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Interesting plastering in a 1930s semi
I've just been stripping the wallpaper in the third bedroom in my 1930 bric k-built semi. I was interested to find that when it was plastered they created a very nea t strip of dark grey plaster about...
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Would you light this up for Xmas?
Just to annoy the neighbours:-) Google Maps
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not just the car- it is the light bulbs too
Like my mega efficient Bosch dish washer, that cant wash dishes unless they are clean to start with. Manufacturers are revealed to be exploiting a loophole in European tests to exaggerate the...
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removing emulsion paint?
What is the easiest way to remove old emulsion paint from a plastered wall? When I removed the old wallpaper, some of the old emulsion paint underneath came away with the paper in many places, and the...
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calculating radiator sizes - finned vs. non-finned
I've git a single-skinned hot water radiator (thin, modern type) that I want to install in my bathroom. It has no fins on it. It's size is about 25% bigger than the existing radiator, but the existing...
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[OT] Can iPlayer Radio on Android cast to telly's Chromecast?
I can cast the audio from the iPlayer Radio app on my Android tablet to a Chromecast-Audio device that's attached to a stereo player. (This is done as true "casting" in which the digital audio stream...
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Dual 505 record deck sticking
There's bound to be some hi-fi guru here to help me (I hope!) The deck was bought in the late '60's when I worked for Plessey and I could get it on discount. It doesn't get used all that much these...
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Flexible, putty like adhesive for food preparation tools?
I've got a flexible plastic siphon tube that tends to curl up in use. I also want to prevent it from getting too close to the sediment in the bottom of a brew bucket. So I'm running it through a...
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Question for Brian re screen readers
Morning Brian, A question if I may ... An aged aunt, who may or may not be slowly loosing the plot, is talking about 'changing her computer' (sic) I think she means installing sight- loss assistive...
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Peltier
Anyone know about peltier devices? Can you drive them at half voltage? I wish to make a container that is limited to ideally between 18 and 20 centigrade and apparently they do not like to be cycled...
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Plugging network router into another router?
Wishing to plug a TP Link WR340G remote box, provide wifi at location into main router Fon La Fonera, don`t appear to immediately like each other... Take it need to either tell the TP Link box to act...
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Oven load rating puzzle
Our double oven has just died - it was rubbish from day one, so time for a new one anyway. Had a look at quite a few replacement candidates that can be had by next week, and all apart from one were...
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OT: fracking bias
Shocking bias here: 1. Fracking will not change the landscape of the national parks because it won't be allowed there. No surface equipment will be allowed in the national parks. 2. "Fracking could...
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why do women think we can hear them through walls?
Why is it? You can be two rooms away with the telly and the chip pan on and they'll issue some instruction and expect you to hear what they're on about. Then when you don't they get the hump. Bill
 
Laying tiles ?
Not how to as such but wife has got retangular floor and wall tiles for shower room. I never thought before but is it best to lay them brickwork fashion or inline above one another?
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