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Yeah - 90-degrees at the back corner.
This one.
LS
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No - it’s this, but with the downpipe coming out of it.
I think
LS
10 minutes ago, Konnie said:I just looked the best you will do is a hopper head bit with the 2 lengths of guttering running to it.
Ta, will have a butcher’s. Still can’t quite believe there’s not a pre-made bit that does the job.
LS
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Hi chaps,
I can’t work out what to search for, though it must surely exist.
I’ve put up a five-sided shed in the garden, the roof of which slopes down to the corner point.
What guttering do I need?
I think I need a downpipe at that corner - so I need a bit that’s a 90-degree angle with a hole in it.
I don’t want to bodge it if I can buy something ready-made, but I can’t find it.
If I’m being picky, I’d want black square-section.
Cheers,
LS
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Most of the hedgerows in MK have got lots of green blackberries.
The domesticated blackberries on the allotment in Milton Keynes are massive and perfectly ripe (no idea of the variety - they are thornless and VERY sweet but have no flavour at all!)
Just back from my mother’s in Northamptonshire (near Corby) and there is a patch of very thorny brambles in the middle of her allotment that has got a good spread of ripeness. The ripe berries are absolutely delicious (proper bramble taste).
LS
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Plus 1 for BA Amex. I use it for everything - Aldi takes it now, the turf supplier I use does too, even the local little DIY shop takes it, as does Wickes.
In fact, the only place I have a problem is B&Q!
38,000 points and counting, and we got a companion flight on last year’s spend (£20k, I believe).
LS
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At our cottage, a huge patch of pink sedums was totally covered (and I really do mean covered) in bees all September. Very rewarding perenials to grow imho - easy to establish and very reliable.
Also, make sure you let any ivy flower - the bees love these as some of the very last of the year’s nectar.
ive planted some Korean mint this year, the flowers of which are supposed to be super for pollinators.
LS
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Hi Sako,
Yes, this first batch (February sowing) ended up fruiting inside as it was too wet and cold to put them outside.
I’ve since planted in the open ground, and I’ll see how they get on in the heat!
The second batch were sown about 6 weeks ago, and have also now been planted outside. Need to work on my timings next year, but the good news is that I’ve now got loads of self-pollenated seed to play about with.
Tomatoes finally went outside and the “Indigo Rose” are fruiting happily, with some (saved-seed) “Stripy” ones a close second.
LS
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4 hours ago, JDog said:
The best paint I have ever used on planed timber has been Little Green Paint Company's 'Intelligent Exterior Eggshell'. Don't ask why it has been titled 'intelligent' because I don't know but it is a fantastic product albeit extremely expensive. The picture shows a shed I built using lapped boards and which I made and painted three years ago. It looks like new.
Blimey JD that looks great.
Why did you buy it in the first place? Was it recommended, or did you just like the look of it?
As I said, the stuff I’m using is going on the rough-sawn timber a treat, but is lifting a bit on the planed surfaces.
LS
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Yep. Top chap. Dressed him for Garter Day many times and always mischievous, chatty and cheerful.
LS
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7 hours ago, figgy said:
Garden shades by cuprinol is the best I’ve used.
Yeah, I didn’t want to say it, but I was very impressed with Garden Shades. Two coats, and the opacity was excellent, and the finish was jolly nice. Urban Slate was the colour as I recall.
Good stuff.
I’m using Ducksback (black) at the moment on a shed. It’s going on OK, but it was noticeably better on the rough dawn stuff than on the planed timber.
LS
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Like many of the yoof in Kettering I made bubblewrap. I did it for 8 months, diligently learning the art of co-extrusion (and once losing the wooden prodder in the plastic recycling machine).
IIRC there was a cage about the size of a basketball court into which all the scraps and offcuts went, and, by the end of the week, it was effectively a gigantic bouncy castle for those brave enough to scale the sides and leap in! Terrifying.
I then worked for the Queen’s robemakers for well over a decade. Mostly spent helping middle aged men into tights!
LS
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On 04/07/2018 at 21:00, Wingman said:
Can’t recommend Warner Edwards enough it’s fantastic complex stuff. Their rhubarb gin is absolutely amazing. Second on my list is the botanist another stunningly good drop but after all is said and done i am very happy with a gordon’s especially as its 13 quid a bottle in tesco at the moment.
