They’d find a way to survive. I think the Big 3 need to go under, because bailing them out just furthers the business model the unions have forced upon them - one they’ll still be forced to try to salvage years from now.

Randy

Andrew Daigle asked:


market has become one of the fastest growing industries on the internet today. The secret’s out and many people are making money on forex currency trading as retail traders and these are people like you and me. Average people with computers, internet connections and a forex trading account can start trading immediately. This opens up a whole new opportunity for the average Joe investor and the advent of the internet into all our homes has given us a currency trading platform. For small investors, forex currency trading has become a lucrative source of income and everybody is trying to get in on the action.

Before you get started, you need to learn and understand what foreign currency trading is and how it works. There’s lots of information out there to help you learn this business, but remember that much of this supposed information and free forex trading strategy advise can be misleading. But don’t let this keep you from seeking real, quality forex education, because this will be critical to your success as a forex trader. The second piece of advice that you should keep in mind is to start small. You can always start out by trading a demo account from your broker that allows you to use fake money with real charts and tools. That way you risk none of your money while you’re learning how to trade. If you do well as a forex trader, you can move on to trading a real money account. As you get better at trading, increase your budget slowly, and make certain you don’t over leverage your account and blow your money. Money management is also very important in this business so make sure you maintain a good balance between your risk/reward.

Also, seek good forex training courses and resources in currency trading. There are plenty of these resources online or find out where you can attend workshops in your local area. There are also online workshops where you can trade along live with professional traders to see how they analyze the market and execute trades. You not only can make profit while trading with professional traders, but you will be learning a life long skill you can use to trade on your own one day without having to rely on services like these. You can ask questions, which will be answered by experts on live chat, message boards and forums. There are courses on forex currency trading that give you instant access to their library where you can see historical trends and all types of useful literature. Professional forex traders run these forex training courses and offer videos with their own forex trading systems explained in detail.

Many of these currency experts have written a number of books on the subject, so try and look for one that is authored by a well-known currency exchange trader, or someone with reliable credentials instead of a self proclaimed guru with no background on the subject. Anyone can claim to have made a fortune but trust only someone who has traded professionally for a number of years with a large financial company or someone newspapers and magazines cite in their articles. The more you research this business, you’ll start to see the same names. Write these down and research them further. You’ll quickly formulate a list of forex trading gurus and find the services they offer so you can trade along with them.

There are a number of forex brokers, both smaller firms and large companies, who offer basic forex training when you register with their service. If you’re new to forex currency trading, this can be quite useful. Most forex broking firm have their own charting platform and tools that will teach you to trade and allow you to trade directly from their trading platform. As we mentioned earlier, you can practice your forex currency trading without using real money by demo trading. When you’re ready, you can use your real cash and start generating an income from your trading. It’s very advisable to combine some of your own reading and forex training with some amount of experience of forex trading platform.

Finally, if you’re extremely risk averse and would rather not trade yourself, many forex brokerages offer managed accounts. You simply sign the appropriate paperwork and add money to your trading account. The brokers professional forex traders will manage your trades for you while you watch your account balance grow. You will pay a fee for this service and it can be as high as 25%, but if they’re making you money, it doesn’t matter. They’re in this business to make money too, so it’s a win-win for you and the forex account manager.



Juan