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As regards underfloor insulation I put this under every floor in my house when I replaced them with oak flooring recently. I suspended netting between the beams, stapling it in place, then placed strips of fiberglass insulation on the netting, so that it fitted neatly into the gaps between the beams...

We, mad as it sounds, got under the floor gap and filled in all the spaces to stop the drafts, sanded and used ecos floor paints, it takes ages to sand the floor ready and then to dry but it has lasted five years almost unmarked - about £50 a room. Just to check, what do you mean by "filled in...

At the risk of sounding daft.....which is emmenently usual what is a smart splitter? Let me google that for you: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=smart+splitter It's a device that basically lets you use its axe as a kind of pile-driver: it's not something I'd want to use for any length of time, and it's defini...

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Endie wrote: See above

Ah, read through again and spotted your explanation, ta...

Phew...thought for one awful moment that the Pet Shop Boys had been involved in some tragic accident...! Bloomin' rabbits.... I thought someone was waving goodbye to the Public Sector Borrowing requirement. Unlikely as Brown is making that, I'm still in the dark about what PSB really is. :scratch:

We don't know whether global warming will reverse the North Atlantic Drift, so we can't reliably predict whether we'll get warmer or colder, yet. No scientist every got funding or media coverage for a project that said everything will probably be fine, so we're only seeing edge cases reported. The f...

Hello, fellow Fifer!

Hi Endie, whereaboot in Fife are you? I used to live in Buckhaven. As regards the sycamore tree, if you'll take my advice, then get rid of the ruddy thing or you'll be forever clearing leaves in autumn & seedlings in spring (which you don't really want on your veggie patch!). Good luck. Hey the...

I've not tasted it yet because of the fear of oxidation or contamination once I remove the airlock. Am I being over-protective of it? How should I test it? Yes, you are :iconbiggrin: I'll almost guarantee that your apple wine will taste awful (unless you really loaded it with sugar) and your plum/d...

Hi Endie, lucky you!! - walled garden - drool... one tiny point - before you decide to take out the sycamores... It may be that your property was an Inn, historically. The number of trees outside an Inn was an indication of the types of services provided... ale food bed women etc... Heh... Presumab...

Great advice, thanks... I suspect you've done this before

I've not tasted it yet because of the fear of oxidation or contamination once I remove the airlock. Am I being over-protective of it? How should I test it?

Can't understand comments about the difficulty of getting salsify seeds to germinate. On my plot it self-seeds everywhere! Mind you getting parsnip seeds to come up is very hit and miss, but when I let one go to seed, they came up everywhere! Like you, I had no bother with the salsify I planted thi...

I grew borage this year in my new herb patch, along with a few other things like lovage, feverfew, and the usual cooking herbs, but the borage was pretty much just for the bees' sake. Glad to hear the big monster has some uses!

I've got Renton, a black-and-white bruiser of a cat who I got in the second half of the nineties, and Sieleidgh ("Sheely", based on the Gaelic for the "Gid Folk"), who's a three year old border collie, and just as smart as you'd expect of the breed. It was a long process to help ...

I loved the show when Mark Lamarr did it, and was deeply suspicious of Simon Amstell. However, he was hilarious - few things get me laughing out loud on telly but I was painfully sore with laughter a couple of times with Amstell playing off Phil Jupitus - and I soon preferred him. Recently, the show...