pegleg31

You bounce less the older you get aswell!

Never use ladders on ceramic tiles unless you've anchored them or have someone footing them because they hurt like hell when you land on them. Had to finish work early I'm in agony. Needed to get my large rubi out of the loft this morning and was in a rush as I'd overlaid after being up until 2:30am with my son. Didn't wait for the missus to foot the ladders and they slipped out from under me as I was about to step off into the loft resulting in me landing on the ladders at a funny angle as I did my best not landing on the dog still in her bed. I've got a cracking bruise on my shin and an even better one on my right bum cheek whit skin missing and I've also jarred my kneck and shoulder where I tried to soften the blow so the dog didn't. The dogs fine thank god. Just goes to show you should never take chances, after the missus made sure I was alright she let me have it because I'm normally anal about her footing the ladders. Anyone else had a close call with they've been rushing around and not putting safety first?

Like I said it was my brothers take on it from doing sociology, I'm not saying he's right all I'm saying is the way he told me made sense especially when he went on about feral children and how they take on the characteristics of who they were raised with.But thanks for showing some different views. Russ

I can send you plenty, I know a load working on site at £325 a thou and £10 block work. I'll agree prices differ depending on what area you're in but around here I'm bang on, either that or I need to reevaluate my prices.

Does your wife have a blaster?if not get one cuts the drying time down. Also if you can afford a cabinet dryer invest in one as you can pre clip another dog while the wet one drys. My partner started off by renting a room in a rescue kennels a couple of days a week. She also does a pick up service for people who can't get yo her but only picks up in certain areas at a time so she's not driving her there and everywhere cutting into her profit. Russ

I know you're a sparks, what I mean is arrang a ground worker, get your own bricklayer, joiner roofer etc.. As a builder will be costing his own profit onto it. Trust me I know.

Just to add you can't do it properly out the back of a van. My partners business is Agroomwithaview.co.uk she having the website updated at the minute so might be offline but it was up yesterday for viewing

My partner has a grooming business and employs 5 staff. Seeing what she has I'd say puh the business further the average price of a groom is £30. My partners salon has on average 3 members of staff on at a time grooming 20+ dogs a day. I wouldn't do the van thing as you've got wear and tear cost breakdowns to consider and fuel cost to add into. If you've got the room convert and existing space or put a shed up and use that. If you need any advice I'll ask he dragon. Russ

Brick work you should be paying between £350/400 a thousand, block work £11/13 a m2. Pitched roof not sure what it'd cost in materials without seeing what you've got stated but either trussed or traditional cut it'll be no more than a day for a joiner. If your stuck give me a shout I usually travel all over doing roofs. Ground works is hard to say with out seeing the plans but rough idea £80/100 m2. About £500 for a door and about the same for a roller shutter door plus fitting for both. You've also got to cost into it materials.Manage it yourself it'll save you in the long run.

To be honest I skimmed through it, I was looking quickly for something on the lines my brother was on about. What he told me made sense. I'm not educated enough to say if it's correct, on the other hand I've no problem what so ever with someone's sexual orientation. If I can get I touch with him I'll ask him to send me a link to something that corresponds with what he to.d me. Russ

http://socialinqueery.com/2013/03/18/no-one-is-born-gay-or-straight-here-are-5-reasons-why/

I'm only repeating what my brother learnt in sociology. I'll find a link for you later to read but I'm off out shortly for a meal.

Couldn't agree more, times have moved on and a lot of people are still homophobic. Just because your kids are being taught about same sex couples doesn't mean they're going to turn out gay.

I think everyone is born with different genetics, some are more naturally better at sports and others are quicker to learn and hold onto information. But if you're asking do I think people are born gay?, no.

I think you're wrong there, no one is born gay there's no gay gene. You learn everything from birth, circumstances in how you are raised and interact with others determine the way you behave, and the person you are. Don't get me wrong being gay isn't a choice it's how your brain has programmed you. Look at feral children that have been raised with packs of animals, they don't talk or walk upright, they behave exactly like the animals that have raised them. I'm neither for against homosexuals, as long as they don't fluant it in front of me I'm happy to get on with their lives as normally as everyone else and I'll raise my son hopefully with the same views as me. Would I be gutted if he turned out gay?, yes but I'd love him the same.

A lot of people chuck Dutch rabbits in with wild ones for them to breed if this helps the OP

You'll have your work on maintaining it. How you housing your rabbits?

Thanks for some constructive advice, I've had some good advice from this thread and I'm leaning towards just doing what I usually do and see if I can find a decent local spark, plus bully my brother into a course ( the advantages of being 15yrs older).

And that's why I don't want to be a sparky, to many k*** heads in the trade. Not all but some think they're the elite of tradesmen.

Cheers again. If I'm honest I don't want to be a spark doesn't interest me at all, I respect what you do but it's not for me. I was just hoping there was a short course I could do that'd allow me to carry out the work on some smaller jobs it looks like it's not the case. Never mind I do enough anyway. I've taken my youngest brother on so I might see if he'll do a course although he's wnating to learn the plastering and tiling side of things.

Cheers for that Mike. Just had a quick skim over it and I take it I can't do the work unless I join a scheme and then a sparks can sign it off?

If I'm completely honest I couldn't tell you, I could lie and Google it but that's not me. It was just a thought and it looks like it's not possible. I've just moved and haven't got any contacts where I am and the ones I have aren't prepared to travel, so maybe I'll have to find a sparks who'll be happy with me doing the work and him signing it off.

Wouldn't dream of doing it myself now, I used to years ago. My father had his own kitchen and bathroom showroom, I did plumbing and joinery, my brother did electrics and joinery but never finished the electrics course. I've done a few full house wires and re-wires but was just wondering if there was a course you could do like the one corgi used to do for kitchen fitters.

I always get a sparky in for the bigger jobs but I can lose the little jobs when adding the price a sparky wants for wiring a shower in or fitting a few down lights. I'm not arguing what they charge is unfair as I get the cost of tools, I just mean I know how to do it I could do it at a fraction of the cost as I'm already there on site. I don't want to be a sparky by any means Depending what I'm doing I'll either first fix myself or get a sparky in. It's just annoying when you're losing jobs on labour costs. Russ

I'm a joiner by trade but multi trade, I know how to wire and have done in the past before part p. Just thought it'd be easier if There was a course I could do so I could do it myself, I'm competent in wiring So was wondering if there was a course you could do like corgi used to do for kitchen fitters.