Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

A giant fan, with very special turbine blades. Have you the slightest idea what is involved in the blade manufacture, to withstand those forces, and temperatures, the engineering?

He's away with the fairies!

The same here today - no trails. I heard somewhere, that they were so prolific yesterday, simply due to atmospheric conditions. In idle moments, when there are lots of them about, I open Flightrader, to see what aircraft, and where they are bound. Often as not, they are the transatlantic aircraft.

Is the lounge timber floored? The air brick, at the bottom of the bay, suggests it might be.

Yes, how gas was supplied, has varied since it was first installed... As above, it looks like a very old gas appliance stub, where a bit of rubber pipe was pushed onto the stub, leading to the appliance, with a tap to turn the gas on. Normally, I would expect to see one, indoors, adjacent to an...

I was watching a TV program t'other day, where lots of otherwise homeless people, and deliberately homeless, had bought themselves a motorhome, to live in, and were wild camping for free around the UK. Some in wilder parts, some in their employer's car parks. If your 'anxiety', is proper...

Do you have a newish, yellow pipe to your gas meter?

I just did!

Why? Just make a pig tail of the flexies, and take the copper up higher, where you can work on it more easily, and keep an eye on it for leaks. Leaks are more likely from the flixies, as they get older, than the copper.

The longer the refuelling delay, the more inclined one becomes, to risk running out.

That appears to be the dropper resistor, for the timer electronics - they do tend to overheat, with no airflow.

As above, it is choked up with limescale, which causes inadequate cold water flow. As a result of inadequate flow, the water gets too hot, which causes the TCO to trip. It might be choked internally, or at the spray head. Soaking in lemon juice/vinegar/limescale descaller will dissolve it.

You will find that some of the 'bigots', are indeed themselves coloured, so how do you account, or cope with that?

Do you tell your insurers, every time you change your shirt?

There, I corrected that for you. Sometimes, you just have to apply a bit of basic, common sense to what you read. If what you change on a vehicle, does materially affect the safety, handling, braking, or speed, then the insurco will have no interest at all.