The Shed

Satan, a Rover Sprint 373 Lawnmower, with a Briggs and Stratton ‘Easy Start’ engine  got his name because from NEW he would never start easily – only ONCE did Satan start easily and that was the day I took him back to the shop to complain!! Here’s the misleading advert –   Our previous mower […]

In the last month our Air conditioner failed, our Refrigerator failed, our New Oven was faulty and couldn’t be repaired. The Aircon and fridge were just 13 years old. I got a full refund including installation costs for the new oven, which I believe had a design flaw. Sorting all that out seemed almost like […]

If your fridge is suddenly not as cold as usual, the cause could be that the Freezer section is too full or partially blocking the airvent. I have had this happen twice on two different fridges. The contents of the freezer were semi blocking the airvent that pumps air to the fridge section. How an […]

Our new Jackeroo 4 burner barbeque would not get hot enough.  The previous one worked extremely well, as you can see- The ‘Dance of the Flaming Lamb Chops’ – courtesy of shed mate Steve Our old 4 burner Jackeroo Barbecue was rusting away after many years of service. We replaced it with a new one in […]

Fix the Yamaha CP70B electronics by eliminating them altogether and make the CP70B sound better!!! Bypassing that old 1980’s circuitry is simple and makes the Yamaha Electric Grand more reliable.   My Yamaha CP70b Electric Grand Piano has been very reliable and it stays in tune for ages. 3 years ago the electronic part of […]