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Yes, the stapler was just to stop you running away, but we used to to repair the damage after as well.
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Got broken in to last night ....
SteamyTea replied to ToughButterCup's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Does that mean their insurance company will come asking for some the money back. They are often worse that the tea leafs. -
Had to get my 85 year old Aunt off to the hospital last saturday. She was enjoying a football match too much. Broke her leg. No need for a jigsaw or clamp, more a hammer and wire to get the old hip replacement out and fix a new one in. Made for an odd weekend in Stoke Mandeville hospital (again, again, again). On a positive note, no trace of Jimmy Savile anymore.
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Welcome I would check to see how much shading the flat roof gets first. And then what angles you can get panels at to get the most appropriate generation levels to suite your lifestyle. There is a lot of nonsense talked about the national grind not being able to supply enough capacity. It is not going to be a problem for the foreseeable future. As for price, probably not an issue as new generation is coming on stream at under half the price of new nuclear and 20% below current wholesale prices.
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Lots of microbes live in glaciers.
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I got sent 4 cheap ones when I bought 2 decent C-Clamps. I fond them useful to hold things lightly in place while I get the decent clamps, or cramps, on properly. Not a woodworking G-Clamp, but a metal working one, I like the Record ones. They seem indestructible, no matter how hard you screw them up. Not like my cheap wood working ones, some have twisted, and the swivel foot has fallen off. I use them to clamp my large ladder to the brackets I screwed onto my neighbour's fence posts. Makes a nice 'shelf' for the pot plants.
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I do like the idea of a small self contained unit. Could also be used with river/pond/lake or borehole water I suppose. I have plenty of rain water at the moment.
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Basically what @JSHarrisarris knocked up for half the price.
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Bugger - big chip in glass induction hob
SteamyTea replied to jack's topic in Kitchen & Household Appliances
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Think that is called a barge. Bit like when Kevin McClod put his caravan in a whole, but more watertight. There was a bit in the climate press the other day about flood risk. The 1:100 events are now 1:20 while the 1:1000 are coming in at 1:100. That is globally I think, but the UK is not well places geographically. But having said that, after a month of daily rain, I have not seen any bad floods. A few years back we had some bad ones. What I have seen is a lot more ditch cleaning by farmers. So maybe lack of maintenance caused some of the problems down here. Who knows.
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Can it sense the strength of the field around the wire to a useful accuracy?
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Could you not set up a simple device that just monitors power via a CT clamp. Be easy enough to work out which part is drawing what current if you really wanted to. Or just use a relay to close a GPIO pin. An RPi can send an email, or even a text (as long as it has a few minutes battery backup, along with the router)
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During that episode, they often cut to video of the wife looking miserable. That may have been post editing license. I also suspect that the things she initially liked about her alpha male husband, vanished when it all went wrong. And who knows, she may have met someone else and the sparks just flew. Or he may have.
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And almost certainly got his fees.
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Yes, just a standard GRP system. Nothing new about a powdered hardener, been around for decades.
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low voltage electric UFH e.g. Warmfloor
SteamyTea replied to tonybythesea's topic in Underfloor Heating
Heat does not 'rise' in a solid, so I am not sure how much difference where the elements are located actually makes in practice. But I still think that fitting wet UFH pipes us the way to go, then from an educational viewpoint, you can play about with different heat sources later. -
That may be an issue with one particular company, but the same is true of a few mass building companies too.
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That is probably a good thing, they have more knowledge. Got to be better than many local builders that have limited knowledge.
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low voltage electric UFH e.g. Warmfloor
SteamyTea replied to tonybythesea's topic in Underfloor Heating
Funny how people have different favourite equations, mine is Newton's Law if Cooking. I would type it properly if I switched auto correct off on my phone. -
Ordnance Survey came visiting.
SteamyTea replied to epsilonGreedy's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
When I did my surveyors course I seem to remember that you had to get online quite quick after gathering the data to get accurate readings, that was in 2006. Did manage to map the halls of residence at Exeter university to within 100mm. Not bad for a first go. Got over 90% in that assignment. -
low voltage electric UFH e.g. Warmfloor
SteamyTea replied to tonybythesea's topic in Underfloor Heating
Ah, that makes sense, my least favourite of the equations.
