It is currently 29 Mar 2024, 15:57
Andyp wrote:I always thought Phoenix and Firkin was a good pub name.
As in phoenix my pint I'll firkin hit him.
Malc2098 wrote:Andyp wrote:I always thought Phoenix and Firkin was a good pub name.
As in phoenix my pint I'll firkin hit him.
Haven't heard that one before. Brilliant!!
Phil wrote:Looking good Mark!
The C-U-F tends to let one waste a lot of time.
Although far too much time wasted on brewing and warming (bit of a wimp? )
Mike G wrote:Don't forget the row of half-slates at the ridge....and don't forget to leave yourself access to the ridge (usually by leaving two courses off). I think you should definitely do a proper tiled ridge, but don't do it in winter. The mortar won't cooperate. That's a job for spring.
TrimTheKing wrote:.... It should be fine with the slates and Tyvek beneath until spring yes?
Mike G wrote:TrimTheKing wrote:.... It should be fine with the slates and Tyvek beneath until spring yes?
Goodness yes. The top slates which are at risk of blowing off in a gale, but the roof itself won't leak.
Chris101 wrote:Just seen this Mark. Looking good with the slates up!
Don't let anyone mock your hands. After 20 years cleaning windows at high level in UK winters I suffer badly from acute burning sensation now after a certain amount of time in real cold. Working today in the snow and wind was getting right on my proverbials. I just find it grim these days.
Anyway, I was actually writing in response to the bamboo. My mrs is the gardener here and I don't even get involved anymore (except to agree that yes she was right about that plant she put in after all. Lovely job). We have several varieties, I like the black ones, but a tip I might share that really helps is to strip the leaves of the bottom 1/3 or half of the stalks. It frees up the beds for low level planting and really stops them being overbearing. They just look nicer, more structural etc.
On unbridled growth, some species are worse than others. Any runners that come up should be terminated with extreme violence in any case if you want to contain them in the long run it's better to take a 'Stalinist approach' to weeding out troublemakers early on
Tiresias wrote:Oh Mark. -1C?
-5C in the valley here, so -8C where we are and dropping. Southern softie. Do take that in the gentle spirit in which it is meant.
Actually, I was up one of our roofs last year with our roofers (ladders and ropes, 15m height - at least one member on here will know the drill). It was cold. They came down every 20 mins so they could move their fingers. The lad had a mardy strop with his faither. Not surprised.
Keep at it. You are doing doing well.
Tiresias wrote:Oh Mark. -1C?
-5C in the valley here, so -8C where we are and dropping. Southern softie. Do take that in the gentle spirit in which it is meant. ......
RogerS wrote:Mark...re cold hands. Do any of your fingers go white at the tips ? If so, Reynaud's ?
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