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it's a 2kw heater so will use about 2kw. Most electric heaters are the same efficiency, they just heat is slightly different ways. If you put in 2kw, you'll get out ~2kw doesn't matter if it's an oil radiator or a fan heater. It'll be about 60p/hour depending on your tarriff. A fan heater or...

Just a thought but perhaps you could modify your design so that it has a stainless steel spike into the ground so the wood is not in direct contact. something like these wall ties Sabrefix 225mm Wall Ties 50 Pack - Screwfix (or perhaps bbq skewers) cut in half and hot glue/epoxy to the back of...

perfectly legal to grow tobacco for your own consumption. You just have to pay the duty on it apparently (I doubt anyone ever does)

I was going to say about Domio not being made in Italy so quickly googled it to remind myself of the country of manufacture and this is from their website 'In Australia, in 1985 Masterfoods test-launched Alora Spaghetti Bolognese sauce in a 500g resealable glass jar. From Australia, Alora moved...

I recently had to fix some tiles on my roof and a few had the original galv nails in from the mid 50's. Still as good as the day they were hammered in. As for which screws I'd use, I would just use long wood screws and wouldn't worry about it as they are behind cladding. I've put cheap...

when it comes to chainsawing I prefer dull and boring.

Just thinking my dad did have a bosch one, which gave up the ghost, which must be an earlier version of this one UniversalChain 35 Chainsaw | Bosch DIY which was powerful enough etc but the problem i had with it was the chain tensioner is that hand wheel on the side which was hard to keep tight...

Yep, my dad has had one and used it quite a lot over the past few years as he has a large garden and chops a lot of firewood after felling the ever growing trees. I have seen it on sale for £35 in the past but I doubt it will get that cheap anymore, so not a bad price at £50 2kw is quite...

I've started buying paints that don't contain plastics as I'm increasingly more concerned about how much is washed down my sink, and the final piece ultimately ends up in landfill or flaking off into the environment. Like my garage door which has lost half it's paint (quite possibly leaded)...

At the end of the day even if you can eventually argue that whatever the modification you didn't notify them about wasn't a contributing factor of an accident etc you will end up spending a significant amount of time and potential legal wranglings to sort it all out. Much easier to mention...

Its a lotus 7 inspired kit made by a company (no longer exists) called Robin Hood Engineering (as they were based in Nottingham). The model I have is called a 2B as it is a tubular space frame and was being called a 'tubey' in the factory which sounded like '2b' It is based on a ford sierra...

My dad got hit a couple of weeks ago with a trailer on. Turns out as mentioned above a Tow bar is a modification and as such they wouldn't pay for a new towbar replacement or the trailer (lucky the trailer was pretty worthless and he happens to have rac cover for no fault claims that will pay...

whilst you can get a blade to fit other saws the evolution range is designed to cut multimaterials Evolution R185CCSL240 1200W 185mm Electric Multi-Material Circular Saw 220-240V - Screwfix so you know that it is unlikely to suffer damage if you hit a nail and sparks go into the machine. I've...

I'd have to disagree with the term 'boy's toys' as a significant amount of men and women have cars. Although it is probably true to say men tend to drive bigger cars generally speaking.

yeah everything seems to be on finance these days or some subscription. I almost fell off my chair when I read about BMW charging a subscription to be allowed to use the heated seats in your own car!! It would seem though they have abandoned that plan though after some backlash.

I am pro being greener but I am not convinced that the current offering of EVs is actually green. They should be small light and economical, not the huge executive offerings that require the most amount of materials possible. Mining enough materials to replace all of the current cars with a new...

True but they reckon about 20miles a day free in the UK if you park in the open. It's got a 1000mile range apparently so probably don't have to worry about the odd day you have to park under shade. For me this (or at least this concept - lightweight, self charging) is the future. There is a lot...

Thinking about lists - I'm always nervous about having my garage pilfered whilst I'm on holiday and not being able to remember or prove what I had in there so I've taken a short video on my phone and just slowly scanned the room so it's clear what is in there if I ever needed to prove it...

check out Vehicle | Aptera might not be to everyones taste but personally I think they look great. Much more interesting than the metallic grey box that is pretty much every car from the past 20 years. They get around 700 watts of continuous charge from the solar cells apparently which is...

Whilst I can see your point that some rural locations may be harder to implement EV charging etc what I would like to know is what is the alternative? At the end of the day oil is finite this is fact! It will run out, regardless of whether you believe in climate change or not. Depending on how...