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Cooker extraction hoods - get what you pay for?
Wickes have their own cooker extraction hoods at £55 and Zanussi ones at £155. Are the Zanussi ones worth the extra? Both have similar extraction rates and both can use either filters or a flue...
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OT: PING TNP Re BM Reports
Drax 2 and Ironbrdge 1 & 2 are now classed as 'other' in BMU fuel type spreadsheet http://www.bmreports.com/bsp/staticdata/BMUFuelType.xls
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Gas Cooker Repair/Maintenance
The cooker in question is decades old and is used infrequently. It is (dis)connected to a gas cylinder. This means I can contemplate working on it without great risk of blowing myself away. The taps...
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Loop in roses
Had a job "can you look at my upstairs lights". IANAE, but she was recommended by a neighbour. Arrived to find a ceiling rose had been removed & all 9 wires, ends covered in brown parcel tape, were...
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TOT: Free schools and the BBC
From the Telegraph The National Audit Office's report on free schools is generally favourable, though you wouldn't know it if you relied on this article on the BBC's website. The NAO report found that...
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Is a car question OT?
Not for me but for a friend of a friend (I'm a SNDB) Apart from being illegal, being likely to fail a roadside check and being certain to fail an MOT, is any further damage likely to be done by...
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Heat loss - noticeable improvement in still-air conditions.
My house is now very well insulated and reasonably well draftproofed. (300mm solid masonry + 100mm celotex walls, 400mm fibreglass loft insulation + breathable membrane under slates, double glazing,...
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OT Interesting video. Flash flooding.
Flash flood FAQ: http://www.rankinstudio.com/Flash_Flood_FAQ I HAVE A DRONE! - Look at my recent videos. :) July 18th 2013. Massive debris flow / flash flood in Southern Utah. Close to 3" of rain fell...
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OT: I wonder how many copies of this complacent bullshit went out...
Dear Mr Wright Thank you for contacting us regarding BBC News. We understand you felt there has been too much coverage of the death of Nelson Mandela. [No, I complained specifically about Mandela...
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Central heating system with no thermostat (again)
An idiot boy question please I've not found answered in the Wiki or previous posts: is there any easy way I can check if a gas CH/hot water boiler really *needs* at least one radiator without a TRV?...
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OT £224.12s in 1898 what would that be worth now
Hi all, Did not know which group best to ask in, I have searched but did not see anything that helped. A relative left £224.12s in her 1898 will, what would that be worth now? I am hopeless at Maths...
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Table sawing aluminium bar.
I want to put some grooves across a thick aluminium bar ( groove about 35 mm wide x 12 mm deep, flat bottomed V shape, bar about 35 mm wide and 25 mm thick. I don't have a milling machine has anyone...
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Vacuum Time Lag Switch's
Working in an old Victorian house converted into flats today. Very dark building, especially in the basement area. Vacuum time lag switches everywhere. OK unless you are carrying something awkward,...
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Horrible way to go...
Sounds like it needed a sign saying "person topping themselves inside"?
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Semi-detached house. 2nd floor on rear extension possible?
Suppose you have a 2 storey semi-detached house with a single storey semi attached extension at the rear (typically kitchen / bathroom), how easy is it to build a 2nd storey above the extension on one...
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