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by chris_n
Fri Jun 27, 2025 10:03 am
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Where am I ?
Replies: 287
Views: 108366

Re: Where am I ?

Did the storm "Bastian" bypass you? We had significant rain this afternoon/evening with hail in places (enough to damage cars) which was expected to hit further East later. Edit looking at current radar it all seems a little to the North atm but I'm not sure it's finished yet. We were dri...
by chris_n
Thu Jun 26, 2025 8:32 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Where am I ?
Replies: 287
Views: 108366

Re: Where am I ?

A well stocked fridge with all sorts of cold drinks, you just help yourself and write your room number in the log. Somehow I don’t think that would work in the UK. :lol: 3 Euros for 0.5 litre bottle. 7.30pm and still 30 degrees. https://i.postimg.cc/pTmFWg4G/IMG-0248.jpg Did the storm "Bastian...
by chris_n
Thu Jun 26, 2025 8:28 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Where am I ?
Replies: 287
Views: 108366

Re: Where am I ?

That looks smashing. :) Austrian Alpine air, the best! :xl: It really isn't (depending where you are) the motorway through the Inn valley has a permanent 100kmh speed limit for everything except electric vehicles in an effort to keep emissions down. When I am in the mountains in winter the pollutio...
by chris_n
Mon Jun 09, 2025 4:20 pm
Forum: Transport
Topic: Tyre screwed?
Replies: 29
Views: 2801

Re: Tyre screwed?

Im not suggesting you're wrong. I'm interested in the mechanism which would render it unsafe. Understanding why repairs on the sidewall are not recommended is relatively easy - the side wall flexes significantly with every revolution of the tyre - which would put additional cyclic stresses on the r...
by chris_n
Sat Jun 07, 2025 9:09 am
Forum: Transport
Topic: Tyre screwed?
Replies: 29
Views: 2801

Re: Tyre screwed?

The rules say that a puncture must be in the central 3/4 of the tread to be repairable.
by chris_n
Mon May 26, 2025 6:42 pm
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: Starting out on my heat pump journey
Replies: 280
Views: 76324

Re: Starting out on my heat pump journey

AGT wrote: Mon May 26, 2025 4:22 pm What about putting the fridge freezer on a wooden dolly with castors to make moving it easy?
Or use something designed for the job.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dolla-Extendab ... B01I3UFF7Q
by chris_n
Tue May 13, 2025 6:35 pm
Forum: New builds
Topic: Outbuildings and why they're great. (Vanport)
Replies: 182
Views: 33736

Re: Outbuildings and why they're great. (Vanport)

https://i.postimg.cc/sD3Hgym6/20250513-164655.jpg Surprised you don't have any diagonals on the underside of the roof, big carports are common here and they all have some triangulation on the underside of the roof. A couple of 4×1.5/2s going from your legs to the centre of the wall plate would make...
by chris_n
Sat May 10, 2025 6:45 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: does insurance protect panels from space debris ?
Replies: 19
Views: 2455

Re: does insurance protect panels from space debris ?

On the hailstone front my son's work van was written off last summer with bodywork damage and smashed windscreen after being caught in a storm here in Austria. A lot of private cars were written off too.
On the subject of space debris it appears to have burned up on return entry today.
by chris_n
Tue Apr 29, 2025 2:48 pm
Forum: Transport
Topic: Prague
Replies: 7
Views: 688

Re: Prague

There's one of them near us, Google maps links to pics and locations https://maps.app.goo.gl/7b3WvarTd3rpu9pLA?g_st=ac https://maps.app.goo.gl/55FjAAhbYg41rajBA?g_st=ac It is folded on this one https://maps.app.goo.gl/X8cYfEo9LPtVQ5XS7?g_st=ac They also have a solar covered car park https://maps.app...
by chris_n
Mon Apr 14, 2025 7:09 pm
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: Starting out on my heat pump journey
Replies: 280
Views: 76324

Re: Starting out on my heat pump journey

........ temp doesn’t warm the house enough - maintain log burners for those times when we are without power for a few days...... Moxi Not JUST for providing all the heat when no electric power. The "efficiency" (COP) of an ASHP heat pump decreases as the air temperature outside decreases...