djbobbins
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Last week when there was four inches of snow on the ground, they had two shelves full of BBQ charcoal, cutlery, paper plates etc. Think they might have either been a bit caught out by the weather, or maybe just downright optimistic! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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We live in a 70's house and the clay liner is 6 inch. Couldn't get a 5 inch liner down it when the stove was fitted; one bloke nearly fell off the roof trying... Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Not a great deal of snow in Warwick - about three inches - but this pic is from a guy I went to school with in Leek, where it's looking a bit worse... Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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I find the same with ours, room feels a lot better when it is only slightly vented rather than sucking too much air through... Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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... Unless someone has genetically engineered a chipboard tree... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Firewood-Logs-Log-Burner-/321080663759?pt=UK_HG_FireplacesMantelpieces_RL&hash=item4ac1e61ecf Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Yeti is on order and had one on demo over the weekend. With less than 1k miles on the clock (so not freed off), we drove the 35 or so miles back from Northampton to Warwick on Sunday evening, via a-roads, with myself, the mrs, two kids and a few bits in the boot. It averaged 59.3mpg, that being with lights, heater and heated seats on. Comfy, very quiet cabin, looking forward to mine being delivered. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Hmm, too far away unfortunately but I'd definitely be interested if there was someone in my area who'd got anything similar going. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Robby, whereabouts, and what is the minimum order size? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Anyone fancy paying to fell a dozen leylandii, in exchange for the firewood and bacon sarnies? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TREES-FOR-FIREWOOD-LOGS-DIY-12-TREES-TO-BE-CUT-DOWN-/221196558805?pt=UK_BOI_Building_Materials_Supplies_Carpentry_Woodwork_ET&hash=item338057a1d5 I'm amazed that the bidding hasn't gone wild... Not. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Is this green or seasoned? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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A recip engine chp will do about 40% efficiency on power if it's a big engine; the problem I found when I ran one was that there was not enough mix of demand on the heat to get decent load factor - big spikes in load in the morning then nothing throughout the night. Needed incentives in the contract to get customers to change their BMS to constant low level heat. Don't blame the big six for structural planning decisions which were made about electricity supply in the UK sixty years ago... And from experience, it's hard enough to get consent for a power plant when it's miles away from any population centres, so building CHP assets in uk towns and cities would be ridiculously difficult and time consuming for the companies. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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The green line is rated for up to 1400kg braked, but the 2.0 diesel variants up to 2000kg, depending on which power output. So space for the van and plenty of cider! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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I was undecided between an Octavia and the yeti, but Octavia hatchbacks weren't available to order as new model coming out soon. I have ordered a 1.6 Yeti green line in Elegance trim, which means heated leather seats. Toasty... Delivery due in 12-13 weeks though, last new car I had was only about 3 weeks! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Good burning wood... Especially if you can buy it by weight and sell it by volume! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Raised beds, growing veggies, tomatoes, carrots etc etc blah blah
djbobbins replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Landscaping
Tee hee... Does the soul a bit of good, picking your own veg! Rhubarb wine from plant grown in the garden still fermenting too, so will hopefully be sorted for a bit of food and drink shortly. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App -
Raised beds, growing veggies, tomatoes, carrots etc etc blah blah
djbobbins replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Landscaping
When we built out, most of the "soil" was fairly heavy clay, a legacy of the house being built on a brownfield site 40 years ago. We used 2 lots of 9 inch boards sat site by side cut about 3 inch below ground level in the bottom. We put about 3 inches of part rotted horse and pig bedding in the bottom, then back-filled the soil. Each year as the soil has bedded down / manure rotted, we've dug some more in to keep the level flush with the top of the boards. We've also put in odds and ends of sand and compost from e.g. Tomato plants as they've finished. Soul now much lighter and seems to grow things pretty well - leeks as a favourite low maintenance crop! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App -
Agree it will be another summer at least before it's ready to burn. I have got some oak which was felled and split spring last year (so now been down about 9 months) and which has been stacked outside but out of the weather. I checked some last week and it was still 35% MC. On a purely cost basis I'd agree with the view that you're not getting a bargain, but not getting completely fleeced either. From a burning perspective I personally wouldn't want to be stuck with only greenish oak to burn. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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CoP on air source is lower than ground source, from memory max about 2.5 (I.e 2.5 units of heat out for every unit of electricity in). As temperature drops off that will get worse. Depending on your views on carbon and the future carbon intensity of grid power, the basic economics suggest that as power is about two and a half times as much as gas, it's about as cheap to get your primary heat from gas. And a lot cheaper to install. I've heard a few horror stories on air source, mainly as stated above of installations in poorly insulated houses leading to 24/7 pumps running and / or backup heater elements using electricity as primary heat. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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I'd be a bus driver if this was my route and that was my bus....
djbobbins replied to Big J's topic in The Lounge
We had an old shape Panda when I was a nipper. It was pretty good in the snow but I think that was the only redeeming feature. Back seat made of two plastic poles with some padded fabric slung over. We drove from Staffordshire to central France in it and had to sleep (two adults and three kids) overnight in the thing. And by three years old, you could put a finger through the top of the front wings... Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App -
It's low in fat, but high in Shergar... Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Normally something like "bl£&@y hell fire" or "keep it still" when I was acting as extra pair of hands to repair some old car or another. But more recently "you don't get your time over again". Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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I think you mean 25p a pint?! Four pints to a quid, forty pints for a tenner... :-) Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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The sight of new rhubarb shoots popping up reminded me that I'd put a couple of bags from last year in the freezer to make some wine. Finally got around to it, hopefully it will be as good as the sweet but punchy white we ended up with two years ago... Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
