Recent content by johnnyb

Silva were really good what a Shame not a general merchant more shingles/ cladding etc. Mostly cedar.

Your close to a big cedar importer/stockist silva at widnes most would wince at the cost though! illingworth Ingham are around there. Lavers to.

Would uk grown cedar work?

A good (long grain)joint should last as nearly as long as no joint(doesn't make it much cheaper just easier to find)

I've cleared many old guys workshops over the years and it's never easy emotionally. But eventually things are sold. The first items are the heartbreaks.

Hope this place brings you some joy fella. Hope the Meds work as they should .

Try how would long would free software guys last if they charged a living wage but Microsoft were operating for free without regulation.

I can't say it in any other way so I'm finished on this. People are being very dismissive about these small businesses like they don't matter like its just a joke. But there real and they won't survive. Would the repair cafe staff go and work for one of these companies for free? Unlikely

I'm failing to see the repair cafe as doing a mate a favour. It's highly promoted. With thousands of staff.

Thousands of free workers organised into a well promoted business is a huge threat. Leek bike solutions, pj's garden machinery, Mr sharpy, on the mend and so on and so forth all competitors of the repair cafe. And that's only my town

Bike shops disappearing garment repair disappearing sharpening businesses still around, small electrical repair is disappearing. Maybe if you thought of small businesses as charities with 100 per cent of the profit going to a good cause that would help. The repair cafe is now big business...

Consider what happens when the bbc decide to cancel this program or worse(much worse) people are once again affluent enough to do what they really want and just "get a new one"

Repair a lawnmower and the lawnmower business will be bankrupt. Every item that's repaired could be repaired by a business that exists(for now).

I get fixing stuff for no reward. It's admirable in every way. But once it becomes en mass and organised dare I say businesslike it kills any potential for a meaningful enterprise whilst it exists. Every aspect of every trade could be offered as a free service to all using the huge free retired...

Set up a garage repairing old cars for free. Plenty of retired mechanics around. Rent a unit. Advertise. Free fix for all. You would be the only garage around. And you would be doing poor motorists a huge favour. I've ruffled the feathers of some people by having an opinion that's different to...