Single skin?
What Have You Fettled Today?
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Single skin?
sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
It partly touches / is part of the house. So it’s mostly double skinned. But the parts where doesn’t touch / sticks out from the house (40% ?) are single skin……
We are really lucky ours is all double skin and attached to the house, behind it is the kitchen so I have direct access from the house to the garage which means that the far end works as a utility room.
At our previous house it was a single skin 1920’s garage and it was riddled with condensation, in the end I put in a dehumidifier on a timer and plumbed in the waste outlet
At our previous house it was a single skin 1920’s garage and it was riddled with condensation, in the end I put in a dehumidifier on a timer and plumbed in the waste outlet
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Tom B
Guru
- Location
- Lancashire
Winterised the bike today, well tonight.
We've had a snifter of snow overnight on Sunday-Monday which is showing no sign of disappearing and every sign of turning into sheet ice for tomorrows 6am commute.
Having been to Cornwall for a week i had a few things to do in the day so ended up fettling the bike in the dark / late evening.
I dug out the spare wheels normally fitted with winter tyres for quick swapping out, only to find and remember one of the winter wheels is on the bike fitted with a normal tyre and what should be the every day wheel has a marathon tyre, a puncture and a broken spoke. Luckily I'd repaired the freehub prior to breaking the spoke and getting the puncture.
The broken spoke is on the drive side, so that can wait, I've cut it off!
Tyre taken off and after a battle I found a spare tube, winter tyre located and found to be missing lots of spikes after I'd used it for a week or two in the summer while desperate for anything with gears beyond 24 neutrals. With the tyre fitted i put the front wheel to the bike and found that the mudguard mount was knackered and catching on tyre so mudguard removed too. (They're always a bit tight on the winter tyres).
Mrs B called it a night and went to bed which allowed me to enter the forbidden land of the sewing box where I know she keeps a collection of small needle nosed pliers. Suitably equipped I set about replacing the studs in the rear tyre. I also found a spoke key in the sewing box, presumably from the last time I raided it for the pliers, win-win. :-)
Rear wheel fitted, new brake pads fitted, rear guard adjusted and chain oiled.
Bed time.
It'll probably be 15ºC and sunny tomorrow!
We've had a snifter of snow overnight on Sunday-Monday which is showing no sign of disappearing and every sign of turning into sheet ice for tomorrows 6am commute.
Having been to Cornwall for a week i had a few things to do in the day so ended up fettling the bike in the dark / late evening.
I dug out the spare wheels normally fitted with winter tyres for quick swapping out, only to find and remember one of the winter wheels is on the bike fitted with a normal tyre and what should be the every day wheel has a marathon tyre, a puncture and a broken spoke. Luckily I'd repaired the freehub prior to breaking the spoke and getting the puncture.
The broken spoke is on the drive side, so that can wait, I've cut it off!
Tyre taken off and after a battle I found a spare tube, winter tyre located and found to be missing lots of spikes after I'd used it for a week or two in the summer while desperate for anything with gears beyond 24 neutrals. With the tyre fitted i put the front wheel to the bike and found that the mudguard mount was knackered and catching on tyre so mudguard removed too. (They're always a bit tight on the winter tyres).
Mrs B called it a night and went to bed which allowed me to enter the forbidden land of the sewing box where I know she keeps a collection of small needle nosed pliers. Suitably equipped I set about replacing the studs in the rear tyre. I also found a spoke key in the sewing box, presumably from the last time I raided it for the pliers, win-win. :-)
Rear wheel fitted, new brake pads fitted, rear guard adjusted and chain oiled.
Bed time.
It'll probably be 15ºC and sunny tomorrow!
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