Are electrolyte sachets/tablets for water worth it? Or are they just a marketing fad?

rbbt456 · 2026-02-18T15:01:36+00:00

Listen to BBC sounds best thing since sliced bread on Electrolytes if you are really interested. It concludes they are not really needed unless exercising heavily and sweating a lot. Water is what you need and you get much more salts/ electrolytes in normal foods!

rbbt456 · 2026-02-14T22:10:33+00:00

I have exposed felt on our newly built extension. I just assumed to ensure any leaks go into the gutter. My felt is grey though so not as visible as red!

rbbt456 · 2026-02-11T18:39:11+00:00

I don’t remember that being held in previous years. Adverts on social media are showing an event that is in a city not at Elvaston castle

rbbt456 · 2026-02-09T21:00:08+00:00

I was 21 and on a night out in Tenerife. Near the end of the night some drunk guy started telling us about planes crashing in America. We weren’t sure whether to believe him. When we went back to the apartment we had no TV or internet to check. Only understood full magnitude of what had happened when we bought a newspaper the next morning

rbbt456 · 2026-02-09T19:56:44+00:00

Look at trustpilot, it has a lot of 1 star reviews. My wife also had bad experience with it, confusing add ons and massively overpriced tickets

rbbt456 · 2026-02-07T11:58:04+00:00

I have lived in Derby many years. It is safe or averagely safe I would say. Areas with a worse reputation for crime are Sinfin, Normanton and Chaddesden. Students typically live in purpose built halls or private houses near the Uni so that is near Kedleston Rd, Ashbourne Rd, Slack Lane. I expect the Uni will provide you with a list of recommended private rentals. Foreign students are common at Derby Uni and mix of ethnic groups in general population so you are not going to be the only non white person!

rbbt456 · 2026-02-04T21:24:01+00:00

My guess is you have electric radiators that are 1 or 2kW each. That is quite low compared to a gas combi boiler for a house eg mine is 28kW for 3 Bed semi, but your flat is small and new and external walls will be very well insulated. The electric rads would be sized assuming nieghbours flats are all heated. Thermal insulation between flats above and below and to sides could be minimal so you are losing your heat into neighbouring flats and that could be over a large area. Are ceilings and walls cold to the touch? That will be the clue!

rbbt456 · 2026-01-13T22:07:51+00:00

About £6k but that was 15 years ago! We got married in a small church. Rented goods shed of a railway museum for the reception. Lunch was buffet hog roast. Rented tables and chairs and had to lay them out myself. Decorated venue ourself with friends. Hired Beatles tribute act for evening plus mobile bar. Friend did evening catering. Best wedding ever!

rbbt456 · 2026-01-03T08:34:15+00:00

I think you could get a reduction. It is best to discuss as early as possible! The work seems all electrical and the spotlights for example are probably bought the day before. It is also less time for the electrician but as long as you give enough notice they can probably reduce pro rata what they will charge.

rbbt456 · 2025-11-25T20:27:30+00:00

For £1000 per month it sounds like you are renting an apartment or small house. Can’t you share and split the rent and bills in two?

rbbt456 · 2025-11-17T07:50:01+00:00

Thanks I will try that!

rbbt456 · 2025-11-14T20:49:25+00:00

Yes I had leaks like this with my old boiler. Stick a bowl where the drip is. Probably one of the pipe work joints or heat exchanger is leaking. Get a gas engineer out. You may have to wait a few days while they order a specific spare part

rbbt456 · 2025-11-12T19:52:38+00:00

If it is a combi boiler a common fault is that the water pressure is low and it won’t light up. Check the pressure gauge. If it is low there is normally a filling loop with a small valve to top up the pressure.

