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Square bar
Where can I get 5/16th square bar? I want 4 inch lengths for my door handles. I tried the local flea markets b ut had to pay £5 quid for two door sets so far. I already have the handles.
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Further on expanding foam guns
I've looked back to March this year using Google (to long ago for my news reader) for the last thread on foam guns. As far as I can gather the strategy is that after use you take the foam can off,...
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Pilot light off in summer?
Anyone turn the pilot light of their boiler or gas fire off in summer? It struck me it would cost a lot of gas over the year (and from what I'v= e read it's anything from =A325 to =A390 a year). Then...
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Mira Shower - slight rant
Had a Mira electric shower repaired under warranty - the engineer says the new part (heater tank) is only guaranteed for the remainder of the original warraty period - i.e. one month! Started to...
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Furred up DHW pipe
We are in a hard water area and our feed from the hot water tank to the bath has gradually slowed over the years. Cold water tank in loft is galvanised iron and pipe work is 3/4" copper is there any...
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What is this electronic component?
Our Salter Bathroom Scales stopped working. I fitted new batteries and it was still dead so I opened it up to do some basic checks (not wet, power getting to circuit etc). A component had come off the...
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LAN segregation ?
I have a home network on the farm connected to the outside world via a BT Home Hub - (the original white one). I have wireless access points in several buildings for my own use and can limit their...
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Re: Oh dear ... :-)
I think they're rather nice. Clearly not everyone shares the same tastes. Tim Low energy lighting. with details of design and manufacture, luminaires, lamp shades and lighting pendants.
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Re: Oh dear ... :-)
I would have thought the days of CFLs were numbered now that cheap LEDs are starting to appear anyway.
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Responsibility for SothEastern Railways signalling
Who is responsible for the signalling of SouthEastern railways in Kent? If, as happened to me today, the train goes the wrong way and has to reverse, whose fault is it?
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Thin aluminium foil
Does anyone know if it is still possible to purchase the thin foil strip that was used for alarming windows in the old days. I have tried google but no luck.
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123 testing, is this thing on?
Apparently not. Brian
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(Non decorative) decking - advice/comments (long and detailed)..
Background: SWMBOs mobility has sadly deteriorated, and whilst inside our bungalow she is able to manage OK (grab handles *everywhere*), she has started to struggle a bit with getting in and out of...
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Thin liner for fire place opening for shelves
I'm pretty sure that I've asked this before, but my Googling doesn't find it.... I have a space where a fire place used to be. It will be a HiFi/AV cupboard. The walls are part brick and there is also...
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OT(ish) 12V compressor vs. 240V compressor for tyres
I'm looking at a more robust compressor to blow up the camper van tyres. Rears need to go up to 5 bar 72.5 PSI. Basic 12v cigar lighter pumps can struggle to get this high and/or take a very long...
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