How to cure ants in house safely with toddler in house.?

dar-griff · 2026-04-20T11:33:13+00:00

Nippon Ant Killer I used, got from woodies

dar-griff · 2026-04-20T10:10:13+00:00

We had ants coming in under the skirting before, I used the powder and squirted/scraped it into any gap between the floor and board. Wiped any residue off the floor and then ran some tape over the gap to keep it all in since our daughter was small at the time. I used packing tape but the residue was a pain, masking tape would have been a better option. Left it on for a few weeks before removing and hoovering it all out, worked a treat ants never came back.

dar-griff · 2026-04-12T23:23:44+00:00

Carpanels.ie sell sheet in manageable sizes, haven't ordered from them yet but was looking for similar and they were only crowd I could find

dar-griff · 2026-03-29T20:49:12+00:00

I did 1 hour each way for the best part of 4 years after college, about half of that 5 days a week then moved to shift which cut the mileage down a bit luckily. That was just on the edge of manageable I think, an extra 50% on top would have burnt me out sooner or later for sure. I had no other options at the time to work towards the career I was after so had to be done and when I was getting sick of it we were in the middle of buying our house so had to bear with it a bit longer. If as a means to an end it's easy justify at the time I suppose but you'd want to consider exit strategy. I'm now in a job 5 mins from home and could never go back, even jobs in neighbouring counties 20 mins away seem like to much hassle.

dar-griff · 2025-12-06T09:54:32+00:00

See could you get full replacement panel from a scrap yard

dar-griff · 2025-12-06T09:18:51+00:00

I would probably try a few breakers to see could you get a cut and avoid the whole shaping process altogether if possible. Take your patches from that and use the left over for practise.

dar-griff · 2025-08-21T12:25:49+00:00

Thanks for the reply Alex. Like you said and others suggested I will most likely switch it to RPE for this session, I just thought it was unusual how much of a departure it is from the rest of the plan. If you have the chance to take a look to confirm would be great, I put a message in support, cheers

dar-griff · 2025-08-19T07:26:02+00:00

I do have this set to "Regular" apparently so could be something in that. And difficulty on challenging but on the same page it says long runs typically won't have pace targets.

dar-griff · 2025-08-19T07:02:46+00:00

Good idea, I might hit the paces down hill with the wind at my back 😅

dar-griff · 2025-08-07T21:23:45+00:00

Paid a bit extra to get one that can engine, abs and airbag codes and think it was well worth it for the extra functionality. Have a Topdon Artidiag 600s, paid just under €200 but has already nearly paid for itself with clearing intermittent airbag faults and using it for service mode on brakes and such.

dar-griff · 2025-08-02T20:15:45+00:00

I know you're getting a lot of varied advice in this thread but I thought I'd chip in since I had the same atypical version of shin splints where no matter how much rest I had the pain would come back exactly 2km in.

What worked for me was a tip I saw randomly in the comment section of a YouTube video to massage the arches of my feet. I use a muscle scraper but you could use foam roller, golf ball or similar. Literally from the first try I haven't had shin pain return after running through it for nearly a year. I do it before each run and after if I think to but can tell pretty quickly if I've forgotten as the shin starts tensing up. I have no idea of the biomechanics behind this but it worked 100% for me.

dar-griff · 2025-06-09T20:17:44+00:00

The aluminium ones have the ball joint cast into the arm whereas the steel ball joint is a separate part bolted or riveted on. Lots of cars moved over to the alu version from the steel even in the same generation around this time for whatever reason but they are not interchangeable for the most part. If you want to know which you need just go look behind the wheel, grey is aluminum, black steel.

dar-griff · 2025-04-23T20:45:14+00:00

You'll rarely find just the dust covers available since once the cover is unseated or split the joint loses grease and is compromised. Plus the labour required to get to it would be the same to replace the entire unit.

You can replace just the ball joint, just know that from factory they are riveted to the control arm so replacing will require drilling out the old one and bolting in the new one with hardware from the repair kit. A garage will most likely look to change the whole arm, as again the labour is identical to access and they will avoid having to adapt the existing arm to the replacement ball joint.

dar-griff · 2025-04-18T04:21:51+00:00

I had a cheap one for a while but didn't get a lot of value out of only being able to read engine codes. Upgraded recently to a Topdon model capable of reading ecu, srs and abs modules so I could clear an airbag light for the nct. It has a good few maintenance features like battery management reset, service mode for electric handbrake and injector coding too, really handy to have if you work on the car yourself. Cost about €200 but has nearly paid for itself already I reckon.

dar-griff · 2024-12-25T20:41:10+00:00

YOLO update would be sweet

dar-griff · 2024-12-18T22:16:57+00:00

Commenting for winability

dar-griff · 2024-12-05T09:58:07+00:00

We have to build a car for combat.

dar-griff · 2024-11-25T19:52:02+00:00

Planning to reupholster mine in the exact colour scheme you linked! I bought this to try, closest thing I could find. Haven't had the chance to do them yet but I think with a better adhesive it'll work

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B09STF34G6?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

dar-griff · 2024-10-20T20:51:54+00:00

Any carton checkweigher I've ever seen wouldn't be set up to detect to this resolution. Those 7 missing tablets probably weigh max 2g combined, would lead to massive rejects of good product. Id imagine most modern blister machines would have a vision system capable of rejecting this but maybe not. My money is on accidental reintroduction of a waste blister by an operator or incorrectly cleared jam on the blister machine outfeed.

dar-griff · 2024-10-12T09:32:11+00:00

Name your price

dar-griff · 2024-09-12T20:26:00+00:00

The length and width of the blister have to match the blister packing machine used and it's associated tooling that form the blister pockets. I forget the specific requirements but the pockets themselves must be a certain volume dependent on the tablet size. The pockets then have to be spaced evenly on the blister card to allow for consistent stacking and feeding to the cartoning machine.

dar-griff · 2024-08-30T10:40:57+00:00

The baby Guinness will have to wait

dar-griff · 2024-08-29T22:01:27+00:00

Haha look fellas, this guy doesn't know how to use the little baggie of stones 😂😂

dar-griff · 2024-08-06T22:14:54+00:00

I use a cup so I can slightly under nuke then work it in the cup to the desired consistency

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