My father in law (who knows a thing or two) maintains that the best G&T he’s ever had is Botanist with elderflower Fever Tree (mixed c.50/50)
Lady S has joined a gin club, and gets a bottle of something fancy in the post every couple of months, together with some slightly left-field mixers and accompaniments. We had a Norwegian one last month, which was very pine-y. Not to my taste, but very interesting to read the blurb, and taste the tastes.
LS
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RIP
I must admit, I haven’t been following the whole story, and haven’t read how they got in there in the first place? Did they go exploring before the rain, and then got trapped by flood water - is that it?
LS
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15 hours ago, mel b3 said:
My Mrs has suffered quite badly this week. We picked up around 40 to 50 housefly bites each at our woodland last weekend, I just felt a bit rough and it caused my joints to swell , but it's really knocked lin about , she spent most of Sunday in bed and is still covered in bite marks.
Good god - really? How are you even typing that?
I don’t appear to have an allergic reaction to insect bites (especially by comparison to Lady S, who erupts monstrously when bitten by anything), but even I have been suffering with a quickly-batted-away nip from a horsefly this year.
You poor chap. Ice and alcohol is my prescription.
LS
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I liked Botham on the Fly - similar concept if you haven’t seen it.
LS
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There’s a good book by Joy Larkcon all about growing oriental greens. Could be slightly left-field, but they might enjoy growing some of what they eat.
LS
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On 28/06/2018 at 17:50, fatchap said:
you can get them sold seperatly, they are called "Spogs"
Thats just nasty.
Even the name sound like an STD.
LS
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So the “Basque” chillis I sowed back in February motored away, and, before I was able to get the garden ready for them to plant out - had already started fruiting well.
Really tasty chillis, with medium heat and a nice fruity flavour.
I’ve started some more, which are now 6” tall, which I will plant outside this week. It’ll be interesting to see if the size/yield is markedly different.
My gardening goal is to grow a wide range of chillis and tomatoes outside, so: early, hardy, tasty specimens will have their seeds saved and in a few years I ought to get there.
Interestingly the saved seed from those big brown tomatoes has resulted in the sturdiest plants. Only “Indigo Rose” has fruited so far.
LS
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Peanut butter in porridge
LS
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I’ve got nothing to add for the OP other than “get well soon”, however, I wanted to comment that this is the first year in over 20 years that I have been bitten by a horse fly.
Luckily it was on my forearm, and I swatted the little chancer away the moment I felt it.
Only slight inflammation, and itching, but it’s all but gone now after 8 days.
Anyway, are there more of them about than usual at the moment? I saw another thread about horse flies - is it just a coincidence?
LS
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On 20/06/2018 at 15:17, old'un said:
Do you mean these? I love’um, taste a bit like liquorice/aniseed, how much do you want for them?
Those are they. Awful. Just awful.
LS
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Thanks chaps - been a bit overwhelmed with offers of help on DM!
Cheers for the various discount codes and whatnot too. Very much appreciated.
I’ll keep you posted - doubtless one or two other noddy questions to follow...
LS
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Honestly, what is the point of those foul-tasting round bobbly ones??
So grim - and I swear the last packet I bought must have had more of those than anything else!
Next time, I shall count them and then write to Bertie Bassett himself.
Does anyone on here actually like them? There’s five in Milton Keynes if you’re passing.
LS
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Hi chaps,
Looking for a 7’x7’ corner shed with double doors.
Wickes has got one by “Mercia” at £450, and one by “Shires” at £650.
Other than an extra window, is the Shires worth the extra money? It’s difficult to see what the difference is.
What say you? Should I be looking somewhere else?
I don’t want to pay a fortune, but I also don’t want to buy cheap and buy twice.
LS
PS: if you’ve got any tips for how to simply increase the stability/durability/comfort/security of said shed, I’m all ears.
Corner downpipe for corner shed?
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Thanks chaps - hadn’t considered the bracketing/support aspect.
I understand about running the gradients down to one of the straight sides, but isn’t my guttering going to look as though it is permanently hanging off?
I’ll play around with a few bits and see what I can do. So long as I know the right bit doesn’t exist, I can invest a bit of effort getting it to do what I want it to do.
Incidentally, the straight-down section of downpipe would only be on the corner for a short run anyway, before it had to come across the back/side of the shed to a waterbutt.
Will post more questions as I think of them - and/or pictures when I’m done/bankrupt
:cheers:
LS