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Like walk on glazing?

Spit on it?

The guy in the video uses a roofers torch. If you have any type of blow torch then try it on a piece of scrap wood. You may find you go through a lot of disposable gas bottles. If you don't like the finish though then don't go down that route. You could perhaps char a length to varying degrees, then finish in clear polyurethane and see what you think. An orbital or belt sander would work just fine. How smooth the wood is to start with will dictate what grit sanding sheets/ belts you use. I tend to use grit 80 for pretty much everything! If I were you I would experiment on some scrap wood before committing yourself.

Overlapping lead flashing joint?

This might help:

Shou sugi ban is very popular: https://youtube.com/shorts/lmzYnQZZyQU?si=83eWalueO-IIQocJ https://www.anovabois.com/gb/content/79-shou-sugi-ban-how-burn-wood-yoursefl-on-creations#:~:text=WHAT ARE THE TECHNIQUES FOR,planks to create a fireplace.

Worth checking the little wires that connect to the sensors, they can corrode. I dip my mine in silicone grease or ACF-50 and slip a bootlace ferrule on if it'll fit. I then dip that and screw into the photocell terminal. Lasts indefinitely.

Told ya! https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/kill-switches-solar-panels-sold-china-sparking-fears-energy-grid-attack/

Our Electra Elecheib hob cuts off if a saucepan over boils.

I bought a book on dowsing when I was in the Idle of Wight. I've lost it. I wonder if I could find it with two bent welding rods?

I wonder if dowsing works best if barefoot so you're properly grounded?

Funnily enough we had a leak we couldn't find. Got the water board out. East European chap turned up. Couldn't find the leak so pulled out some divining rods saying the water board frowned upon him using them. Pinpointed the leak within 2m over a 50m run. Said he couldn't be sure because of a concrete path. Sure enough the leak was under the path which was full of old chain link fencing and random bits of iron. I'm a believer.

Me too 😉

Flint gravel surely would be hard on tyres and any sharp one would puncture them?

It's happening:

Tax breaks on full EVs for company car drivers are far more attractive than for hybrids of any type?

& it'll all disappear into the shadows.

6kw? Lightweight!

I meant to paint the vertical 6" or whatever strip under the render. It can't look any worse that EBT'ing each seam under there.

Why not use a rubberised roofing paint in a neat, black horizontal band along the bottom? It'll get into all the nooks and crannies of suspect seams.

A mate got "conned" with imprinted concrete years ago. The firm sold it on the basis it could be applied down to I think 3mm thick and wouldn't crack due to "fibres". It came with a worthless X years guarantee. The job was crap. Looked good for about a week. Bits of it came unstuck from the original concrete underneath. No recourse to the cowboys who did it of course. When I did mine, above, the concrete was 3 or 4" thick with the pattern pressed into the top 1/2".

30 odd Czar runner beans potted on 12th April. They've not done much. A couple only just breaking the surface. Hopefully this week's forecast sunny weather will bring them on.