Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Gutter joint at odd angle

For reasons best kept schtum, I needed to extend an existing gutter with a 6° offset.


Take a standard coupling and remove the seals.
Remove the stiffening web.
I used a Fein multitool, with a narrow saw blade, from both sides.

Cut along the red lines, a bandsaw's easiest
The underside will be reinforced with a piece of gutter so pull the cut edges together, clamp
 and make a paper templet.
Mark templet shape on gutter and cut out.
Deburr and abrade bonding areas.
Apply your favourite epoxy, I used Ever Build Putty Aqua.
Clamp the outside together then use a couple of carpenters cramps to squeeze the adhesive at various places back to the inside.
Warm the joint with a hairdryer and leave clamped until cured.
Apply more adhesive to fill the gap.

Install

Here's a video of how to do it properly 


Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Current EU countries plus a couple more, snapshot May 2017

http://www.tradingeconomics.com


U = Unemployment

Retirement age

Men      Women
Government Debt to GDP
%
U

%
Youth U
%
Long Term U
%
Austria
65
60
84.6
8.6
10.6
1.9
Belgium
65 ¹
106
6.9
18.2
4.1
Bulgaria
64
61
27.1
8
17.5
4.3
Croatia
65
61.9
84.2
14.4
27.1
4.4
Cyprus
65
108
12.5
30.3
5.8
Czech Republic
63.2
61.8
37.2
4.8
9.3
1.6
Denmark
65
37.8
4.3
12.6
1.2
Estonia
63
62.7
9.5
6.6
14.2
2.5
Finland
65
63.6
9.6
20
2.1
France
65.33
96
10
23.7
4.2
Germany
64.42
68.3
3.9
6.7
1.7
Greece
67
179
23.5
48
16.7
Hungary
62.5
74.1
4.5
10.5
2.2
Ireland
66
74.4
6.2
12.9
4.2
Italy
66.58
133
11.7
35.2
6.3
Latvia
62.8
40.1
9.3
16.1
4
Lithuania
63.6
62.2
40.2
8.3
15.3
2.8
Luxembourg
65
20
6
18.6
2.6
Malta
62
58.3
4.2
13.3
1.9
Netherlands
65.75
62.3
5.1
9.6
2.3
Poland
65.58
60.58
54.4
8.1
14.4
2
Portugal
66.25
130
10.5
23.3
6.1
Romania
65
60.3
37.6
5.3
20.4
2.8
Slovakia
62
51.9
8
18.8
5.6
Slovenia
65
64.33
79.7
10.9
13.7
3.9
Spain
64.42
99.4
18.75
40.5
9.1
Sweden
65
41.6
6.8
17.2
1.2
UK
65
63.5
89.3
4.7
11.9
1.3
Turkey
60
58
28.3
13
24
2.2
Russia
60
55
17.7
4.4
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Retirement age

Men      Women
Government Debt to GDP
%
U

%
Youth U
%
Long Term U
%

 ¹ or 60 after 35yrs continuous   employment