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[DPG]

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Buzz buzz...

Jeez I'd have been straight out of there.

 

[brianmoooore]

Probably empty. Give it a good prod with a stick.
Some 'interesting wire' there.

 

[Aaron b]

Jeez I'd have been straight out of there.

I think they die off in October but if it was summer I would have been concerned.

 

[James]

As above, if it was buzzzzzzzing, i would Wasp the F out of there.

some interesting collection of wire types and not quite perfect terminations.

 

[Aaron b]

As above, if it was buzzzzzzzing, i would Wasp the F out of there.

some interesting collection of wire types and not quite perfect terminations.

The house is full of weird and wonderful wiring. It was functional with a working RCD upfront but that was probably to do with nothing being earthed.

 

[brianmoooore]

Had a regular customer in a semi detached house, with a simple pyramid shaped roof covering both properties.
About 15 minutes after turning the loft light on, there would be two or three hornets buzzing around it, just two or three, never any more. Looked into every corner many times, and never saw any signs of a nest, or any other clue as to where they were coming from.
Was like this, every time, over a period of about 20 years.

 

[littlespark]

I worked in a local village hall a couple years ago.... stuck my head up the attic hatch, pulling cables from the higher roofspace above the actual hall.... working away quite happily.... then i turned around.....

Bloody wasp nest, 2 foot in diameter!.... 2 FOOT!!!!

 

[Aaron b]

I think I would have pooped my pants

 

[littlespark]

I think I would have pooped my pants

i think i maybe did!

F**king hate wasps..... nasty little beasties.
I keep a spray can of wasp killer in my van for such eventualities

 

[Aaron b]

I sorted some with no more big gaps once but I can of that is a good idea come summer.

 

[brianmoooore]

F**king hate wasps..... nasty little beasties.

Not too keen on them myself.
They set up camp inside the solid stone wall of my living room a few years ago, getting in and out through failed pointing in multiple places. A complete can of expanding foam into the wall dealt with them.
They weren't too happy about that and went on the attack, but they don't fly too well with a lump of rapidly expanding and hardening foam on their backs.

 

[nicebutdim]

i think i maybe did!

F**king hate wasps..... nasty little beasties.
I keep a spray can of wasp killer in my van for such eventualities

Washing up liquid kills them on contact. Spray bottle with a fairly strong solution of it will sort them in no time, without lasting impact on your lungs or expanding foam stuck to everything.

I didn't believe this would work until they decided to begin nesting in our bin - huge swarm neutralised in a couple of minutes.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Had to deal with these bees, at least it was outside, but had to open the window to unlatch the shutters, I found that the Hornets tend to leave you alone if you don't wave your arms around, they where quite happy buzzing around me whilst I was re-pointing the chimney.

 

[ipf]

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Buzz buzz...

I'd be more worried about the the shape of those pipes in that pipe insulation

 

[ipf]

Washing up liquid kills them on contact. Spray bottle with a fairly strong solution of it will sort them in no time, without lasting impact on your lungs or expanding foam stuck to everything.

I didn't believe this would work until they decided to begin nesting in our bin - huge swarm neutralised in a couple of minutes.

Scairy Liquid......to the wasps, then?

 

[BenCos18]

Buzz buzz...

nice buzz-box you have there

 

[Mike Johnson]

Scairy Liquid......to the wasps, then?

As they say on the advertisements on TV "Always keep away from Children" I always try to.

 

[happysteve]

Slightly optimistic earthing. 16mm from each of the two DBs, to a single strand of something that would definitely have been measured in fractions of an inch when it was installed many decades ago (and not for the purpose of earthing the installation!)

 

[JosephandAmber]

Slightly optimistic earthing. 16mm from each of the two DBs, to a single strand of something that would definitely have been measured in fractions of an inch when it was installed many decades ago (and not for the purpose of earthing the installation!)

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I assume the DNO will be replacing that?

 

[happysteve]

I assume the DNO will be replacing that?

You assume correctly. And installing an isolator too. For the princely sum of £287.09+VAT