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    If ball valve is so great ...

    And all that broken up calcium stays in the system and blocks filters on showers and aerators on taps :(
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    Drone Novice

    Yes, sometimes just increasing height a bit will allow you to see the drone against the plain background of the sky.
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    Drone Novice

    I'm waiting ellal's reply with interest. The only rule that I think you broke was flying it beyond VLOS. I definitely can't see mine at 400m away, my limit is about 240m although it does depend on the background.
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    Slab loft insulation question

    Agreed, and I know I said bills but I actually have a system set up to record my gas usage on an hourly basis with records going back several years. I was disappointed that topping up the loft insulation made no detectable difference to my gas usage. I expect that the first 100mm of insulation...
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    Is this an isolation valve?

    Please don't adjust it, you are only likely to create a gas leak.
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    Drone Novice

    If you really want to fly it indoors it might be worth investing in a set of blade guards. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005510641607.html (other reputable suppliers available, this is an example not a recommendation).
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    Drone Novice

    Sounds right. Some people get the Irish operator and flyer ID's as they are in the EU and the application is in English.
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    Drone Novice

    The DJI intelligent batteries automatically self-discharge to prevent damage if they are left fully charged. In the case of the Mini 4K the battery automatically discharges to about 96% of the battery level when it is idle for one day. To prevent swelling, the battery automatically discharges to...
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    Slab loft insulation question

    I spent some time at the beginning of last winter increasing my 100mm loft insulation to 370mm by laying 270mm fibreglass roll over the top of the existing. This has made absolutely no detectable difference to my heating bills. :rolleyes:
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    Drone Novice

    Well done for not crashing it indoors. They are much easier to crash when they don't have a good GPS signal. Indoors you have things to hit in every direction.
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    Drone Novice

    For your test flight pick a nice big open space outdoors with good GPS coverage (the screen will tell you how many satellites it can see). Sunday might be a bit windy for a first go. :( Remember that those propellers will cut skin so keep it away from yourself and others (and the dog). If you...
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    Broadband and telephones

    It depends on the router and where it's (often internal) aerials are pointing. They can be designed to beam the signal horizontally, or they can be designed to attempt to cover a sphere. If they have external aerials then you can move the aerials about to try to get better coverage.
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    Broadband and telephones

    Something like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-MU-MIMO-Wireless-Gigabit-Outdoor would give you WiFi outside. If you want more hard wired connections than you have sockets available then you plug a switch like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-SG108S-Ethernet-Lifetime-Warranty into...
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    Broadband and telephones

    Easy enough to run wired connections from the loft to strategic locations around the house and plug in extra WiFi access points where required. I have the router upstairs and an extra access point downstairs which is wired back to the router.
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    Brass light fitting adjustment needed

    It also seems to say removable (pointing to the pole). Can the pole be removed and the shade part be screwed directly to the part which fits on the ceiling?
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    Farmers on the march

    Presumably whoever purchased the farm.
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    Farmers on the march

    Well, I think that if I inherited an asset worth £5M which would only give me a return of 50k a year I would sell it and invest the proceeds. It wouldn't be difficult to achieve a return of more than 50k a year from the sale proceeds.
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    Farmers on the march

    Yes it's future tense but who can predict the future? Who can predict when Mr Dyson might pass away and who can predict what the tax regime might be at that time? Impossible to know if he will pay more tax as a result of this policy, I would say.
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    Farmers on the march

    Has he died then?
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