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A while ago Kennings, the builders merchants on Hook Road in Goole were selling off seconds/broken sheets of Kingspan. Might be worth a phone call?

One of my neighbours had wet solar roof panels installed. The solar heated an unvented hot water cylinder which fed into the cold inlet of their modulating gas combi. When the water was hot the combi didn't fire up but at lower temperatures the flame came on and added sufficient heat to output...

Isn't there treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder?🤔😎

Noooo. A combi (with one or two rare exceptions) heats the water as it passes through in a similar mode to an electric shower. ASHPs work with a cylinder (usually unvented but not necessarily so) so the ASHP heats the water stored cylinder for use later. Being unvented the water is at mains...

You ASKED/TOLD someone about the job??? Fortunately I'm on mains sewers but I think I'd have hired a digger and fixed the problem when I was fit and mobile.

Have patience. Wait until they go quiet for the winter and pick a few consecutive cold/wet non flying days. Then just move to their new spring location. Leave an empty box/nuc to mop up any stray returners. There are plenty of posts about moving colonies in the forum files if you use the search...

About 2 to 3 inches all round. A bit of old ply or OSB works ok

During part of my career I was works engineer of a glucose refinery. I recall we took Dutch potato starch, added water to form a slurry and further added hydrochloric acid then heated under pressure to convert the starch into glucose. The raw thin syrup was neutralized, filtered and evaporated...

Farina (potato starch) based glucose anyone?

Yes (spit). My old oil boiler was approaching end of life and I filled in an enquiry on line which resulted in a few companies making contact. I went with Greener Living from Sheffield who talked all the right talk, had a energy efficiency survey carried out and had a lot of favourable...

As recently mentioned buy a big stock then go off comms

I recall reading a book (by Oliver Lyle I think). One phrase sticks in my mind. The Almighty created man with the ability to produce invertase, therefore he must have intended man to consume sucrose.

A butchers cleaver with a decent board underneath might be handy.

I don't use them. My hives are overhanging their stands. Same idea as steddle stones.

It's too late to be fiddling about now. Make sure the hive has stores and leave them alone until spring. You might be lucky but I reckon you'll be in the market for another colony when spring arrives. Honestly if as a beginner you've managed 3 years with a single colony or without losing swarms...

From what I read many of the NK troops take the first opportunity to surrender so they get decent food and conditions rather than return to Kim's glorious state when it's over. 🤔

His name Watkins by any chance?

This seems to be turning into a who can pee up the wall highest competition?

I was a trustee of our village hall for a lot of years. It's sometimes surprising that people accept the personal responsibility/fiscal liability for no reward but it's an extremely satisfying job. Just read the leaflet duties and responsibilities of a trustee and keep reminding the others of...

If power cuts happen it's a good idea to have a few simple candles on hand. I understand beeswax candles don't make soot or smoke which is a bonus. As a boy I recall a cylindrical candle storage holder hanging behind the cupboard door and a couple of metal saucer shaped usage holders with a...