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Ah the roofie King speaks!

Like with the old mill ponds. Increased head is always good.

I was glad it was only acetone one time I squirted it in my eye.

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I didn't go "there" as mine didn't need it but will do so with another dead gun I've been given.

Using the pump motor as a generator?

This based on @Radian's comments what a pita these are to repair. Just done another one and thought it might help someone: First thing to take off is the brass nozzle. Some are a hex and others have two flats. Then clean all the gunk off with a blade. Use a small drill bit, held in your hand, to clean up inside. It's fitted with some type of liquid threadlock but I just replace later with ptfe tape: Then unscrew the knob at the back, take that and the spring out and with a pair of moles clamp around the barrel and unscrew that. Again it'll have threadlock, again use ptfe tape upon reassembly: Barrel off, you can see the pink foam adhered to the long rod that goes up the middle. Gun cleaner for that if still wet, sharp blade if it's dry. Then move to the small nut just in front of the handle: You should be able to knock the rod out with a soft faced mallet. Blast through the handle with gun cleaner as you go: Clean the barrel. I used a suitable drill bit (in the cordless if necessary) then a cloth soaked in gun cleaner and drag it back and forth. Blast any remaining loose stuff through: Imo then wear inside this nylon bush (just below the threaded section) is what kills a lot of these guns. Foam ends up coming out the back, dries and the gun seizes. And/or air gets in through the same point when the gun is closed off and hardens what's in the barrel. You will likely need to pick out the dried foam inside the nylon carefully: My trick is to slip on a suitable rubber O ring: PTFE tape the barrel where it goes into the gun: Tape the brass nozzle too: Reassemble with a smear of silicone grease on the moving parts: Hopefully you're then good to go. Not shown where the can screws onto the gun. You'll likely need to cut/dig foam off around there and have a twiddle up where the ball valve is. I've seen other guns where the central rod is (black), Teflon covered like on a frying pan, that wears leading to the same issues. An O ring might well fix that.

That's a great idea, I would. Use it to charge a 12V system in the cabin. There's some off the shelf ones designed for campers, hikers etc. WaterLily is one that will also double as a wind turbine (with added blades). There's a Kickstarter / crowdfunded one too I've seen called Estream but I don't know if that's come to fruition yet.

Your own?

When rotabroaching I use the cutting oil from Machine Mart in 5L containers . Also comes in 1L bottles. I just squirt it out of a Lucozade bottle.

I've only done the top and bottom so far... 😉

Like that. What did it cost, £39K? 😂

Like this: https://www.forward2me.com/blog/shop-on-ebay-germany/ @ToughButterCupmay know a workaround.

Got the soffit piece up. Held a piece of Marmox up and drew a line on the frame in pencil. Masking taped to that line or near enough. Primed the 4 sides with some tile primer about 2:1. Let it get tacky. Foamed upward onto the reveal concentrating on the edge where the window meets the soffit. Then foamed the top, internal corners of the reveals. Did some lines perpendicular to the window about every 300mm. Held the two soffit pieces up on a board and wedged with some battens down to the sill. Cocked up a tad as the little infill piece on the top right, is at a slight angle. I used the bottom of the masking tape as my guide. In the crap light last night I thought it was the frame! 😤 Plaster should hide it OK.

I don't think in this instance it'll be a huge issue. Tbh though as long as your mortar mix isn't too sloppy you should be able to bed them in dead straight and level without packs, tapping down here and there. That's how a proper bricky or most of here would do it. Mortar squidges out and you just run a tool along like I did above.

Erm...no, I said I'd glued the packs on with CT1 then slopped mortar on so the stones/blocks "sank" only as far as the packs. I then went onto say about possible shrinkage. Remembered where it was now, doing my gate pillar caps.

Just suggested to my brother we get Dad one. Brother informs me he alreay has one. The worry is I've made him tea up there!

Think I’ll go and glue some coping stones incorrectly. Anyone want to buy crazy paving ? Ffs .

Do have a link for that?

Nah, got to be The Goodies and the Beanstalk for me.

I tell you what, I reckon this gardening lark is good for mental health. I read somewhere about doctors prescribing it for such. Must admit after a day of filling the trench, sorting stones, breathing in "dirt" etc I felt quite chipper yesterday. I want to "ring fence" the veg plot. I need it defined by a boundary to give me something to focus on. 8"x4" sleepers would be the ideal but that's out on cost. I wonder if treated scaffold boards, on edge would work? I need something anyway to clip my twin wire, electric snail deterrent to and the eventual frame that's going to go over the whole area.

As I'm filling the trench / clearing the ground I'm pulling up this ground ivy. There's masses of it. Usually you grab a bit and a 6' long tendril comes up. However bits of it are breaking off and a good number of bits I'm sure have gone into the trench. I'm worried these will re-seed and grow in my new veg patch. Am I right to worry?

Personally I'd only bed them on a full mortar bed. Heavily laden with SBR. I'd then pipe the joints with the same stuff. Do it properly or water will get under them, freeze, expand and loosen them over not too long a time.

You look different without your flat cap on! 😂