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It may be that your packing has been over tightened leaving no room for the grease to enter the stern assembly. Dig out, replace and don't tighten any more than necessary. As others have said, a new run of soft copper pipe and correct sized olives is a useful upgrade.
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It may be better to keep level, or slightly lower as you will feel less on show when sitting there. A mixture of iris or similar reed like plants, along with some that tumble down to the water will give a natural feel and allow glimpses of canal and boats.
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One advantage of wood is that it is possible to collect your own, and you can purchase it in white builders bags at a much better price. Depending on storage space available, a mix of coal and wood is probably most economic and useful.
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I was told that this was painted by Ron Hough, a very heavy can.
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3 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:
As many will already know, I do have a sick mind as you put it, brain tumors actually. I find your comment offensive and will report you.
Report away, but I would imagine that most would find your original post far more so.
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15 hours ago, tree monkey said:
I agree and i suspect the original post was intended to trigger a row, so ignored it.
It's perfectly possible to find a kill trap big enough to take a rat, I actually have a couple, although I tend to deal with rats with the air rifle, the mice on the other hand love peanut butter
Agreed, I was reluctant to respond but the sick nature of the post outweighed this. I've no problem with necessary pest control but definitely do with actions as of the O.P. unfortunately, there's no cure for an inherently sick mind.
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21 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:
Had this odd noise under the shed, a rhythmic bumping sound. Had a look and it squeaked!
One of the rat traps that I put out last December had trapped a brown rat. I baited them with sweet corn and this is the first capture.
So now I had a very much alive rat in the cage to get rid of.
No point in rehoming it, they only cause grief elsewhere, and I am not paying to have it put down. Can't get it out of the trap safely to bash it to death, besides I don't want it splattered everywhere.
Mindful of Weils disease, I dunked the trap in the canal for half an hour. Then dropped the corpse into the cut.
The end.
Needless cruelty, and nothing to boast about.
Inaccessible traps can be placed with a wire to retrieve the now dead rat caught in a conventional trap.
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I've often wondered if an alternator designed for a lorry may be a better option as most are low revving (limited to 3,000 rpm)?
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You can normally pop the valve out of its housing by removing the circlip and then pressurising the system - be ready to catch it though as it comes out at some velocity! An accidental discovery..
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Have a look under the well deck, as most integral tanks are right in the pointy bit and there is often storage space under the deck behind it. As someone pointed out, check all other requirements are met, if not, another craft will definitely be a better alternative as multiple modifications are both expensive and a compromise.
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3 hours ago, magnetman said:
Yes this is what I was thinking. There is one of these just below Denham lock.
It happens on the Thames as well. BJ Woods at Isleworth have a selection of rather large floating dry docks and Bay Wharf at Greenwich have cut in half ships which are flooded then drained.
Of course if one were using narrow canals it would not work but on the GU one could dock narrow Boats as they do at Denham.
I wonder what the setup would be if one were to buy land then construct a dry dock at an angle to the canal. Presumably the CRT would ask for a NAA like they do with marinas but there are not moorings because anything in there will be on land.
It seems to me that given a dry dock is a standard in-demand part of infrastructure people should be encouraged to construct more of them.
Of course a crane and suitable lifting pad might be easier to arrange.
And also a crane means one can handle multiple Boats at the same time by using trolleys.
Uxbridge Boat Centre have it pretty well sorted. A double dry dock and a crane and 3 or 4 trolleys. Very organised.
There's at least one on a narrow canal, Brinklow boat services use one.
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There are a few boatyards that use an oversized barge as a dry dock. With a door or stop planks at one end, the barge is sunk to allow the boat to be worked on to enter it, the door/stop planks are replaced, water pumped out and you then have a floating dry dock with a boat inside. This may be a realistic option if space allows.
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You may need to ask someone who specialises in historic/unusual craft. My former cargo carrying narrow boat has tanks with internal fillers and vents, and being built that way is exempt - how that translates to yours, I don't know the answer.
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On 06/01/2024 at 13:53, matty40s said:
The classic example is all the Tory MPs turning up at their local hospital with a box/2 boxes of chocolates on Christmas Eve.....with photographer present....
For a moment I thought Nutsak was playing a squeeze box!
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11 hours ago, Jerra said:
Possibly only one year. In the main, the colony dies off apart from Queens who seek somewhere to hibernate like a snug narrowboat.
After a bit of a Google Pestuk.com say:
Firstly, wasps nests cannot be reused. Each year the queen wasp will build her own nest. Queens will not reuse other nests and it is unlikely that another colony would move into an already built nest.
Even though they may not reuse an old nest, it is not unusual for wasps to add on to a previous nest in a desirable spot. I've seen some that are several feet across!
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8 minutes ago, magnetman said:
Its the change in tone specially if there are flies around which is particularly pleasing.
I like insects but flies and wasps are surplus I feel. We want bees and creepy crawlies for the birds and flowers but what use are wasps?
do wasps actually have a valid place in the egosystems supporting human life?
It seems to me they are in it for themselves
Wasps are very useful for much of the year, both for pollination and pest control. I'm no fan of them either!
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I've often noticed wasps in bags of coal, which then start waking up again when the heat inside the boat warms them up to break winter dormancy. Vinegar is an excellent antidote for wasp stings.
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On 03/01/2024 at 21:18, john.k said:
Minder wouldnt go so well nowdays......instead of a bit of biff,all the teens are now into unprovoked stabbing .
Too many egos at work these days, in a confrontation no one is prepared to be seen to lose - even if they were in the wrong.
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It may be a corporate promotional gift, sent out to customers/contractors.
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As a generalisation multi fuel stoves are heavier built and many have some form of baffle between fire and flue.
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1 hour ago, magnetman said:
This is why I was curious of 'just under 3mm' as 1/8 is 3.175mm.
I was just going on what I was told when Hawkesbury was in Stockton for steelwork and had no reason to doubt it having worked on it myself.
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1 hour ago, magnetman said:
Just under 3mm? I wonder what that was. Maybe 7/64" ?
Also I think it was 1/4" not 6mm. 6.35mm.
Maybe they used metric.
As many people do, I used the nearest metric equivalent.
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3 hours ago, Dav and Pen said:
I believe that originally The Northwich and Woolwich boats had 3/8th inch ship grade steel bottoms.
The big boats had 6mm sides and baseplate, and the engine room is just under 3mm thick.
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Spread the salt out on a baking tray and it will dry out on a low heat.
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That's why I suggested Reed type plants, Yellow flag iris is useful if the soil isn't too dry but there is plenty of choice along that theme.