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Putty alternatives
Evening all, What's this seasons UK.DIY-feted glazing putty alternative? The putty page in ScrewFux seems irritatingly empty.
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Farmers DIY 4G broadband kit. Questions.
Interesting story......... Could the more tech-savvy hazard a guess at what sort of device he might plug the dongle into and how he converts the signal to get it on to fibre optic cable? Could this be...
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8 years ago
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Correct way to wire
Could someone have a quick look at the image and advise the correct way to wire light switch/ceilinglight and extractor fan. Assuming the components are correct, should I go from A to B to C to D OR...
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[OT] Wake on LAN
Anyone kicked a windows box into consistently waking up when sent a Wake on LAN "Magic Packet"? Windows Vista Home Premium, will wake up some times when the packet is sent and the NAS always wakes up...
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Roof sag
I'm holding back on purchasing a bungalow because it has a slight sag in its roof. It may be serious, it maybe minor. Vendor is looking at getting local repair man in to fix it. Everything that I read...
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how to repair broken glass in this Aluminium door?
Hi all due to a 'domestic incident' one pane of glass in our front door has smashed. It's an old aluminium door with (I think) double glazed glass. I know it can be repaired as following a similar...
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8 years ago
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welding lamp
I've always had the problem with arc welding that before the arc strikes I can't see a thing, so sometimes the first strike marks the work. So I rigged up a couple of spotlights which illuminated the...
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how to make 2 zones to existing common CH system in home & in annex
We have 3 bedrooms & an annex of 2 bedrooms & would like to be able to have different temperatures in the two spaces. Is it possible & what is required to modify the system & roughly what cost to...
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Is there life after death?
For a smoke alarm...well, actually one of those heat alarms that you use in the kitchen that's less sensitive to steam and cooking stuff. Safelincs Ei3103RF , two years old. In my elderly mother's...
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8 years ago
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New boiler and controls ?
I've just had a Vaillant ecotec 428 fitted, a heat only, open vented system. Does the controller and roomstat work in exactly the same way as before, i.e. controller says heating on, roomstat calls...
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8 years ago
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Reverse Polarity Mains Sockets
Hi A friend of mine recently had seven white plastic double mains sockets repl aced with metal looking sockets. After about a month of this being done the RCD that covers these sockets started to trip...
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8 years ago
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Security light bulb change
I've got 4 PIR lights outside the house and two of the bulbs have died. Trouble is they're 15 feet up and I hate heights, even if I had a ladder which I don't. I can get someone in to change the bulbs...
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Australian idiot freed after being trapped in a washing machine for 3 hours
I guess he was trying to twiddle a screw with his big toe or something. Fire crew sent to 22 year-old's home in New South Wales, Australia, say they had never seen anything like it before
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8 years ago
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Fixing a beam with chemical anchors
I'm anticipating a job where I'll need to fix a 4m long wooden beam onto a rendered wall made out of these blocks I've done other drilling jobs on these and sods law some holes will hit webs and...
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The Megger DCM330
I bought one of these the other day: I didn't have anything to measure high currents and do non-contact tests for voltage (that was the excuse I made to myself for buying it, anyway). I've noticed...
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8 years ago
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