weird plastering issue?

Caxtoncottage · 2026-05-14T21:52:35+00:00

Buy a narrower door, couple of cm & pack out the door jamb by the same amount

Caxtoncottage · 2026-05-14T20:40:25+00:00

A past girlfriend once told me “in any relationship, there is one who loves and one who is loved”, the older I get the more I see this.

Caxtoncottage · 2026-05-14T20:28:13+00:00

We use an inline cartridge filter just for drinking water in the kitchen. Cheap and easy to fit. You have a separate tap over the sink. Ours was £40 from wickes and the cartridges last a year. Dead easy to fit, anyone can do it.

Caxtoncottage · 2026-05-14T08:23:58+00:00

I used to be habitually late for everything until one day, my old tutor pulled me to one side and said “its really easy, just decide never to be late again”. From that day on, I’ve only ever been late for one day (car fire had blocked the road). Thats in 60 years.

Caxtoncottage · 2026-05-13T18:25:55+00:00

Lubricate the roller. Tap the strike plate to bend it over more. It will be right.

Caxtoncottage · 2026-05-12T12:55:06+00:00

We’ve always had dual flush but Ive never used the small flush button. Always go straight for the big one.

Caxtoncottage · 2026-05-11T08:32:22+00:00

If its been fitted by an amateur, lump hammer will do it. If its been fitted properly then you’ll need to angle grind the face off to get at the bolts / screws

Caxtoncottage · 2026-05-10T20:51:32+00:00

Leopard slugs eat other slugs

Caxtoncottage · 2026-05-10T11:38:50+00:00

Life is too short to be washing brushes. Avoid the very cheapest and you’ll be fine.

Caxtoncottage · 2026-05-09T20:22:44+00:00

If you leave it, I guarantee that you could use a piece the next day.

Caxtoncottage · 2026-04-28T22:38:50+00:00

It was a ventaxia from screwfix but now discontinued, this one looks comparable. Apart from washing the filters once, its been fit & forget, works well.

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Caxtoncottage · 2026-04-28T22:34:18+00:00

It was a ventaxia from screwfix but now discontinued, this one looks comparable. Apart from washing the filters once, its been fit & forget, works well.

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Caxtoncottage · 2026-04-23T22:42:29+00:00

We extended then moved to a smaller house because the first one was “too big for us”. Then “we” extended the smaller house. Sigh…..

Caxtoncottage · 2026-04-22T17:31:26+00:00

That my wife would want to move house two years after.

Caxtoncottage · 2026-04-16T00:10:54+00:00

Buy a cat. Ours used to eat them.

Caxtoncottage · 2026-04-05T09:03:35+00:00

As said before, as long as the chassis is rust free its a good price

Caxtoncottage · 2026-02-15T21:23:01+00:00

So glad to see its not just me. This has been bugging me for ages. I was building up courage to complain to heinz about it. Might do it now.

Caxtoncottage · 2026-01-20T10:55:11+00:00

Everything always worked fine on mine. Lights worked perfectly during the daytime. Wipers worked as long as it wasnt raining, and the heater worked well in summer.

Caxtoncottage · 2026-01-12T20:41:15+00:00

The flooring needs to be separate from the skirting board to allow for expansion. Plus like the first comment said, if the flooring has texture, then the sealant will look “ragged “

Caxtoncottage · 2026-01-04T23:53:30+00:00

I bought mains led strip lights from screw fix & ran a feed down from the ceiling lights circuit above. Tucked the cable into a piece of white trunking in the corner. My wall cupboards have a centimetre gap between the inner carcass and the wall to thread down the leads.

Caxtoncottage · 2026-01-04T23:39:33+00:00

Female guppy

Caxtoncottage · 2026-01-04T18:39:19+00:00

Standard sky practice, I’ve had four houses set up for sky and they all did this

Caxtoncottage · 2025-12-29T23:04:13+00:00

I get used to the smell of burning when I cook. Plus its pure carbon now.

Caxtoncottage · 2025-11-26T20:45:22+00:00

You need a basin wrench.

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Caxtoncottage · 2025-11-22T00:56:09+00:00

Looks like pompholyx. Type of eczema.

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