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Double glazed unit in wooden door
I have a LF&B door in my kitchen and I an going to open up the top section and fit a double glazed unit in there. What would be the best way of fitting the glass against the beads, silicone or putty...
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OT: Now we know....
"In an exclusive interview with Alfred Lambremont Webre, radiation and directed energy expert Leuren Moret, MA, PhD ABT, revealed that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 of March 8, 2014 was, by the...
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Telegraph OT
OK. So how many of you can stand on one leg with your eyes shut for more than 5 seconds? I felt the grip test and stand up, sit down test were too easy.
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How to track down an intermittent electrical fault?
This is in my workshop which I built, and wired, about 30 years ago. There are 12 fluorescent light fittings in 4 banks of 3. These controlled by a 4 gang light switch. This afternoon the lighting mcb...
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Is this a bodge ?
Images of how end section of gutter joins with down pipe connection. The gutter ends short and the two ends are held with mastic. Is this how it should be done ? Is it acceptable ? There is a little...
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Using Thunderbird ?
My access via Thunderbird has gone very slow over past 48 Hrs ... often just stalls for minutes if I do a search. Anybody else having TB issue, checking as there was an upgrade yesterday .......
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Re: TOT Packet trace - was: TOT Are BT Strangulating some email providers?
I've got a problem at the moment where when my new LAN router (an Asus RT-N66U) is rebooted a couple of minutes later a network printer starts to print off sheet after sheet of alphabet soup. Even if...
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T-bolt supplier?
Anyone know where I can obtain some bolts like items B and C in the picture on this page: ( in case the link is broken ) I need M6 thread with 10mm across flats on the head. Hours of Googling has...
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Getting a tap apart?
Hello all... I have an Ideal Standard tap the same as can anyone tell me if the tapered part on the upper part of the tap body should be removeable and if so how to do it? It appears to be 'solid'......
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TOT Are BT Strangulating some email providers?
Here's the scenario, IPhone 4 using Wife built into BT Home Hub (Router). Web browsing, Youtube etc is all reasonable "speed", BtInternet emal (POP) comes down lightening fast (though I don't get much...
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OT Interesting WW1 pix
A century ago, in the summer of 1914, a series of events set off an unprecedented global conflict that ultimately claimed the lives of more than 16 million people, dramatically redrew the maps of...
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cooker cable runs and 17th ed wiring regs.
As I understand it, there are permitted routes for buried cables, i.e. vertically or horizontally from an electrical accessory or within 50mm of a room corner/edge. Now consider a cooker. Most cooker...
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New bathroom lights? But what?
Old shabby but working 3 x 12v mr16 downlighters installed in bathroom. Time for change. Have found & have stock of some good led gu10 lamps for other fittings in house so was going to go the "gu10...
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OT: I despair take 3
Neighbour's teenage grand-daughter was up here from London for a visit. Seeing the Norfolk "Nelson's County" signpost, she asked: "Who's Nelson?"
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loft ladder fitting troubles
Hello Album of pictures here, hope you can see them: maybe: Or a short link: So I'm trying to fit the Abru 2 section aluminium loft ladder into an existing hatch. Fitted the top and bottom stops, but...
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