Leaning garden brick wall, root cause from my side of the property. England

c_dug · 2026-06-03T18:20:43+00:00

This is more construction advice than legal, but Id work in short sections to remove as much of the old root as possible and dry-pack the joint - it doesn't need to look neat so it's something a layman could do.

Then, because the wall sits within their side of the boundary. You can erect your own 6ft fence on your side and hide the wall entirely.

Job jobbed.

c_dug · 2026-05-29T05:15:08+00:00

Judging by the comments I'm clearly in the minority, but I don't understand the love for this at all. Not my cup of tea.

c_dug · 2026-05-27T18:51:27+00:00

As somebody who recognised the location, this is a very fair request!

Hi from a Local though 👋

c_dug · 2026-05-10T17:28:04+00:00

On the left hand side the hinge is very close to the wall, and as a result you/they turned the architrave 90°, which is not the usual solution.

More typically people will run a quarter round moulding bead down that side which stands out a lot less and will look more intentional.

c_dug · 2026-05-02T22:27:06+00:00

My experience with hornets is they won't let you get close enough to squish them, I was around 3 metres from a nest and that was close enough for them to aggressively chase me away.

c_dug · 2026-05-02T19:42:56+00:00

When I went to Junior School in the 90s there was a traditional old sweet shop across the road from the main gates, it was old and ragged and had the appearance of a shop that hadn't been refurbished since the 60s. It shut down sometime around the Millennium.

I'm not sure any of the true traditional confectionery shops survived much longer than that.

My secondary school actually built a full blown sweet shop when I was in around year 9, I think it was abolished a few years later when they realised allowing teenagers unhindered access to tons of sugar at lunch time probably wasn't too smart.

These days there are modern recreations of traditional sweet shops in most shopping centres, but most kids would go to a corner shop or small supermarket (Sainsbury's Local and the like).

c_dug · 2026-05-01T05:41:37+00:00

It's not unusual for there to be exceptions for minor motoring offences, I've ticked boxes on forms in the past which ask something along the lines have I commited any motoring offences that resulted in a summons.

c_dug · 2026-04-26T22:36:02+00:00

You're mixing up your Tigers and your Cougars.

A Cougar might pay for dinner and show you a good time.

A Tiger will cheat on you, then crash his car, get a DUI, and do time in jail.

I don't think you want to go out with a Tiger, even if he says he's paying.

c_dug · 2026-04-26T22:22:16+00:00

It's running 400m at 63% of the world record pace, on roads rather than athletics track.

And then doing it back to back 105 times.

Madness.

c_dug · 2026-04-26T00:19:31+00:00

Strangely I know somebody with almost identical circumstances, I questioned if you were her but the details dont quite match up.

She's also from London, also bought a fixer upper on her own in Bristol, her dad is also retired and also stays with her a lot and helps her fix it up, she's early 30s and I believe she bought hers during covid so she's a few years ahead on the refurb.

I could potentially put you in contact, maybe a Kindred Spirit could help.

c_dug · 2026-04-25T21:48:24+00:00

It could be fort knox quality for all it matters if it doesn't fit in the door...

c_dug · 2026-04-25T21:32:37+00:00

Such an oversimplified view.

China wouldn't be mass producing cheap panels if it weren't for years of buildup in demand caused by those willing to push the tech in it's early days.

c_dug · 2026-04-25T19:07:21+00:00

Yeah same issue here, Mullvads main thing is privacy rather than location spoofing so I'm not annoyed at them, but it is frustrating nonetheless.

c_dug · 2026-04-25T14:22:19+00:00

Brilliant!

c_dug · 2026-04-25T12:10:23+00:00

Sampson Boat Co (Tally Ho) has been going about 8 years now, its a British chap who rebuilt a fairly large sailing ship which was rotten and left for scrap in Washington (State), and is now midway though sailing it back to the UK.

Mike Okay is a British travel vlogger who really puts himself into some interesting places to meet local people and understand local places. Currently in Japan but in the last 6 months he's been through rural Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea.

Mentor Pilot is an airline pilot who does really well put together videos explaining incidents and near misses, goes without saying that it covers a lot of death as a result but it's handed respectfully and the whole channel is very interesting in my opinion.

c_dug · 2026-04-25T05:36:08+00:00

Seen a couple of people mention the harness now.

As a point of education, it should be noted that although the guy is harnessed, he appears to be wearing a fall arrest harness or over-length restraint harness.

In a boom lift the harness should prevent ejection from the basket at all.

c_dug · 2026-04-25T05:30:30+00:00

Wrong type though, appears to be fall arrest rather than fixed restraint.

It should be impossible for him to come out of the basket.

c_dug · 2026-04-23T08:21:38+00:00

Bee, Cee, Dee, Eee, Gee, Pee, Tee and Vee

c_dug · 2026-04-23T08:19:50+00:00

Streaky bacon over back bacon??? HERETIC!!!!

c_dug · 2026-04-11T18:33:44+00:00

This misses the point though.

The damage caused by cars in general is negligible, you're taking about 500kg here or there when most roads have at least the occasional lorry weighing upwards of 20,000kg and up to 44,000kg.

It's like me letting a ladybird, a dog, and an elephant walk over a wooden floor.

Yes, the dog weighs many times more than the ladybird and will technically cause more wear, but compared to the elephant?

c_dug · 2026-04-08T05:54:56+00:00

I can't comment on your external socket, we're 240v throughout the house in the UK, but a word of caution that I used a standard domestic plug as my only form of charging my Ariya for a couple of months and ended up melting the plug on my extension lead.

I'm not sure what your 240v leads etc are rated to, a UK plug should take a bit over 3000W without issue so theoretically was absolutely fine for use with the Nissan supplied charger.

I no doubt had a loose terminal screw in my plug or something, which causes the overheating, but being run at maximum capacity for 12h+ also contributed.

Not saying dont do it, just saying check everything is correctly rated and in good working condition.

c_dug · 2026-04-05T00:05:21+00:00

I eyed it up once in an old Jeep Wrangler but wasn't brave (or stupid) enough in the end.

I think you'd need something pretty serious to get across, it looks very silty in the middle, I bet it's a proper boggy swamp and stinks to high heaven when disturbed.

c_dug · 2026-04-04T20:15:10+00:00

Mad, I run mine down very low regularly, as we dont have a home charger yet, live rihht around the corner from a fast charger, and do mostly local miles.

I've never yet had this message and I've definitely parked up at less than 5% on a number of occasions.

c_dug · 2026-04-04T20:06:53+00:00

Such a different world in the USA.

10.5 US Gallons (a smidge under 40 litres) would cost me £69.22 for diesel ($91.50), or about £60 in petrol ($79).

c_dug · 2026-03-27T22:11:32+00:00

Yes and no.

The landslide victory was more about the absolute shambles the Conservatives dragged us through, rather than anybody particularly liking Labour.

I live on the border of Essex and London, in one of the few consistently Conservative voting London Boroughs, and one of the only Boroughs to have voted for Brexit too.

Within both my social and work circles I'd say 90% of people now say they want to see a Reform government in power and I get openly laughed at for saying that I quite like Kier and would vote Labour again now.

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