Recent content by Diver Fred

I hope you know what 'Soakers' are - Lengths of the Flashing material that extend under the roofing slates/tiles about half width of roofing and around 2inch/50mm up the wall under the flashing. There should be a separate soaker per tile/slate.

Now here is a question (or 2)... It's many years since I finished working on the PSTN (and number 'routing') so I don't know the answer to the but I do wonder if someone in the collective knowledge has an idea. I see that with the shift to 'Digital Voice' and speech calls carried on the...

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I just been forced to have a f****** 'smart meter' - day reading are OK but the night readings are way, way out - like 350%! Nothing has changed in the overnight usage, previously it was find 12 units per night now it's around 40 units even if the big MAN was taking power for all 7 hours that is...

So your old copper 'phone cable was U/G fed through a duct to the house? If so the installers can and should have used that. Your description of the installed internal Fibre indicates it doesn't have a proper protective sheath.

Well FTTP was a BT idea and development killed off by OfCom and HMG in the first half of the 1990's. (lost my future job through that killing off.) The UK is now playing catch-up with the numerous AltNets getting money from HMG to provide a 'competative' environment for the FTTP role out - read...

If doing 4500 per year it's absolutely necessary to change it yearly the engine never gets not enough for long enough to boil the water content out of the oil.

Which way does the water flow in relation to your pictures?

Does the car have a scond battery for the security systems?

Umm, that made me think. Had to go and have a look at both the installation and check the invoices. Cause the parents house is (was) plumbed before mains water was installed only the kitchen has mains water, the rest of the house is supplied by a tank in the loft, independant of the mains...

Wife's nephew is 8 going on 17. Bought him a plastic construction set (think plastic maccano) which the model that used all the enclosed parts was a tower crane. complete with an electric motor to raise and lower the hook. His dad helped start to make some of the models with it but all the kid...

Family home is on a septic tank. After, well really during covid and the toilet paper shortage they had a Shataf fitted (and used) which reduced their toilet paper concumption grately. Now having become used to the idea and practise of washing over wiping themselve clean they rarely use paper...

The following is my view. Firstly it looks you or someone had one of the latest OR/BT bodgers in ripping out the original jucntion box where the exrenal and internal cables meet; replacing that with 'jelly' IDC's - Bl**dY disgusting workmanship. Those IDC's should only be used in external...

Actually, NO. I mean whinging about leaving the EU. The boat arrivals is something different. Am I happy to see so many arriving here - NO. Am I happy with the way they are treated - NO. But until someone in power puts forward a solution that the majority supports not much will happen.

I was disapointed with the result, at the time I worked in an European body so I know that no EU country was completely happy with the EU rules, Reg's and management, some more so than the EU, I have accepted it and have to agree with HM. It really is time to stop whinging and get on with...