Recent content by atlex

I put the soaker hose up a few days ago and I can confirm that the theory works well. The roof is corrugated and the water obviously falls into the lower part of the corrugations, but it works fine. 40c roof goes to 25c roof in about two hours, at least where the water goes, I need a slightly...

Regarding the Asbestos situation I'm told my region will have public funds available to *cart off* Asbestos this year, and I'm in a queue with a local company to apply for that. I'm going to reach out to a friend's dad who was a politician famous for making good use of public funds with the...

OK - so an update. We've lived here for a year now. Vents are done, they made a difference - When we put them in the hot air blasted out at some speed. The space remains dominated by 'house moving boxes' still. But it's still too damned hot. I finally installed the well pump and a solar panel...

I've bought the water pump / controller / solar panel and enough wiring and sealed connectors to get it in. I've got some builder friends who will help me put the hose on the roof and attach the solar panel appropriately.. and also sort out some ventalation. I suspect part of the issue is that...

Beautiful! These make _awesome_ small tap wrenches for places a regular T type wrench won't go.

OK. We're actually moving into this house soon. I've got some problems and some ideas. We've got an asbestos roof, and it's expensive to rip out (has to be done by an authorized company, masks etc) - just getting the old roof removed will be 7K. Probably in for another 7k to put a new one on...

Aye that's the one - The design reminds me of the tip of a the cross head attachment on some of larger swiss army knives - the soldat messen. I really like the Wera's anti-cam laser etch they do - it appears to make a difference.

FYI the King **** 1 for 6 screwdrivers are quite lovely.

I've got one of the 3/4" in aluminium - it's an amazing object. I _love_ the traditional adjustable wrenches and I've used them as a tap wrench for several years. I regularly use my 1940s milsurp one and also a mini one for all kinds of tasks...

This will be my first post, a Parisienne friend pointed me at this forum. I bought a house recently and it's got a somewhat larger garage than I previously envisioned myself enjoying but, well, I'm sure I'll find a way to use the space.. We've a family with 5 cars, three of which are really...