Recent content by digdilem

Place it out of reach? Harden it so it's more difficult to remove? Use a separate IR light source? Multiple cameras?

If one room is colder than the others in the house, and the door is open, all the warm, moisture-laden air will condense its water load on any cold surfaces, which'll be your outhouse. Also damp from the floor is possible, but if it's unheated and un-insulated, condensation would be my first...

If it's a cold loft, you will need to consider the risk of freezing and subsequent water damage.

Balance paranioa with level of effort and cost. Only secure way is physically destroying the drive. That is why most corporate computers are sold ex-drives. Simplest way is deleting the data and emptying the recycle bin - but references such as recently used file list can still trip you up...

Get a mini digger in. They're very cheap to hire, will save you all the heavy lifting, it'll be a lot safer to demolish. You may need a breaker too if the patio conrete is thicker than say 2 or 3 inches.

Good clean, including cooling fins and any filters. Dust builds up and coats them, reducing cooling ability. Temps rise so the fan is told to spin faster to compensate. Compressed air is the best method - either an airline or a tin of the stuff.

You are actually uncoiling it by unrolling and not simply lifting the coils off the roll as they are, aren't you? Speedfit is fairly stiff, but if not unrolled it will keep trying to twist back on itself.

Each has benefits, and almost everyone uses copper for finish work. But don't disregard plastic - for long runs in the loft, behind skirting, under the floor etc it's perfect. Can be fished in one length, strung airbourne - it's a lot quicker to lay. Also - it withstands freezing, which...

Did these guys lead you astray? SDS+ is not a multi-purpose drill and is not going to be ideal for wood, plasterboard, steel (not fast enough for HSS bits), or anything other than masonry. Sure, you can turn the hammer off, but it'll lbe heavy and slow. :( On the positive side, your masonry...

It's a common problem, and why win64 has still not entered mainstream until relatively recently. IMO, stick with XP32 or win7 x32 unless you have a specific need to upgrade, and especially if you have older hardware. Your life will be smoother for it.

They look like a good idea which on further study may be a bad idea. Unsure how often these are supposed to go, but even at a short distance they will introduce point loading on the joists below. If those joists are typical ceiling joists and you're storing a lot of weight above, they'll bow...

Are you sure it's not been done deliberately? Flat roofs usually have a very small fall so you know where the water's going to come off. Sorry if that's too obvious but it's not clear from your description if it's falling to somewhere not suitable.

I love my Popcorn Hour. Stupid name but really clever bit of kit. All my tv is recorded on a computer elsewhere (via mythtv), and I can view any of this along with films etc by laptop, desktop and with the PCH, on the big telly. Needs a wired connection to the network (or wifi router...

Sounds like digging some test pits outside wouldn't be a bad idea, to establish if the water table actually is that high? (Dig a series working away from the house, cover, monitor levels of them over a period of time. Compare levels inside the house before and after rain.) As a terrace...

Thanks for posting this thread, and it depresses me hugely because this is such a useful and otherwise interesting forum and you are correct. I would spend a lot more time here, and have a lot of knowledge to share as well as learn from others, but the flaming and personal attacks from what is...