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Onoff

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  1. Well... I've come back with two sheds...I think. One is called a "Windsor". Never assembled even. Plus...an old tin bath, various gothic esque pots, benches etc. Sadly I had to leave this: Seriously how 'effin cool is that? Wonder what voltage it put out? Looks like you could put a belt on the PTO maybe?
  2. 18 or 40V?
  3. How about stacking a couple of pallets of lightweight concrete blocks in a ramp shape then covering in concrete to form the slope? As @nod said, cover the top of the blocks in a sheet of DPM. You could break it off later and sell / reuse the blocks. As for handrail...3x3 timber posts banged in the ground?
  4. Are all your connections tight? Particularly the neutrals both at the source (where it's fed from), in the cu and at any junctions along the way. You haven't had any digging done that may have caught the supply cable or if overhead the same, or any serious chaffing?
  5. A member here has a super insulated house with 300mm of polystyrene under his heated concrete floor slab (100mm thick from memory). He's calculated he still loses 8% down through the floor. (Don't get me wrong, any insulation is better than nothing).
  6. Tell me! Just whacked the bathroom basin mixer on hot and timed it. 1m to warm, 1m15s to hot ?
  7. It's a Rapier...
  8. What size bolts? What you're talking about is a bit different to how @Trw144 has done it! If going into blockwork I'd be looking at resin anchors.
  9. Here you go, the thread with pics of your stairs:
  10. Same RCD here? https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/HGCD240U.html
  11. Noted some half finished wiring today in one of the sheds. Twin & earth all red and black. 3 core and earth, red white & blue, stranded cores.
  12. Never a truer word said in jest! Ended up helping out at the neighbour's. Imagine a time capsule of a couple of people in their late 90s. Opening WW2 trunks that came back from India and being told "Watch out for guns!" (Didn't find any ?). I came back with this cute little battery lantern to restore. No glass but I'll figure something out! ...& a shed! Seriously, there's a couple of brand new, unassembled timber sheds sitting in, well bigger sheds!
  13. A bit off thread... Only 2 days later than planned but I finished my Makita battery to Champion circular saw! (Finished the second set of parts to convert the BiL's one too). The saws were bought with two Nicad batteries and charger, in their own case, years ago, at 75% off marked price for £25 when a Focus/Do It All was closing. Never seen much use didn't have much grunt and the batteries died quickly. Not sure how well it will work or even last. (My previous attempt at converting the Rolson 18V grinder to work with 18V batteries looked like it was a winner until the tool burnt out). A quick video at this link: https://flic.kr/p/2kDdSQh I do note the saws no load speed is only around 2500rpm compared to say a modern Makita that runs at twice that. If cheap enough I guess I could try a gruntier motor from Banggood, AliExpress etc. I'll have a go on some sheet material later.
  14. Certainly not from over use!
  15. Lad I know walked in on his MiL holding a broom. "What's up Maureen, can't get it started?" They didn't get on...
  16. ? I used the red Polypipe trays. They just clip together. Any overlapping joints I was concerned about just went over with duct tape.
  17. I see you've bought a broom at last!
  18. And charge more to do "remedials" before he starts!
  19. I thought moats were an English thing? ?
  20. That's a new one on me... The latest here is some new incomers kids have apparently strayed onto their neighbour's property over a very unclear boundary. First time I've seen a police car down here since they were looking for the last murder victim.
  21. Yep, when it's really unpleasant to sit in your own back garden because of the overpowering whiff of the neighbours weed smoking. It was the same when I lived in a terrace house before I bought this place! ?
  22. 1) She must share your vision. 2) She gets stuck in and helps. 3) I bet she doesn't complain if you have tools "everywhere" (even if you have nowhere decent to store them). 4) I bet her constant retort, like a maddening record, isn't "You'll take forever!" (Well love, you can't finish some thing unless you start). 5) I'll swap with you! ?
  23. Very sharp! ? (What are the blocks on the roof for?)
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