chris p bacon

I'm sure I've seen some plans, but it was very very thick crayon.......and I may of been at infant school...

Paddy goes into a florist and says, I would like to buy a bunch of flowers for my girlfriend. The florist looked at him and said, "Certainly Sir, what is it you're after?" Paddy replies "A sh*g"

So in theory if plans were found for the Fell.................is 18 months too long to wait........

Yep it's a Jackdaw. Digging the veg plots over the weekend I had 6 robins hasseling me to hurry up, which means we have 3 nests in the garden or just over the fence. so far we have had Dunnocks fledge and some sparrows, Blue tits are about but don't seem to using the nestboxes in the garden.

Yes it's too thin, to be honest any ply/chipboard without bracing is going to flex too much, even if you only lift it and lean it against a wall as soon as you pick up one edge the board will curve/flex and track can "pop" off. For ease try the insulation board approach that Gordon s suggested or make some braced boards, it really is easy.

I saw 2 minutes of that once......it took 1.55 to find the remote....

Best you keep it that way, after listening to Ms Bradbury being interviewed on the radio a while ago I thought she was rather arrogant and boring........ awaits rotten fruit.........

I remember watching that exchange, IIRC it was the Lima "Police" 37. Hilarious

Try googling Knauf or Kingspan for the insulation details, they are for houses but it gives you an idea of what level of insulation is required for todays standard of living. You can use either a thicker (90mm) stud and put say 75mm of insulation between or use a smaller stud with say 40-50mm inbetween then put a layer of 25mm over the top with taped joints (draughts), you then counterbatten this with some 25mm roofing batten and top off with a layer of 12mm plasterboard, a bit more toasty and the plasterboard gives you an element of fire protection (although not complete unless skimmed). The more insulation you can pack in and the less draughts you have from doors and windows then the better it will be, and whatever you put in the walls double it for the roof, the more you do now the cheaper in the long run, electric bills are not coming down and it will give you a nice year round enviroment.

Are you battening insulation to the inside of the walls? 45mm cavity between uprights doesn't allow for much insulation. The current spec I am working to has been calculated to 170mm (in a timber frame) for bedrooms that require 18C, living rooms and bathrooms are calculated for heat loss at 20-21C. If you only have 45mm to play with I'd wrap up warm. I have a Dunster house depot at Bedford 7 miles away, they are average quality and expensive for what they are. I would still ask a local chippie to quote you for what you want, you should get it cheaper or a better spec.

Redwings systematically stripping our holly tree of berries in the front garden, and great tits investigating nestboxes in the back. Numbers are up to normal in the garden and on the feeders, Methinks "Nookie time" approaches.

Saw this in Lerwick, Shetland Islands a couple of years ago.

New changer installed in the car yesterday so just loaded Ok Computer and the Wall Live for starters

A German guy approaches a lady of the night. 'I vish to buy sex viz you.' 'OK,' says the girl, 'I charge £150 an hour.' '..ist goot, but I must varn you, I am a little kinky.' 'No problem,' she replies cautiously, 'For £150 I can do little kinky.' So off they go to the girl's flat, where the German produces four large bedsprings and a duck caller. 'I vant zat you tie ze springs to each of your hans und knees.' The girl finds this most odd, but complies, fastening the springs as he had said, to her hands and knees. 'Now you vill get on your hans und knees.' She duly does this, balancing precariously on the springs. 'You vill please to blow zis kwacker as I ###### to you in zur doggy way.' She finds it odd, but figures it's harmless (and the guy is paying.) She finds the sex is fantastic, as she is bounced all over the room by the energetic German, all the time honking on the duck caller. The climax is the most sensational that she has ever experienced and it is several minutes before she has enough breath to say, 'That was totally amazing, what do you call that style of lovemaking?' 'Ah,' says the German . . 'zat is ze.... Four-sprung Duck technique'

So do graded grains make "finescale" flour

Bedfordshire, about 1/2 a mile from the HQ of the RSPB, numbers are a bit lower in the garden but the weather is mild and there is abundant food about at the moment, where I am working backs onto open fields and there is no shortage there. In fact this morning I had to use the digger and within a few minutes a robin was using the digger bucket as a perch while I scraped the topsoil off, very convenient for him!

Just a couple of 500 pounders could of made so many improvements to Chavenage........sorry Stevenage..

I recognise that plan. It's looking really good Brian, no doubt better than the road bridges I have been building !

For Electrical work you are able to do this, there a many companies around who will for a reasonable fee inspect an installation and test it to comply with Building regs, they just have to see any wiring before it is covered. Suprisingly there are many people that pull cable from a reel and let it twist and knot when pulling it through joists and not realise how many problems they are storing up for the future, as well as putting sockets in a kitchen next to a sink. When the houses are wired out now, they cost no more than before and I get a certificate for building regs that states that the installation has been tested and inspected, I think anything that improves our pretty dire housing stock in this country is a good thing, maybe it's not perfect but then what is?

Brian that looks absolutely fantastic, I'm so glad it's you doing it and not me! As you are doing the bridge I had better get on with ballasting..........or maybe not.

I steer clear of a "trickle of gas" at home, it tends to have "unusual" properties

I suppose the simple analogy is when you choose from 2 identical cars one has a service history one does not, which do you buy. I happen to think that gas certification is a good thing, I have seen too many bodged jobs and c*ck ups by people who think they are saving a few pennies, some parts of building regs are not perfect (part M) but standards have to start somewhere.

The use of "a bunch of" to describe more than one. 24/7, I just hate that being used.

Don't believe everthing you see on tv been on a few and a jolly good time was had by all, although I have to say that we went on one with a large compliment of fellow Brits and never again, drunken chav behaviour.......and that was the old ones!

Find a plumber/gas fitter you are happy with and explain that you are capable of fitting it but require the gas to be done by him, you may find that he is more than happy for you to drill the flue, hang the boiler and pipe the heating to it leaving him to connect and check the gas, that way you he can still sign it off and you can save some cash, it is just the gas that needs certifying not the whole installation. I actually calculate the heat required, fit the rads and pipe them as well as piping to the tank and boiler positions, the plumber justs fits the boiler and connects the hot water tank which is generally a Megaflo type pressurised vessel nowadays which also require signing off. The house I am building at the present is using oil, now there is a god awful thing to work with! instead of a nice little pipe incoming from the boundary I have to find room for a tank the size of a car and a boiler that stands outside. He is happy as he still gets a decent amount of work and doesn't have to do all the mundane bits, and I get a smaller bill.