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Bit of an odd one, but figured you guys might appreciate it… went to pick up a load of railway sleepers advertised in a local group for a project. Ended up taking the whole lot as they are a bit rotty… but that’s not the interesting bit. Got talking to the chap, and it turns out he does rubbish...

Bit of an odd one, but figured you guys might appreciate it… went to pick up a load of railway sleepers advertised in a local FB group for a project. Ended up taking the whole lot as they are a bit rotty… but that’s not the interesting bit. Got talking to the chap, and it turns out he does...

Nice Taco cart! I’d love to get my hands on one, but they are super rare here!

This year has been soooo much drier than last year, I couldnt have run the tractor this time last year. It also helps that I have finally convinced the tractor to be in 2 wheel drive too - by virtue of a bit of scaffold bar on the lever!

ah, well I don’t post all my mishaps...:ROFLMAO:

Since people asked for house extension updates too, we also had a visit from the structural engineer as part of the detailed drawings process. Having convinced him that we wanted functional load bearing oak trusses (not just steel with oak for show) he also wanted to measure the current...

I recently acquired another mower for the tractor - having run the flail last year, whilst effective to get things under control, I wasn’t really happy with the finish. I know, it’s a field, not a lawn, but I still want it not to look a mess… this is a 6ft finishing mower, again found on FBM...

So, a few things to update on, mostly progress, and an oh sh!t moment… I previously hinted at phase 2 of the mezzanine steps plan - the position I had them in was very convenient whilst I was mucking about wih the mezz, but ultimately it’s going to be storage rather than needing to be accessed...

got any Italian links? Could lok8.it be worth a try?

Yes, used the U.K. warranty phone line. On this occasion, there was no issue and they were very helpful, the kits were in stock, and arrived next day. on previous occasions, they have insisted I contact my local franchisee or refused to replace things on warranty - mostly drawer slides…

Repair kits arrived yesterday… for the record, the numbers for the kits are RKRATM75A and RKRAF723

As a non-commercial user, most of the tool trucks are not interested in dealing with me. I do have a tame Mac guy who’s helpful and essentially happy to take money off anyone. I’m nowhere near his patch tho, so only useful if I want something specific, or when he gets SO stuff as trade ins...

having built the Mezzanine last year, I have been going round in circles looking for a good way to get up to it without losing too much space from the floor, which was the compounded by height issues with the trusses which I had not anticipated in my original thinking. I am aware that this...

I have a couple of Snap-On Ratchets that are rather crunchy in operation, and I’d like to get back working smoothly again. I don’t really have a friendly local SO rep, so looking for some help identifying the right repair kits… TM75 1/4” drive is there a kit to repair this? The (U.K.) on...

Round here if you want to install ground mounted solar arrays over a certain size you have to apply for planning permission. No problem if you want to put the same amount on your roof, but on the ground needs permission. Looking at a grid tied system for the house primarily because we have...

3-phase use is very bursty and sporadic, and whilst it would be a pain to start and stop, the generator wouldn’t be on for long periods of time, so efficiency would be poor, but not really on for long enough periods to matter. The appeal of the battery bank with a 3 phase inverter is the on...

appreciate the real world experience. We are connected to mains gas here, which is quite the novelty having spent the previous 12 years on oil. If you get it right, with a decent sized tank and buying at the right time, i think oil can be cheaper - or at least you can shop around or bulk buy...

Yep, I’ve seen them advertised for £600 locally… one of my favourite finds - although my colleagues who helped me lift into my Land Rover the lunch time I found it probably don’t agree! 🤣

yep, trying to work through that in the detailed spec. Whilst it’s ‘only’ a single storey kitchen extension, it involves redoing or changing almost all the services to the house - we’ll be moving the boiler (currently mains gas) and since we are moving it we might as well replace it - so...

I daren’t think what our bill is these days, I just know I’ve got an acre of south facing field doing nothing so it might as well have a load of panels in it. Apparently there is a limit to how much you can put back into the grid tho… i’ve been considering DIY upto full turn-key solutions...