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Toshiba.
They are, it seems, in dire straights financially. Due to problems in the US nuclear power generation field. And one of the major players in proposed new stations in the UK. So as the costs of...
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Nextbase DUO dashcam freezing
Anyone else encounter this ? Tried contacting their support department whose immediate suggestion was to change my class 10 Samsung SD card for a branded class 10 SD card. Updated firmware and...
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7 years ago
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Moving a Consumer Unit
A mate is considering getting his daughter's consumer unit that is in the integram garage moved lower down the wall as when a blown bulb trips it she has to climb on something to re-set it. I have...
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rotary brush device on vacuum cleaner
It's that fitting on the end of the vacuum cleaner tube that uses the movement of air into the tube to rotate a brush, via a paddle-wheel thing. It barely works. When in contact with the carpet it...
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Roller Shutter Door
Maybe a daft question! I have an aluminimum roller shutter door I bought through eBay. It is manual and has a spring down the centre of the "roll". I have now fixed the brackets to the wall and...
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7 years ago
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fridge too cold
I have had my FF on the same setting since I bought it, three and a half years ago over the last week this has resulted in the fridge being cooled to below zero and items freezing I have turned it...
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7 years ago
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Underfloor heating enquiry
Looking for advice/comments from anyone has some experience of underfloor heating. I'm shortly going to refurbish my bathroom, and I'd like to install underfloor heating. The floor is concrete which...
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7 years ago
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Grow your own tobacco
I stopped the snouts two years ago. To smokers this must be worth a crack? 60 varieties of the finest tobacco seed for you to grow your own tobacco at home.
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wall insulation
I wish to fix 100mm insulation board to the outside of a block wall and then fix t.g and v boards outside that again Obvious way would be to fix a framework of 100 x 50 softwood to the block wall and...
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7 years ago
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Miele upright hose
Previously I would buy cheap vacuums and replace as necessary. A few years ago deciding that this was a false economy we bought a Miele for the best part of £300. The hose has split at the handle....
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7 years ago
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Is 80gms paper getting thinner?
Is 80 gms printer paper getting thinner - or am I just imagining it! Certainly getting more expensive
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7 years ago
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R. Cott. 13
Slightly surprised to discover that chip board from different manufacturers/vintages does not fit together:-( Plan is to square the edges, cut slots and fit a plywood tongue. Next issue is sourcing...
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7 years ago
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[OT] Mother of all colds - anyone else get it?
There I was, boasting the other week that I hardly got colds these days and those I got lasted a couple of days at worst. So my daughter goes and gives me Porton Down's special brew. She of course...
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Megaflo making high pitch noices
Hello My megaflo is making weird high pitch bird like noices when we turn heating on. Any advise what that could be?
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7 years ago
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adhesive suitable for sticking UPVC to cement render?
What kind of adhesive is suitable for sticking a UPVC to cement render? I only need to stick two lengths. The render is the subcoat which elsewhere has roughcasting on top of it. Thanks in advance....
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