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by Sunrisemike
Wed May 01, 2024 8:45 am
Forum: Gardening and Sustainability
Topic: Mouse problem in poly tunnel
Replies: 5
Views: 266

Re: Mouse problem in poly tunnel

Defiantly mice, caught one yesterday in a trap and another today. We get the voles in the outside raised beds! They burrow around underground, with mini mole hills and carrots lying on their sides. :(
by Sunrisemike
Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:13 am
Forum: Gardening and Sustainability
Topic: Mouse problem in poly tunnel
Replies: 5
Views: 266

Re: Mouse problem in poly tunnel

Tried the cat, he jumped up and lay down on the seed tray. :(
by Sunrisemike
Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:28 am
Forum: Gardening and Sustainability
Topic: Mouse problem in poly tunnel
Replies: 5
Views: 266

Mouse problem in poly tunnel

Having completed my polytunnel, I thought I had sorted the mouse problem that we have in the greenhouse, by wrapping the legs of the racks with very stiff plastic sheeting. But no, one got up there and happily dug up some young seedlings..and eat the missus's tulip bulbs. :roll: :roll: I caught the ...
by Sunrisemike
Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:00 am
Forum: Gardening and Sustainability
Topic: Veg 2024
Replies: 6
Views: 1326

Re: Veg 2024

Bit of a disaster with my vedge box last years, I think too much compost and the only thing to really flourish was the courgette. :o Preparing the ground for new box with 6 meter Poly tunnel. Any ideas of the best mix for the box? I have a huge pile of rotted seaweed and wood ash from the wood burne...
by Sunrisemike
Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:10 am
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: infrared heating
Replies: 13
Views: 3949

Re: infrared heating

I've installed two 1200 watt infrared panels in a shop that I recently refurbished, and they work brilliantly as long as you are standing underneath them. The ceiling is over 3 meters high. By installing a sheets over the entire ceiling, I imagine it would give a good uniform heat source. The big ad...
by Sunrisemike
Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: infrared heating
Replies: 13
Views: 3949

Re: infrared heating

Actually, on further investigation, this looks to be a pretty smart system..

by Sunrisemike
Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:22 pm
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: infrared heating
Replies: 13
Views: 3949

Re: infrared heating

Ah, managed to freeze the replay, this is the company. Be interested to see how well it works.

https://www.ihelios.co.uk/post/ihelios- ... and-design
by Sunrisemike
Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: infrared heating
Replies: 13
Views: 3949

infrared heating

I have a few panels doing various heating jobs, but was interested in the thin foil infrared sheets as seen on Grand Designs last week. These sheets are pinned up between the joists behind the plasterboard. Sounds brilliant, but I can't find the product anywhere on a search. Anyone had experience us...
by Sunrisemike
Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:27 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: rotate batteries?
Replies: 19
Views: 5069

Re: rotate batteries?

will do, thanks.
by Sunrisemike
Fri Sep 22, 2023 4:59 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: rotate batteries?
Replies: 19
Views: 5069

Re: rotate batteries?

Thanks all for your feedback. I have been around batteries, mostly on yachts, since the 1960's, first with ex submarine knife batteries, but mostly lead acid. Some large banks on the big sailing yachts, single cell in series to 120 volts. Since 2000, gel and AGM (one bank that melted, due to over ch...