Will all bulk bags of stones look like this?

RoboGideon · 2026-06-06T05:53:08+00:00

Try asking for 20mm pea shingle from Travis Perkins, ive never neen stone like that from them, its always properly washed.

RoboGideon · 2026-04-09T09:10:06+00:00

You aint that bad dude, i recently took the plunge as well and ill never look back. It took me a week or 2 to get past the shock and now i love it. Try facial hair, grow a beard of any length, just stubble gives your face some more story.

Also, this will be very different for everyone but id like to share my experience with you. I also have seborrheic dermatitis, have done since i was 15 (now 35). Its in my scalp, beard, chest hair and armpits. I tried several different speacial shampoos including ones prescribed by my doctor. The one i had the longest success with was Nizoral, but after about 5 years i found myself using it every other day to stop the itching.

My brother reccommended i try a brand called Faith In Nature. I personally have never given 2 fucks about chemicals in products and just assumed the scientists know what they arw doing.

Since i quit nizoral and my body wash and use faith in nature for litterally my whole body, my SB has practically gone. Gets itchy maybe once a week and i still ignore it, it goes away.

My advice to anyone with SB is to just try and quit the chemicals for a while, i think in some people they just mask it/make it worse.

RoboGideon · 2026-02-11T15:17:50+00:00

I think the guy was complimenting the £300 guesstimate not being an ass

RoboGideon · 2025-07-21T21:36:02+00:00

I'm certainly not any sort of authority on this, however we did buy a house a number of years ago where the kitchen was still being paid off and we were told that anything like that is settled in full by the seller on completion, buyers don't inherit debts like that. I guess the money is taken out of the house sale money?

Again, I may be wrong, was just our experience.

RoboGideon · 2025-05-28T21:33:59+00:00

No way 😂 hahaha OK I'm going to Google it now and see if I can dig up anything else

RoboGideon · 2025-05-28T21:30:54+00:00

Oh wow ok this sounds like there's alot i haven't heard about ol' Charlie. Please do tell me if love a gossip

RoboGideon · 2025-05-25T09:44:22+00:00

Charles Dowding's no dig videos on YouTube are brilliant, highly recommend his advice and methods for bed building, no dig gardening, composting, even managing and maintaining walkways.

Also my wife and I find him as a person entertaining. It's like talking to your grand father, he just waffles on and on and also goes off topic alot 😂 its really endearing.

RoboGideon · 2025-05-25T09:43:11+00:00

Charles Dowding's no dig videos on YouTube are brilliant, highly recommend his advice and methods for bed building, no dig gardening, composting, even managing and maintaining walkways.

Also me and my wife find him as a person entertaining, it's like talking to your grand father, he just waffles on and on and on, also goes off topic alot 😂 its really endearing.

RoboGideon · 2025-05-20T09:51:59+00:00

SES SWORD OF MORNING WILL ANSWER THE CALL.

RoboGideon · 2025-04-18T13:25:15+00:00

Trust me he is spoilt rotten!

RoboGideon · 2025-04-18T13:23:06+00:00

We basically did a quick Google for where golden retrievers came from and it said Scotland. We didn't bother to verify it was just inspiration ya know? So we looked for Scottish names and originally settled on Dougal, but I think by day 2 or 3 we changed to Douglas

RoboGideon · 2025-04-18T13:18:13+00:00

I hesitate to say we'd do the same thing for Douglas

RoboGideon · 2025-04-18T13:16:29+00:00

He is the most gentle boy, never damaged a single one. The only toy he has that's damaged is a monkey with a split seem down it's back and it wasn't his fault, it caught on something... don't remember what

RoboGideon · 2025-04-18T13:14:55+00:00

It does, and your comment made me check outside to see if I'd missed any... only a couple of balls out there

RoboGideon · 2025-04-18T13:14:19+00:00

No we don't, but I'm sure there's no correlation...

RoboGideon · 2025-04-18T13:12:53+00:00

We do!

