Had an offset with “the one account” for a while, worked well when easy credit was available. I think I had about £55k on 0% credit cards at the time all sitting in the account, that all dried up with balance transfer fees and when I moved I swapped to a standard repayment.

Update, bought a Mountain equipment triton jacket, seems to tick all the boxes for what I wanted it for.

Cheers guys, I’ve got an old flux which has been demoted to a winter work jacket, I think I’m going to try another, I’ve got the icarus but dont find it too warm and the fill is a pain once washed.

The floor is factory lined, with what seems to be about an inch of something soft with rubber on top.

Was thinking of a couple of 5cm camping mats on the floor and a big thick duvet or 2. Have a dog but he won’t be with me.

https://www.toolstation.com/plinth-lock/p78729

These are pretty good to keep everything in place.

If it’s direct from your property to the main drain it’s your problem to sort, if anyone else’s waste runs through it the water board are responsible.
If it’s your’s, get some rods, don’t use the attachments and only turn them clockwise as they’re going in or out.

Cheers.

Oredered one from music magpie.

cheers, got one from a local place, seems great after 2 nights on it!

Windows were fitted in new house. I was living in old house when they were ordered.

All correspondence from the time of ordering was via email.

I was living in my new house during all visits due to remedials.

The house that the letter have gone to was sold in March 2016.

No it’s all dated pre payment. I didn’t find out about it until the 6th this month. The payment was on the 1st or 2nd.

Actual ccj and bailiffs with a high Court writ!

Cheers. I’m in Spain for a week at the minute, got the letters Friday and we flew Saturday so never had a chance to speak to anyone. Never had a ccj in my life!

I’ve used them before and never had problems.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283088069596

I’ve got one the same as this, its worlds apart from a cheap mig set!

The batteries on your cordless will last a couple of years max.

Nonsense.

I’ve been using cordless drills since they came out, currently have a full set of 18v festool gear including about 10 batteries. (I fit kitchens as my job)

I’ve had dewalt 12v, makita 12v, hitachi 12v, bosch 10.8v, hilti 36v

You don’t get much more use out of the batteries after a couple of years, they’ll work, but not at 100%

A sub £100 cordless isn’t going to have great batteries to start with, so after a few years your left with a tool that struggles to do what it did when you bought it.

I’ve a 15 year old dewalt SDS that I paid £70 for, and its still going strong.

Buy a corded sds drill, it’s last forever.

The batteries on your cordless will last a couple of years max.

There isn’t a dead cert, what you should have is an eic (electrical installation cert), but as the spark never installed it he might be weary of issuing one.

If there no power, the electrician can’t complete his full range of test (RCD, loop test etc)

Possibly looking to do my basi level 2 snowboard next year. That’s 2 weeks. Prob a week with some mates and a week with the family also.

Cheers Martin,

Yeah lit is out of the question!

Thats the frustrating part, ask her what she wants to do, so she could maybe get some voluntry work or paid if shes lucky and the reply is “no idea, something to do with history!”

Who’d have kids again eh! 🙂

It’s what you make of it. If you can demonstrate that you are not just all about History, then plenty of employers outside that field will want her, and her big brain. Depends what she actually fancies doing, really. What other subjects does she have?

Her other subjects are biology and english lit.

And others!

Cheers Scaredypants and others.

Puts my mind at ease a bit!

She’s just come back from a visit to Oxford/Cambridge but I think she wants to stay local. So it’s probably Newcastle or Durham.

Seems to be ok. Had a quick 10 minute ride and all is well, it’s a bit tight big/big but I’ll never use that.

Cheers for the replies.

Found a spare 11/34 mtb cassette in the shed. Stuck it on and it works fine?

It will give me an extra gear (and half).

See how it goes.

Right handed, snowboard goofy, switch is at about 70% but after a lot of practice!

Ride right foot forward.

If your joining them at 90’, I wouldn’t use any type of wood glue.

I don’t glue them at all. Oil, butt together and clamp with worktop bolts. I have a Festool domino machine but biscuits will do.

Make sure you leave a expansion gap all around, use brackets that allow movement.

Some good info here

https://www.worktop-express.co.uk/gbu0-display/solid_wood_worktop_installation_instructions.html

Here’s my two pence worth, I’ve been snowboarding for 25 years and been on lots of different courses/lessons etc. I’m away on a 2 week riding/instructor course end of the month.

