Today's DIY lessons

- Not all 68mm guttering systems are created equal.

- Floplast 68mm downspout brackets are very fragile. Of the pack of 10 I bought yesterday, I broke 4.

Reply to
Huge
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What are they made of? Are you sure they have not been stored in some place like the surface of the moon! Brian

Reply to
Brian Gaff

Indeed. But on one of the manufacturers websites they had handily provided a compatibility chart. Can't remember which one it was.

For total non-compatibility go for Osma (if you can afford it).

Reply to
Andrew

According to their website, their squareline guttering is 114/65 mm but the half-round is 112/68. Which one are you using ?.

Googleing "68mm guttering compatibility"

comes up with many hits with the word compatibility but finding it in the document is not so easy.

Ah, try this :-

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Reply to
Andrew

Neither. :o)

Reply to
Huge

You should try fitting them in January :(

Come to think of it though, leaving them in a bucket of hot water might be just as worthwhile in a typical English summer ;)

Reply to
Robin

Bugger, I never thought of that. Fitted another 7 today, didn't break any.

The rainwater diversion project is complete. All we need now is some rain.

Reply to
Huge

Are there any make PVC gutters not compatible with propped against ladders, and are the manufacturer decals sufficiently visible, that I can check in the last few seconds before something gives?

Reply to
Adrian Caspersz

There you are then: clearly a faulty batch yesterday!

And some fish ready to eat up the Asian tiger mosquitoes?

Reply to
Robin

Well, if it works, the pond will be restocked with fish. There were fish, but they didn't survive the pond drying up last summer! The 200 litre drum is covered, and if it "catches" mosquitoes, I'll do what I've done before; pour a little cooking oil onto the surface.

Reply to
Huge

Yes, a few drops is all that's needed.

Reply to
Tim Streater

Good stuff.

And IIRC you only need one more pond for an old-style carp farm/the first monastery of the Huge Order ;)

Reply to
Robin

*grin*

Except the monks used to eat the carp, and I think they're disgusting.

Reply to
Huge

Depends on the monk....

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

What is the idea behind this Tim? is it that the mozzies cant break through the oil film or maybe they use up all the oxygen in the water?

Just curious

Bob

Reply to
Bob Minchin

The larval stage of mosquitoes hang below the surface of the water so they can breath. The oil film floating on the water suffocates them.

Reply to
Huge

You're just not hungry enough!

Reply to
Capitol

And the reason is that they hang from the surface because of surface tension. Oil has more or as it might be less surface tension, so the mozzy's tail sinks through the oil layer.

Reply to
Tim Streater

Thanks! Bob

Reply to
Bob Minchin

En el artículo , Andrew escribió:

That was handy, thanks. I've got replica cast-iron guttering in plastic missing an end cap and didn't know what to ask for (it's the Polypipe Soverign Ogee). Now I can get what I need.

Reply to
Mike Tomlinson

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