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Need some #diy insulation help. I'm in the northeast. We have an enclosed porch built on an old wooden deck. I want to insulate it enough that we can safely run water through it.

I'm thinking of installing foam board insulation either under the deck or on top of it. I'm not sure how being exposed to the outside like that will affect it, or if there's a better option.

Anyone with relevant experience or knowledge that can point me in the right direction?

Last plasma cutter from the bargain bin, €95 with two marzipan croissants.

After trouble with the airline being too small and the big one not fitting, hooking it up directly to the compressor worked well.

Good test cuts on sheet metal, but then a problem and the nozzle melted.

Pressure switch on the compressor hung and air supply had dropped to nothing.

Got spare nozzles, but it started raining so I had to reel in the extension cord.

Next: Fix compressor, retry 😐

Installed an automatic feeder for the chickens to deliver their scratch after dark so it's there in the morning when they get up. Instead of me doing it after dark. Made a 3D printed hopper for it since I only wanted one portion instead of metered by seconds portions and there's not really much to hang a lot of weight from in the middle of the run. It will probably hold 2 lbs of scratch. It runs on 4 AA batteries or 12v DC.

Been a while since I posted a greenhouse status update. The roof is almomost completely done, only missing one pane - I broke one putting it up, and itis taken a while to get a replacement.

Also almost halfway done with the wall glass - just two more pones for the bottom concourse. It's really starting to feel like a proher structure!

The main cabinet and drawers were found in a very sorry state (absolutely knackered!) on a roadside verge. Stripped it all down, reinforced then painted and waxed with new drawer hardwear.

I made the table top from two reused oak shelves, dowelled, glued, clamped, sawn, stripped and 'antique' waxed.

The legs were found in the attic, again stripped and 'antique' waxed.

Not impressed with the Fired Earth paint, going to have to seal it with clear furniture wax tomorrow. It scratches really easily and thus I don't recommend Fired Earth paint.

Gilboy's furniture wax however is truly amazing.

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Another, much slower one is evaporation. Gasoline will largely evaporate (may leave some yellow clumps behind - that's what blocks your carburettor in spring after not using the outboard all winter), diesel will not.

I've also noticed they run through the same filter at vastly different speeds, but that's rather unspecific as I don't know the micron size of several layers of old t-shirt fabric 😆

Ooh, this reupholstering will be doable for sure. The beading on this is just stapled on the edge of the cushions. And everything is screwed together with wood screws. Need to acquire foam. The stuff in here is actually quite terrible and cheap. Thin cheap vinyl. Also have to figure out buttons. 🤔#reupholstering #diy #project