Flat light, slow down and look for shadows on the ground that you can use to turn on. Your not going to be carving, skidded turns will keep your speed down and let’s you “feel” what the conditions are. Try to stay in an area you know, it helps when you know what’s ahead.

I’ve had the weird “don’t know if your moving” scenario, pretty freaky when you think your still and a piste pole hits you at 20mph!

Ice, proper ice is blue and your not going to be turning on it. Go straight and slow/turn on something soft.

Hard pack, compacted snow, again slow down, if your struggling, your riding beyond your ability. There’s little grip available so you need to take it easy with your edges, big turns using as much of the piste as possible,  if there’s snow at the piste edges, use that to turn on.

With out sounding patronising, have you had any lessons? I see so many good riders fall apart when the terrain get steeper or conditions aren’t too good. A good solid technique will get you down (in style) any slope.

Just an exercise to try, on a good day, put your hands behind your back, or on your bum and see how long you can keep them there whilst riding. If you can’t, lessons will help.

Yes, bought a bit of land tucked between a house and old people’s home.

Been a hard slog as I’ve done most of it myself, Moved in a year after starting, was a bit of a headache but it’s nearly finished.

Hardest part is picking everything in one go. I’ve still got light fittings missing as the lady of the house can’t make her mind up!

I fit kitchens as my job. Self employed.
I’ve prob fitted nearly every mainstream brand in the U.K.
I’ve fitted Howdons showrooms and probably over 200 of their kitchens.
My house has a DIY kitchen in it.
I deal with their parent company as a trade customer tho, I use a different website to order, the diy site is a pain to use.

That logic could be applied to all circuits.
32a ring final, a kettle, toaster, a hair dryer and a few others will put it over 32a.
Then if your hobs on, oven, tumble dryer and washing machine etc, you might just be over the main fuse rating, also as Img stated if more than 7:5% of an estate does the same the supply is overloaded!
That’s why these maximum demand formulas are in place.
There is a slight chance that it might trip and if it’s feasible, run a new supply, but if not, it’ll be fine, he might have to put up with cold carrots once a year.

I’m not sure that’s a safe assumption with an induction hob

I’m sure the IET, who make the diversity rule, will have taken induction hobs into consideration.

As I said, I’ve a similar set up and I’ve never had any tripping issues.
A 32a mcb doesn’t trip as soon as it hits 32a.

Yes really.

For cooker circuits diversity is applied.
First 10amps then 30% of the remaining amps, plus 5amps if there is a socket outlet on the switch plate.
I’ve got a 7400w hob and a 3600w oven on a 32a radial circuit.

7400+3800= 11200watts.
11200/230=49A (rounded up)
First 10A then 30% of remaining.
39Ax30%=11.7A
11.7+10=21.7A
Crack on. You’ll be fine.

In the 90’s at a surf comp at fistral.
Paddled out alongside David “Poto”Vetea. He caught 3 waves in and out before I hit the line up. That’s was pretty scary!

My daughter is going to Cambodia next year on a similar trip. Total is £3800 or thereabouts, it’s a 4 week trip that mainly involves volunteer work.
It’s half paid for now by a few fundraising nights, raffles etc. Lots of local company’s have been hugely generous. The Barbour factory have donated 2 vouchers for jackets to raffle, a local garage, £250 and a free valet to raffle plus many others.
If this was a trip to Dubai to sit around a pool I’d of said no, but I think it will do her good to experience how other cultures live and fend for herself for a while.

Prob with domes are you get a few turns and your at the bottom. Your head rental boots will be fine, but try a 8km top to bottom run and poor boots will have you in agony by lunchtime.
Is it Milton Keynes you go? If yes, keep an eye out when Snowboardcoach is doing a performance day. It’s about a £100 but that’s for the full day. Great tuition!!

As mentioned, boots are the most important purchase you’ll ever make.
Spend as much money and time as needed to get the pair that fit the best. Wear one pair of socks and they need to be very snug as they’ll pack out a bit. Toes should be touching the liner when standard upright.
I’ve been playing on single planks since 94 and have gone through a few pairs. Soloman and Nike are my preference but that’s my fit.
You can’t go wrong with westbeach, get on their mailing list and wait till the end of season. The pants are usually £40 down from £120, along with the rest of their kit.

Just down the road in wallsend. I’ll keep my eyes peeled.