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DIY at Aldi
More DIY 'stuff' this coming Thursday. No angle grinders, but drill bits and an arc welder among others. Shop for Baby, DIY, Kitchen, Cycling, Sports, Tvs, Home & Garden online.
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Garage roller shutter door
Sons had a alutech electric roller shutter door installed. The fitters disappeared after being paid. The door can be pulled up about 3'. Any one know of any fitting instructions or knowledge of the...
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PEX not all inserts are created equal it seems
I'm a 1st time user of pex tubing for heating and got some inserts from 2 different suppliers (oooh don't ask why). They sent these. Is there a reason for the O rings on one - or are they just better...
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Re: B&Q spends ?60m on relaunched website
And thus give them gold-plated contact details for marketeers ... Of course B&Q would prefer *regular* purchases ... the medway handyman for all those little jobs that need to be done...
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Garden fork recommendation?
We need a fork to use on the borders in the garden so I went for as the pack was £5 cheaper than the fork alone. Mistake. One of the tines on the fork bent at a silly angle the first time I used it...
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Brad point drills from Wilkinson (Wilko)
I bought two 8mm ones last week and started to use them yesterday with my dowelling jig They were, of course, cheap. But totally useless. One was slightly "warped", i.e. it didn't rotate true. And...
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Tuesday
Early meeting on Wednesday I've been called in at 10AM with the new Acting HoD - cannot turn that down. I am staying in TA Tuesday night otherwise it will just get really painful. Why don't you just...
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Get them nukes steamed up...
Looks like Didcot B Power Station might not be producing much electricity for a while: A major fire has broken out at Didcot B Power Station, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue has said. Twenty fire...
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OT Major fire at Didcot B
In one of the cooling towers, apparently. Depending on how it affects the power station's performance, it could tip us closer to 'lights out' over the coming winter. (How can a cooling tower catch...
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OT: getting a TP-Link WA701ND to connect to a Homehub5
I've successfully used this WA701ND as a bridge to my printers with a Homehub2 for several years. I've just changed to a homehub5 and, despite setting the homehub SSID and code to the same as before,...
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looking for a decent mechanical alarm clock
Does someone know where I might get hold of a decent mechanical alarm clock? All I've found are * a piece of junk with two bells on the top by Acctim that lasts a few months * crap plasticky Chinese...
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Heat mats in the attic
Been helping my parents make some alterations to their bungalow they have just bought, built in the 1970's and located near Scarborough, the walls have that compressed straw stuff for insulation...
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HELP WITH MY TRIANCO COMBI 110 F.S OIL BOILER
My problem is that for last 3 years my boiler keeps cutting out, but only in Winter when it is on the timer morning and night. Sometimes it will go off about 3 or 4 times in in a couple of hours and...
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Help me choose new bathroom flooring with some good ideas!
I'm up on the 2nd floor of an apartment building, old wooden planks on floor with small spaces in between. Presently has cork tiles which are disintegrating. I want something watertight that will last...
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Re: B&Q spends £60m on relaunched website
Though Toolstation are often woeful for description information - for example look at 'door stops' and none of them have any dimensions at all. Or a lot of metalwork they don't tell you the size of...
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