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@Fergie 307 Thank you do much for you insights, it’s really appreciated. The quote adds a bit more info, it’s made in Macedonia. I will give the guys you suggest a call tomorrow.

If it were a gas spring, wouldn’t there be some kind of nipple to allow it to be charge with gas when manufactured? This only has the screwed in end cap and no way of charging the unit with air.

I’m talking from absolute experience. I employed to resolve issues I was having at the time with the property a highly respected specialist who worked / advised on some of the most well known historic buildings on what and how we should do things. We looked at insulation, every form of it and he...

Thanks everyone. I had written to Greenmachines for a quote, which has come back and it’s £225 including carriage and VAT. Thats a bit eye watering considering I only paid £400 for the whole machine😂 I think it is a gas spring, probably two springs holding the piston in the centre I suspect. I...

There in lies the issue, so you have to restore a ‘dangerous’ thing back to its equally dangerous original old form. Does the irony of that not make you very sad. So either LBC is necessary or it isn’t, either structural engineers over specify everything and should all be sacked, or they don’t...

Warning, if @Jacob has been involved with the building I highly recommend you do not buy it! It’s clear from his advise that his knowledge of old building is to put it politely limited. If you add insulation to an old building there is almost 100% chance you will end up with damp, rot, and black...

Nope, simply because very few people want to have the privilege of living in a heritage building. Price is driven by demand, not by how much you spend on something. I think herpes is probably more popular than a listed building. Clearly, a few philanthropic people exist, and those with naive...

Have a read of the restoration we did, it might be helpful. https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/wadkin-bgs10%E2%80%A6the-rarest-table-saw-wadkin-made-full-restoration.132165/

Thanks, it’s not a shock absorber, there is a gas strut ahead of it that carry’s out this function. This is the main rear suspension and the manual description is that it’s a two way spring strut. Now tried googling that and all I’m getting is gas struts.

It’s a bit ambiguous title, but I can’t seem to find the right words to describe it to google a replacement. It’s a two way spring strut I think? It comes off a GreenMachine 400 series road sweeper and it’s no longer springy😂. I suspect it’s the same thing that motor bikes use for their...

Geez, parliament would be empty, there would be no politicians left! I find it absolutely hysterical that after 15 years in opposition shouting about how corrupt the conservatives are, that Labour has turned out to be far more corrupt, money grabbing, freeby accepting within their short stay in...

@Fitzroy has a good point, the hassle of living with a listed building depends totally on the conservation officer in your area. They can be realistic or a complete wally. Make an enemy of them at your peril. The rules state you can make minor repairs, but that’s a matter of interpretation. One...

Well having lived in a listed building and having a son who owns an estate agents I can honestly say that I would never ever buy another listed building. There are restrictions if you follow the rules, and a grade 2 means that to do anything externally you need conservation approval. Thats both...

Needed to provide a bit of balance🤪

I am just waiting, patience is a virtue. We have just switched off our very last coal fired electric generating plant that provided a really decent chunk of the UKs electrical needs. It’s gone, never to return. So, we now rely heavily on wind (c30% and increasing) and solar (4% and increasing)...

I have a number of their chisels and think they are some of the best ever made. Very fine steel, band used to sell for literally pennys as people didn’t seem to know the brand. I also like Palm Tree.

Lovely little film on a brilliant company Footprint. I love their augers, I have a few!

Come on, we want a thread on how you made the door. It’s just teasing showing the tools ⚒️

…..and a lot of upper body strength……they didn’t need a gym in those days😂

Everybody’s hands are different sizes and what feels a nice handle to one is an awful to another. Traditionally your bought a saw and then ‘dressed’ the handle to fit your hand before soaking it in linseed oil. A finest finish of a handle would have been pointless. Now, the aesthetics of the...