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[Darkwood]

Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.
Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.



I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. mg_smile:

 

[littlespark]

I went on the internet today, and I found this:

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Hell, I can go into any farm cottage around here and see similar, if not worse.

 

[timhoward]

Hell, I can go into any farm cottage around here and see similar, if not worse.

I agree about farm properties, I seem to be spending a lot of time moving between them in Wales at the moment.
The photo was apparently a holiday let on the Isle of Sheppey.
I was a little bit intrigued if there is a meter upstream or if that is the overhead supply coming in with a dodgy DIY TN connection....

 

[Mike Johnson]

I think there are more caravans than house's on the Isle of Sheppey, the favourite holiday and week end retreat for the folks from the East End of London.

Before anyone has a go about predigest I was born within the sound of Bow Bells which are in St Mary Le Bow church in Cheapside near St Pauls so more the City of London that the east end.

 

[timhoward]

Before anyone has a go about predigest I was born within the sound of Bow Bells which are in St Mary Le Bow church in Cheapside near St Pauls so more the City of London that the east end.

I have a strange fondness for the East End as I've seen more of it than many have. I used to cycle from Leyton to near Orchard Street W1 on a daily basis. Nicest in the summer when Victoria Park was open until dusk. I started during the fuel strikes, and liked it so much I kept going when the cars returned. I kept it up for about 3 years until I came too close to death on Old Street roundabout for the 3rd time and figured the tube had some benefits, like increased life expectancy!

 

[Mike Johnson]

@timhoward Brings back teenage memories of hitchhiking through the Blackwall tunnel to see a certain young lady who lived in Dalston, we lived in Blackheath then.

 

[mainline]

I went on the internet today, and I found this:

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Always good to have spares

 

[mainline]

@timhoward Brings back teenage memories of hitchhiking through the Blackwall tunnel to see a certain young lady who lived in Dalston

Staring through a ladies window in the middle of the night will cause you to go blind

 

[Mike Johnson]

Staring through a ladies window in the middle of the night will cause you to go blind

I bow to your superior knowledge on such matters.

 

[mainline]

I bow to your superior knowledge on such matters.

Sorry i didn't reply sooner I had to wait for someone to tell me what the response was.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Sorry i didn't reply sooner I had to wait for someone to tell me what the response was.

You did reply sooner, but then changed it to the above post from the previous childish response, your changed post still makes no sense.

 

[mainline]

Hell, I can go into any farm cottage around here and see similar, if not worse.

After or before your install

 

[littlespark]

After or before your install

Hey… I resemble that remark!

Most of the ones I find are in a tiny space either above the front door…. Under the stairs… or my most recent find… above the staircase… so you need wonky legged steps and a steady balance just to reach it…

 

[DPG]

Staring through a ladies window in the middle of the night will cause you to go blind

Reminds me of an old Mike Harding line where he says he woke with a stiff neck after sleeping near an open French widow

 

[littlespark]

Reminds me of an old Mike Harding line where he says he woke with a stiff neck after sleeping near an open French widow

I thought that’s what happens if you couldn’t swallow a ------ pill properly and it gets stuck in your throat.

 

[littlespark]

What the heck is the problem with the V word?

It’s a prescription medicine…. Maybe because it’s a trade name?


Next thing, you’ll be saying we can’t use -----, -------- and ------- In our messages.

 

[mainline]

makes no sense.

It would if you were blind from looking through ladies windows

 

[James]

enough now, I've seen better behaviour from a 5yr old having a tantrum.
It started as a poorly judged joke and is not getting any better.

Drop it and move on like grown ups.

 

[timhoward]

The answer to almost zero IR lies within. I love the brick.

I'm also quietly proud of my assistant, 3rd year in college, and let loose solo on this unoccupied property. He's traced the problem down to this section and worked out which bit of floor to dig up all on his own.
We're now up to 8Mohms from 0.03Mohms. He's clipping it all up off the floor now, poor chap!
I reckon he deserves a beer or two later.

 

[timhoward]

The cover off

 

[Mike Johnson]

Looks a bit damp down there.

 

[brianmoooore]

Looks a bit damp down there.

It does. Any sign of air vents that might be blocked?
I've traced loads of cases of poor IR down to these junction boxes. Usually down to them being full of damp cobwebs, up on a beam in some agricultural outbuilding.
Quick cure was to clean it out and to pack it full of a red plasticine like compound, whose name escapes me. 'R' something, IIRC.

 

[Simon47]

Looks a bit damp down there.

I've seen under-floor spaces that are tidal - literally, water level went up and down with the tide

 

[Mike Johnson]

I've seen under-floor spaces that are tidal - literally, water level went up and down with the tide

The only case for true rising damp.

 

[Rockingit]

Spanish consumer unit labelling.

 

[keithb]

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Well thats one way to avoid random tripping HA HA!

 

[Cbelectrics]

Mechanical what???

 

[Rockingit]

NOT dodgy!! I wish we did this more in the U.K… Zurich. (All behind clear Perspex, if it’s not obvious).

 

[SparkySy]

That's a lovely panel.
We did some bio digester plant a couple of years ago the panels were all made in Germany and very tidy indeed!
Only trouble was that the instructions to install them were in German and none of us did!!
Also isn't there a thread on here for jobs done properly?
Sy

 

[freddo]

Good job someone went to the effort of making the live cable end safe.

However it would have been easier to just unplug it from the end of the block...

 

[Dan]

Good job someone went to the effort of making the live cable end safe.
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However it would have been easier to just unplug it from the end of the block...

What the actual f***!!!