Category: diy
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The First Rule of Elna Club Computer is…
…don’t write about the Elna Club Computer. This is a DIY/fix it yourself kind of post. Sarah’s Elna Club Computer sewing machine blew up over the weekend, forcing her to learn how to use an overlocker at very short notice. Whilst it’s useful for overlocking, I’m told an overlocker can’t really do anything else. If…
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Projects (in Process)
It’s amazing how much stuff around the house you can block out. Little projects here and there that you’ll get round to eventually, but never do. I’m setting out to change that mentality and get the fiddly things done once and for all. First things first, I’m on the… Chopping Block I have been using…
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Two’s Company (When you’re building a shed)
Are you tired of lifting heavy e-bikes out of your house every day and wheeling them round the house? Wish they were taking up less room? Think Asgard! Nope, not quite the home of Odin but still formidable… We’ve been annoyed by moving bikes around our conservatory for the last couple of years. With the…
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Diving from the Comfort of your Chamber
You might be able to figure this one out from the title. I’m nothing if not helpful! Last week I spent part of the afternoon at the bottom of the sea. Well, in a sense. As part of a day long introduction to diving medicine at the DDRC in Plymouth (formely the Diving Disease Research…
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Lofty Ideals (Damn, I’ve already used that pun…)
After you’re writing a blog as long as I have been, you’re bound to rip off some of your own content, right? Loftiana Jones: The Attic of Doom It’s the loft sequel you’ve all been waiting for. Not all of you? Hmmm. Some of you? You may not have been holding your breath for this…
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In Hot Water (Cylinder), and Plants
Heat wave? Rain storm? What’s going on?! The weather has been weird recently. It’s either torrential rain and flash flooding, or tree-splitting sun and blue skies. Summer is going out with a bang. We’ve spent the last week hanging out with family and friends As a follow-up to the last conservatory DIY post, I’ve finished…
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Food, Drinks, and Fireworks
Time for something completely different. Ish. Different-ish. Different dish? Bobotie and Burgers It has been a while since I’ve covered food but I’m back with a few recent gems. We had a trip down to Falmouth only to be faced with Pendennis castle overrun by pirates. Summer traffic made traversing Cornwall a bit of a…
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Cupboards and Conservatories (And a Bit of Broadband)
It has been a busy week around here with a few trips and plenty of ongoing projects. Airing Cupboard/Hot Press* *Neither is particularly a accurate name… I am in the process of reassembling the airing cupboard/hot press (take your pick) and tried to do so in the most straightforward way – cutting bits of plasterboard…
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Heat Pump, Take Three (Part Two)
And it’s in. Time for the ever after… We’ve had our Daikin Altherma air source heat pump in for about a week now, and so far it seems to be functional. We haven’t had much of a chance to test it given that we are in the middle of summer and the room temperature barely…
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Heat Pump, Take Three
Radiators filled. System pressurised. And action! It was almost destined not to happen, but after months of pain, disruption, and switching companies, the air source heat pump (ASHP for those in the know, or if you want to be pretentious) installation is finally happening. Octopus Energy is the force behind it, and they have been…
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