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Hehe you won't be using those two words together again anytime soon! I wonder if sheet steel, which no doubt your reasoning to paint it, would be due to it rusting, would actually look quite rustic.. left rusty-? Or now I understand the idea of tiling onto a special board of somesort.. perhaps this might be cheapest. Thanks Zoot.

I toyed with Winged Eel Fingerling but thought it a bit long! And just 'Fingerling' sounds a bit rude cLJ. @ProDave thanks to you Ive just bought a baritone uke. Should be perfect for the cabin. Any other ideas for two cheap but decent rear of stove wall barriers chaps, welcome! Zh

Hi Joe90, thanks. Tbh I'd no idea the manky old tiles could scrub up for such decent results. Good suggestion. I wonder if tiles tho ( as I'd assume only 8 mm standard ones could really be feasible for a wall ) would give an ample heat barrier though? Hmm.. And I keep saying everytime I grout.. never again! I loathe the job. Thanks, zoot.

It'll have to be ratchet straps/ cheapest option. I found one here, so 1 extra plus some firm metal loops to buy tmrw. Then its batten down the hatches for real. Crikey, not lookin fwd to the storm friday. My big beech tree next to the house is in prime weather-firing-line too.. very disconcerting, even last night. Porch has got some water coming in via the old stonework, somehow leeching up & through, in one corner. Not down from roof. Large yellow damp stains slowly emerged in this one low corner next to door since I painted it.

Watched this just t'other night.. fab film. Another banjo ditty I foundhere. You guys might wanna shoot it.. so your wifey's will possibly enjoy, should you not do. Im a hippy, so it floats my boat.. good player too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr_3MvtSgDE

@Onoff actually Ive got a more pressing concern, Fridays storm. I keep checking on my cabin roof, overhanging forwards by modt of a metre etc, & surely the perfect shape to lift up etc. Is there any validity to my idea, a rough plan, of attatching heavy hooks to the front L & R underside of my aerofoil roof protrusion, another hook pair secured into deck below.. & whip out some chains (or two ratchet straps.. just thought of that now) to put between them? IE secure down the roof. Maybe a metal bracket overthe roof ridge, at front, to tie the two roof sides 'together'. Im bloomin worried me roof's gonna blow off.

Yup Peter's advice second to none. Don't trust the reviews you read too. I have asked Peter if he'd adopt me. No reply as of yet (& 50 -isn't- too old too btw Ive asked my local agency). Your white goods idea.. great. I would consider it, I think if it wasn't mid winter. So this might take a while to stumble across something suitable either pilfered or new. Thanks, zoot.

Walls Banger Fingers.

I dont think anything as simple, ever sounded as effective ProDave. I hear Marco Pirroni/ adam&theants when i hear these fine surfy ditties ( A&tAnts my next musical stop after Roobard I think, aged about 8 ish.. to 50 as I still think they're fab! ). Rock on old dude. (I mean the ^ old dude, not you!). If I was new to guitar, I'd buy a good baritone uke. Dispense with the usual uke plinky dinky guff/ ie it doesn't have to be used 'traditionally', retune it & just teach yourself ( as we all do ) & you have an immensely rewarding hobby. Far better than struggling with a std 6 string acoustic: hard on the fingers, bulky body, a frustrating thing for most.

Actually this is the reason my chap boiled it down to 4. Being a lazy sort, he says its way easier to play to undo two, retune a bit helps. Then only two or three fingers can easily make patterns, & the harmonics aspect means your chords sing. Simply a no brainer, to him he explains. 6 strings, when we have only 4 fingers? is daft he says. Hmm.. some logic there! Tbh Im no fan of tiny uke's doing the typical high register plinky stuff. Great idea for school kids instead of recorders tho. But saying that, I think G.Formby made me wanna play a " guitar" tho I know his wasn't a std uke, I forget what now. Aged 6 or so it was G.Formby, plus this, gave me my guitar path in life! ( then jimmy page soon came along.. etc etc). Zoot

Yes pretty much this Stewpot. I think the smaller baritone uke just gives more of a chimy ringy sound, plus easier to carry about.. that looks a bit bulky: myself I cant do full size acoustics, i find them uncomfortable. I have a 'big baby' Taylor 307 as my main gtr.

