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Acoustic wall panels
To help someone install his home office to support video and audio conferencing, I've been trying to find acoustic wall panels that would be easy for a local builder to obtain and fit. We want to end...
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Sealing Stone
I've just had the front of the house sandblasted - looks fine, right mess to clear up though. Anyway, while the scaffolding's still up I was thinking about sealing the stone - this was a service the...
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7 years ago
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Redifusion / Telefusion Cable Radio
A "Bygones" article reminded me of the old "speaker and selector" units we had at school and many homes had them. Our house hosted a bracket on the corner that held a Telefusion wire and my parent...
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Smart meters, you know they make sense...
"A system error in smart meters has led to customers being quoted thousands of pounds for a day's usage of gas and electricity. Confused customers posted the strange readings from their SSE smart...
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7 years ago
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[OT] Mobile phone frequencies advice
Looking to replace a Moto G 2nd gen with a 3rd gen for a family member. Would be great if it were the dual-SIM version. According to Wikipedia, see comparison table half way down here: there are...
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13A Plug tops with neon light
I can't find these anywhere. Is there an electrical regulations reason why they are no longer avaialable? - Mike (who likes to fit them to my soldering irons so that I don't leave them switched on).
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7 years ago
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Connecting Yamaha P45 digital piano to 3rd Generation iPad
Please help me help Wifey :-) Wifey is using software on her iPad to learn the piano. The iPad hears whatever she plays on the P45, and highlights errors. Works well, but sometimes the iPad misses a...
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7 years ago
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OT ebay query: Is this a sus. international way of sellimg via ebay?
Just sold an inexpensive intem via ebay. The slae was set to "no international buyers" Yet when the sale completed there was a l"The Item sold through the Global Shipping Programme. Your label will...
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7 years ago
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Axminster good service
Needed a new sander yesterday (old one suddenly slowed down then more or less conked out, no smoke, might just be brushes, will investigate later) so that made an excuse to visit the local-ish...
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7 years ago
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Laying Laminate under door frame
Is there a way of fitting lam into the undercut of a door frame without lifting up the outer edge of the lam (the normal way of clicking lam together)? I've undercut my door frames but I've just got...
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7 years ago
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What's likely to be wrong with this car?
Here are the facts: 1. The car is used once or twice a week, mostly for short trips. 2. Nearly every time we use it, the battery is too dead to turn the engine over and it needs to be charged. In fact...
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Cleaning clothes with petroleum products
I was struck by a passage in Marilyn Robinson's Home, in which a character (in a small town in 1950s Iowa) dry cleans his suit by brushing it with a rag soaked in petrol. There's a a comment that this...
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7 years ago
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OT Printer Reloaded
Just to follow up. It arrived today. I was a bit trepidatious as I had never even touched a laser printer. Out of the box, load CD, plug in printer and that was it. The print quality is fine as was...
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Which glue gun?
I've decided it's time I got one; no specific purpose in mind, just general DIY/maintenance purposes. Never used one before and know nothing about them other than they seem to vary dramatically in...
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7 years ago
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Pumped shower waste
Going to install a shower cubicle in my bathroom shortly - in place of the largely unused bath. The shower waste is going to be something of a problem, though, and I'd be grateful for the views of...
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7 years ago
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