New Year and New Home in 2021

[AJSki2fly]

Lots of pics please Adrian, love house renovating projects.

Will do Phil.

I can’t believe this will be our 11th home in 37 years, we moved about 6 times in the first 7 years and the rest we were in for 3 to 11 years, this one for nearly 7. I personally have fitted out about 7 bathrooms and 5 kitchens, which I do not particularly enjoy anymore. My health is not really up to it now so a lot will be done by trades, I will do as much as I can, and Sue is an excellent painter/decorator, which I hate doing.

Have a good and Happy New Year��

[AJSki2fly]

Good luck with the move Adrian, it sounds like you have it all in hand

You're right about possible delays with windows and doors - for my customers it currently stands at about 2 months and I imagine it's the same everywhere. Problem is supply of materials I believe. One bit of advice: go for aluminium bi-folds, which look cooler and are more temperature stable with regards expansion/contraction. Upvc bi-folds are a nightmare, you never stop having to adjust them

Welcome to the Bungalow Club! No climbing stairs at bedtime, love it

Hi Steve, thanks for the tip, we have Ali bi-folds at our current house, and had heard the pvc ones were problematic, apart from not being very green like all pvc. It will be interesting what they might replace them with in the future to be recyclable.

Hope you got some nice vinyl for Christmas, have you settled down to one amp yet?��

[Pigmy Pony]

Hi Steve, thanks for the tip, we have Ali bi-folds at our current house, and had heard the pvc ones were problematic, apart from not being very green like all pvc. It will be interesting what they might replace them with in the future to be recyclable.

Hope you got some nice vinyl for Christmas, have you settled down to one amp yet?��

Oh no, they are recyclable. I take all my old frames to Recycling Lives in Preston where they accept them for free - they are ground into little pellets I'm told, which can then be made into new frames or other products.

I'm loving the MF A5 amp. All things considered, it may not sound as good as the Audion (but what constitutes "good sound" will probably be more down to personal tastes). There may be a little less "air" around vocals (if that makes any sense) but is more than made up for by the added "punch" of the lower frequencies. Which is a quality I have wanted from day one. And it doesn't get flustered when the music gets busy or loud.

I certainly am enjoying listening more at the moment, just relaxing with the music, rather than focussing on the aspects I'm not happy with, which I often did with the Audion. I'm in no hurry to sell it, I'll give it a while then revisit.

Anyway Adrian, all the best to you and Sue for the new year, and if (as planned) we get down to Poole this summer, maybe I can pop over for a brew and a hello (Covid permitting)

[Filterlab]

Oh no, they are recyclable. I take all my old frames to Recycling Lives in Preston where they accept them for free - they are ground into little pellets I'm told, which can then be made into new frames or other products.

Spot on. PVC can be recycled up to 8 times before the molecule chain length becomes too short. And as the finished PVC product is weather resistant, it’s essentially an infinity product. So definitely recycle those frames.

[Pigmy Pony]

Spot on. PVC can be recycled up to 8 times before the molecule chain length becomes too short. And as the finished PVC product is weather resistant, it’s essentially an infinity product. So definitely recycle those frames.

I did not know that - cheers Rob, I do like learning stuff

[Marco]

Yesh, Rob's always been an expert on his PVC!

Marco.

[Pigmy Pony]

Yesh, Rob's always been an expert on his PVC!

Marco.

Whereas you just spurt on your PVC

[Filterlab]

Yesh, Rob's always been an expert on his PVC!

Marco.

LOL!

Yes, but not in the way you think.

Partnering with a plastics company via my business interest in the last five years has brought much knowledge with it. Plastics aren’t the enemy in the ecological world; non-recyclable plastics are the enemy.

Most are recyclable, some are indefinitely recyclable - including the plastic we use in our invention (HDPE 2). Our invention uses 100% repro material and no virgin material, plus we add a talc to the mix which ensures biodegradability if the plastics don’t make it to a recycling facility.

Whereas you just spurt on your PVC

But it is wipe-clean of course.

[Pigmy Pony]

Clever stuff, maybe there is hope for us after all

[Barry]

My pet hate is the expanded polystyrene used for packaging. Our plastic re-cycling wont take it; and if the packaging is in the form of pellets or chips, is difficult to sweep up due to static charging of the damned stuff.