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BBQ Design
Hi All, I am in the middle of designing/ building a brick built BBQ and am struggling to understand the dynamics of chimney design. The overall design looks like this... The red areas are all brick/...
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Rats in the attic. Burglar proof paint
My sister has problems with rats and has tried all sorts of remedies plus several visits from a rat catcher. She has a thatched roof. I wondered whether burglar proof paint round the entrance holes...
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Dawn / dusk PIR with override?
Hi all, Anyone recommend a stand alone, external, dusk to dawn overridable PIR, suitable for switching an LED floodlight (ideally in black) please? It might be handy that it also is easy to mask to...
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Timber for polytunnel raised bed
The farmhouse across the road is having some refurbishment with some outbui lding roof timbers being replaced. I can't at the moment get a close look at these (the owners are away at the moment), but...
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Anyone here using a DeWalt radial arm saw? Problem
Good evening to the assembled company. I have a DW125 saw. Nice tool. Very similar I believe to DW1251 Don't use it often and then mainly for crosscutting. Wanted to to a bit of ripping this w/e and...
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Treated Timber in France
Need to replace a few of the rafters in house in SW France, as they will ev entually be covered up i am happy to use new timber, been to the usual Bric o's etc but cant seem to work out if their...
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Ping Bill Wright
Bill, I have a Triax multiswitch in the loft with eight feeds to carry TV, FM and satellite into eight different locations, each of which terminate in a triplexer something like and I'm thinking of...
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Calling Adam! LoadCentre Square D consumer unit - 3 phase
I'm not sure if something like this would be considered a "consumer unit"! There aren't enough ways so considering having a short cable between this to 2 or 3 consumer consumer units, one for each...
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Toasters
I've just pronounced my Russell Hobbs Classic toaster beyond repair. It is a good few years old, and whilst I was able to make my way inside and diagnose the failure (a bit of springy wire had...
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Supplier for 12" adhesive sanding discs (or velcro converter)
Google turns-up a few potential suppliers but if anyone here has a personal recommendation I'd appreciate hearing about it. Also, if anyone has adapted their sanding disc to take velcro-backed discs...
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Loose/wobbly patio slabs
Hi all, I have a patio that has been down for ten years. It is still in good nick, and is generally fine, but two of the slabs have become slightly loose, and wobble fractionally now if I stand on one...
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Good experience with supplier - fan oven element
Fan oven element died. Searched for replacements and eventually took a gamble with as their price was £8 better than nearest competition. Ordered at 1830 on Thursday - free delivery. Cooker now...
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Internal PVC cladding
I'm currently installing some ceiling cladding in my bathroom. It's not as easy as the manufactures would have you believe in their demonstration videos when the room isn't square, the ceiling has to...
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Budget drill/driver or Makita body only?
Oh, and Amazon is playing silly buggers at the moment. My two venerable B&D 12V drills are nearing the end of their battery life. I don't have the enthusiasm to re-cell the batteries and a replacement...
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Camray Quartet Oil Boiler/problem
My Camray Boulter is about 15 years old and never had any problems until now, The boiler starts up and then fires up, after about 30 seconds the boiler returns to start up mode then fires up AGAIN,!!...
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