Recent content by Diver Fred

Milliways!

How (are we changing to a more productive and higher skill economy)? To do that we need to reduce the cost of employing people for one. Bring back proper 'Indentured' apprenticeships - to make that more attractive the tax on employing the apprentices should be removed for another.

My local butcher would question that as 'fillet'!

I do wonder if Starmer resigns who would replace him - I don't see anyone in the present mob who could be effective and less damaging to the national economy. However, calling a general election could (should) lead to a more balanced government.

Buying car insurance - Online. WTF does it take so lloonngg, 2.5 hours start to finish, thought doing things online was supposed to quicker and more convenient?

To whom do we address the requisition to stop the boats from being destroyed?

Is there any 'Spockets' under the bottom row of tiles? That row does appear to be at a different slope the rest of the roof with a large gap under the bottom edge of the second row. That is likely to allow wind blown water up under the second row. Sprockets are wedges that affix to the bottom...

To far gone! Bodge, then. When the rain stops and the timber drys out brush the loose rotten wood away. Use copious amounts of wood hardener on the bare timber. Buy a length of architrave or pencil topped skirting Cut that to fit between the walls. Chop out the rotten timber on the uprights...

The safety 'device', at least in the ones I've seen, are a fine mesh over the air input holes to the pilot flame - same principle as a miner's Davy lamp.

Good grief - I didn't know they were still selling these nasty, dangerous things. They make enormous amounts of damp* as well as carbon dioxide and if they don't burn cleanly Carbon Monoxide - you have installed a CO monitor haven't you? In every room in the house. If left burning in one room...

Are the hoses restricting how far back the machine will go? See if re-routing them solves your problem.

Where I worked we had a lot of staff take redundancy or just leave; many finished on Friday but came back on the following Monday into the same job! The reasons for most leaving was to get more money and the employer was happy as they didn't have to pay so much in 'hidden' costs* of employing...

Picture 1 I see 'Soakers' but are they over the tiles? There should be a Flashing over the soakers, either straight or stepped. Soakers should extend under the tiles for at least half the width of the tiles and are the length of the tiles. The flashing then goes over the upright side of the...

Nothing to do with the weather, then? As someone who spends a lot of my time on and in the sea water I wouldn't wish to be travelling in an open (small) boat this last Month!

Both neighbours who have had solar installed in the last three years their installers used 10mm T&E for the interconnect cables. One has a Battery, one doesn't.