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[BorniteIdentity]

I conducted a science experiment without even realising.

 

We moved into our house 3 years ago last week. It was an unusual move in that we bought a property that was inferior in every way, other than the location. We are slowly modernising (even got central heating now!) but we’ve had to be careful not to fix anything that would ultimately succumb to an extension and end up getting knocked down.

 

Hence the garage.

 

It is awful.

 

It’s a single skin affair with corrugated asbestos roof. The surveyor recommended it be demolished, so we chipped them £5k to have it fixed and naturally put all of our stuff in it anyway. Now, I’ve not had it re-roofed because we will probably need to knock it over to build a new room. But I needed it storm proof - something it wasn’t.

 

So, I bought a heavy grade 30ft tarp for £60 and weighed it down with about 20 blocks. It has worked pretty well for 2 years, until I saw a small tear in it earlier this week.

 

Wow.

 

When I got up there it was in about 26 pieces.

 

Apparently, UV really breaks them down. So the long hot summer of 2018 claims another victim.

 

 

Annoyingly, I’m still no further forward with plans so will likely buy another and roll the dice again.

[Skizzer]

Annoyingly, I’m still no further forward with plans so will likely buy another and roll the dice again.

You can get corrugated PVC or bitumen roofing sheets for about £5-10 a square metre if you’ve got rafters to screw them into. Shouldn’t cost much/any more and will survive a damn sight better than tarp whether sunny or storms.

[BorniteIdentity]

You can get corrugated PVC or bitumen roofing sheets for about £5-10 a square metre if you’ve got rafters to screw them into. Shouldn’t cost much/any more and will survive a damn sight better than tarp whether sunny or storms.

That’s a good idea. The only problem is the garage is about 10ft wide, and there is only one steel running the length of the tandem garage. Ideally it should have a couple of purlins running in parallel. Also, the timbers at the top of the brickwork are also rotten - so that needs ripping out too. All in, it’s probably a good few days work for something that might be down in a year.

 

That said, I’m also potentially looking for excuses when really I should just crack on!

[Honey Badger]

 

Annoyingly, I’m still no further forward with plans so will likely buy another and roll the dice again.

 

http://www.sigroofing.co.uk/roofingproducts/flat-roofing/new-products/fix-rcryl/

 

Paint this on the asbestos, the resin will seal the roof and the fibers will bridge small gaps it will last year's, a mask might be a good idea while painting and make sure you buy a cheap boiler suit to throw away after its done in case it picks up any asbestos fibers.

 

Obviously if you have big gaps that are letting in rain the fix-cryl will not be able to fix those.

[Skizzer]

Fair do’s Mr Identity, my slightly obvious suggestion was a classic bit of internet ‘advice’ based on no knowledge of the situation, wasn’t it?

 

I like Honey Badger’s Fixcryl idea for my own flat roof garage, which is watertight at the moment but needs a spruce up.

[MikeR]

was able to lay my hands on a redundant swimming pool cover ..... so far the shed and chicken run have been ok for years ........

 

just the blue roof looks a bit strange !

[ruffgeezer]

Been offered a cheap* modern which I am considering buying to replace Mrs Ruff's berlingo.

 

God bless main stealers, they have offered him way below market value for a two owner, 115k Kuga...

[Mr_Bo11ox]

buy a big sheet of that rubber roof membrane and weigh that down, costs more than a tarp but should last a lot longer then when youre finished with it you can chop it up and make gaskets out of it

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rubber-Roofing-Membrane-For-Flat-Roofs-ClassicBond-EPDM-Roof-Sheet/272836089014

[bramz7]

Redruth is incredibly far away. 3 hours by train already and only halfway.

[davehedgehog31]

Woke up, nice cup of tea and had a quick look on the laptop. Gumtree, why not.

 

Now I'm trying to work out how to get to Dunblane to pick up a fucked old K11 Micra for 150 bucks without my girlfriend noticing.

 

It hasn't been put in for it's test to fail yet, and I know a garage who seem to be "classic friendly". How bad can it be? If it's anything like the K11 I had, bad.

 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/nissan/nissan-micra-k11-the-most-reliable-car-in-the-world-probably-/1308498504

 

 

The life of a shiter.

 

Edit - thankfully its gone.

[egg]

Redruth is incredibly far away. 3 hours by train already and only halfway.

 

Tell me about it, the line after Bristol is so slow!

[DVee8]

Unless things have changed in the last 3 weeks I have been on holiday the Nissan Juke isn't dead.

The trials on the new Juke start for us September /October. As far as I am aware and I could be wrong the present Juke will be built till the end of this year at least.

