Recent content by Mullardman

The floor boards have been up and down more times than the proverbial. I replaced most with t & g a few years ago but they just kick off again. Screws..nails .nothing seems to work. So the plan is to replace the whole area ( It's the landing, where gas, water, c/h and recently loads of extra...

Is this thread a wind-up?

The Walking Personality Disorder is looking rattled...

Still doggedly trying to work through a list of DIY and gardening tasks. The diy is part of a final push to get the house sorted, after which I will not be doing any more. Several years of mobility issues delayed stuff. Refurbish bathroom, replace some fittings and flooring. Then it will be...

At the other end of the scale it is very noticeable that the Tories keep putting up increasingly hopeless, desperate, dispirited apologists to waffle endlessly on programs such as Newsnight..Politics Live etc. Sadly, the Beeb still insist on platforming borderline irrelevancies such as Tice on...

FWIW. I have a spare Target wall shelf. It's the type constructed from 20mm square section steel tube. I wouldn't use it on a 'stud' wall though. I had my Orbe SE on it for years. Also a Sound Organisation three shelf rack of 20 mm tube construction which can be sat beneath and matches It can...

Even you're not a woodworker, I imagine it wouldn't be difficult to find someone who could 'knock up' extras etc. For e,g, my neighbor had an LP 12 with one of the fancy wood finishes and managed to drop the platter onto it, taking a couple of inches out along a curve in the grain. Another...

P.S. If as it seems they have gone into liquidation.. presumably there will be some sort of sale of existing stock. Be worth enquiring.

Have to say I always liked the look of their stuff, but I did think it was overly expensive. I got the impression they were trying to set themselves up as the hi end rack suppliers, with prices to match.

Well spotted and an appalling miss from me, considering I do have some knowledge of chemistry. However, I do think calcium carbonate would help to increase soil pH making it less acidic, which would discourage moss. :)

Interesting.. May try it on my borders, ..ought to kill the moss AND raise the pH.. I think it depends on context and possibly gravel type. I've skidded on flint pebbles whilst walking past a few of the more selfish examples at the top of our street.

Yep. We have several gravel drives locally. It's a lazy and anti social approach in my view and yes.. it spills onto the pavement and road, which brings the risk of pebbles being fired at windows, or innocent bystanders, by passing vehicle tyres.

Horses for courses.. These days, house builders seem to provide half decent fencing, walls and drives. When we bought our place new in '76, the 'drive' consisted of two rows of 3'x2' concrete flags leading up to the door of the integral garage. The rest of the front 'garden' was turf, laid on...

I got a text a couple of days ago. This will be my 7th jab. I'm 75

Neff 4 'ring' hob. Pulses at low temps. Two hobs on P will cause one to drop back to 9.. but P is only needed for rapid heating or boiling. Good pans cannot survive sustained operation on P, except if boiling, which is unnecessary anyway as no matter how 'fast' the boil you won't get above...