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bread machine
We currently have a Kenwood bread machine and are happy with the results however we are starting to have a problem with the paddle sticking to the loaf and having to be prised out. Our last machine...
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Ronseal Exterior Ready-Mixed Wall Filler
Anybody here used it? I don't know if I had a dodgy tub of it or was using it incorrectly, but it has no strength at all. I had a 50 cm crack in some Tyrolean render, about 2 or 3 mm wide and 5 mm...
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Is my prediction coming true?
Expert says: 'If there was a general shortage of gas across Europe, Britain would run short very soon'
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thermostatic shower valves
Hello, I have something that looks like this: A bar mixer shower valve. I don't know the make or age as it was in the house when I moved in. Lately to get hot water I have had to turn the temperature...
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Re: OT - Wind Turbines - Ed Davey opens EnglandÂ’s largest onshore wind farm ...next to a mothballed gas fired power station
They were feathered - now they just need tatarring.
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Meddings LB1 Mk III pillar drill- manual pdf?
Dear All, I have just acquired one of these sturdy old drilling machines. It's a litt le bit scruffy, but seems to run very well. Before putting it to work, I wo uld like to give it a partial strip...
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Pricing of bearings
Recently repairing a DeWalt RA saw (My thanks to Bob Minchin and all others for assistance) I found the carriage bearings a little bit knobbly. Not unduly so but worth attention. Sealed bearings but...
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OT: software to clone my hard drive to an SSD
I've just replaced my computer's hard disk with a 256gb Solid State Drive by Crucial - I cloned the hard drive onto the SSD while it was connected via the USB port, then put the SSD in in place of the...
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Anyone here have any old GEC electric motors?
Good evening folks, adjusting the belts on my Norsaw table saw today I found that one of the electric motor mounting feet has parted company from the foot casting. Sadly, this leaves the motor hanging...
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Door Jamb
Just about to screw a six foot length of 3 by 2 over the door jamb (back door) where some scroats jemmied it and kicked it in prior to doing us over Tuesday evening. Luckily it doesn't have to look...
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Ping TMH (or rather his daughter)
Having Parkinsons I'm on regular medication, at the moment not particularly time critical but as the brain rot progresses it will become time critical. So looking ahead I'm looking for some form of...
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Garage floor paint
Anybody got any recommendations or avoids for garage floor paint? The concrete was laid in October, and I'm just sealing it now - sodium silicate-based sealant from the local BM. The garage is going...
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Decent weatherproof padlocks recommendations?
Hi, I bought some Yale "weatherproof" padlocks a couple of years ago and they've already rusted to the point of uselessness. I did try and keep them going with graphite powder but that only appears to...
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lever type taps constant dripping.
Hi all, all the taps were changed in my Housing Association flat from the normal screw open type to lever type, which are easier to use. But the tap I use most, the cold water one in the kitchen is...
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OT: Green marks on shower?
We have a Gainsborough shower about 6.5 years old. Not electric. Plastic "chrome" pole to which the tube and shower head are attached. I've recently noticed green deposits on the pole and shower head....
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