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Woody, as ever thanks for the insight. I had a feeling this wasn’t going to be a picnic so I’m grateful for the advice. Another quick question, given the design, would you say that the binders contribute to countering roof spread? Not sure if they'd be under tension. There are only two binders...

I'm thinking acrows are the way to go, cheers noseall.

Hi Woody, There’s nothing wrong with it over bedroom 1 but in the longest section, there’s a twist in it starting at the central wall that ends up with it 13° out when the shortest section is nailed to it at the overlap. This has caused the overlap joint to have a gap in it (unless it was...

Is there anything on the dashboard (temp gauge high, temp warninhg lights on etc) that shows an overheating problem. Overhating can be due to a few things like colling system, engine timing etc. You say it goes nuclear, is there any steam coming out of the radiator, pipes, coolant reservoir...

I’m with Daz. I would take what isn’t visible into consideration and try to negotiate. We took on a bungalow a couple of years ago that also has the underside of the roof covered in standard (non-breathable) hardboard. We knew the history of it before we bought it and knew that it had suffered...

Deluks, Thanks so much for taking the time to reply. Just a couple of questions if that’s OK. Just a few passing thoughts...any proper repair would likely involved damage to the ceiling below, and could result in cracks, potential redecorating/skimming. I kind of expect that, but it would be...

I know this is a big post, but I was wondering if anyone might be able to give a couple of words on how they’d fix just the binder. Maybe I need to replace the whole length? Am I a million miles out with my thinking on how the fix would be done (the bullets)? Cheers all

Hi all I’m trying to make the loft ready for light storage but have seen that a few of the ceiling joists have pulled away from one ceiling binder. It’s a 1930s bungalow, so guessing this is due to movement in timbers and possibly joists being walked on over the years. The binder in question...

Just checked back on this post. Matty, absolutely it seems very useful for an elderly person if set up right. Careline365/panic button type subscription boxes have great microphones, but I think I remember the average Echo device have 8 cunningly processed mics, so they can hear anything almost...

Oh, well done, that ties in with what I was thinking then.

OK sounds like it might be an Amazon derived number then. I'm getting the impression that there is some cleverness going on in the background where it does the call via Amazon servers via a number they assign temporarily or something. I'll dig deeper and report back if I can. Cheers Harry :- )

Wow, brilliant thanks Harry. I would be really interested in what number called her, i.e. if it was an Amazon assigned number or if it was number that was assigned to the device (the cube) when it was configured. I'm just trying out find how you get a device to do this trick. Not sure if I...

Thanks Foxhole, that might be useful in my search. I just find it funny that with all the tech available, there doesn't seem to be a quick go-to fix for this. Yes, we've all got Star Trek communicators in our pockets, but it seems HAL hasn't arrived for your average Joe yet.

Just wondering if anyone has used any Google or Amazon based devices (Echo Dot, Google Nest speaker or display) to make and receive phone calls. This isn't for me, but the person it's for would like to make and receive calls to UK mobiles and Landlines using for instance the "Hey Google"...

Injection engines. OK fair enough, Rolls knew what they were doing – no surprise there, certainly was engineering at its best and under the pressure of conflict. Makes you wonder where all our brit genius engineers are today. As far as the shape of it (non clipped vers), it makes you wonder what...

Interesting stuff 42. I always think of powerful engines as having high compression, but it was way back then when the strokes were long etc. was just reading that the opposition had injection engines... Always were good at that stuff. Such clever people mislead by a nut case, so sad.

Yeah, not a clue about the prescribed way of restarting it. I just skimmed the wiki article on the "orifice" and ironically, putting it into a steep dive is how you undesirably flood the engine thereby stopping it in the first place Ha ha. Having said that, I guess it would only be the initial...

Thanks for that SM. Just wasn't sure if there was anything tricky lurking that would spoil my plan. I was surprised to see just a switch and speaker in the box. I wonder if being this simple is typical for an internal sounder. I’ve got the external one (bell box) to do next which probably won’t...

I think I've see old films with prop planes that have been in the same boat and whether it's artistic licence or not, they have gone into a very steep dive so as to make the prop turn the engine over. Does make you think though, what's the compression ratio of a serious engine like that. Is...

Hi alarm people Just wondering if you can help me. I have an old Risco GT600P alarm panel as below and I need to disconnect the internal sounder box then reconnect it in order to re-locate it due to building works. I’m hoping to do this carefully with the system powered up, as I’m not an alarm...