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Marquee power Feedback - and more questions
Hi All, As some of my regular readers will remember, I was I/C of Electrics and PA at our church weekend camp recently and a bit concerned about only having 45A main breaker (Turned out i'd remembered...
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Painting rough render
Time to paint our recently-rendered external walls. Trouble is the render is pretty rough and we are having difficulty getting the first coat to cover, even with those raggy rollers. You have to...
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Paging a real plumber
Do British plumbers use silver solder (copper silver phosphor alloy)for joining copper pipe in the uk or are they stuck with the old fashioned methods . May be joints are not soldered as much in the...
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Sharpening garden shears with an angle grinder?
I recently saw a couple of youtube videos showing variations on sharpening garden shears with the type of thin disk used on angle grinders. The first video mainly shows how to build a metal jig for...
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Wireless sensors for wired house alarm
Hi all, I have a wired house alarm that i fitted some years back. A while back I added a wireless panic button for SWMBO. This has a single h and held button pad and a powered receiver next to the...
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Dead pedestal fan
Needless to say, as the heatwave gets under wave, our pedestal fan has gone "bang". (Well, actually, it's gone [silence], but you know what I mean). It was whirring away last night in our bedroom and...
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Converting a hinged door to sliding (or, possibly, bi-fold))
A small kitchen has a large door opening into it and the door always seems to be in the way. The options seem to be to convert it to a bi-fold or put it on a sliding rail ... sliding looks like the...
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Tap ceramic cartridge sizes
I need to replace the ceramic cartridge for a sink tap, but I'm having problems finding the right size replacement. I've tried taking the cartridge to a local plumbers merchant. They told me there...
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OT(ish) DIY USB microscope from webcam?
Decided it would be nice to have a USB microscope just to take a picture of some very small text on a bicycle chain link. Had a quick Google and they seem to come in at around £40 e.g. So, webcam...
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gadget to switch dehumidifier on in tandem with tumble dryer?
Hi all I am toying with the idea of getting a dehumidifier to run alongside our (cheap, non-condensing) tumble dryer. This to make a start towards (a) drying out the small 'scullery' where the w/mac...
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Fixing skirting
I have over 30 metres of skirting to replace as part of the installation of a new engineered wood floor. I appreciate that the usual methods of installing skirting include using adhesives, nails or...
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Plasterboard Foam Adhesive
I've used some of this to fix plasterboard to brick: (link to Insta Stik Expanding Foam Grab Adhesive) Very good it is too. Would it be suitable for fixing boards around a chimney breast, though? This...
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zip line/wire diy
Anyone built one? Lots of expensive kits abound... how hard can it be? Jim K
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Broadband speed - recommended tester site?
For years I used the BBC's iPlayer diagnostics site for a quick, simple, lucid way to see what speed our BB was running at. It did a quick test, showed you your speeds found, and simply told you what...
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Universal wall socket
Son in law found these without USB in a twin wall socket whilst on holiday. Anybody seen a UK offering? Free delivery and returns on eligible orders. Buy Nicna 10A Wall Socket with 2 USB Power Outlet...
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