Gutted.......

:( totaly.My lawn is growing at warp speed of late.So i did my hedges and wanted to cut the lawn and mix up the hedge clippings too (their small enough) when my trusty mower of 12 yrs deciced to break down.
The bloody pull cord snapped.Tried to have a look see if any bolts need taking out to get at the cord but i only had a plastic cover with a few rivet studs on a plate,could'nt see anything else.
Anyone change one before or can they be changed.Thing is its a great mower and as a 60 or 80ltr basket on it so only a few trips to the compost heap and i'm done.Cheers Cyril.....

 

Post a picture then I can advise.

In general its a straightforward but fiddly job, you need to first unn bolt the starter cord asembly then fit a new cord then ree wrap and tension the spring.

Probably cost around £30 ish for a dealer to do it.

 

done what you said dude.Yeah its a bit on the fiddly side.only thing thats got me now is i cant get enough tension on the bloody cord

 

just managed to get enough tension to get th emower startd to finnish off my lawn:gnthb: will sort it out when i have a bit more time on my hands.Cheers.

 

yet again gutted.This time RATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!in my compost bin only peeling and stuff form the garden is in it.They haven't even touched the stuff there bit i read somewhere here that you had to keep the compost damp,cos i had very little heat at all so straight after doing it i can feel the heat on the sides and waffts of heat when i open the lid and do a bit of stirring.The swines ahve dugg in from the hedge side so i'll have to empty th ething now and start again:cnfs::cnfs::cnfs:

 

Oh My Good God Cyril, there is no way I could stand that, can't we just soak it through?

 

dont know? was thinking about blocking the hole then drench it but dont know if that will spoil the compost they aint touching th efood in there (peeling etc) just bliming kipping there by the looks

 

Might be nesting as well. I don't think drenching it would spoil the compost, just make it less comfortable for them.

 

The thing that would worry me about using compost that had rats nesting in it is that some rats carry a nasty bacteria in their urine that is harmless to them but causes the often fatal Weils disease in humans.

 

worrying me to

 

Lollys right Cyril, there nesting, Lovely and warm in the middle of the Heap.. You could Google to see if there wee harms the compost and for how long..

 

rats are all around us and probably weeing everywhere. I assume the bacteria doesn't live forever and will die off.

Personally, I would take out all the compost, line your bin and the base with 1/2" to 1" chicken wire (doubled preferably) and put the compost back in.

 

going to do that today.Wasn't looking froward to the smell but that seems to have gone?i was thinking of cutting out a deep circle with my spade around the bottom,thing is i wont be able to open the door in the bottom to get the stuff out then.So might just hop for the Wire option.Looked for rat poison yesterday but the stuff i seen was aound 8 quid and more.Rat trap would be the boy but to expensive though.Blody RATSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.:lollol: