Dean Lofthouse

Got new batteries installed Gareth, just need to sort out my electronic problem, I fitted two new components that were obviously fried, but the problem is still there so have ordered some more components from RS, just waiting for them to arrive. If this doesn't work, I'll have to buy a new motor controller

I wish I had Andy, I had a lot of respect for the Police, it's an extremely hard job they do, but they are becoming ever increasingly heavy handed. On the one hand you can understand why with the idiots they have to deal with, but on the other, you can't treat everyone the same. Imaging if nurses and doctors talked to and treat everyone that enters A&E after 9pm as drunken yobs. I must have rung the Police 30 times in the last 10 years, out of those thirty calls, they have never turned up under 30 minutes. One of those calls was an kidnapping and attempted murder, in which the victim knocked on my door for help. I duly let him in my house, rang the police and treat his stab wounds. The ambulance sat at the bottom of my drive unable to attend until armed officers arrived because of the seriousness of the incident and the fact that weapons were involved Meanwhile me, my wife and my kids were trying to stop the guy going into deep shock

I'm with you there Mick. Over zealous Policing is rife I,m afraid. After recent events I have lost all trust I had in the Police, there are some seriously bad police officers dragging down and teaching others bad habits. The Public are the police forces "customers" IMO, we as law abiding citizens employ them to protect us, not go wading in feet first asking question later. The police seem to be the only ones that get away with treating their employers like crap My opinion of course

They do feel unstable but they take a lot more than you think they would, I keep thinking mine will tip when in reality it's nowhere near. I have the wheels full of water for extra stability [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXhirZqX8WE]Avant's stability - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqj8Wxcfj88]Avant 220 Stability Demo - YouTube[/ame]

I,m well into the bottle of glenmorangie already and it's very more ish, even though its the other end from Jura away from the smokey peaty side. I,m going to have to limit my tasting to weekends only:001_smile:

Got given a bottle of The Famous Grouse the other day, it tasted very bland IMO compared to the ones I have been drinking

Dear oh dear

Still think he could have "styled" it with a "yeeeeehaaaaa"

It's easy for me to critically analyse it from my iPad, but it looks like he had a chain leg on the bottom of the lump and one at the top, assuming the lump was vertical when it was picked (obviously) it was obvious it would flip when picked

Mark...can we have another one of your video demonstrations for this one please

I read posts twice if I think they come across snotty, once with my angry head and once with my nice head, sometimes posts can be read with the wrong head on

Tims got a windbreak all round his spot, so it's nice and cosy.

Being a skinny head, I have to wear a hat under my helmet in this weather, I thought my lug holes were going to get frostbite at one point

Nice day but frozen daft

Up on Ilkley Moor this morning taking down two small Sycamores and guess what..... I've forgot my hat!

The temperatures at the base of the liner must get very high, at a guess I would say a controlled burn of tar wouldn,t be as high a temperature. If it was left with no air restriction, I would imagine the temperature would rocket, if you have ever heard a full on unrestricted burn, it is quite scarey, it sounds like a planes turbine engine winding up

Nope...as long as you can control the burn. IMO it's the only way to properly remove the tar deposits

Chimney fire knowledge must have come on a bit Hazzy, that would be the most effective way. It was a while ago I saw them just unleash a hose straight down the chimney of a neighbour. Dousing red hot brickwork with freezing cold water would have caused more damage to the chimney than the fire.

They use them on fork trucks Steve, problem is there's so many variations its unreal. I think the Deano back luck syndrome is in full swing this weekend

micks garden mister is the best idea, the up draught should pull it up the chimney which should turn to vapour and damp down the fire gradually without causing a mess and cracking the bricks by cooling them too quickly, I would use my cooper pegler backpack sprayer

Yesterday got it all back together and went down to the yard in it, loaded it with logs and it was not too good on the hills loaded and wouldn't come up my drive. Took half the logs off and it came up the drive, it's got some right acceleration when empty. Took the brush cover off the motor to check whether all four brushes were free and that one wasn't stuck. In the process, manages to short a wire which shouldn't have been live. Put everything back together, ignition on and could smell burning. Took off speed controller and one rectifier and one resistor burnt out. New controller is £2k So just ordered components at £9 in total from Rs hopefully it will be just those that have blown Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Yes it's spurred me into action Mick, I,ll not put it off this year, silly thing is its an easy job for me with the mewp. Ted I burn 50/50 hardwood softwood, but as bail beg said, it's the big wide old stone flue that isn,t getting warm enough to stop condensation occurring . My fire burns 24/7 so you'd think the chimney flue would stay really warm, the problem is these smokeless efficient stoves extract most of the heat into the room and very little escapes up the chimney, so the chimney doesn't get warm enough

Just loaded the fire box up again, going to let the chimney warm up then open the controls right up and see of we can have a final afterburn just to get it spotless

My logs are always around 20% and I have never had the chimney swept, I don't believe in someone sticking brush up a 6" flue straight into a 3ft wide chimney and getting a small bucket of dust and soot. The brushes don't remove hard baked on tar and I burn my stove non stop for 6 months at a time so inevitably tar will build up and I knew it was doing so. I planned to line it this year and insulate the flue pipe. It was only a matter of time before the fire occurred and luckily I have a well sealed stove that I knew I would be able to control it with when it did occur and had extinguishers as back up. I am a bit anal for planning for emergencies, even when we had an open fire I had a plate made that was an exact sealed fit as a chimney fire putter outer plate

Had a chimney fire last night at midnight, well actually it must of started early evening because I thought the stove was performing unusually well. When I went to shut the stove down to go to bed there was the tell tale jet engine roar and I knew instantly what the problem was. My daughter came down and told me there was a 3ft flame roaring out the chimney pot. The massive advantage of a good stove is all you need to do is shut the air flow off and starve the fire of oxygen. Our lass had phone in hand ready to ring the fire brigade, I told her to bog off, there,s no chance of them squirting water down my chimney. All I did was control the burn so the tar smouldered and cleared rather than burnt. I had two powder and CO2 fire extinguishers on standby and a screwdriver ready to remove the flue inspection plate. If the fire had got to a point where I couldn't control it I'd have just removed the plate and sent 6kg of powder up the chimney with the up draft. Nice clean chimney now and no crumbled brick, job done