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Hot wevva today. At one point we had rain twice. Just enuff to wet me slabs then stopped. Big clouds going across. Sad news one ov me water butts is drippin. Need to empty it and put some more sealent round the tap ole. Gorra free ladder this...

Could hexpensive if yer house burns down.

Use a mirror

@Hicap phill That’s it in and working 😁😁

I know everyone (there is only eight houses on my road) will be suffering with damage to some degree but i guess some people just accept it.

Interesting I put some rotten grapes out for the birdies. Naturally Mr and Mrs Rat wanted to get in the act. Then I noticed a young rat also making three what I can see. Now the fun part was a pigeon reaction normally was to move around or away...

I would have my airgun out. larrsen traps work well, leave it till dark to remove them so the others dont see, change the call bird every few days.

Over here, its these that do all the damage... Kea, they are the most amazing animal. Not the most beautiful, but they are awesome and the world's only alpine Parrot.

This was 2 minutes ago. Such a temptation.

Thanks for the patience with this lad Stan, much appreciated. :) Having tried BPE5 plugs to no avail (except the introduction of pre-ignition) I did a few things. 1. I put the BPE6 plugs (cleaned up with a gas torch) back in. 2. I popped the...

I have an update on my 2007 Rangerover sport 2.7 diesel. I stripped down the top of the engine and replaced all four camshafts from a donor engine that had cracked its crankshaft. Comparing my camshafts with the donor camshafts I found that...

I haven't used the Small Claims Track for a while now, but it costs £100 to start the proceedings. OK, if you win you get it back.... I think the company sounded a bit inexperienced but nevertheless polite and offering a free one really was...

Meh...sorry but you sound like a nightmare customer. Fair enough initial lack of communication is poor but tell me if I've got this right. On the 21st you were told delivery due on the 24th or you'd receive a refund. The day after the 24th you...

Hello, Jake here - Ashley, you're right, I didn't respond very quickly but I thought I'd share the conversation at it seems a little miss represented here. (of course confidential details hidden)

I prefer the kiln-dried Ash or Oak, but last year I took a job-lot of 2xM3 "various" from some local lads and their start-up business and it was mainly pine. It all burnt though and no harm seems to have been done.

What’s your gas bill over the winter? ;). It supplies the underfloor heating and hot water. J

I have no insewerants to check with. I ceased that scam about 15 years ago. However, now that I am becoming old, frail etc. etc. I may give it another go. :D

We have ours done every year, herself says it's a requirement in the house insewerants. Might be worth checking yours?

That accounts for it.

My stars, that must cost! Or it would over here, absolute minimum being €50 per stere. Hope it heats your hot water too.

Part of what we have been doing is disposing of fruit trees that I took down a while back. We have been burning those and W likes to take all the twigs off for kindling and the next size up for the next stage before we put logs on. It works well...

I fort you only burned propah dried hard wood? I suppose it goes up through another floor and the roof space? I may now stare up ours, if I can. Might actooly be easier to get on the roof and peer down it!!

I suppose that if you try and recut the thread wiv a die it just goes round and round? Maybe you could clamp the tie-rod and ball joint to stop this? I fink your way may be better, unless it starts to go round and round as you use the saw. Best...

If I had to do this moren once, I would!!

Not huge bucket I suspect. He had vacuumed as much of it that came down the chimney directly into his catch can and what the physically shoveled out of the fire-box was like a black mountain of soot to the top 1/3rd of the box. I have always...

How big were the buckets 🤔 . But then we usually get about 2/3rd to 1/2 of bucket every year. Think the bucket is about the size of a 25l paint can, its a Karcher thing so the hoover does the work and it drops in the can. But then we do burn...

I shall be going off for a 3 day cycling trip to Cambs next month. It has been a rather sudden decision. So I am scrambling to get the delta trike "match fit". The seat fabric has mostly perished and I need to replace it, but they no longer...

I got a quarter of a bucket after two years, I was burning mostly old pallets though and they burn very hot and clean

... I had our chimney swept last week. It had not been done since the log-burner was installed 5 years ago and the chimney liner installed. I was rather surprised at the amount of pure black soot that was pulled out of the liner. Easily 2...

Afternoon all, done all the fluids in the Disco. Hand brake cable & speedo cable to fit oh & the flippen track rod end has a stripped nut & the threads are damaged id forgot about this when I took it apart. I think i have one in the shed. I...