Daydream thread continues.....

lostinrates

Urgh. The uorses needed a rescue mission. Rugged tb was the only one ok. The never rugged horse was shaking with cold as were the others. Just wind and rain for too long i guess. So, winter routine is patchily starting now . I don't feel up to it, and its a night mare for the grass, as means poaching a bit of grass to get to the turn out i need them on at this time of year, Grrr.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

alfie_1 wrote: »

i think we should be the SOAP BOX PARTY

i would offer to be chief whip but alas me finks my "whipping" days are over...;) :rotfl::rotfl:

rhiwi....chancellor of the Exchequer
itsme.......Sec. of State for Energy & Climate Change
davesnave....Sec. of State for Education
choille.........Sec. of State for the Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs
ctc..Sec. of State for Business, Innovation, & Skills
LIR....Sec. of State for Health

i havent forgotten everyone else just ran out of time....roast dinner beckons

:T:T:rotfl::T:T BRILLIANT

very apt..... can we be an official party:D or do I mean can we have an offical party to um well party:rotfl:

Injoyed that lovely hot bath....

Just had a phone call from hubby he has started hacking off some of that render on the bowing pine end:eek::eek::eek::eek:

He was curious to see if the wall is the same as the other end ( mixture of stone and brick) and it is...

Will pm you the ebay sales rhiw, but as from next week it will be my personal account sales I will be doing the challenge with, as now I have a target to aim for...( loads of money..lol)

Thanks for the link Davesnave:T:beer::T.....Will show hubby later, as it looks as though its very important we do this asap, to stop any further rising damp/damage to the end walls

lostinrates

Ctc, frnech drains are most useful practical and simple, And have been usedthrough out history. I want a french drain rather than ditch acorss one field, but cannot afford it.



Alfie, you tame wood chip man.....does he know a haulier? If ao i might get a haulier price and see if i can get a big load of chip this winter for the barn again...if its going to be a long winter it will be useful.

I could do with a practical bod here atm, we are trying to plan low level hay mangers here and ending up in disagree ment about them all the time. Hay mangers at a more natural eating level are better for the horses and if they were continuous the whole length of the wall would be much, much easier for me, i could probably fill once a day at the worst times of year and less on better days. But we have a silly horse so needs to be dead safe.

O
D girl knows her october deasline is coming and has perked up again, galooping around yesterday. So will suggest the vet hold off a few weeks longer. But making somewhere she can eat more comfortably takes priority in that case!

Itismehonest

We have French drainage around a fair bit of the house, CTC.
It ensures any surface (or spring) water is kept well away from the building.
When we first moved here the house would often become an island surrounded by water. Over the years we've laid miles of drainage, gullies & kerbing. Now we watch it pour down the lane leaving us well alone. :cool:

alfie_1

lostinrates wrote: »

Ctc, frnech drains are most useful practical and simple, And have been usedthrough out history. I want a french drain rather than ditch acorss one field, but cannot afford it.



Alfie, you tame wood chip man.....does he know a haulier? If ao i might get a haulier price and see if i can get a big load of chip this winter for the barn again...if its going to be a long winter it will be useful.

I could do with a practical bod here atm, we are trying to plan low level hay mangers here and ending up in disagree ment about them all the time. Hay mangers at a more natural eating level are better for the horses and if they were continuous the whole length of the wall would be much, much easier for me, i could probably fill once a day at the worst times of year and less on better days. But we have a silly horse so needs to be dead safe.

O
D girl knows her october deasline is coming and has perked up again, galooping around yesterday. So will suggest the vet hold off a few weeks longer. But making somewhere she can eat more comfortably takes priority in that case!

are your barn walls where you want hay racks ,brick or wood at the level u want em ????

also.length u need to cover??

also .....my dinner was yummy...

Davesnave

Next week I'm off to see this lady as part of
my new self-improvement programme.......:D
She has the ability to mend bits others
struggle with..............:eek:










No!......Not what you're thinking!......:p

She's my old (old?:rotfl:) dentist. Trouble is, she comes with a hefty price tag.:(

While the National 'Elf man really hasn't done much for me, I'll stay on his books, because he'll probably move on in a year or two, and then I'll be re-allocated.

Edit: Alfie, can I also be Minister of [STRIKE]Teeth[/STRIKE]? Dental Wellbeing? :cool:

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

are your barn walls where you want hay racks ,brick or wood at the level u want em ????

also.length u need to cover??

also .....my dinner was yummy...

Mainly breeze block on steel frame, but also a sleeper in steel frame wall.


Have you seen 'hay bars'? They are the delux and two small versopn of what i want to make...somethiong that the dust will drop out of the bottom, but can be easily filled and eated from!

katep23

Hi all, firstly Choille, very sorry to hear your news, condolences from the newbie.

Interesting what has been said about wood pellet burners. We were lucky enough to get some heating oil off freegle last week - when we went to collect it, we got chatting to the guy giving it away who explained he was having a wood pellet system installed (will also be supplying this next door neighbours, not sure how this will work).

He favoured it over a wood burner as it was more controllable and economical. He was a professor of some sort and had loads of books on the environment in his study so obviously has a keen interest.

He was going to be charged to have the remaining oil in his tank (about 200L) removed then it would be dumped so was happy to give it away and we were very happy to receive it given the price of oil

It was a bit of a bodge job getting it syphoned out of his tank and involved a headlight washer pump, some pipe from the aquatics centre and a couple of 50 gallon drums :rotfl:

lostinrates

Katep23. Rhi introduced last week show the domestic scheme is slightly different to the commercial scheme last year, but i think mulitple dwellings might be eligable fr the commercial rhi or something approaching it.

Tbh, it almost makes sence for us to install a commercial one too, if we did not have so many other financial demands it really would be sensible to take debt for this, because the rhi for commercial schemes are astounding.

Our neighbours are getting a commercial system from the same supplier....a log rather than pellet, necause they can devote five acres to wood growing and the buffer tank issue is not such an issue in commercial scale buildings like a milking parlour.
In a few months i can tell you all how we are finding it.

alfie_1

Edit: Alfie, can I also be Minister of Teeth? Dental Wellbeing? :cool:

suppose you want 2 cars,rent free house ..or 2, BIG expenses allowance..

NO ? well you aint having 2 jobs either matey....