[rhyds]

There's been a few fixes done around the house recently...

First one was a new exhaust back box on the focus. I don't usually do exhausts but as this was "simple" I decided to have a look.

In the end it took a grinder and a chisel (and my father's help) to shift the old unit, luckily the new unit was a decent Bosal item so bolted straight up. Next time however the garage can do it!

The next repair was to a velux roof window following a strange incident just before christmas. A part of next door's chimney pot flew off in high wind and struck the glass about 2/3 the way up the pane. Somehow this managed to break the *inside* pane of the sealed double glazed unit, with but a scratch on the outside. Luckily this meant the window was still watertight and could wait until the weather improved.

Another lucky break (excuse the terrible pun) was that Velux sell the glass units separately and ordering a replacement is not difficult at all. I decided on an unit with a toughened outer pane and laminated inner, as the last one didn't have a laminated inner pane and it took me ages to clean up all the shattered glass.

So, the day came to fit said glass, and luckily the weather was good. The window came out fine and was quickly stripped down and rebuilt with the new glass. We then tried to put the window back in. After 30mins struggling we gave up, sat down and double checked everything against the bathroom Velux window (which hadn't been damaged).

It was then we found out that muggins here had re-assembled the window incorrectly by accidentally swapping over two cover plates that should have been on opposite sides. A quick swap job later and the window went straight in and seems to be nice and watertight.