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Using an SDS drill
I haven't used my SDS drill much, and I just wanted to check mine is working okay. The machine cheerfully rattles away, but the drill is only hit by the mechanism if the drill is pushed in against a...
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Easy-Post fence post spike
I used two of these last weekend. I can't find an image online of the exact model I used, but it has two vertical slits on opposite corners (looking down on it) with a bolt & nut to tighten each slit....
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Digging a grave for the dog
I had to dig a grave for our small dog, and it's really hard work. It's only a small hole, but it was enough for me. Whilst I don't admire Fred West, I am impressed with the amount of work he must...
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Tool storage
I'd be grateful for any thoughts on easy-access, low-cost storage solutions for an overlarge collection of hand tools: wall-mounted racks of some kind? Traditional pegboard and hooks (though hardboard...
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Railways.
I assume the Brexiteers are ecstatic over the Labour manifesto? Taking back control over our railways - out of foreign ownership? Sovereignty at last.
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Consumer unit height.
On a new build, does the consumer unit height have to comply to the same 1200mm max height as all the rest of the electrical accessories?
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chimneys
they are building houses near to me, and I was amazed to see ready built chimneys in stock waiting to be placed on the roof. Different colours and styles, looked like fibreglass or some such thing.
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Seems James Dyson was right after all.
Strange how Bosch and Siemens only wanted laboratory test conditions used I wonder why. Entrepreneur lost major legal battle in 2015 in bid to prove tests on appliances were misleading.
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A simple question re Toolstation
We used to have a local B&Q, that I used for DIY stuff. They closed, but we had a Screwfix, which I do use but I'm not keen on the Argos style of purchase, where you browse the catalogue and select...
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6 years ago
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OT: USPS tracking
I'm expecting a delivery from America, tracking has been grinding away slowly showing it arriving and departing various of their facilities, yesterday it showed that it had arrived and departed...
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Close coupled toilet has constant leak into basin
My toilet has a tiny but constant leak into the pan. The water flush is wo rking correctly and is not sticking and causing overflowing (that was my pr oblem last time!). I don't know what you call the...
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6 years ago
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Resin fixings for someone new to them
I've heard how good resin fixings are and I want to mount a TV bracket in a house where the walls are notoriously hard to fix stuff to as they are made of rubble. Having come from a 1930s semi where I...
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6 years ago
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Drains: Shallow, 110mm foul water pipe crossing a driveway - options?
Suggestions/advice sought.... I'd like to run a 110mm underground foul water pipe from an outhouse to my house's main drain, but it will need to cross a part of my grounds that c ould conceivably be...
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6 years ago
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Jockey wheel
Why is a Jockey wheel called a Jockey wheel ? .... It's those things that can be used to raise the height of caravans and trailers easily. Just wondered where they get the name from.
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OT: HSBC to close Safety Deposit boxes
I have had an account with Midland/HSBC since my student days, and a safety deposit box with them since the late '70s, but now they have decided to cancel the deposit box service, and we have to...
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