Images of items I have purchased (except trainers)

Minstadave · 19 Feb 2021 at 21:41

dirtychinchilla said:
I wouldn’t bother using one. My iPhone hardly had a scratch on it and I’ve never used a screen protector. That is unless you are the sort of person that smashes screens.

Honestly, though, not worth it.

I always get those annoying microscratches even when being careful.

Irish_Tom · 19 Feb 2021 at 21:53

Minstadave said:
I always get those annoying microscratches even when being careful.

+1

No matter how many times they say ‘toughest glass ever’, Apple screens are all made of cheese.

Maybe my tolerance is lower than other people but I couldn’t not use a screen protector.

visibleman · 19 Feb 2021 at 21:55

ChrisD. said:
I’m not stupid enough to put my keys in the same pocket as my phone.

Cheaper to replace a screen protector than a cracked screen

dirtychinchilla · 19 Feb 2021 at 22:03

Delvis said:
Guess that cost £24, unless you need to buy screws.

how many m2 did that do? Seems like such a pain in the are to actually use your attic in a new house! When we moved in here, I just strapped straight down to the rafters and it was fine.

Maccy · 19 Feb 2021 at 23:52

LiE said:
Some more bits arrived, and it now looks like this...

Having just got back into PC builds, I approve of this

Tephnos · 20 Feb 2021 at 00:23

LiE said:
Some more bits arrived, and it now looks like this...

How long until you sell it all for a Mac again?

Raikiri · 20 Feb 2021 at 00:29

Tephnos said:
How long until you sell it all for a Mac again?

We should run a deadpool.

I'm going with 23 days.

Delvis · 20 Feb 2021 at 01:44

dirtychinchilla said:
how many m2 did that do? Seems like such a pain in the are to actually use your attic in a new house! When we moved in here, I just strapped straight down to the rafters and it was fine.

No idea, its three loft boards.
Seems okay to use, like I say not going up there every day so will be fine.

So you squashed the insulation down to the joists? Supposed to let the insulation breath really. But, if you get no issues then hey ho, I've just followed what was advised tbh

EDIT: Apparently 3.51m2, i'll add some more at some point.

LiE · 20 Feb 2021 at 07:31

Maccy said:
Having just got back into PC builds, I approve of this

Tephnos said:
How long until you sell it all for a Mac again?

I’ll likely end up with both.

Raikiri said:
We should run a deadpool.

I'm going with 23 days.

xD

Semple · 20 Feb 2021 at 07:34

dirtychinchilla said:
how many m2 did that do? Seems like such a pain in the are to actually use your attic in a new house! When we moved in here, I just strapped straight down to the rafters and it was fine.

It's a bit of a pain to do, but is quite satisfying once you've finished. I've pretty much boarded our entire loft so as to spread the weight out rather than concentrating it to one spot.

Years ago people used to just stick boards straight on to the joists and mostly squashing down the insulation. But there's been a number of studies to show how much heat loss you get, resulting in you paying more to heat your home.

Dis86 · 20 Feb 2021 at 09:22

dirtychinchilla said:
how many m2 did that do? Seems like such a pain in the are to actually use your attic in a new house! When we moved in here, I just strapped straight down to the rafters and it was fine.

You can strap it down to the rafters. You'll just compact and limit the insulation. The same thing would happen in an old house with the same thickness of insulation. The difference is a new house is likely to have more to comply with the latest building regs.

Delvis · 20 Feb 2021 at 10:09

Dis86 said:
You can strap it down to the rafters. You'll just compact and limit the insulation. The same thing would happen in an old house with the same thickness of insulation. The difference is a new house is likely to have more to comply with the latest building regs.

Yes... So don't do it

Dis86 · 20 Feb 2021 at 10:13

Delvis said:
Yes... So don't do it

Other option is to have a warm loft and instead insulate at roof level. Has positives. Has negatives.

EviltheCat · 20 Feb 2021 at 10:37

Siliconslave said:
orange angostura works well as well and personally i swap half the sugar for a teaspoon of cocktail cherry juice which helps the sugar dissolve - also love a rye to keep it more balanced.

Agree with you on the orange bitters. I've dabbled with the Maraschino cherry option and I like it. The problem with this drink is that it is too drinkable in almost any variation....

Delvis · 20 Feb 2021 at 10:58

Dis86 said:
Other option is to have a warm loft and instead insulate at roof level. Has positives. Has negatives.

Yeah out roof doesn't appear to be insulated, or at least to the same degree, same with the wall not attached

dirtychinchilla · 20 Feb 2021 at 11:07

Delvis said:
No idea, its three loft boards.
Seems okay to use, like I say not going up there every day so will be fine.

So you squashed the insulation down to the joists? Supposed to let the insulation breath really. But, if you get no issues then hey ho, I've just followed what was advised tbh

EDIT: Apparently 3.51m2, i'll add some more at some point.

Thanks for letting me know. I have squished half of our insulation and ok I can’t measure the heat loss, but the house is still extremely cheap to live on.

Semple said:
It's a bit of a pain to do, but is quite satisfying once you've finished. I've pretty much boarded our entire loft so as to spread the weight out rather than concentrating it to one spot.

Years ago people used to just stick boards straight on to the joists and mostly squashing down the insulation. But there's been a number of studies to show how much heat loss you get, resulting in you paying more to heat your home.

yup did that, no noticeable issues

dark-knight · 20 Feb 2021 at 11:09

Tony Edwards said:
My steps are.

Host picture on imgur, right click, view in new window then copy address.

Click image button, paste address.

Thanks, worked like a charm

xb8browney · 20 Feb 2021 at 11:09

Going to hard-line my build this weekend

Delvis · 20 Feb 2021 at 11:43

dirtychinchilla said:
Thanks for letting me know. I have squished half of our insulation and ok I can’t measure the heat loss, but the house is still extremely cheap to live on.

yup did that, no noticeable issues

I'm glad it's worked out for you.

In reality it might be fine, mines a new build and to confirm with regulations the insulations needs to be a certain depth, presumably I may invalidate some warranty or guarantee if it is not.

It's also to do with sweating, but again no idea if that definitely will happen or if it just happened in some cases during their research or whatever.

The previous house I was in has loft boards screwed to the joists, but then the joists were twice as deep and there wasn't much insulation, so it really didn't make much difference.

Datamonkey · 20 Feb 2021 at 11:47

Junglist said:
Some more wall jewellery

Love that, my wife is a geologist, im betting she has seen this before, but would look great on the wall in her office.