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Terrace houses often had an outhouse next to a coal store where a “copper” could have a fire to heat water for washing. If they were lucky, there was an outside toilet with a tap. My house as a child was a post war semi, possibly just prewar? The washing machine was a twin tub that lived in the...

“Out of the box” containers are freezing in winter, boiling in summer. So loads of insulation needed. We used them as storage and they are great, but to live in? As said, by the time you fix two together to have something wider than 7’8” you have to weld/bolt them together. Finding an engineer...

Get another couple of opinions from people that can see it? Personally, I would replace unless money is tight or you have a real love for the thing. A new frame will be thermally better, it will lock more securely, and probably be easier to open and close due to new tracks and wheels. The...

Trump complains that Obama “gave Iran $1.7 billion” (he released frozen money which was paid by Iran for weapons that the US did not deliver) One billion is one thousand million. Now, rather than free transit through the Straights of Hormuz, every ship has to pay between $1~2 million to...

The definition of a boat “A hole in the water which you fill with money”

Classic cars, or in my own case, classic bikes. Thankfully, the bottom has fallen out of the market and “investors” don’t buy classic vehicles like they used to. I just like doing up old bikes. A few years ago, fairly ordinary 50 year old bikes were bought and sold like paintings and never...

Use a bread knife to cut acoustic rockwool. It should be slightly larger than the gap and squeezes in, but don’t ram it in. If using plasterboard, mix up some plaster and “grout” the joints or where it touches the battens. The more airtight you can get the better. Fill the gaps in the floorboards.

Quite possibly my “MS” person had more than three vehicles? Or didn’t care An artist I know has Her initials and 4RT as her reg.

I’d start small and make a hole bigger until I had a better view? Using a vibrating cutting tool on the seams might help, avoiding the suspect areas. Those airbags for door and window fitting might help? Screwing a block to a safe area might help in levering up sections? I would guess that once...

Maybe the owner was a Mike Smith/ Madeline Shaw? Less concerned with the apparent age of the vehicle than having a private plate? My new to me 66 car was on a personal plate before I bought it. The PO retained the PP and sold it with it’s original No My old childhood neighbours were in the...

I bought new panels for my existing fence about a year ago. (6) When they were delivered, I mentioned to the delivery guy that I needed to cut one down. As they make them, he said that they would have made one to fit had I mentioned it, same price as the next size up, no more. Too late, and I...

I believe that extracts have a stated maximum distance in their specs? And that every bend limits the max length by a factor of “X” However I didn’t know if X is the same for all/ varies by duct material My kitchen extract comes out the side, and I made a “shelf” from a kitchen end panel that...

I don’t suppose Ikea do tops? I know they do some kind of polycarbonate (type) tops for Kalix ? Personally I’d go for glass, but budget may be a concern.

Could you build the frames flat, use wrap, but then raise them to near vertical using a support frame, close to the boundary, then clad? Then move to your boundary. Repeat for the other side using the same support system, dismantle the supports. Or build the back wall first, using that to...

Any builders merchant will have heavy duty polythene for DPMs. https://www.wickes.co.uk/featured/damp-proof-membrane Possibly cheaper on Amazon/ebay