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PIR and boiler flue
Ye olde style balanced flue terminal, not a combi/condensing plume. Would a 180° PIR sensor about 18" above and 18" to the side of the flue be likely to suffer from false triggering?
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Filling a hole
Now my nasty brick fireplace has been removed I'm left with this What's the best way to fill this in do you think ? Cinder block ? Many thanks Sean
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Mother of all bookcase projects
A tale of some of my recent fumblings in the workshop... (not even proof read yet - so don't expect it to make sense!) Classic large bookcase and cupboard - DIYWiki
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Tyre pumps
Having said I couldnt see any sense in the little electric ones, I now want one :) Not for tyres, but for blowing up lots of balloons. Aldi do £6 electric ones, but are they able to inflate 50...
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Dell colour laser: follow-up
As a final resort, I stripped this down until I could access the I/O board. I wiggled each of the connectors. It has two old-fashioned 8 pin DIL chips on it. When I pushed them down they gave that...
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Temporarily "capping off" an unused but live cable?
There's a 2.5 mm^2 spur cable (on a ring) coming up out of the floor of a cupboard, through a brick wall, to a now disused FCU (on the other side of the brick wall). I need to take the FCU off the...
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Joining galvanised to copper
Anyone have any ideas to join galvanised steel pipe to copper on a central heating system (other than threading the pipe). Philmac UTC 15-21 does the join the data says it's only cold water rated
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OT:Phone using and charging
I've got a Nokia Lumia 620 (It's a work thing :( ). Of late, I have discovered the HERE app, which is a perfectly serviceable sat nav. Given I'm always carrying my phone, I prefer to use that, rather...
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Cladding
More shed-building related questions. I was planning on using "Hardi-plank" cement cladding but on closer inspection it requires a 20mm airgap. Which is a pain. We've got a timber frame with celotex...
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Colour laser printer (slightly OT)
Not really looking for "how to fix", I have a Dell 1320c which is getting increasingly reluctant to connect, either by USB or network, typically showing as "offline" from the computer end and "no...
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Football
The English team visited an orphanage in Brazil today. "It was heartbreaking to see their sad little faces with no hope," Said Jose, aged six
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Should I be worried about this plaster crack?
Hi all I'm been looking at the plasterwork of our 'master bedroom' with a view to redecoration in the near future. I am a bit concerned about a long crack in the plaster and given my naivety about...
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Patio Furniture
I have a patio table and chairs set, that has now spent three winters outdoors, with no treatment. It needs some TLC. I see that Cuprinol do a treatment regime, consisting of firstly, a Restorer, then...
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Aldi's Petrol Strimmer
I've an extensive length down a fence that gets overrun with weeds each yea r and I decided when this strimmer came up to do a little homework and take a punt on it - the 3 year warranty is always a...
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What dilution ratio
I have some Marshalls Jointing Sand Stabiliser which was left over from when I had my driveway block paved, and thought about using it. I have just finished re sanding the block paving after cleaning...
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