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I Formatted my SSD with Format Mac OS Extended(Journaled) and retried a back up with Time Machine without success. So reformatted SSD with Format Mac OS Extended (Case-Sensitive, Journaled) and retried a Time Machine Back Up. All looked to be progressing well, albeit very slowly (9GB of 78GB in...

Thanks foxhole, bit of gobbledegook there for a pc nugget I am afraid. The SSD I have was bought on the Internet,some information on the box may give you a clue as to its suitability. It is titled 'Portable SSD M.2 SSD (type-C). It also states, system support Win7, Win10, IOS. and Supports Hard...

I am always very wary of changing an operating system, even an upgrade from Apple. I am using Yosomite and can't upgrade to later Apple OS's as my Machine is 12 years old and Apple make upgrading impossible so you have to by a new Machine (B'astards). So changing to Linux scares the lifeout of...

Thanks for the advice. I can use USB Sticks for the important stuff like Documents and have done that for years. Thought a good idea would be to use a 1TB drive and auto back up with Time Machine. It was a good idea at the time. How do I do a Disc Clone

I have bought a 1TB SSD and tried to back up my ageing PC (12 years old but still working well) using Apple Time Machine. The first back up will take a few hours apparently so left it overnight. No Back up was made. Inspecting the SSD I see that Time Machine has successfully registered my iMac...

I am not a fan of Mulching. My experience is that the grass cuttings rots down and feed the lawn, but inevitably the lawn end up heavily choked with thatch which on a large lawn is a nightmare and damn hard work even with an electric scarifier to get rid of. Also mulching re-seeds all of the...

Now an Articulated Stiga Mower is undoubtedly good, it costs an arm and a leg to buy. A robotic thingy would not really be suitable as the lawn is too big and would need constant recharging to get the lawns cut, and their fuel costs are NOT zero, they need to be charged and electric power is an...

Tried the Mulching business, what I found was that although it rots down and feeds the grass, it always leaves the lawn heavily thatched which takes a lot to remove even with an electric scarifier. I also found that if mulching, the process leave all of the weed seeds to regenerate yet more damn...

Fair Point. But Quotes are between £100 and £150, So,10 cuts a year, at the lowest quote is £1000, The mower would therefore pay for itself in a couple of years.

Thanks John, They are pricey at around £3k. There are a few on eBay but I am wary of Second Hand Mowers. Do you think such a mower is suitable for 1000 sq mts lawn? I'll Have search for Viking.

I have a reasonably sized lawn at around 1000 Sq Mts. Not large enough for a sit on is the advice from a 'DIYnot' posting from 2009, and I must agree with that conclusion and as such I have used petrol self propelled mowers for many years. However advancing years (I am 80) makes the task of...

I have a petrol Driven Pressure washer and have used a Turbo Nozzle for cleaning a Block Paved Drive. It is a large drive and takes hours and hours to clean it. There are lots of attachments on the market which are of the 'Pan' type which professional drive cleaners use. I would have thought...

Hi cdbe, removed the Flush plate and directly pressed the cistern buttons on the wall unit and the flush still does not operate as I thought it would. In order to get a full flush I still have to hold the button on the cistern continuously. The flush operating rod adjustment therefore does not...

Thanks so much cdbe, I will have a go tonight.

I have no idea if it is Pneumatic or not, I thought is was mechanical, how do you remove the flush plate, is it just a pull push fit??

The instructions for the Roca Flush operation quotes the the flush rates 6/3 lts/min and 4.5/3 lts/min not sure what the 4.5/3 and 6/3 means other than one is big flush and one is small flush selected by the two available buttons on the flush plate. My question is that I assume one press of the...

Thanks Again so much for your advice. If it is not necessary I probably won't include it, an FCU would be just as easy as a switch to install, so would use an FCU if anything, but with your advice I will just instal the Spur Double socket.

Thanks so much for your advice. Would you advise, as a precaution, the inclusion of a FCU anyway??

I am installing a new Double 13A Socket as a Spur from a domestic ring main for powering an OLED TV and a Fire TV Stick. My understanding is that if only One Double Socket is wired from the ring main then a Fused Spur is not necessary, if more than one Socket is on the Spur then a fused Spur is...

No to the running whilst being de-Iced question. In so far as What parts were replaced during service was never disclosed to me other than it was a major service and a lot of bits and pieces were replaced. I don't believe a 20% reduction in efficiency to be weather related, it didn't happen last...