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[STEMO]

Big difference between weathered and green slime. Out patios are York stone and now look like the year they were laid.

Bloody southerners, coming up here, pinching our stone.

Bloody Northerners coming down here and nicking our women...

Of course, how could they resist? 

[countrywoman]

Bloody over slept again, put the radio alarm on and crashed back out. Must be the local BBC presenter!! and its raining again!!!

[Tick Tock]

This - is it ever going to stop raining.

Unblocked scuttle drain and flushed out sludge (again). Might have to look at removing that rubber drain bung, but cant get my arms down past the pollen filter.

[TheBoy]

This - is it ever going to stop raining.

Unblocked scuttle drain and flushed out sludge (again). Might have to look at removing that rubber drain bung, but cant get my arms down past the pollen filter.

If the drain is clear, given the age of all Omegas now, next step is to pull up the passenger carpet and prod the triangular-ish shaped bit of mild steel plate that covers where the steering column goes through on LHD models.  Most of these are probably in a bad state of corrosion now, especially if scuttle drains have been blocked.

If it has rusted through, only real option is some kind of repair, not easy given near zero access.  TBE's was a painted steel plate (with a bolt through it to allow pulling from inside) stuck to what remained with nearly an entire tube of sikaflex.  AFAIK, its still holding now, not that its moved 3 years!

[Doctor Gollum]

With the screen, scuttle and dash out, that panel can theoretically be replaced, it's bonded into a channel in the firewall.

This channel is what eventually leads to the rot as it collects dirt and debris that, in turn, holds moisture. The panel is only powder coated so it's not particularly protected.

Obviously noone is going to go to those lengths to fix the problem properly, so any repair, however well intended, is going to be a bit of a halfarsed bodge.

[Rangie]

The rain , started a project in the garden all going well up till 15.05 must convince the wife to move to the Carribbean..

[Doctor Gollum]

It rains almost every day there

[Andy B]

With the screen, scuttle and dash out, that panel can theoretically be replaced, it's bonded into a channel in the firewall.

 ......

sigh ...... bulkhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Doctor Gollum]

With the screen, scuttle and dash out, that panel can theoretically be replaced, it's bonded into a channel in the firewall.

 ......

sigh ...... bulkhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The two terms aren't mutually exclusive.

[STEMO]

With the screen, scuttle and dash out, that panel can theoretically be replaced, it's bonded into a channel in the firewall.

 ......

sigh ...... bulkhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The two terms aren't mutually exclusive.

Stop talking out of your fanny.

[Andy B]

With the screen, scuttle and dash out, that panel can theoretically be replaced, it's bonded into a channel in the firewall.

 ......

sigh ...... bulkhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The two terms aren't mutually exclusive.

no they're not .... Americans have firewalls, wristpins, rocker panels etc etc etc ..... we have bulkheads, gudgeon pins & sills etc etc etc

[Doctor Gollum]

With the screen, scuttle and dash out, that panel can theoretically be replaced, it's bonded into a channel in the firewall.

 ......

sigh ...... bulkhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The two terms aren't mutually exclusive.

no they're not .... Americans have firewalls, wristpins, rocker panels etc etc etc ..... we have bulkheads, gudgeon pins & sills etc etc etc

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/78397/in-aircraft-construction-what-is-the-difference-between-a-firewall-and-a-bulkhe#:~:text=So%20in%20a%20nutshell%2C%20a,the%20rest%20of%20the%20plane.

Obviously that's wrong too presumably...

[Andy B]

With the screen, scuttle and dash out, that panel can theoretically be replaced, it's bonded into a channel in the firewall.

 ......

sigh ...... bulkhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The two terms aren't mutually exclusive.

no they're not .... Americans have firewalls, wristpins, rocker panels etc etc etc ..... we have bulkheads, gudgeon pins & sills etc etc etc

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/78397/in-aircraft-construction-what-is-the-difference-between-a-firewall-and-a-bulkhe#:~:text=So%20in%20a%20nutshell%2C%20a,the%20rest%20of%20the%20plane.

Obviously that's wrong too presumably...

Are we talking cars or planes?
I'm away & don't have enough interweb to read it.
You can always find what you want to find if you look hard enough. What's the past tense of dive? Here in Blighty it's DIVED but if you Google it, it'll say you can also use DOVE .... It's not correct as far as I'm concerned but the Web says is OK 

[Doctor Gollum]

Dove would have been my first choice... As in, "The pelican dove into the water.". "The pelican had dived into the water, but resurfaced fishless soon after." Is how I would use dived.

As for car planes or boats, it doesn't really matter... a firewall is one purpose of a bulkhead, pressure is another as is water.

A bulkhead is by definition a structural panel , usually vertical in orientation, and the preceding words ie fire resistant/proof; pressure resistant/tight; water tight etc indicate how the bulkhead is designed and engineered to perform. Ergo a firewall is a bulkhead that's designed to contain or slow a fire. Depending on how it is constructed and from what, it may serve more that one purpose.

On a ship, a watertight bulkhead may also be designated as a fire wall as it will have been designed as such, albeit a secondary requirement to being watertight... If a ship sinks because it flooded then having firewalls is a moot point. But equally if a bulkhead cannot contain a fire then it is unlikely to be watertight. And if a compartment floods the watertight bulkheads serve as pressure bulkheads as they have to resist the weight of the water behind them.

[STEMO]

With the screen, scuttle and dash out, that panel can theoretically be replaced, it's bonded into a channel in the firewall.

 ......

sigh ...... bulkhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The two terms aren't mutually exclusive.

no they're not .... Americans have firewalls, wristpins, rocker panels etc etc etc ..... we have bulkheads, gudgeon pins & sills etc etc etc

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/78397/in-aircraft-construction-what-is-the-difference-between-a-firewall-and-a-bulkhe#:~:text=So%20in%20a%20nutshell%2C%20a,the%20rest%20of%20the%20plane.

Obviously that's wrong too presumably...

Are we talking cars or planes?
I'm away & don't have enough interweb to read it.
You can always find what you want to find if you look hard enough. What's the past tense of dive? Here in Blighty it's DIVED but if you Google it, it'll say you can also use DOVE .... It's not correct as far as I'm concerned but the Web says is OK 

Pleaded and Pled. I don't like pled.