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  1. Bluecube

    Who has had their roof cleaned?

    Pricing depends on where you live in the country. For me, £350 is very cheap but it may have been a small house considering no scaffolding was used. A very rough ballpark figure would be £1000 for a professional company working on a detached four bedroom house. You'll be looking at two men...
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    Who has had their roof cleaned?

    Patio magic is probably a more public friendly (ie more diluted) version of DDAC or BAC50. You can buy the undiluted versions of these chemicals from a chemical supplier. You dilute them yourself at a ratio of 40:1 usually
  3. Bluecube

    Over-rated / terrible movies?

    I've always viewed Reservoir Dogs as a play adapted for the big screen which is why feels so different from your average film. Tarantino's early film scripts (Res Dogs, Pulp Fiction and True Romance) are all pretty much plays. There's an incredible amount of truly excellent and quotable dialogue...
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    Who has had their roof cleaned?

    I do roof cleaning as one of the services I offer. Briefly I work from scaffolding, scrape the moss off by hand (using poles to reach the furthest points) before spraying the roof with a biocide. Do NOT ever get your roof pressure washed. Hypo is not a nice chemical to be using at any point and...
  5. Bluecube

    Home Assistant beginners

    I use Web2RTC via Frigate to cover all bases.
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    Home Assistant beginners

    With regards to your musics, consider using a SSD with the Pi rather than an SD card. An SSD is cheaper and more reliable than an SD card. Cameras - look into Frigate which can be installed as an HA add on or separately from HA. It’s very tightly integrated to HA. You can use a huge variety of...
  7. Bluecube

    Over-rated / terrible movies?

    Nah. Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs are superb. Everything else by Tarantino is pretty damn awful. As an aside I also highly rate True Romance directed by Tony Scott who bought the script from Tarantino.
  8. Bluecube

    Over-rated / terrible movies?

    Pulp Fiction is one of the best films ever made. A true classic. It's one of the best plots and dialogue of any film, ever.
  9. Bluecube

    Sold Car Issues

    Not your problem. Block and move on. If there’s further form of harassment then get the police involved.
  10. Bluecube

    Home Assistant beginners

    The best Zigbee motion sensors in my experience are the Philips Hue ones. Cost a lot but they’re rock solid and have never let me down. Batteries last forever too.
  11. Bluecube

    Home Assistant beginners

    If you still want to use a Pi then pair it with a SSD. However, Unraid will run HA just fine. I ran HAOS for years as an Unraid VM before recently moving it to Proxmox
  12. Bluecube

    how smart has your home gone?

    I’ve had one for a good few years without any issues. If it’s been integrated through Hue then you can change the sensitivity in the Hue app.
  13. Bluecube

    Google is killing off its VPN service...best alternative?

    I’ve used NordVPN for years now. Hunt around and you get some very cheap deals. It works is speedy enough that I don’t notice being on the VPN
  14. Bluecube

    Finally, we're getting FTTP, woo-hoo!

    I was visiting my parents recently and checked their FTTP status which is identical to the info you have. I wonder if it’s a generic message as I know that fibre is being laid along the road only a few miles away and should be with them soon. I certainly hope it’s sooner than 2026
  15. Bluecube

    Popular vs Interesting vs Uninteresting

    Usually most posts are the same five or six nut jobs arguing over semantics…
  16. Bluecube

    "The human eye can't see over 24fps" - Let this myth die, whilst new science reveals some people can identify high framerates

    My memory is a bit hazy on this subject but I recall most CRT monitors being capable of higher than 60hz refresh rates. 60hz was considered the bare minimum and not ideal for general usage. All the CRT monitors I had from 1996 ran at 75hz.
  17. Bluecube

    Office Chair vs. Gaming Chair

    You don’t but I’m not hard on my chairs so a 12 year warranty is wasted on me. Thanks for the heads up about the sale though as there’s a good chance my chair won’t turn up due to FedEx being awful as usual EDIT: I did FedEx a disservice. The driver called back round this afternoon so I’ve now...
  18. Bluecube

    how smart has your home gone?

    Do you control everything via apps? Have a look at Home Assistant which may help you with a more stable platform for all your devices
  19. Bluecube

    This is getting ridiculous (energy prices - Strictly NO referrals!)

    He’s not. We’re ripped off as per usual
  20. Bluecube

    how smart has your home gone?

    Amateur
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