Painting windows

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I switched our smoke alarms from Alkaline to Lithium batteries which have a really long shelf life and seem to keep going forever.

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I checked a few of the masonry paints they sell, and I can get them on eBay eg. the Bedec one above. They're a few quid cheaper on eBay and it saves a car journey....

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Often it's the opposite problem (lack of use) that causes starter motors to play up. That was almost certainly the case with mine. Local garage wanted best part of £300 to change it, so I picked up a used one for 20 quid and fitted it myself....

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Yep, our elderly neighbour flies a flag. The Palestinian one.

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Yep, that's the plan eventually. Wooden (soft wood) windows are hopeless with the lashing weather we get....

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Yes, another dull painting thread.

Spent part of the weekend painting windows. There seem to be 4 main approaches to dealing with the glass.

1. use a small brush for "cutting in" around the glass (you can even get angled ones designed for cutting in, although I didn't find this

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Previously I've always just bought the contract stuff eg. Leyland Granocryl at around £25 for 5L.

Parts of our house are very exposed to all weathers, and it doesn't take more than a few winters before bits start flaking and peeling off.

Painters and decorators we've used...

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It makes you wonder how much HMRC actually stand to claw back from this raid.

I suspect a tiny amount compared to dodgy schemes.

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I suspect in a few months time we'll have the opposite problem. Too much of the stuff, and flooding.

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Perhaps they should be "encouraged" to turn that waste heat back into electricity.

It can be done, although I don't think it's that efficient, and I don't know how much water it would save. Still, it would be better than it totally going to waste.

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True but not much use in the short term if reservoirs are empty. It's not as though you can control where the evaporated water lands back on the ground.



It was the consumed electricity I was driving at. At least if the heat was utilised in some way, it wouldn't be such a waste....

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Many people probably don't realise that virtually every kWh of electricity they consume ends up as waste heat. Surely there's got to be a better answer than just dumping this in the atmosphere, and using huge quantities of water in the process. Same applies to Bitcoin miners....

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We're on a borehole and we always worry a bit when there is a prolonged period of very low rainfall.

The main way we consume less water is only flushing for number twos. Bit disgusting but better than risking the borehole running dry.

On the plus side, not being on mains water...

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They may be holding and circulating quite a large volume of water but surely they shouldn't be consuming that much?

Unless, of course, their cooling system pipes are as leaky as the water companies.