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Jimoz
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Looks tidy. that was quick
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
needs a car daily Jim
..... just went and bought one .... will deal with insurers next week .... Vicki's on half term this week - she teaches - so had to be sorted PDQ .... all seem around the same sort of price ... 27k miles, 2017, ex VAG lease to a doctor. just had its first MOT. Ins.'ll only give her a rental for so long, 'fore they start charging it ... even if they ain't paying .. was local and a trader I know, with a good rep and been around 30 odd years
.... a few other identical ones in the area ... was what she fancied and should give her good service ... Job done
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Jimoz
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Lot to be said for not messing about
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
aye ..... can waste a lot of time and energy running around looking at the same thing .. and more often than not end up where you started .. with several others to eyeball, if required, it concentrated his mind on striking a deal, rather than risk us not returning ... we did alright
... "not my first rodeo"
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
been firewood juggling today ... amongst other things
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bag lifter is so easy and quick ...
Hmm ..... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bulk-Bag...738090?hash=item1c6253b82a:g:spkAAOSw5dNWm8uM
gate hinge eyes and towing shackles
... as for the fabbing and ........
Bulk Bag Lifter Spreader Beam Hiab excavator crane Compact Lifting Frame | eBay
Sturdy lifting traverse designed for handling big-bags. Simply attach the traverse to a lifting hook on a crane or forklift truck, unit is now ready to lift and transport big bags. Ideal for keeping the Big Bags firm when emptying.
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neat bag loop retention idea
....... but 670 quid ....... better order some 76mm CHS 
TiltyShaun
Well-known member
neat bag loop retention idea ....... but 670 quid ....... better order some 76mm CHS
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HOW MUCH!!!!!!
....... but 670 quid ....... better order some 76mm CHS [/QUOTE]
HOW MUCH!!!!!!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
'xactlyneat bag loop retention idea
HOW MUCH!!!!!!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well the recuperation/honeymoon is over .. or was this morning ....
Vicki feeling very 'not well' yesterday and actually called in sick this morning (not like her at all - very conscientious girl, fair play) ... so she dropped Clara at nursery and we got a lie in, after we got a text telling us of the score .... ... followed by a slightly later one saying her boiler was equally unwell .... so 'twas assemble me boiler servicing toolkit and head for her's ....
transpires, when I get there, that she'd had a kero delivery yesterday and forgot to turn the boiler off, before leaving for work, and having inquired with a neighbour, they were quite late in the day delivering, so could well have been running as it cascaded into the tank ... which is a placcy jobby and fairly new .... but all fuel has a percentage of H2O in it and I always like to have yon boiler off for a while to let it all settle again. Tiger loop system, so the fuel is pumped around the system under pressure and recirculates a fair volume in a short time
Stank of kero, so whipped the blower/burner unit out to check the injector/atomiser nozzle .. 'twere damp so new one in for the fiver they cost ... combustion chamber was clean enough though and all dry
with the burner out the way, access to the filter was way easier than the usual struggle and sure enough, yon filter was saturated - with wasser and the feed line to the atomiser was empty.
new filter, reassemble the burner unit and re-install into the fire box, press go button and heat was restored .... well pleased I'd not needed to hoover the damned thing out .. was pretty clean.
still pushing two hours on me knees, leaning over the offending item ... wasn't feeling the greatest, but wasn't letting on ... I get a real sense of achievement/satisfaction every time I nurse the damned thing back to life, which I've managed for a good twenty years now ...
Worcester Danesmore with a Danfoss blown burner and Satronic controller ... all pretty basic and a bag of spanners job to look after ... They'd intended to replace it later in the year .. 'fore Vicki'd had to spend her savings on a new motor, so might have to wait a bit longer ... but I'll keep it purring 
... I have dibs on the old unit when they do ... the blown burner, which has been virtually rebuilt, over the last couple of years, as bits failed (trigger's broom) is going to make a great space heater
Vicki feeling very 'not well' yesterday and actually called in sick this morning (not like her at all - very conscientious girl, fair play) ... so she dropped Clara at nursery and we got a lie in, after we got a text telling us of the score .... ... followed by a slightly later one saying her boiler was equally unwell
.... so 'twas assemble me boiler servicing toolkit and head for her's ....transpires, when I get there, that she'd had a kero delivery yesterday and forgot to turn the boiler off, before leaving for work, and having inquired with a neighbour, they were quite late in the day delivering, so could well have been running as it cascaded into the tank
... which is a placcy jobby and fairly new .... but all fuel has a percentage of H2O in it and I always like to have yon boiler off for a while to let it all settle again. Tiger loop system, so the fuel is pumped around the system under pressure and recirculates a fair volume in a short time Stank of kero, so whipped the blower/burner unit out to check the injector/atomiser nozzle .. 'twere damp so new one in for the fiver they cost ... combustion chamber was clean enough though and all dry
with the burner out the way, access to the filter was way easier than the usual struggle and sure enough, yon filter was saturated - with wasser and the feed line to the atomiser was empty.
