What you pottering at today thread.

[daveindales]

I've old carpet down at the moment, and I'm going to replace with some sort of wood effect laminate flooring. But, want to hide the flooring edges. I know you can get thin edging strips. It's either that or I put skirting over flooring or remove a few mm off skirting whilst it's still on the wall and fit flooring under! If I take the old skirting off, I'll be replacing with new.

[peds]

Ah right, I don't know if all those laminate flooring systems are similar, but you'd not have much joy trying to poke the one we've done half the house in under a skirting board, it needs some wiggle room.

By the sounds of it, new skirting board would be my choice.

[daveindales]

I think that's the way I'll be going

[roboted]

A gentle Potter around Brook field with the Spaniels. The last legitimate time, after walking, beating,  picking up after over, twenty five years. The farmer having been usurped by the estate owners in search of greater profit.

Keys to the 16th century  farmhouse have been handed over and he leaves as soon as the stock can be moved, due to Blue tongue restrictions. 

Another, one of the last in this neighbourhood, dairy herd gone, four hundred acres out of production and  an honest, decent farmer on the scrapheap.

They well may afford the Land Agent applause for his financial acumen , but it's ripped  the heart from a small community. 

The blokes a cnut.

Edited September 29 by roboted
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[Stere]

Whats the 400 acres of land it gonna be used for next?

[peds]

Brewdog are going to dig a big lake in the middle of, turn it into a seal sanctuary, then club them all to death. 

[Steven P]

Skirting: Going to be putting solid flooring down in the next year or so, replacing the skirting as the other option would be to remove and refit higher up after stripping the paint (80 years of knocks and dents) with the flooring underneath the skirting - I really don't like those plastic edge strips. This years pottering is replacing the sub floor as and when the family are out for the day. Oh, and stripping the doors to repaint, new latches, handles, tiling, but first there are logs to cut and hedges to trim so have to mow before house DIY,. and while I have the trimmer out cut back the brambles from the path in the woods... and while I do that, pick few berries, re-site the trail cams.. and plant a few willows into a living wall... eventually getting back on track with the flooring later.

 

 

[roboted]

3 hours ago, Stere said:

Whats the 400 acres of land it gonna be used for next?

@Stere

As I understand  it, with the tenant gone, the Land Agent will be managing the place. It will become part of the SFI and land not as meadow or water meadow will be put to grass for silage and hay . That to be contracted out.

Also contract sheep grazing.

However the nub of it is the now unoccupied farm house and redundant Sussex barn plus outbuildings.

Rental income after refurbishment and conversion could be in the order of 15K per month.

To the estate 180K per anum, far more than a farmer could make and multiple times what a tenancy could bring in.

This is not the first time these money grubbing bean counters have done this, over the past 10 years.

[difflock]

Money talks!

[Conor Wright]

On 30/09/2024 at 10:18, peds said:

Brewdog are going to dig a big lake in the middle of, turn it into a seal sanctuary, then club them all to death. 

I read that in George Carlins voice.