Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

Or hire a Bobcat to spread it yourself.

Then, that's why you have mould stained timber.

Certainly it could be, but deal with the cheap, easily solved indoor moisture levels first. Drying clothes indoors, is guaranteed to produce mould, as are the other things I mentioned.

Yep, I appreciate all that, but I had the fitting, and spare lamps in stock, but it had a failed ballast of type no longer available. Rocky, kindly donated three electrically compatibles, though not physically, making the exercise worth-while. I was able to mount the ballast unit indoors, the...

Are you putting damp clothing in there?

Never simply dry washing in a habitable space, indoors, is the rule, and never pile things tight against outside, or against divider walls, where the adjacent room in unheated. Make sure your bathroom has an extract fan, which should always be used. When cooking, ensure lids are used on pans...

This once very expensive fitting, cost me £0.00, and they are as efficient as LED - so why not make use of it?

Occasionally, yes - we just soak it in acetic acid.

Some energy companies, loan out such equipment. Octopus do, but there is quite a waiting list I heard.

Either spelling is an accepted English word. I was taught 'rooves'.

I've had the big double-extension ladders up now, for what seems like a couple of weeks, on the drive, awaiting a suitable opportunity, to swap the old LPS yellow light fitting, for a more modern HPS white light. Mid-week, the weather allowed me to try to get up there, but I went dizzy, half-way...

I understand, it works just great in the US, but with different roof design. It crossed the pond, and the installers here miss-sell it as fix-all a solution for the UK's very different issues.

The idea of the bypass, is to short-circuit you heating system, so there is still some flow of water through the boiler, to help cool it, once all of the TRV's are satisfied, and closed. The bypass is pressure valve operated, if the pressure rises above a set level, it opens, allowing flow via...

With many welders, they supply some sort of cheap mask. The problem is you need to have the mask's protection in place, before the arc is struck. You end up guessing where the material, and the business end of the welder is - very difficult to do. An automatic helmet, means you can see both...

Yep, the more sealed up, and well insulated a house becomes, the more important it is, to have properly planned ventilation, plus the ventilation used.