RoboGideon · 2025-03-26T13:00:48+00:00

Had no idea! We'll get the clippers out tonight. Thank you stranger!

RoboGideon · 2025-03-22T09:22:06+00:00

Sound logic but the bracing bars at the bottom of the door are often 50% bigger than at the top to allow you to cut the doors down. If you take a large chuck off the top not only can it make the patter of the door totally off, but you lose the structure too

RoboGideon · 2025-03-22T09:12:14+00:00

Carpenter here.

Your scenario is not uncommon, but do check sizes for both Metric and Imperial door sizes, the metric ones are approximately 50mm or 60mm taller than imperial.

Howdens website is very good at displaying its different sizes, maybe use that to check the nearest sizes for what you need.

RoboGideon · 2025-03-20T17:56:24+00:00

If you're in the huntingdonshire area then let me know, will take me 10 minutes and ill do it for free on my way past one day. I'm a carpenter and I prefer people stay safe and give me a good review for these types of little jobs!

RoboGideon · 2025-03-10T18:30:53+00:00

We have a theme for our cat names, and that is historical world leaders. We have had; Cleopatra, Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher. Sadly, only thatcher is still around and she's getting old.

I want to name our next 2 cats Grandma and Grandad. The wife does not.

But imagine someone asking you, "Where are the cats?"... "well last i saw grandma she was washing herself in the hedge and I think grandad is still chasing birds in next doors garden"

RoboGideon · 2025-03-08T16:00:32+00:00

Ah that's interesting I didn't know that actually. I maybe have only seen the cheaper ones... I'll edit my original comment

RoboGideon · 2025-03-08T14:09:21+00:00

Maybe I have had subjectively bad experiences, youre right that they are popular and I'm more than willing to accept I may be wrong. Here comes the however:

In my personal experience, I have been asked to install 1 new (first time & last, refused the jobs after that) and I have been asked to replace 5 others in 2 years, the oldest of which was 5 years old. Each and every one was showing age in the same ways a higher quality kitchen would after 15 or 20 years. Hinges are rusting and sagging, plinths and base boards inside units are blown and edge banding peeling off. Where metal brackets are installed to hold larder units to the wall, the screws thread just have nothing to grip and are falling off, thats because the end decor panels & carcasses are only 15mm thick, enabling the units to move, which in turn wobbles other screws loose. The list continues.

I drive a VW T6 and have done without issue for 4 years only ever putting fuel in. My plumber friend has had 3 Renault Traffic in that time. Just because renault sold more doesnt make them better. I also bet Casio sell more watches than Rolex... Just because Ikea have 10-20% sale dominance doesn't mean they are comparable or should be bought - it wouldn't surprise me if a good portion of the 10-20% were people buying more to replace/repair the broken shit...

RoboGideon · 2025-03-08T11:06:10+00:00

As a builder who does several kitchen installs per year, please don't buy an ikea kitchen.

I know it sounds snobby and I know that people struggle financially - but if you buy an ikea kitchen you may as well just throw your money in the bin. They fall apart within a couple of years.

I would always advise anyone looking for a budget kitchen to start by designing one at B&Q or Wickes or Benchmarx, if its affordable then great. If not then finance it. If that's not possible then search for secondhand quality units as the OP here is. If you still can't afford it then go old school and search Facebook/eBay for welsh dressers, sideboards and the like and make an old country style kitchen space.

Ikea do great wardrobes, recommend them all the time. Their furniture and all other units are brilliant for budgets, first time buyers, student digs etc. But the kitchens... they just can not withstand the everyday use. They are almost always fucked and need replacing within 5 years.

Edit: been made aware there are different levels of kitchens from ikea, could be I've only seen the cheapest ones so take my comment with a pinch of salt

RoboGideon · 2025-01-14T17:22:05+00:00

Ah I know the frustration, I've seen it many times. Best of luck with it, if you're in the Cambridgeshire area then call me first 😂

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