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Haven't used the charter interest free thing yet. Though I remember you mentioning it now. Not sure current provider will offer a one year only deal. Might investigate but conscious of being quite tied to current provider and not wishing to upset apple cart too much to reveal minimal incomes.

We're prob not in a position to overpay a meaningful amount. Got a good chunk at the moment so could do SVR for a month but trying to do some improvement stuff with the bulk of it.

Might not be the most efficient use of the money but if we're going to be living here for at least 5 more years we'll want to enjoy it as best we can.

Our 2 year fix ends on the 1st august. Have to stick with current lender because reasons. Talk of things going from 5.2 something down to 4-/+ from the 1st. How to navigate?

Presuming if we suck up a variable rate for one month we can immediately switch to a fixed as soon as rates go down?

Wise? We can prob take the hit for a month assuming clients continue to pay on time.

Fwiw we have the below and I've never felt it was underpowered. So maybe something to look into on the plumbing leading up to it?

https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/grohe-minta-kitchen-sink-mixer-with-pull-out-spray-supersteel-32168dc0

Product Details
Brand: Grohe
Product Code: 32168DC0
Finish: Stainless Steel
Height: 328mm
Projection: 223mm
Pull-down head
360° swivel spout
High spout for easy filling of large pots
SilkMove® cartridge technology for smooth handling
Protected against backflow
Flexible connection hoses
Rapid installation system
Working Pressure: 1.0 Bar - 5 Bar
5 Year guarantee

• This tap requires a Pair of 3/8" Inch Flexi Tail Pipe Adapters - 15X38PK (sold separately)
  

Yeah, ours is more expensive unsurprisingly - I'd prob expect between £10 and £15 per kilo depending where you're getting it from.

Philip Warren it's £25/kg (47 dollar bucks), Sainsbury's is £13.50

Lol that you think it'll even make it until tonight.

How much is a chunk of topside down under?

Looks tasty - though I kind of assumed it would be pre-cut then dried. How long do you think it would reasonably keep like that? Feels like a 'eat within a couple of days' situation (which shouldn't be a challenge obvs but I was thinking of a months worth of noshing).

Yes but in the last 50 years, do people still make things out of bronze other than heinous ornaments?

Can you make anything useful out of bronze?

Sure thing, will try to put some pictures together of it and a pencilled dibs is yours in the meantime. Not sure when I'm next in town but will drop a note over and if you're still interested when I'm traveling next I'll pack it.

Seeing the above reminds me of trying to log into Virgin.

Been a couple of weeks so I'll just sing the praises of Zen and their fritz!box stuff. All working flawlessly. Has been connected non stop since the 15th, no drops, no slowdowns - typically getting max speeds (1gb down, 120mb up) etc. And logging into the fritz control app is amazing - immediate visual clues on what's connected, over what, at what speed with the ability to stop it or steer it elsewhere. Just amazing in comparison. And for 50% less than virgin who offered inconsistent connections, price increases every quarter, and speeds a quarter of what I'm getting now at best - all locked in price for the duration of contract (I'd renew immediately for 10 years if I could but they seemingly only do 24 months at a time).

Might get a zen tattoo on my face tbh.

We had them cut in ours. They do get grimy but not a silly amount. That said I probably wouldn't get them again. Might consider a general very subtle slope towards the sink (our sink is built in/same material as the worktop) next time.

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Thing is if I did I'd need to get a packaging machine as I'd make so much I'd need to find a way to keep it longer. And then obvs would need turn our kitchen into sterile environment with foot dip / boots / overalls etc.

Slippery slope.

I respect the 23rd hour thought.

Looking forward to report. Have been eating loads this year and would love to do my own. Did have a brief midnight/can't-focus-on-work moment researching a commercial dryer recently. Would pay for itself in about 4 years of heavy personal consumption.

Possibly shorting but think most likely it's related to the foam pad in that video. You'll note that around 2:26 he's struggling to connect the new part (you need to pre-bend that bit of flexi board so it sits neatly which it doesn't show him doing) and then the video actually just cuts 'some time later' and it's already fitted.

