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Replacing the guts of a thumbwheel firevalve....
Wasn't trivial. New firevalve was dismantled and had lots more O-rings, so tried to fit the whole top assy. Wouldn't tighten! wrong thread, so ended up using the actual main barrel housing (in situ)...
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How to beef up bouncy chipboard floors (withot replacing)?
Hi All, Some of the upstairs chipboard floors in my house are annoyingly soft underfoot. The reason is that the chipboard sections have been sawn in order to lift them and install central heating...
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Unwanted panel fence concrete post - cut down?
Behind our shed is the remnants of a panelled fence (concrete posts, fence panels, concrete boards at the foot) which extends into the visible area. In the visible area, we want to retain the fence...
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Garden Lighting
I am toying with the idea of installing some decorative lighting in my small garden. To be worthwhile, I am not considering solar-powered devices, and imagine that a low voltage distribution system...
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Sticky photo album
I have an old (~30-40 years old) photos album with photos that I wish to digitise/scan. Unfortunately the album if of the type where each page is made up of a sticky surface and a transparent film...
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step from door to patio
I am sorting out the patio at last. Most is straight forward but I was wond ering if we need a step. The height from floor to patio will be the common 2 bricks i.e. 150mm. On the face of it, 6 inches...
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15 LED Motion Sensor Light [batt pwrd] Aldi heads up.
Bought some exactly like these from Hong Kong a while ago. They are EXCELLENT. We fitted them in wardrobes, dark cupboard, outside. V useful and batteries last well - 4 to 6 months. £4.99 Detect...
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Anti spider spray?
We have a car port on the side of the house. It's shaded, cool, dry, sheltered from wind and spiders absolutely LOVE it. Without regular brushing it turns into a scene from Scooby Doo. Are there any...
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Saxton Blades
Special offer on multi tool blades; No connection, just a satisfied customer etc. http://www.saxtonblades.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=473
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Removing veneer.
What would be the best way to remove badly damaged veneer from high quality birch ply without any damage to the ply? Lots of the veneer is already missing so I'd say impossible (or impractical) to...
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More on cat5e and cat6 X-post
Wiring in my patch panel, and I had a strange fault - no connection on Pin 1. This is a cable from the upstairs office to a socket which had temporarily been terminated at a floating wall socket...
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discovered in a Makita LXT torch.....
I'm mucking about making an adaptor to allow older Makita 18v kit to run on newer Makita lithium batts. Bought an LXT torch and set about it. Inside I was a bit surprised to find a small pcb. About 8...
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OT Amazon?yodel saga continues.
Having been notified my widgets had been despatched I checked the tracking information. The package arrived in my local Yodel depot at 253am this morning but is not scheduled for delivery until...
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OT Tidal power
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/07/3468583/major-milestone-tidal-power-wales/
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Toilet leak
I am fitting a new concealed cistern. I cannot get a tight seal where the cistern base pipe meets the toilet bowl and when I flush the toilet water pours from this joint. Has anyone got any tricks of...
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