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On my original fitout I used non-solvent Gripfill type stuff in the middle and screws around the edge, on 9mm ply for the walls. 6mm on the ceiling, with the glue on the edges as well. Lots of temporary struts to ensure glue was spread and held until set (up to 24hrs if weather is cold). I needed to remove some of the lining this year as we had an 8' stretch done. The wall panels came off reasonably easily with a long handled scraper to break the glue, and I even managed to rescue the ceiling panels. When I did the new lining I used the 5min set polyurathene glue on to the wall panels to speed up the job considerably, and the 30min version on the ceiling as they take a bit more time to position and support. All OK so far!

I do now! Look at the end of the morse cable from the speed control handle. There are two adjustment screws which stop the spindle on the engine going too far each way. Loosen the lock nut and move the idle screw, then tighten the lock nut. The screw is partially covered on mine so a bit awkward. Richard

Thanks everyone, I'll give it a tweak, Richard

I'm a bit concerned that my Beta 38 idle speed seems to have dropped a bit, down to about 600rpm. Does anyone know what it should be please? I can't find anything in the engine handbook or online. Thanks Richard

I've got a Bosch 1400watt (free from Freecycle) on a Sterling 1800watt MSW invertor, works fine. I run the engine when using it. I would say buy the max you can run from your invertor, it's really frustrating trying to use something underpowered. As already commented, something decent won't need to be run for long.

Just make sure that you know what lengths it it comes in. I used oak flooring to line my external doors. The packs were random lengths, which in reality meant mainly short, down to about 300mm. Only one board in each pack was the length of the box!

Ours is 4'3" wide, and it's still easy the get past it. The whole base slides out another 3" so that the duvet can tuck down the wall side and insulate that person from the cold wall. It's also 6'6" long cos I'm tall. Made to measure quality foam from the Caravan and Boat Seat Cover Centre in Bristol.

I would suggest that you look at Piper Boats. Their 'off the shelf' boats have been designed to compete with the Polish ones, and they are made in Stoke! We've been very pleased with our sailaway, and Simon Piper is very helpful. No connection with the company, just a happy customer.

Shoreline have their comsumptions for each model on their web site. Obviously under test conditions, rather than real life. However, our fridge freezer is listed as 2.2A average ie approx 53Ah/day, so the figures already given for fridges without a freezer seem to be consistent with that.

Were there vents in the top of the box to allow the hydrogen to escape? I worked for a company where someone was killed when accessing an insufficiently ventilated battery housing. The batteries were quite small, but had been overcharging due to a charger fault.

Unless you want to go back to bare metal, definitely recommend a RANDOM orbital samder. I bought a 125mm one but found it virtually impossible to buy wet and dry discs (rather than dry ones), they all seem to be for 150mm ones, which is what I would go for. Buy discs in bulk, they get eaten up at a fair rate. I've got on well with rolling using a 4" foam roller, then laying off with a really good brush, as wide as you can handle. Purdy as recommended by Phil Speight are really good. But whatever the method, the paint needs to flow well, you may need to use an additive in warm weather.

I did something similar. A 1m length of Perspex 15mm tube (eBay) goes straight into plastic plumbing fittings. It's in the warderobe so no problems with algae. There's a stop end with a breather hole in it at the top, and a quarter turn valve at the bottom for taking readings. Simples!

I came past this afternoon, and while I feel some sadness whenever a mature tree is felled, these were on farmland, and the landowner is entitled to harvest his crop which in this case is mature timber. From (I think) bridge 19, you can see more timber waiting to be carted away. If the trees are left too long their value decreases due to rot and die back. In a few years the new planting will have grown up and renewed the barrier between the cut and the M1. All part of the natural cycle of death and renewal.