Good Q. Yes, the idea came from a baritone uke ( big thing, size of my kids acoustic) which this chap just retuned his own way & wrote on ( being a mighty fine -& fkn heavy- bassist, 4 strings obviously he knew well). Then to transpose these/ beefed up into a band, he used say a gibson with top & low strings removed. No nut or bridge redo needed. So for eg, an early song ( on the baritone uke: great harmonics example) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXLTg7HC9HY & the same song full band: with bass (often playing chords, in std tuning) + a gibson 4 string, so two 4 string guitars, & drums, simple as = heaven, to me anyway! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p3L5B1NFgY Zoot.

Useful this Dave thanks. In fact I can go closer to these sheets with my stove than I thought then. But best pull it out 2 " more as it's a wood cabin. So my inch gap around back is ideal/ sheet can tuck down into & butt up to my tiles, just the sheet stuff to source. And if I should go like the hetas diagram, std flue up to 425mm from ceiling... then double flue from there up.

No, but Im impressed you noticed 2 tuners on headstock ( = 4 string: i took off two ). Its a Romanian kids acoustic.. but sounds ace. 4 string reason. Im a fan of guitarist Lou Barlow, who does this & tunes the 4 his way (he knows a trick or two: the harmonics go into like an unknown extra gear this way.. a unique idea, brilliant songwriter/ eg below). A musical interlude ( electric 4 string here): Lou Barlow was bassist in Dinosaur Jr, kicked out '88, formed Sebadoh: Zooter.

@Onoff one for you sir: stream after alot of overnight rain.. it can swell up more, but rarely. Makes quite a racket even like this!

Right, this went well.. what I have now, is a 1" gap around my two back ( 800mm ) edges. Plinth to paint yellow/ do last. So the 2 heat barrier 'panels' to consider next. Might they standoff to the walls say 1/2" ? If so they could sit down in these two gaps.. then fill gap up last: so just a 1/2" gap to fill with grout or mortar.

Peter was right of course. My tube of nails stuff seems to have stuck my tiles down fine/ done. Grout, paint the plinth as per walls last. So now to consider the flue. @ProDave the cheaper way, Im fairly sure, would be single econo 4" flue up to ceiling.. then here obviously the double standoff-to-roof whatnot section. I'd have thought Id benefit from added heat dispersion this way. Yes I may need to line behind, but possibly not, & not difficult to & only 0.75m or so. But you have said to go double all the way up, through ceiling. Main reason you suggest this? Thanks, Zoot.

Peter, sorry Im just a bit stuck seemingly. Cold weather, frost possible tonight etc. Will this now suit my better using either mortar, or the Tube/ nails grab glue? thanks, zoot.

@ProDave so you mean, reject the replacement ashp... & hold out for them offering me a mini ( presumably) fusion reactor? Ok ok. Sending them an email now..

Nick Iwas just about to play my final " hand " on the subject/ thread.. being: I forgot to say, Vaillant have also offered the alternative replacement of a LPG system, only within the past few days (I had yet to even wrap my noggin around/ no idea what this is all about ). But your reply here.. perhaps puts this suggestion to bed-? Thanks chaps, really apprectiated. Zoot.

Ah ok. Happy togo with your recommendation. But was reading this you see.. https://www.diyhowto.co.uk/projects/quarry-tiles.htm thx zh

Not if I turn the fkr off it wont! I thank you. Zh

Its called "151 hard as nails". Not "no nails". Its got crap reviews ' wont stick anything ' etc. Peter Im reading up that quarry tiles are better laid on mortar, building site info etc. 3:1 with a tiddle of antifrost plasticiser-?

Im told theres a pump in it.

Well its replacing a dog, with wolf afaict. A wolf is 85% dog. ( And there.. is my 85%.) You are suggesting my dog changes into a giraffe. 0r summink.