Home DIY

Don't worry too much - They refund them without much fuss though, and it should last long enough to buy a 4ah dewalt one.

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Let's get a look at the lad

Can you open your backdoor (#euphgun), close other rooms off and shoo (sp?) it through to the front yard?

Failing that, I'd probably catch it in a big bag or towel and throw it over the fence myself if it hasn't worked out how to get out by tomorrow...

Do you have a 2x piece of wood or a length of ply you could lean against the fence that little reynard could use to walk out on?

possible ideas... Ill check how sensitive the bugger is.

and give him the idea that this is a service?

Charge him standard fees, obviously.

Yeah, I'm guessing you don't have a ute, a couple of pissed up Aussies, some semi-automatic high cal rifles and some crazy bright spotties on a swivel mount fitted to the roll bar?

wut

I have you

Ok, I'll bring the car, a hammer, the kitchen knives and a slab.

Also if he's properly trapped he might be a bit aggressive. Animals don't like being cornered. If you try the "shoo him out through the front door" approach just make sure he doesn't go for you

thanksa for the warning. This is why you need crazy Aus friends

A fox will -easily- get over a 6 foot fence, they're cat-like in their agility.

No fox... Thought it might be hiding in the bushes... Nothing to see here.

More damp woes - While making the sandstone windowsill a little less shit, it turns out that the wooden sill of the sash window is rotten.

What's a quick & dirty fix that will stop it getting worse and prevent damage to other parts of the wood frame?

Eventually, I'll get someone in to repair it properly, but it's way down the list at the moment.

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Hack out the really rotten wood and use an epoxy hardener on the rest, followed by filler and paint.
Or if it's extensive, let in some new wood.

Lots of youtube videos floating about showing exactly this.

Is there a way to run power to a shed with dealing with the cost of regs? Can I have a perm camera running in it? And obviously with power for tools, lighting, hearing and whatnot?

Battery powered camera (or a car battery and inverter).

Roll out a mains extension cable whenever you go out there.

B-in-law and me dug a trench for an abs encased heavy duty line about 20 years ago, haven’t burnt anyone or anything yet.
I’ve no idea about regs, but he was apprenticed to his pop as an electrician at the time.

Closest you can get without sign off is an outdoor socket and temporary wiring (i.e. extension cable), if, and only if you have a socket inside the house which you can directly connect a socket to on the outside wall by drilling through the back of the existing socket and installing the outdoor rated socket over the hole. That socket needs to be RCD protected and strictly speaking you should carry out all the appropriate checks when you install it but it's just within regs as long as there is no permanent exterior wiring involved. So in short there's no way to make a proper installation out of it. Also bear in mind that by fixing an extension cord to the fence you would be making it permanent wiring so that then falls under regs. Its a bit of an odd one but really the cost of getting it done properly in armoured is worth it if you want a serious workshop, otherwise maybe an extension cord would work for you.

Get it done properly. Let me know if you want help digging the trench to save on labour costs.

Agree with BQ, what I would add is give your sealant round the window a double check, if the water is getting in somewhere round the window frame should be easy enough to spot and fill in.

Unfortunately it's not an obvious gap in paint or sealant, as it looks likely that the rot pre-dates the current decoration.

Which is not surprising considering the other things going on in this place.

I'll be following @bq's suggestion & filling it with epoxy for the moment.

Eventually, I'll need to replace it, as I'm repairing the stone sill & building up a runoff on it*, meaning that the wood needs to be replaced anyway.

* It's pooling water at the moment - no doubt adding to the existing problems caused by any leaky surrounds.