[dollywobbler]

2CV was meant to be the steed for Reliant engine fetching today, but the battery had all of about five volts in it. Hooked up my new jump pack, away she went. Took the pack off, she stopped running after a minute or two. Hmmm. Out with the voltmeter, still 5.5v even when running. Ah. Further experiments later will confirm whether the battery has died (it's just an old one a friend gave me) or whether the alternator is playing up.

[phil_lihp]

Fresh from its MOT success with two new ball joints and minus a rusty tow bar, the Hiace started making some quite alarming knocking noises from the front N/S suspension yesterday.  A brief investigation shows that the evidently OEM-quality* drop links I fitted about 18 months ago have gone quite rusty and one of them has snapped in half where the centre post is welded to the loop holding the rubber bush. 

 

Sigh...two new ones ordered from GSF, fortunately with a generous discount code.  I also need to finally get around to rebuilding the brake master cylinder as the pedal sinks slowly when held down and there's rather too much rear bias causing the occasional lockup again.  I have the parts, I just need the enthusiasm.  Currently trying some very expensive JB Weld glue to reassemble the broken remains of the side door sensor so it will lock on the central locking again, seeing as I keep forgetting to lock it manually and would like to finally get the remote kit I've had for nearly two years installed at some point.

 

On slightly better news, the ST170 now has working air con following my mechanic installing my £30 secondhand compressor - the dealer who regassed it the first time quoted me £400 plus labour for a new one.  £111 later, I have cold air and he fitted the aux belt I bought a while back as well.  That almost conclude the mechanical to-do list on that car.  For now.

[puddlethumper]

Came back this morning from a great week in Hollandshire with the gf. 

Dropped her in Basingstoke, coz she sort of lives there, and continued to Dumpley, where I sort of live. 

Noticed a strange vibration at times and stopped to have a nose about. Couldn't see anything amiss or falling off

so decided to continue as no FTP had occured.

Got as far as the big roundabout, with traffic lights, in Hagley where I was in pole position in the middle of three lanes. 

Dropped the clutch on green and it went about 3/4 feet before the front offside dropped followed by a graunching sound and no forward motion. 

Hazards on and hopped out to tell the car behind that he would have to go round and then had a look. 

Left  wheel pointing forwards, right hand pointing very much right and bits of drive shaft on the floor.

I couldn't get a pic of the damage coz of traffic but here's a pic of where it sat.

 

I'm out of my wagon, but standing  by the signpost to the left in the pic, and the number of drivers that pulled up behind thinking, if at all, that the vehicle in front with the hazards on was waiting for the lights to change. Had to shout, very loudly because a/c and all cocooned, to tell them it was fucked. So got the triangle out, as can be seen, but even then one bloke nearly hit it and another stopped as though it was a roadblock or something. Plenty of room to go round but he missed two greens before some realisation dawned that he could go. I should've just shouted SPECSAVERS.

Only had to wait 25 mins, thank god, before rescue truck arrived.

[Lord Sterling]

Woke up, nice cup of tea and had a quick look on the laptop. Gumtree, why not.

 

Now I'm trying to work out how to get to Dunblane to pick up a fucked old K11 Micra for 150 bucks without my girlfriend noticing.

 

It hasn't been put in for it's test to fail yet, and I know a garage who seem to be "classic friendly". How bad can it be? If it's anything like the K11 I had, bad.

 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/nissan/nissan-micra-k11-the-most-reliable-car-in-the-world-probably-/1308498504

 

 

The life of a shiter.

 

Edit - thankfully its gone.

WINNAH cars lad. Ma_Sterling is currently swanning around in the roffle win K11. She loves it as of course does Sis_Sterling who it is intended for. Although you missed this one, there are plenty of K11s still about.

[AlabamaShrimp]

OMG Coventry ring Road is mental! It's some amazing concrete monster with really wide slip roads that just seem to appear!!

[New POD]

OMG Coventry ring Road is mental! It's some amazing concrete monster with really wide slip roads that just seem to appear!!

I was a student in Coventry. I think the ring road was part of an experiment and didnt have a speed limit at all. So much fun.

[dean36014]

Our ring road is great. Use the right hand lane until your junction approaches then move over to left lane. It works really well when you know it

[panhard65]

Went up to stoke today to buy a replacement for my poor abused 806. Found a nice Citroen C8 with the front bumper knocked off for 300 quid so I had to have it.

Bumper re-fitted with gaffer tape and we set off home. I had to stop at Gloucester services when the sticking brakes got a bit too bad. I called the breakdown company as it had smoke pouring for all 4 wheels. An hour later they rang back to say it would be another 3 hours so I just set off again and tried not to use the brakes. It looks like pads and discs, probably calipers as well.

