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Got to give it to you, 10 out of 10 for effort !

Just a small detail in regards to gable flashing onto timber cladding, I have found that leaving a small gap between the roof flashing and the timber stops water running down the timber, not sure if this is standard practice but I had one which was tight fitting and water was tracking onto the timber was causing unnecessary dampness and staining. On my glorified shed I stood the flashing off by 10mm+ and the water now tracks harmlessly down the lower side of the flashing and drips away. Small detail for a very specific application but may be of help to some. I used a small strip if wood tacked into the top of the timber cladding and under the flashing as a spacer to get a consistent gap.

Interesting question, looking forward to hearing about it......... being a serial foam abuser !

Well I have two guns and one is 5 years old and the other is 3 years old, I do not look after them..... they get used and abused, I never clean them unless shit hits the fan, ie I drop it and the bloody can gets separated from the gun....... at which point it’s all hands on deck to remove the plastic that’s left in the gun and spray with cleaner before putting a new can on it. I very rarely remember to shut it down / screw it shut..... I never flush it out with cleaner unless there has been a disaster. As I have two guns on the go at all times I often don’t use one of them and it will sit for weeks / months with foam in it and still works ! So my moral is don’t faff about if it’s not broken, have a spare gun just in case... When the ends get really dirty with a build up of foam I just cut it away with a sharp knife, if foam is leaking out the end I i bash it on a rock ! Always seems to work. 50 + cans....... lost count..... probable 100 but don’t want to talk about it.

I love my tools but my trade was a stone mason before this building lark...... in the last six years these tools have revolutionised my ability’s as a serious DIY home builder. Sliding Compound miter saw Table saw impact driver jigsaw multi tool Foam gun ! Not quite related but as I undertake all my on island car mechanics I have found that my cordless impact wrench has been a life saver so many times when trying to remove rusted seized bolts / nuts on various 4x4 cars.

Great looking site, but serious groundwork’s !

Nice !

Just looked at the delivery charge to my area £37 ! That’s on the higher side if Normal...... its not that I had to have something but I was tempted !

Come on now, pictures ! Not that we are the judging type.......

I used stainless steel ring shank nails on my larch cladding as there is a lot of pressure / movement on the fixings when using unseasoned timber in this style as it dries and tries to warp. I had no problems at all and 4 years on nothing has failed. I pre drilled all the holes and again have had no splitting or cracking.

FFS @andyscotland and @the_r_sole I applaud your efforts, I must remember to ask you both about how long I should cut this piece of string I found on the beach........ got to love an enlightening post about the specifics of an unknown specification....... carry on !

Yup.... I was working in the highlands above 1000m building mountain tracks, it would sometimes be a glorious day when you arrived at the bottom of the mountain and then you would walk up into pish and spend the rest of the day wet..... when it was to cold / snowy to work high I would go to the west coast and build stone walls all winter in the pishing rain.... this went on for two years ( I worked for 10 doing this sort of thing but this was two years of hell weather) and it nearly broke me. Booked a one way ticket to Australia for £150 and never came back for 10 years.

In exactly the same situation...... need a second hand laptop / iMac for the same reason as well as the ability to get stuff of numerous hard drives....... been needing it for six years but never needing it enough to fork out the coin, rather spend it on building materials and trees........

Well....... it did not go very well, I got some thin bleach but by the time I realised it was not working great it was already to late......... I had a feeling the bleach was not flushing properly through the system so I started again and added some red food dye to the bleach, the top half would then get taken into the system but the lower half remained in the filter in what can only be described as still water. I assume that the bleach was not mixing very well as it was heavier than the water and / or was because of the jumbo filters and the water lower down just did not get pulled up. Anyway what should have been a quick job ended up taking most of the day......... cutting a very long and boring explanation-short I eventually got the whole system filled with red dyed bleach water and let it sit for an hour, I then spent the rest of the day flushing the system out until the water ran totally clear, I then made up a batch of blue dyed water and ran that through the system until I had blue water coming out of every tap, then I flushed this all out until nothing but clear water remained....... you need to remember that this system services three buildings and a cabin..... so lots of running from one building to another....... anyway the moral of the story is to CHECK beforehand that the bleach is readily mixed with water...... due to the way my system works I am confident that everything is flushed out and even went up in the loft with a torch to check the header tank as I was concerned that the bleach may have settled in the bottom below the take of point. But it was fully clear. What a bloody palaver. The photo shows how the first half of the red bleach gets taken but the second half just sits there....... this could have been very dangerous if I had not been a bit suspicious as you cannot see if the bleach has dispersed without the dye.

As a walking track builder i have left numerous time capsules under very big steps, its a great thing to do when you training a group of people. My all time favourite is when walking in steep rocky country I like to look for the “perfect spot” to free climb up and leave a coin, only someone with a similar idea will ever find it, I have found a dozen or more coins (some over 100 years old) in some really obscure locations, mostly in Australia but also in Scotland, it’s a strange feeling when you climb up to an obscure ledge to hide coin only to see someone did the same thing 100 years ago ! I leave my coin next to there’s ! When pulling out my fire place I found this scribble and the date I assume the house was built, 1903

I got a really good head for my husky strimmer, it’s been put through some serious work and is still going strong 4 years in. I know at the time I went into the shop I asked for a heavy duty head and the one he gave me lasted a few weeks....... he admitted he had given me the wrong one and gave me the upgrade at no charge. Some identification marks...... and the best line I have found so far. As you can see from the head it’s got no damage to the holes and the plastic is wearing well for the abuse I put it through.

I live on an island with no official public roads.... there is a traffic exclusion policy in place so only islanders and service vehicles are allowed over. It’s just dirt farm tracks. 2 miles from my house to the ferry so you need a 4x4. , land-rovers outlive most of the other vehicles as they just keep on going even when in very bad shape.... the one I use has 250k on the clock and still start on the button and can still pull 3 tons up a loose steep track. It’s needing a bunch of work but that’s a winter job.

So would the best place in the bathroom be directly above the shower ? Or could you put two terminals in one above the shower and one above the bath ?

Unstoppable........

@Ralph nice work ! I just cut and paste what you wrote and found this image. I think we are there. Thanks I will let my dad know.

Is snowCrete and white cement the same thing........

Why not a plastic tub ?

I got an amazing barrow in Australia, I used it daily for years out there moving massive loads (60-120kg) on a regular basis for 10 years and as it had served me so well I found a corner for it in the shipping container when I sent a load of stuff back to Scotland, it’s still going strong, I had to rebuild the main bearing area with bits of old pipe and plastic but it’s fine now. I have never seen one like it for sale in the (UK) the extra wide wheel allows for large loads and provides great stability. Another one of my top 10 buys !

The size of the three grippy / hole bits are all the same size......

Ok this came out of a large box of assorted tools from a junk shop..... my dad picked the whole box up for £1....... so what is it for ! We are very good at tool identifying but this one has left us scratching our heads