I might give it another go though. It's a faff uninstalling everything to make space.

Tried to replace micro sd reader a few months ago and fairly straightforward until it came to putting it back together. I wanted to test it worked before screwing it together so tried with the back of the case off - worked fine, back case on, nope. Hmm. Case off, fine, case back on again, nope. Tried a few more times. Got bored. Gave up. Will prob just wait it out for next year.

Not really posted it anywhere else and not in a massive rush so hmu if you want me to put anything aside for the future.

Updated list after looking through a few more boxes:

Motion stuff:
RS2 Pro Combo - £300
Tilta Float (with various extra bits inc belt) - £500

Lensey stuff:
Canon EF 100mm macro 2.8 - £400
Sigma 18-35mm art EF - £500
Canon EF 40mm 2.8 pancake - £100
Laowa 12mm zero d T2.9 EF inc hard case - £1000
Panasonic 12-60mm f2.8-4 Leica m4/3- £500

Camera stuff:
Pocket 6k (half cage) - £900
Pocket 4k - £700
DJI Mini Pro 3 with the fancy remote- £450 dibsed / alex_s

Other stuff:
ThinkTank Production Manager 50 - £250 dibsed / platypus
Tilta Nucleus M kit (2 fiz sticks, motors, hand unit etc) - £750

Lighty stuff:
Aputure 120D mk2 - £300
Aputure Spotlight Mount (26 degree) (metal flight case) - £250
Aputure Nova P300C (comes in the huge hard case) - £1000
Aputure 2x fresnel (inc soft case) - £75
Westcott scrim Jim cine 4*4 w a couple of rags - £150
Aputure AL-MX (inc soft case / aks) - £40
2 x Aputure AL MC (inc soft case / aks) - £50 each or £80 for both

Will do 10% off to forumengers and 10% of sale will go to forum.

Don't really want to go down the ebay route and am not on facebook etc for sale groups so will try a few regional owner-ops/indie hire places at some point but tied up with edits for now.

The screamy one on the non-leaking side that has recently been let.

It's likely some damage above and to the outside. The steps you see in that pic are into a sort of mini extension added in the 50s. Above it is decking on both sides (neighbours and mine). They did some work a few years before we moved in and previous owner said wall issues started around then. Suspect it's minor but previous owner was adamant he wasn't going to do anything as 'just the nature of old buildings'.

Then he died and it's been in limbo (inquest etc). Apparently it's now for sale so hoping new owner will give more of a shit, but if it's another BTL schmuck, like the guy who's just bought the house on the other side and immediately let it out to someone who screams 20 hours a day, I won't be holding my breath.

I worried that (that it would be 'best'). Just don't know how to approach with a neighbour who isn't sorting out the source of the damp. We've had our walls stripped back to stone and covered with waterproof boards, then plastered over, but we're still getting a tiny patch (5-10cm) in a corner so I'd hate to have it peel up.

Marmoleum - sheet roll / click / tiles / other? (kitchen - wider than 2m, will have island go over part of it in the future).

Thanks - how flat/perfect was your substrate?

Ours is far from perfect which is probably what's put me off in the past.

We've also got a leak we can't get access coming from next door who are unwilling to do anything about it. It's very small (a damp patch in a corner that projects about 5cm from the wall - never spreads further) but I imagine it'd wreck the adhesive in that corner and would be upsetting for everyone involved.

Yeah the kids is the thing. We want something relatively warm and soft underfoot (aid breakages etc) but equally hard wearing. It's interesting seeing (after a year or so of latex floor) where the wear-marks are - area around sink and also coffee machine is a state. The rest is unscathed.

Thanks - is Marmoleum 'the one'? We were/are looking at corka from the colour flooring company but can't really remember why now and are having a scout around to make sure we're not missing something obvious. Would likely get it installed rather than DIY floating. Currently a latex screed over ply over boards.

Also quite up for this which APPEARS to forgo microtransactions and just have the OG 'complete tasks to get stuff' philosphy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnt-CEuOH0Y