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  1. Ratman
    I’m surprised you succumbed to the mighty youtube for help! [emoji6]
  2. Ratman
    The bobcat with the saw blade on its right hand side, chops, log drops, ram comes across to split. Very neat, nice little grab, fully manoeuvrable to wherever you need to be [emoji108]
  3. Ratman
    ?[emoji40]?? dirty boy! [emoji23]
  4. Ratman
    ? dare i ask.... care to share? [emoji15]
  5. Ratman
    We’re in a large 3 bed bungalow, 4” brick with a 4” cavity and shitty sinter block internally, my foundations only go to about 600mm too as were on to blue clay round here [emoji35][emoji35][emoji35] (pig to dig out and hellish wet at same time) the floors inside are literally rubble, sand blinded with some what looks like tiny chipped slate, (similar looking to hen grit, and like what you get on roofing felt) theres about 10mm of it the its just simply bitumen poured on top, 20mm thick i’d say. We’ve still no carpets down yet as i said to her i didnt want them till building work was done, so just got rugs down everywhere, pointless when dragging crap in all time. As it goes, carpets are to go down in the new year as extension etc is all done now. Garage starts end of April.
  6. Ratman
    Trouble is once shes trimmed it she gets silly!!! [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849] she likes to play army......
  7. Ratman
    https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/14999157.home-and-lifestyle-unchanged-since-1887/
  8. Ratman
    The Mrs trims her own bush..... she aint qualified! [emoji6]
  9. Ratman
    Wow [emoji33] thats a huge outlay! You must be in a big house, an ibc in less that a week is going some, but as said if your in a huge house then its very reasonable, and having free flow of wood obviously is a huge bonus. I’d have to pretty much buy in everything as not got free run of wood. Great idea leaving old oil system in place as a back up. I had thought about (when my garage is built) the possibility of running heating on waste oil as i can get a abundance of the stuff. I’d could probably connect into existing heating system but have to introduce zone valves as to bypass my current combi boiler, and it would obviously have to run on its own separate pump. Trouble is with waste oil your in to burning licences etc [emoji30][emoji30][emoji30] but all doable.
  10. Ratman
    Biggest loss for us will be in the floors in the main house, they’re all solid bitumen topped floors so can lose a fair bit of heat i would imagine around perimeter.
  11. Ratman
    Did the insulation in the house back when bought it in 2012, we gutted it, got rid of old storage heaters and installed full gas central heating, full plaster work throughout, insulation in the few stud walls we have, insulated roof and floors throughout. Re roofed and fresh felted main house last year, built new extension year before that and that was overkill..... 100mm in between roof trusses, 25mm under that, 3/4 ply under that then 12.5mm plasterboard and skim. 100mm in floor topped with 100mm slab, 100mm cavity with 60mm insulation. Installed wood burner year before that for main house.
  12. Ratman
    Probably your only other viable option would be solar with battery backup / storage. But like you say, large upfront cost plus installation, and a maintenance cost too with batteries.
  13. Ratman
    Cheers for the reply. Its interesting in general seeing what other people have and do differently from day to day (call me a nosey get if ya like [emoji23]) and i wrongly assumed you where here in the uk ??‍♂️ so the fact your in france makes it different again. I keep debating about straying away from standard electricity in one way or another and introducing an alternative but have never committed.
  14. Ratman
    Would defo put a power source in, bit of solar or a small turbine maybe, for some tv and background noise at least. I’d have to get rid of the thatched roof too, i’m not a fan of em. But the rest of it..... spot on!
  15. Ratman
    Bollocks to the week only jaunts! I’d just sod off full stop and become a hermit, sack everyone else [emoji38]
  16. Ratman
    What was your buy and installation cost on the boiler for your 4 bed if ya dont mind me asking? Whats it costing you to run?
  17. Ratman
    Come on girls.... settle it [emoji38]
  18. Ratman
    Baffles me, different fungi on different species of trees. Not being in the know, and seeing fungi on trees that i have been walking past for years..... i automatically think the worst for their health, cos after all it wasnt there last year! But apparently some fungi is ok and non harmful to trees, so ?‍♂️ this is where i take tips and learn about these things ? some fungi species are stunning to look at though, even if they are potentially harmful!
  19. Ratman
    A big thank you to all on the forum, only joined earlier this year, but feel i have felt welcomed pretty much all the way. Thanks to Steve for developing the app / forum in the first place. [emoji122] Have learned a lot about the world of arb and still continuing to learn a lot, also in other areas too. Anyhow...... not to ramble on, All the best to you all over the xmas period and a happy new year. (Vesp included) and anyone in the area, dont hesitate to call in as already discussed in a previous post [emoji106] all the best.
  20. Ratman
    Reprobate..... [emoji848]?? You besty’s with Vesp now? [emoji6]
  21. Ratman
    See.... he commented! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
  22. Ratman
    LITERALLY just ordered one off ebay myself, a 2L one with 100w heater and 60w ultrasonic power. 2yr warranty for £80. Has degassing function too. What cleaning solution do you guys use? Read a few horror stories about using solvent based, a lot recommend water soluble / bio based cleaners? Whats your advise?
  23. Ratman
    Defo!!! Does kinda make the mind wander towards the dark and warped ?
  24. Ratman
    Fetch it, we’ll make a do!
  25. Ratman
    Anytime Gary ???

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