[Lankytim]

Had a free day today so cracked on with car related jobs. Wired the towbar on the Jag so it’s nowfully A frame ready. I also fired up the Blazer and took it for a spin up and down the drive. After doing a head gasket it’s sat for a couple of

months and I’ve lost interest. Anybody want to buy it from me?? Didn’t think so. It will sit a bit longer before I decide its fate.

[Lankytim]

Hey, Panhard, you were in Stoke? You should’ve popped in for a cuppa!

[stuboy]

Popped along to weald of kent steam show, pictures here...

 

 

stuart Williams shared an album with you from the Flickr app. Check it out:

https://flic.kr/s/aHskFHwRWN

[dollywobbler]

2CV was meant to be the steed for Reliant engine fetching today, but the battery had all of about five volts in it. Hooked up my new jump pack, away she went. Took the pack off, she stopped running after a minute or two. Hmmm. Out with the voltmeter, still 5.5v even when running. Ah. Further experiments later will confirm whether the battery has died (it's just an old one a friend gave me) or whether the alternator is playing up.

 

Didn't take long to find the cause of the 2CV's woes. 

 

Main alternator wire earthing through the alternator body! Annoyingly, I'd spotted this before, and thought bending the connector would fix it. Wrong! Turns out the rubber washer between connector and alternator body was crushed and is now toast. I think I've been quite lucky there really.

 

New connector fitted, new rubber washer fitted, went for a test drive, chased a Lancia Flaminia Coupe. As you do.

 

 

He was properly going for it! Frankly, only a combination of gravity and local knowledge allowed me to keep up. I was braver in the bends, but he could pull away as soon as the gradient changed. Great fun!

[Lord Sterling]

OMG Coventry ring Road is mental! It's some amazing concrete monster with really wide slip roads that just seem to appear!!

Yeah, everytime I happen to find myself on the Cov ring road, I find myself going around it twice as I always miss the slip road I want.

 

Had a free day today so cracked on with car related jobs. Wired the towbar on the Jag so it’s nowfully A frame ready. I also fired up the Blazer and took it for a spin up and down the drive. After doing a head gasket it’s sat for a couple of

months and I’ve lost interest. Anybody want to buy it from me?? Didn’t think so. It will sit a bit longer before I decide its fate.

Wow! Never knew you had a Chevy Blazer. This thing would be great for me here in Turkey. Though everyone seems to drive small saloon versions of small hatchbacks often in diesel flavour, so Chevy Blazer would definitely stand out.

[panhard65]

Hey, Panhard, you were in Stoke? You should’ve popped in for a cuppa!

It was Draycott in the Moors we went to and were on a bit of a tight schedule until it all went wrong sitting in the services for an hour whilst the brakes cooled. It might want a master cylinder as well as the brake just didn't feel right. Looking at the pads though the fronts certainly got very hot and one rear looks like it got rather warm. I will pull the calipers apart tomorrow and see what is what.

[SiC]

Saw an Alfa 164 on a trailer behind what looked like a Japanese 4x4 on the A38 north bound. Anyone from here?

 

By the time I registered it travelling at 70mph I had long past any point on which I could turn round. Not that it's likely I could have helped much.

[ruffgeezer]

That blazer looks the tits!

[DodgeRover]

Had a free day today so cracked on with car related jobs. Wired the towbar on the Jag so it’s nowfully A frame ready. I also fired up the Blazer and took it for a spin up and down the drive. After doing a head gasket it’s sat for a couple of

months and I’ve lost interest. Anybody want to buy it from me?? Didn’t think so. It will sit a bit longer before I decide its fate.

Is the blazer actually a Holden with factory LPG?

[MarvinsMom]

been to pe'bo with marvin today for, bl day.

 

seems i might have burnt myself to a crisp caught the sun......

 

oh dear, never mind......

 

still, its better than last weekend in Ripon!

while there under the burning sun, we also saw these fine machines.

this little yellow bike is a Raliegh Boxer. my first bike without stabilisers was a Raliegh Boxer (my first bike was actually a Raliegh Elf....) 

Derek's GLORIOUS Princess 2200 HL, the sexy beast.....

 

triggers van? fur seals? well with the might blue passion wagon arriving..... still...

i wanted to take this delecious opaline beauty home with me. yes, it IS an Ital SLX, with a matching velour interior...

 

is it Mr SiC who's welding an ADO16 back up? there was almost a full body shell of panels for sale.

 

Sue's Minor

 

MPV (or is it just a RV?) version of the MG B

 

 

onr worrying trend though, it seems numbers of everything were lower this year compared with last. or maybe the blazing sun kept some fols away?