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They fly I believe twice as fast as a helicopter so the rotors have immense downward thrust. Makes it a pita to abseil out of and horrible for rescue duties because of the downdraft. Especially over water where it could drown the rescuees! They now have X seconds to shut the engines down after landing in dusty / sandy conditions as it can get turned to glass inside the powerful engines and then solidify. This after a crash in Hawaii. Still looks the dogs bollocks though!

Thinking to start the tanking in the shower corner tomorrow. The floor is concrete that's been down a while and was at one time dustproofed with SBR watered down probably 5:1. Should I abrade the concrete in any way to get rid of any surface latience? Cheers?

This deffo shoots back! US Marine V22 I saw today.

I rang Autodesk within the last couple of months to ask if I could reactivate an old copy of 2000i. They said yes. This for my work's Win7 64-bit machine. Was going to run it under Longbow.

I quite like the Chinooks that fly up and down the valley in the dead of night here... Better than the bloody parakeets during the day!

I LOVE AutoCAD but then my apprenticeship was as a Design Engineer so I grew up drafting with pen, pencil and board.

I use it too. I notice genuine AutoCAD throws a hissy fit when you open a drawing created in Draftsight. Draftsight has limited 3D capabilities but if you create a solid in DS you can't then edit in AutoCAD. I just have the free version of DS.

I'm going to put a 3rd coat on when I get in!

No, mines much smaller than yours and doesn't stick out...

Not sure if the screws are different but I used the indoor Aqua Panel: I wanted to drill through the AP, through the 9mm ply and into the blue metal wc frame: The self drill screws chewed the AP to bits. I just od'd on the Sikaflex EBT.

Erm.....NO! Go for it if you want but I tried ordinary st/st wood screws and self drill "into metal" screws through Aqua Panel and they tore it to shreds and didn't countersink properly.

That's it, two coats of Diamond Matt later and it's done, finished. Get the lights, speakers, shower head and body dryer back in tonight, aka no need to revisit! Except... Somewhere in applying the top Diamond Matt coats I left this mark, excess paint I didn't roller out: It's about 6" long and only visible if I stand on the steps and hold an LED spotlight against the ceiling. This will never happen and tbh it's invisible from standing in the room / lying in the bath. Unlikely the room will ever be used with the lights off btw as it's on the dingy North face overshadowed by neighbouring trees. Tbh it'll be best naturally lit in Winter. Sand or leave well alone and get on with the tanking? (There's always Artex as a fall back! )

Don't forget the special Aqua Panel screws, they're not cheap!

I love them both. What I did not like was the freebie sample can of new Lemon Lime & Cucumber Sprite I got given the other day on London Bridge. It is f***ing foul!

Black upvc?

Nose bleeds??? What, was that a pressure thing? You didn't suffer from the bends if you left the house too quick then?

You're all approaching this from the wrong angle! https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/japanese-knotweed-trouble-just-eat-it-into-submission-s7nnjdk5x Horsetail too is edible if you get the right one.

I painted some brand new OSB3 with No Nonsense Wood Treatment after putting it on the kids playhouse roof. Unfelted but covered by a tarp since. Sure it softened the glue holding the OSB together as the edges have blown a bit. I'd honestly rather use marine ply than OSB on say the side of my dormer when I redo that. I know I'll be a lone voice on this!

You could use a water repellent like Thompsons Water Seal (theres a No Nonsense one too) but what you really need to do is treat the edges and use something to stop the edge delaminating, water getting in and so on. Cheaper plys have holes and gaps along the edges. I don't think the "waterseal" types would do it. Maybe Waterseal the faces and black bitumen paint (or even cheap gloss?) the edges? How many to do? On show as a feature? Maybe something like Sadolin if only one or two and do all faces and edges. I have a feeling cheaper, non WBP plys might come apart anyway through temperature extremes aside from water ingress.

OK, so I'm done with the plastering and onto the painting. What have I learnt? 1) It's not as easy as it looks! 2) It's knackering. I've got pretty good arm and upper body strength but this takes muscle memory too. Respect to real spreads! 3) Cream of tartar is your friend as a newbie. 1tsp per bag of multi or two in hot weather. It really gives you extra working time. On a controversial note you CAN bring back to life plaster that's going off by adding a sachet of the stuff and done more water. 4) Again controversial, you don't have to pay top dollar on tools. I used an 18" st/st one, a 14" steel one both from Wickes. Then a 6" Ragni one. Aluminium float was from Wickes. Both big trowels well used on all sorts before I cleaned them up with 80 grit paper and the finish was great. Where it wasn't was down to the technique not the tools. 5) That guy's videos I linked were invaluable 6) However.....You think you've done a good job then you start looking! My issue was mainly having left some low bits. I think that's down to not having pressed hard enough in the later stages of flatting off. My edge technique needs work too but in this case 3 out of 4 walls will be tiled to the ceiling so I'll lose a bit there. Would I do another ceiling / wall? Yep, in a heartbeat.

Money no object you could perhaps retrofit the "photochromic" glass as one person has done on here already. Not sure that's the right word but they will darken at the touch of a button and are linked to light level / temperature sensors. £Ks per sq. metre I believe though.

Just makes me realise how good mine is now by comparison, considering its a DIY job. Did you pay someone to do that? Edit: If you were nearer you'd be welcome to this virtually full bag of EasiFill 20 I have. I couldn't live with that. Not in the bedroom is it, the missus will be constantly picking up on it!

Diamond tomorrow night!

WTF? Just finishing the second two mist coats and it looks lovely. SWMBO wanders in... S: "Looks great, is that the top coat?" Onoff: "No" S: "Top coat next?" Onoff: "Yes" Wait for it... S: "I don't mind matt on the ceiling!" ??? Then! S: "But I want gloss on the wall!" Onoff: "You can't have gloss on the wall it'll look crap, get proper bathroom paint!" S: "That's what I meant" ???

That's what I do sort of but without the extra gun, have two cans of cleaner on the go. Especially handy when changing cans. Use the one with the red widget on to blast around where the new can screws on and the one without the widget to screw on and blast thru the gun if cleaning out.