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Best oven cleaner
Hi, Just tried splashing out a princely sum on Mr. Muscle oven cleaner and it's junk, I'm sorry to say; had no effect whatsoever. IIRC it never used to be such rubbish a few years back. Anyway,...
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Outside flood/pir light glass
A few weeks ago I noticed for the first time after moving in 18 months ago that the outside flood light up high on the garage wall has no glass in the front of it. "That's going to cause me problems...
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Odd fan motor problem
Induction motor fitted to a boiler fan exhibiting fault resulting in loud hum/buzzing noise and motor failing to rotate, or rotating part of turn. With no power applied to motor's rotor turns freely...
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lidl cordless angle grinder at £6.99
From the Lidl flyer that came through my letter box, they have a cordless screwdriver, a cordless drill and a cordless angle grinder at £6.99 each. The batteries appear to be interchangeable.On sale...
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Milk glass or similar
I need a tube about 100mm diameter and 120 mm long, to go around this: It's a heat sink for a 120 LED headlamp. I want to diffuse the LEDs, but not with anything flat. I have a milk glass shade that...
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Haven't seen any of this forsale at the local BM.
Vacuum insulated panel - Wikipedia
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Repair gas fire glass?
Asking more out of hope than expectation, really, since the price of replacements is eye-watering. Has anyone repaired a cracked stove glass from a domestic gas fire? Ours has developed a crack across...
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OT: Be careful what you pinch
It is "absolutely certain that whoever removed this material by hand is either already dead or about to die," Juan Eibenschutz, director of Mexico's CNSNS nuclear safety authority, told Milenio...
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How to clear blocked holes in a gas oven burner?
Had a problem with gas oven a few days ago. Turns out herself had pressed a button to put the oven on timer [1], thus the wretched thing would not ignite. Having discovered this it was easily cured,...
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Panasonic Freeview Recorder
Our 7 y/o and much loved Sony DVR has started to misbehave, and awaits repair. In the meanwhile, SWMBO stated that we couldn't manage without one. (We rarely watch TV "live" and never watch commercial...
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OT: Look North
Mandella was nothing but a terrorist too.
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How to stop the boiler piddling?
Hi all, I fitted a condensing boiler a few months ago, not in the same place as the original floor-stander. Since then It's been working with a temporary condensate drain running into the top of an...
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SWIMBO at CRIMBO
SWMBO wants an MP3 player. Not looking for anything other than an MP3 player, ie wifi not required. The ipod Nano (7th) ticks that box. I'm guessing it doesn't offer drag and drop from experience of...
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underpinning, one for building control/Hugo.
I thought you were talking about UFH though? On top of a uninsulated slab, surely that's going to waste a lot of energy heating the soil?
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one for the chemists..
So what is (R)-p-1'8-diene? Claims to remove silicone sealant. Is it likely to affect powder paint on aluminium? Shower cubicle re-assembly job. Yes, I have tried it on an inconspicuous spot and not...
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