Recent content by Steve Medlock

Sorry, my mistake!

It is 2.5m to eaves though, adjacent to a boundary rather than to apex.

This ugly office building is at least 2.8 m above natural ground level, but after around two years of complaining to the planning authority, they said they thought it was 'probably PD'.

I'm hoping that our Firearms Officers are being better trained now, having a good grasp of the law for the benefit of everybody.

Thanks all - I now have the replacement valve and so can try a few of these things to get the old one out. Steve.

Yes, I've been cleaning up all the fittings in Oust de-scaler!

No idea on make Roy - it may be Crosswater but was in my son's house when he moved in. I'm going to have to wait until the replacement valve arrives before attacking it with mole grips.

This valve although only held in by O rings just doesn't seem to want to move with less force than it would take to pull the whole unit through the wall. Is there a puller or anything that would ease it out please?

It times gone by, both pitch and beeswax were used to line leather and ceramic vessels.

I don't know what the rest of the country is like but there are hardly any combined sewers left in the South East. There was a huge programme by southern Water and its agencies to dual the sewerage systems back in maybe the 70s (forget the date!). Where you have permeable strata, soakaways are...

A few months ago I repaired a gun stock with Titebond 3 and the joint failed. I'm in no doubts that it was oil in the pores of the wood despite me thinking it was clean. I cleaned again with isopropyl alcohol and then with acetone just to be sure. This time I switched to a specialist epoxy and...

Although Finland could be a problem?

My simple wax polish is just beeswax dissolved in turpentine (not turps substitute).

Best to use a food safe oil on chopping boards. IKEA do one.

I buy Hilti cartridges so would happily take them off your hands. Happy to pay postage. Steve.