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How, traditionally, are handles fitted to sythes like this? These handles are rotten with woodworm. Plan is to remake them in local timber. Is it called a "tang" the section that fits into the handle? Something in the back of my mind is saying the tangs were heated up and pushed into the wood...

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I'm after reclaiming some wilded areas. There's some self seeded cherry in there needs to come out. Hesitant about diving in on the sit on mower as conscious of the wildlife in there. Plan is to hand sythe it and rake to encourage it to move out. 100% there be grass snakes, slow worms and various rodents in there. I'm going to refurb these I just found clearing the tumbledown stable and go all Poldark on it! ? One's a left handed jobbie.

Cut ours today with the self propelled one rather than the ride on. Avoided the cowslips. A lot of daisies and dandelions didn't make it. Did feel for the bees. Still loads of uncut areas full of wildflowers mind.

Pretty sure I looked at Duravit. Was certainly on my shortlist. Couldn't be cr'happier with the Bernstein pan though.

@newhome, I feel your pain to some extent. The old stables down't valley a couple of hundred yards from me is to become a printing works. Plans look bloody awful considering the setting here, like a modern light industrial unit from what was the yellow stock brick building. How the Hell the single track road is meant to handle delivery trucks I don't know. I can see them getting stuck in the snow. So much for it being an AONB! ?

Skirting was traditionally affixed with bfo iron clasp nails. If you "rip" the skirting off you can end up taking bits of the wall with it and areas of plaster. I have a few times managed to identify where the clout nails are and drilled them out using a 14mm Starrett hole saw with the pilot drill removed. You just sort of jam the teeth over the nail head and drill. Just be careful ref hidden pipes/cables. Another alternative is over skirting. https://mdfskirtingworld.co.uk/skirting-boards/scotia-mdf-skirting-board-cover/ Tbh you can make this up from taller, ordinary skirting and a batten panel pinned to it. Guaranteed you'll have a gap to the wall in places. Use flexible decorating caulk in a mastic gun. I used to brush it in with a wet paintbrush then square off with an old credit card.

I have a hunch it might have been...

Flexible sanding blocks are good: https://www.screwfix.com/p/sanding-sponge-75-x-125mm-80-120-grit/781jg

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For a can't go wrong deal look in Aldi when they have these 140A inverter arcs. I call it my poachers welder. So small I can tuck it under my coat on site. Get a mate to keep watch etc. Saves all that silliness with hot works permits! ? It's not the super, smoothest inverter compared to my bigger, 160A Parweld but it's still good & pretty much a hand tool it's that small. For MIG I've an old Clarke 130A that I keep in good nick like Trigger's Broom. Dug it out last weekend as refurbing a Workmate other wise destined for the scrap heap.

I recently used a decking cleaner from S'fix. Followed by Cuprinol non slip stuff. It really is non slip.

"I'm just going for an outfall"...it's got a ring about it.

NOW...this thread is everything WITHOUT pictures...?

Sageglass! Just remembered.

Doesn't @NSS have solar control glass? Can't think of the name but seem to remember it's mega bucks!

I got rid of old half bags of play pit, building, block paving sand then some off cement, plaster etc when I blinded my sub base. If really worried mix some cement with it. Only place I deffo wouldn't use building sand personally is under a patio externally. I'd use the building sand but mix with the sharp. Rake together a bit then level it off.

Erm...don't thank me yet! ?

I understand the advice from Viessmann is to fit an air seperator to exclude air from the system as in no air no corrosion. Read that somewhere.

Switched all the way unless it's a socket under a worktop switched by a 20A DP switch above. Little sparks can grow into bfo arcs over time presuming your unplugging under load. Unless I guess you can g'tee the "appliance" will only ever be unplugged when it's switched off. As above go switched and DP, safer/easier in the event of a fault.

"The way into my parlour is down a winding stair, And I have many curious things to shew when you are there.” “Oh no, no,” said the little Fly, “to ask me is in vain, For who goes down your winding stair can ne’er come up again.”

No, my tiling!

What's the finish on the staircase? Rope on each end. Stand well back. Just get it near the edge and kick it over the side...bit of carpet over the edge to protect the rope. You can hold back 47.5 kg on your own. Hook one end over the lip lower the other end down. I've done worse/sillier.

Can you slide it in over that wall on the left? Secure the end of the staircase with a winch then see-saw it over the edge. A couple of ropes on the bottom end. You'd need a couple of mates to help though so that's out the window!

Aka wait until it rains...