jonny long shanks

Great Post! I'm not a regular on pw, but I do know that the season of good will lasts for 12 months with Mel and Lin. My wallet is 4yrs old now and has outlasted any other I have ever owned. Top guy 👍

Thanks for the heads up, I don't agree with the employee issues. However my opinion on the re wilding is mis guided at best

Can't beat a bit of drama. Trouble is it drags on for months.

I did a bit of panic buying the other week to make sure I could still work. Everbuild and adshead Ratcliffe stopped manufacturing silicone sealant due to lack of raw materials. My supplier said it was down to a mix of brexit and covid. I'm glad I picked up the 20 boxes when I did as they sold out very quickly and I'm down to my last few boxes. Manufacturing starts back up on Tuesday apparently but no idea when the next delivery is

I can't comment on the asgard sheds, but I have put together a few for customers over the years. They were difficult to put together on my own and seemed flimsy. The one thing that struck me though was the condensation. It was ridiculous, almost like it was raining indoors

It's not just scoucers it's all over unfortunately. In reply to post above there's nothing worse than smashed glass on the footpath. It really annoys me to put it politely. If I'm walking the springer then I can pick her up, but if I have the dopey mastiff aswell then it gets tricky.

I had it on earlier but my wife turned it off half way through Paul O'Grady. I always listen to radio 2 most days whilst working. I don't mind most of the presenters. It's just that Jeremy Vine fella and Vanessa Feltz that rub me up the wrong way

I'm a self employed tradesman (multi trade) and the majority of my work is domestic. I'm in the fortunate position of being able to claim the government grants. So what do I do? Turn down all of the work and sit at home happy in the knowledge the tax payer is feathering my nest? Or don't claim the grants and go to work and maintain a customer base. I think I know what the pw community would rather I do. With the amount of work and enquiries I am getting I also think it would be immoral of me to just sit at home, not to mention fraudulent.

There is universal stuff on ebay. Also why don't you just put the old glass back in?

It's possible to allow air flow and also make it rat proof. When the costs are weighed up hardwood against composite. I'd go for composite

You can try to bend and straighten, and if you do succeed, just remember, that's where the timber wants to go. I've seen walls taken out by timbers. There's no stopping it.

I only like myself tho 🤔

Thumbs up for the husky 👍👍

I've often considered working from home in my shed but unfortunately it's not quite big enough. Any talk of a shed extension is usually declined. My wife is in charge of planning permission 🙄 it will just have stay remain a refuge for now.

I used to work at a butchers shop aswell. The blocks are made from maple with the end grain facing up so as it doesn't blunt the edge of the knives

I bought some discs from aldi once and they were rubbish. They wore down twice as fast as the bosch ones.

Screwfix and toolstation have been very efficient in the way the are dealing with the situation. I don't mind b and q being open. I'm waiting in the online que at the moment to check if they have some items in stock.

I'm self employed and sat at home most of the time. I had a few rooms to plaster on an empty house which helped. I've also been out and sorted an emergency leak on a water pipe, a blocked toilet and re felted a dormer roof. Although building sites are allowed to stay open the ones I was booked to work on have closed. When the lock down is lifted I think there's going to be a lot of catching up to do and probably a few 7 day weeks to get back on track. I can't help but think the government will take this is an opportunity to clobber the self employed as well as everyone else with a lot higher rates of national insurance and tax. Hopefully the lock down will be lifted soon. I can survive at the moment but not for much longer and certainly not til June.

I'd tile under and apply a thin clear silicone bead around the sockets if required

My wife is a veterinary nurse and she has been warned that she may be asked to go in to hospitals and help. The government have also requested an inventory of all equipment that could be used, ventilators etc

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Self employed carpenter. Spent 15 years travelling around the country building and refurbing Aldi stores amongst other things. I got fed up of the mileage and work so now I work on the domestic side doing plastering, bathrooms and kitchens etc as close to home as possible.

Its always worth trying to repair something. I fixed a makita multi tool the other day. A new motor of eBay was £20 or a new tool at £90. I've just fixed my chop saw by picking up an old one for pennies and then dismantled it for parts. I hate having to buy new

You can get the 10.8v Makita drill driver and impact driver for about £120. If you're not going to use them often then I would store them indoors out of the cold.

I've held my license for about 18 months now. When I went to the doctors last I asked out of interest if there was a note on my records about my sgc. He checked and said there was nothing on records that say I have sgc. Thats west mercia. I'm not looking forward to my renewal as the whole system seems to be inconsistent at best.