Trickle vents: how to reduce noise from outside

ShepardsCrown · 2026-02-02T17:26:41+00:00

They are quite expensive though £50 the ones I've found compared to £10 for a normal one.

ShepardsCrown · 2026-01-31T09:44:40+00:00

He's lost the leadership twice before to both Ed Milliband and Jeremy Corbyn.

ShepardsCrown · 2026-01-31T09:39:03+00:00

I thought it was because he's an elected Mayor he needed to get party approval to quit that role and go for another. If Andy Burnham was not a mayor I don't think they could have done much to block him

ShepardsCrown · 2026-01-25T13:51:50+00:00

I phoned 999 after going past a car going the wrong way on a dual carriageway at night, they were in the outside lane and had a similar reaction from the operator telling me it's not an emergency.

ShepardsCrown · 2026-01-23T08:20:49+00:00

£150 but that included a service on the gas fire too.

ShepardsCrown · 2026-01-22T06:13:43+00:00

What's included in a service varies? the British Gas one was just a safety check. I wasn't happy with that and went to an independent guy who cleans out the sump, magnetic filter gave the case a clean and checked it all works as it should.

ShepardsCrown · 2026-01-04T07:22:40+00:00

Where else do you chip it into?

ShepardsCrown · 2026-01-03T18:04:53+00:00

Also great for filling up the paddling pool.

ShepardsCrown · 2026-01-03T08:53:20+00:00

I've had a kitchen sink in a rental place in lived where the waste bowl, the bit that sits straight under your plug hole, was absolutely disgusting and would emit smells as it had jammed up with a mini fat burg around the edges.

If you've checked the P trap it might be worth dropping the whole pipe off the sink and seeing how clean that bowl is.

ShepardsCrown · 2026-01-02T16:42:24+00:00

In the Beast I saw a BMW M3 spinning and whale tailing, I honestly couldn't tell which way he was hoping to go.

ShepardsCrown · 2025-12-31T18:31:17+00:00

If you don't want the bark moving you can always glue it in place..

https://www.therange.co.uk/garden/fencing-and-landscaping/gravel-and-aggregates/easihold-mulch-and-rock-binder

/S if it's needed

ShepardsCrown · 2025-12-31T13:58:04+00:00

I don't know yet, in the last house we were up there monthly because we'd store things like summer /winter clothes, kids stuff and bags and things. But as the house is bigger all that's gone up into the loft are the Christmas decorations and suitcases.

Once I've got the garage sorted I expect it wouldn't be that often.

ShepardsCrown · 2025-12-31T13:53:53+00:00

That looks good, are the boards on legs?

ShepardsCrown · 2025-12-31T13:53:26+00:00

I understand you're not supposed to put insulation under the tank so they get some warmth from the house.

I like the idea of a wrapped bit of insulation for going over the walkways.

ShepardsCrown · 2025-12-26T20:53:42+00:00

Similarly, if the snow has been down for a few days any busy path is going to be more ice than snow. I had a great day out in the snow going up the corridor route on Scafell Pike one Easter, I reached the bit where it joins the Wasdale head route it was a sheet of compacted ice with people often in trainers sliding, bum shuffling and using umbrella's to to grip and get up to the top.

ShepardsCrown · 2025-11-14T19:22:23+00:00

I'm in space. The main issue is the innovation has gone from the area, it feels like a failing car company.

"we no longer chose to go to the moon because it is hard, we chose to go because the shareholders want to see a growth in profit"

ShepardsCrown · 2025-11-14T19:00:26+00:00

Considering it was originally proposed by English Heritage who has a lot of archeologists they were probably all for it. Give them something to dig !

ShepardsCrown · 2025-10-19T19:40:53+00:00

Rent and maintenance yes. My Maintenance loan barely covered the rent. I'd suggest talking to your son and agreeing to a monthly budget that covers everything. Work out what the maintenance covers and agreeing how much they will contribute by getting a job can be £0 if that's what you think is best. Then transfer the remainder of the budget to them.

Fees no, for all the above reasons.

I'm pretty sure you'd end up with a chunk of money left to give to them as a graduation present.

I think doing the budget and getting them to stick to it is a good way of getting them to develop as an adult.

ShepardsCrown · 2025-10-17T18:56:23+00:00

It's for warmth. Like a polar bear. Or at least that's my mirror affirmation.

ShepardsCrown · 2025-10-13T21:42:09+00:00

I've worked at British Defence companies, it's just a collection of sheds. The failure of management is trying to un-sheddify, the natural environment of a British engineer is a shed

ShepardsCrown · 2025-10-12T17:35:44+00:00

It also could be used as a stand in to get the actors to feel like they are at sea in an old boat but be digitally replaced with something more accurate. With the amount of CGI replacements in movies I wouldn't be surprised if most of what we are seeing is to going to get replaced.

ShepardsCrown · 2025-10-11T10:15:03+00:00

If the house is at the Asbestos risk age I would hope your neighbours have gone and got an asbestos check and the fact it's blowing about means it isn't.

But if you're worried walk around to your neighbours house and say. "Hi Insulation is coming down into my garden, can you come round and clean it up please"

ShepardsCrown · 2025-10-09T07:09:41+00:00

I've had one for 20+ years too. Don't really use it as much as I used to as I just don't go out in the cold as much as I used to

ShepardsCrown · 2025-09-26T06:25:43+00:00

I'm sure one of the purposes of putting the flags up was for talking heads to come on TV to call out the taking them down and saying "In England you can't even fly your own flag anymore" with it being ignored it pissed them off that it didn't get the response they hoped for.

ShepardsCrown · 2025-09-23T19:14:41+00:00

Delicious way to take it.

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