new filter, reassemble the burner unit and re-install into the fire box, press go button and heat was restored
.... well pleased I'd not needed to hoover the damned thing out .. was pretty clean.still pushing two hours on me knees, leaning over the offending item ... wasn't feeling the greatest, but wasn't letting on
... I get a real sense of achievement/satisfaction every time I nurse the damned thing back to life, which I've managed for a good twenty years now ... Worcester Danesmore with a Danfoss blown burner and Satronic controller ... all pretty basic and a bag of spanners job to look after
... They'd intended to replace it later in the year .. 'fore Vicki'd had to spend her savings on a new motor, so might have to wait a bit longer ... but I'll keep it purring ... I have dibs on the old unit when they do ... the blown burner, which has been virtually rebuilt, over the last couple of years, as bits failed (trigger's broom) is going to make a great space heater 
pettsy
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Oil boiler design only recently seems to have started modernising. Compared to gas they’re a pretty crude design. I used to service a few for my previous employer but didn’t carry it on when I went on my own.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
absolutely ... but relatively easy to maintain
biggest issue with oil fired is the fact it has to go through its start up/shut down cycle every time you flick a tap on .. gas is on / off flick of a switch/valve
we have a Grant, oil fired, floor standing, combi., condensing .. beast of a thing compared to a gas unit - piece of junk TBH ... would never buy an oil fired combi.
such a cycle, every time you demand hot water ... especially in summer months when the heating isn't in use.
conventional oil fired with a hot water storage tank, fine, but when this un dies .. I'd consider going propane or finding somewhere to install a hot water storage tank ... oil combis are crap (IMHDO)
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fred
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heat pumps allways. There should be some sort of grant available to allow people to convert from oil to heat pumps at no cost and then the gov keeps with feed in tariff the customer would normally get.
Larger lump to start with but couples with some solar the running can be very cheap. Not fitting gas anymore on the new builds as its banned in couple years anyway.
Larger lump to start with but couples with some solar the running can be very cheap. Not fitting gas anymore on the new builds as its banned in couple years anyway.
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Jimoz
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Anyone heard of sunamps I bet fred has 2!?
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fred
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got a tesla powerwall if that counts, more free money !
GazCro
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Maybe ok on a new build with underfloor heating but getting a heat pump to send 70/80 degrees of water round radiators costs a fortune in electric. They may be greener (how is the electric come made) but not necessarily cheaper
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I understood that the gas suppliers weren't fitting any new installations anyway .. new build or otherwise, as the grid can't cope with current demand ?
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Smiffy
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Speaking to someone the other day this has been postponed
I don't think it has fully been thought through
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fred
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your right, if your going to the expense of a heat pump then you really have to retrofit underfloor, you can get slim panels so you dont have to take up the floor but these not as good. Saying that though there are water cylinders that take the low heat from heat pumps and concentrate it to be use ableas hot, boosted by solar thermal/pv.
If you have enough land and a digger to hand then a self installed ground source is definitely the way to go. Considering energy is one of the next highest permanent bills after the mortgage or council tax anything you can do to chap double digit percentages off it saves an absolute fortune in the long run.
Don;t forgot all the above are 100% business deducatable expenses if you have a home office/shed.
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Monkeybusiness
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Do you not run into capital gain issues when you sell the house if you add a load of improvements yet claim business use? (I don’t know the answer, it’s a genuine question).
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Smiffy
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I fitted the whole of my house with the underfloor panels and they are brilliant
Might not work as well with ground source heating as they haven't got the thermal Mass but connected to a boiler they are brilliant and I would fit it to any house I moved to
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fred
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it will be wrote off the first year using annual investment allowance.
Claim capital allowances
Claim capital allowances so your business pays less tax when you buy assets - equipment, fixtures, business cars, plant and machinery, annual investment allowance, first-year allowances.
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