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Scaffolding tent for temporary roofing
SteamyTea replied to andyscotland's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
I am taking a guess that it is not an environmental resin, these tend to have a wax additive in them. It feels slippery when cured, so you would know. Bit of sanding sorts it out anyway. -
What's your biggest DIY calamity?
SteamyTea replied to Mulberry View's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
I thought it was normal to drill into a cable. I consider that a minor mishap, even after the 3rd or 4th time. I did overflow my bath, leaked into the kitchen below. Drained some water out, had my bath. As I got out, I felt a tingle in my foot. Wet wiring and a cast iron bath. Got called Thatcher for weeks after that. -
APPs which ones do you use and are they any good?
SteamyTea replied to Triassic's topic in Tools & Equipment
I use the MET off Android App. Bloody rubbish, like the weather. -
Don't understand the question. Or how it relates to lime compared to OPC.
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What's your biggest DIY calamity?
SteamyTea replied to Mulberry View's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
What, they get a good nights rest. (I should have said that he was from Plymouth) -
What's your biggest DIY calamity?
SteamyTea replied to Mulberry View's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Did not happen to me, but I know someone that was fitting a log sauna, his mate was hammering down a log, with his mates tackle caught between two pieces. 'Black Man's Pinch' did not start to describe it apparently. -
Not sure how different lime and Portland cement are chemically, that is one for @Jeremy Harris, but as concrete is used for foundations, I can't see that it is a problem (under current legislation). Not a lot we, as individuals, can do about large organisations breaking, or bending the laws and rules (short of direct action sabotage).
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I just had a quick look at a small domestic wind turbine. This little 1 kW jobby needs a rotor diameter of 1.8m and a wind speed of 12.5 m.s-1 (28 MPH) https://futurenergy.co.uk/domestic-wind-turbines/airforce1/ I would be dubious that they can deliver more than a few watts about.
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Concrete gets crushed into hardcore.
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"Fluid linearity of space" FLOS
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Heard on You & Yours some marketing person talking about 'emotional mechanics' today. That should cover any effect nicely.
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Are these those fans that use the heat from the stove to turn s small fan? I have often wondered how much energy can be moved with them. Quick Google and you can get them from Aldi for less.
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From what I have read and heard, there is never a good time to use lime. It is either too cold, too hot, too dry, to wet, too sunny, too dark, too windy, too calm. I wonder why people bother with it.
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I have seen it used on a loft conversion where it was screwed. Could see nearly every screw because the plaster skim had popped out.
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Maybe because it is, in effect, an upfront council tax payment. Different councils charge different amounts. We do get to vote our local councils in and out.
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Master bathroom gutted - suggestions needed
SteamyTea replied to H F's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Buy him a camper van. -
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Welcome. Almost in the horror that is Cornwall then. You can smell the special smell of Tavistock though.
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Depends how bad the OCD is, really bad cases you get a grant to employ them.
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This is often touted by lighting designer for a reason to have more lights. The thing is, less light worked just as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect
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I had my cataracts changed, sorted that problem, can put a 3 watt build in a room and see fine. I do use a cheap standard lamp for reading in bed, still got a 3 W bulb in it.
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I have always been a bit dubious about lighting designers. I worked for one of the largest manufacturers of lighting controllers and diffusers in the UK about 20 years ago (my project was not lighting). Often we would get a lighting designer come in with some great new concept. They were all flakey "designs" and nothing new. We treated them with respect, nodded at the right times, pretended to be enthusiastic, then did a quote for them. That was the end of that. I am very happy that I have not been involved in the business since LEDs have come along, would have been the same old all over again, but with smaller illuminairs and more colours.
