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Sewer maps
Next door's sewer has just been cleared out (I'd looked in the manhole and it was full). The chap from Anglian Water said that the sewers didn't go the obvious way but had angles and went an indirect...
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Flat eneloops
My garage door proximity sensor is still going through AAs at a surprising rate, so I'm putting Eneloops in for the moment. I changed a pair today (after 3 months or so), as the main controller was...
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Ryobi cordless drill
The Li-ion batteries or charger for my Hitachi cordless combi drill have started playing up, so I have started looking for replacements and came across this Ryobi at Homebase: The price isn't out of...
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SOT: Where do they get these people?
The local council have just started charging for certain types of recycling material. The leaflet provided states it must be in a bag no larger than 50cm x 77cm. That's not a bag, it's a rectangle!...
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Improving shower performance
In my main home I have two power showers - one in the bathroom and one in the en-suite - both of which are gravity fed with low pressure stored hot and cold water, and boost the pressure with a pump....
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7 years ago
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Tile to worktop joint: silicone over old, cracked grout (plaster)?
7 years ago, I used grout (or plaster?) for all the joints in my newly tiled kitchen, including the 2 or 3mm joint between the lowest tiles and the worktop (not clever, I now realise that). Over the...
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Burlington WC Cistern
Finally threw out the didn't-flush-properly toilet and replaced it with a B urlington Close Coupled WC. This has the most complicated internals of any WC I've ever seen, not that I've seen many, and...
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TV in kitchen - regs?
I've searched around for the answer to this but haven't found it as yet: is there any regulation concerning placing a small wall-mounted 12V TV set in a kitchen? I have a blank area above a draining...
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Chasing a plaster wall
Will a Fein or other oscillating tool chase a plaster wall for a cable without creating the levels of dust that an angle grinder would?
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7 years ago
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TV problem
Panasonic plasma, just under five years old, sounds to me like power supply tripping out when switched on. Blown capacitors? Amazon (quick response) say speak to Panasonic first. Panasonic (slow...
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Mains monitoring devices
My office premises suffers from occasional power cuts - I had one phase down this morning, caused by a problem at the substation apparently. At the moment, I get notification that there's some kind of...
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replacement BMW key
Daughter has somehow damaged her BMW 1 series key. WHile the spare is fine she would like to replace the faulty one. Any recommendations?
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OT: ? Canon CG-700 Battery Charger "Compatables" (for HFR706)
I tried posting to uk.tech.digital-tv for advice on purchasing a camcorder a few days ago and only got one reply in answering my question as to why there seemed to be a dearth of 50 times zoom HD...
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Odd battery connection.
Was asked to look at some re-chargeable cordless headphones a pal has which needed new batteries. Standard AAA cell - but the housing was different to normal, the negative contact, which went to the...
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Semi OT : Exhaust bracket/hanger replacement
I know this isn't really a car newsgroup, but was hoping someone here might be able to help. Got an older Ford Focus (2000 model or thereabouts) Whilst underneath the car today, I found that there's a...
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