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Gave up with the £7 dongle, OK as a 300Mbps wireless extender but hasn't helped me get internet content on this old Sony. Now bought a couple of these boxes: https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/smart-android-tv-streaming-stick-for-catch-up-tv-kodi-showbox-with-remote-c-iq-4kbox/version.asp

Ta. Tempted to grout just the "window" and "wc" walls once tiled. Tbh probably a mistake if I do as then I'll be tempted to fit the wc, shower controls, roses, towel rad etc. I'll still have to do tiling adjacent to some of them and risk splattering those elements with adhesive. Best concentrate on the tiling I guess!

Two pockets re-trimmed. Split the difference at the 4 corners where necessary. Tile faces are either flush to the trim or slightly low. Concentrated on getting the trim corners tidy to each other. Far better than the first attempt! Those missing mosaics in the pockets can go in anytime now the soffit of the pocket has been redone in 6mm rather than the original 12mm Aqua Panel and all re-tanked.

CT1 then colour matched silicon over that that can be redone as and when?

Just read about the DIY EWI element...I will be asking questions! Pics please!

There's a couple on here gone to the Dark Side!

I thought they only had a range of 30 or so metres?

How old's your Dad? Mine (he'll be 90 at Xmas) was struggling tonight to use a new cordless phone! Hive would finish him off!

Wrong side the Medway by the sounds of it but welcome anyway!

Removing the 1mm (yellow) packs and the tips of a few are in there tight and stick fast though snapped off flush. No way are they coming out. Presume OK to just grout and (colour matched) mastic bead over?

50 feet would be bad enough!

Welcome. Love the IoW. Was there earlier in the year & weather (& beer ) were superb. Quite a lot of derelict / boarded up places there seem ripe for development.

Saves a fortune on salt!

The heat losses must be incredible! EasySwitch receiver is more rugged I'd say than Quinetic.

I've debated a South facing, home brew, solar thermal array feeding a loop under the sloping drive with the pipes set a car's width apart. Meant to incorporate ducts within the sliding gate footings but forgot.....

Looking forward to the snow pictures!

How far are you going with the off grid thing? Any livestock planned? I've some good links to home built biogas plants. One from Mother Earth News and a Nepalese design my Gurkha friends confirm is widely used and provided the (gas) light they did their homework by as kids whilst Mum cooked dinner on the gas stove. Also a US solar energy forum if you're interested.

Ideally the trap wants to be sited along a wall rather than open ground. You can often see a mark at the entry hole where the dirt and grease off their belly leaves a mark. If you catch a juvenile then likely there's more along with the parents. Reset the trap whatever. Worth placing some grub outside the hole and watching from a downwind vantage point. What flavour Bounty btw, blue or red, we love details!

Make sure the bottoms of your trousers are tight! Seriously...saw one run up the FiL's leg.

+1 but the smell? How about remove the brick but place a baited live trap against it?

I have plans for a snowmobile if you're interested...

@Nickfromwales, A question...when I do the window sill tiling: SWMBO doesn't want to feel the edge of the tile trim ideally (when SHE cleans ), she wants it flush with the tile. Should I then set the tiles flush but leave a nominal credit card size gap and fill with colour matched silicon? Cheers

It's probably a rat or squirrel. Likely going out for food at someone's bird table or eating scraps left out for foxes. The chewing is just what they do keeping their teeth down. Any overhanging trees they can access the roof from, rough cast walls they can run up, badly detailed dormer returns, below ground service penetrations or gaps in footings etc? I have all the above btw!

No can do, my Passport's expired! Oh, and welcome aboard @Rendall.

Oh, and I re trimmed the pocket over the wc with new trim affixed with clear CT1. Much neater/happier than my attempt with mitre bond. A little strip of duct tape just to hold in the perfect position!