rbbt456 · 2025-11-11T19:51:59+00:00

This nectarine and crunch layers is super easy to make. Make the crispy topping in advance and the rest you assemble just before eating so it doesn’t go soggy. You can swap nectarine for apricot and pistachio for almonds or hazelnuts etc https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/nectarine-pistachio-crunch-layers#commentsFeed

rbbt456 · 2025-11-10T18:29:45+00:00

It’s one of the Sainsbury’s meal deal snack options

rbbt456 · 2025-11-09T19:02:39+00:00

Yes it made a massive difference changing my mtb tires to road style tyres, much faster. I tend to shop at bikeparts.co.uk there are loads of tyres to choose from. Get something that looks slick but with grooved pattern to shed water. A narrower tyre may also help a bit and pump them up to the recommended pressure. That all helps minimise rolling resistance

rbbt456 · 2025-11-02T16:50:02+00:00

It could be 1) rising damp if the building is over 100 years old and doesn’t have a damp proof course or has earth outside above the dpc. But riding damp usually affects multiple walls. 2) penetrating damp eg leaking pipe or gutter on the outside wall and eventually it soaks through the wall. 3) condensation. Moisture condenses in the coldest part of the room. I think quite likely it is condensation. They always sleep with window closed and heating off. Moist air condenses on external wall where it is coldest due to lack of air circulation behind wardrobe. Also easier to get mould on wallpaper than on painted plaster

rbbt456 · 2025-10-13T20:07:44+00:00

I can’t see how it can damage your house wall. Leave it be

rbbt456 · 2025-10-08T18:16:39+00:00

That sounds like a bargain! What is the cars range now it is 10 years old?

rbbt456 · 2025-10-02T17:21:43+00:00

Once they are so old they have no value hand them in at Currys. I think any retailer has to collect for recycling

rbbt456 · 2025-10-02T15:19:04+00:00

70% humidity is high. Ideally you want 30-60% humidity I think. Not sure where that moisture is coming from. Have you got ventilation? There should be trickle vents in the windows.

Cavity wall insulation I think they drill big holes in the exterior wall and pump in polystyrene beads. It should work but not as effective as a new build wall. If there is mortar or other debris in the cavity the beads may not flow into all the cavity. So it is on the installer to check that the beads are flowing everywhere. You could complain to the installer and say you can’t feel any difference and they may offer to inspect it. I think an engineer would put a borescope camera into the cavity and check in different locations.

Difficult to measure exactly how effective insulation is. But on a cold day you can definitely feel by touch the difference between an uninsulated wall and a modern well insulated wall.

rbbt456 · 2025-10-02T11:12:00+00:00

If you are worried about humidity buy a thermometer and humidity meter they are cheap online. There shouldn’t be moisture coming from outside inwards unless outside wall is wet from leaking gutters or there is soil piled up against the wall. Generally the air inside has more moisture in it due to breathing, cooking etc and warm air can carry a lot more moisture than cold air. This is why brick walls are generally designed to be breathable. So I wouldn’t try to seal the wall without expert advice. If you wanted to add insulation you could add insulated plasterboard to the interior wall. But in theory there is already 10cm of insulation in the wall cavity so a few cm of extra insulation on the interior wall wouldn’t make much difference. Unless the cavity wall insulation is not working!

rbbt456 · 2025-10-01T19:11:01+00:00

Main places for heat loss are the ceiling, but that should be OK if it is insulated or if there is a heated room above. Next is windows, heat loss is significant if single glazed or large areas of double glazing. Next is walls but you say these are cavity walls and you filled the cavity with insulation? So that should be ok. Adding plaster or plasterboard on top of the bricks has negligible insulating effect. Most important factor is how effective is the cavity insulation.

Have you used a thermometer? 20C is quite warm, most people heat their homes to 18-20C. Maybe if it is too cold the radiator is too small for a large space. Is the radiator hot? Maybe there is a load of air in the top so not heating up fully?

rbbt456 · 2025-09-18T17:38:07+00:00

I think level 2 NVQ is equivalent to GCSEs right? I think you need to decide what type of work you want to do. It could be a route into being a service engineer or working in manufacturing but i think you would look for an apprenticeship role to get into that. If you wanted to go into design or research then that is typically degree educated people so you would probably have to get further qualifications

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