DIY with function over finesse!!

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No I haven't touched it Jim. It was done by the house owner who considers herself a very clever girl to be able to get it all working without paying a plumber!! Hmmmm! Needless to say I have no desire to upset her applecart as it would only lead to more grief for me whenever anything else needs sorting!! :-D
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mickthemaverick wrote: ↑14 Feb 2024, 18:10 No I haven't touched it Jim. It was done by the house owner who considers herself a very clever girl to be able to get it all working without paying a plumber!! Hmmmm! Needless to say I have no desire to upset her applecart as it would only lead to more grief for me whenever anything else needs sorting!! :-D
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I'm assuming it was a mouse problem, if not, the borrowers have diarrhea
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Not car, but.. we got a 3D printer at Christmas, but so far just printed random tat downloaded from the net. However, have now managed to make something useful!
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Our dishwasher is 22 years old, and the lower spray bar has worn such that it catches on the top of the filter housing in the bottom, managed to print a spacer to restore quiet operation!
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Nice job Richard but wrong thread!! :) There is a diy for non motoring things thread which would be better!! Perhaps you could move it and delete this post?

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mickthemaverick wrote: ↑06 Mar 2024, 12:42 Nice job Richard but wrong thread!! :) There is a diy for non motoring things thread which would be better!! Perhaps you could move it and delete this post?

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Not much to see here!
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Working OK on my laptops Paul.
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Ah well, tant pis.
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It is a drone made using a battery powered leaf blower, as in this very annoying video, but far better done.

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More Cardboard drones......bad news for real aircraft

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Mick and I well and truly broke the back of my attic boarding and insulating project yesterday :D

In the middle of the attic was a large and long redundant water tank. Mick and the DeWalt jigsaw made short work of cutting it up into small enough sections that would fit through the trapdoor :D

Now almost fully boarded..
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I'll be making up some raised boxing to hide/protect the exposed water pipes.

The boiler area...
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And another bit completed..
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There's still plenty to do but it's all straightforward with all the difficult stuff done.

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My loft is just insulated, no boards and I don't have a loft ladder installed, keep thinking I should do it but it gets put off.
One of my neighbours has his all boarded out and a large model train layout up there.
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I keep hoping that the attic elves will make my attic look like that.
All they do is chuck stuff around so I can't find anything.
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