Too Hot!!

[rtfoe]

I get this uncontrolable chill down my spine when I see a centipede. And it gets creepy when you decapitate in two and both sides run in opposite directions.
I never put my hands in between bricks left idle on the ground or any crevice or creaks in rocks or trees. Been lucky so far...bbrrrrrr
Do you have them in UK?

Cheers,
Richard

[boatman]

I get this uncontrolable chill down my spine when I see a centipede. And it gets creepy when you decapitate in two and both sides run in opposite directions.
I never put my hands in between bricks left idle on the ground or any crevice or creaks in rocks or trees. Been lucky so far...bbrrrrrr
Do you have them in UK?

Cheers,
Richard

YEA Richard we have them but they are not that big about an inch long an they to my knowlege do not hurt you so not scared of them
chris

[KarlW]

YEA Richard we have them but they are not that big about an inch long an they to my knowlege do not hurt you so not scared of them
chris

I need to get some to hunt the silverfish in the downstairs loo.

[rtfoe]

The largest I've seen here is around is 9 inches long, mean and deadly. The ones in the jungle can grow even larger...bbrrrr

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

They hide during hot weather so no lifting rocks or bricks for me...



Dave is right, I seem to sweat more as I age.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

The recent run of heat has me stripping insulation from the 2 sun catching walls and roof of my shed so I can add air gaps and radiant barriers.

Can I ask how this has worked out Karl?

It might be a good temporary solution until I can get my new shed/garden room built.

[KarlW]

Can I ask how this has worked out Karl?

It might be a good temporary solution until I can get my new shed/garden room built.

It's actually worked out pretty well, I was dubious as I had seen articles rubbishing the idea and saying use proper insulation instead. I had used 25mm polystyrene, shed frame is 30mm box section, and apparantly this is the equivelent of 55mm, shed definitely not getting as much "solar gain" as it was.. Am going to take the opportunity to shift stuff around and make a bigger bench as well.
I glued wooden batts to the tin skin, 4 along each face of the roof and only top and bottom of the walls, stapled the stuff to those, then batts over this, fixed to the shed frame, and then plasterboard. The only mistake made was using a solvent based grab adhesive on one area of the roof, it was the tail end of a tube, the solvent attacked the glue holding the anti condensation flock so that bit had to be redone, where I used solvent free it was fine.
Fingers crossed I'll need to turn the greenhouse heater, basically a tubelar oil filled rad, down this winter.

[Guest]

Cheers Karl. Like you I've heard bad stories so it's good to hear a positive one. The bad ones are probably from the same people I see fitting it without an air gap!

[KarlW]

Cheers Karl. Like you I've heard bad stories so it's good to hear a positive one. The bad ones are probably from the same people I see fitting it without an air gap!

Oh it definitely needs an air gap, physics........and I've only got about 20mm of a gap, but it's "live", air can circulate through.

[Defiant911]

Is it me or is it just too cold

[Guest]

Freezing. Yay!!!!!!!!!

[Guest]

The high today here has been “only” 25.5 degrees, and because it's been overcast for most of the day and there’s a bit of a breeze, it’s much more comfortable than any time over the past week or more. We’re on the right track

[KarlW]

It was comfortable enough here right until I decided to go to bed to get a few hours sleep before starting nights again........the cat lying on me didn't help either.