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good nasal spray?
Is there a good nasal decongestant spray these days ? Jim Hawkins
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25 year old 100mm thick fibreglass insulation... keep or replace?
I have a house that currently has 100mm thick itchy fibreglass insulation in the loft which was put in 1988 when the house was built. I have bought 8 rolls of 170mm ecose insulation to add as a second...
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BBC Watchdog and radiators
BBC Watchdog 6 November 'Bleeding your radiators will save you £10 in yearly energy costs.' (Note 'will' not 'may') Hmm ! GrahamC
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Never boring :-)
Got a job a week or so ago "gutters overflowing" after a ridiculously heavy downpour. No problem, nipped up the ladder - only nothing in the gutter, no blockage in down pipe bend. One join looked a...
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Stoves: firebricks: who knew?!
We got our first wood stove two years ago (exactly). Noticing that the firebrick liners look a bit worn, I bought a sheet of firebrick material[1] and cut a spare set today, using the current set as...
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Glue for broken skin or fingernails
Years ago Nu Skin had a glue-like substance you could use to seal skin cuts or broken fingernails. I used to use a glue called Durofix to do the same job, but that too is no longer available. Is there...
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Mildly OT - freeview multiplex breaking up
You may recall a few months ago that I was having a PITA setting the digibox up in the new house. It suddenly just started to work just fine. It's been fine for a few months now - albeit with...
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what's going on with the biomass powerstations??
Suddenly 630Mw on stream at BM reports. I thought that the London station was closed for good.. is it up and running?
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Choc bloc caps
Google-fu exhausted, I'm looking for either some cube-like plastic caps to fit over a regular choc bloc to make it look prettier [I'm fitting 12v under-cabinet lighting in the kitchen] or maybe...
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A smarter thermostat
Does anyone have a recommendation of a thermostat that is capable of using cues like outside temperature and previous times taken to reach a target temperature to adjust "on" times? Jon
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35mm flush pipe into 40mm cistern
Hello, I'd be very grateful for advice on the following problem, which I ha ve to fix before the girlfriend's mother comes to stay on Friday... I'm finishing off the downstairs bathroom, and have a...
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Central heating in France
OK so not UK but pretty close! Been looking at Leroy Merlin and other Bricolage, don't seem to be able to find the plastic flexible type pipe for heating etc (Hep2o or similar), is it used/allowed in...
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Green Sinks
I was looking at some kitchen sinks and noted that quite a few models had no hole, or other facility, for an overflow. These are _NOT_ the type of sinks with two bowls where there is a channel lower...
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Building a "wall of death"
I'm surprised nobody on here has mentioned this guy before. Can't remember how I got to this video but it's wood and nails construction on a relatively large scale! What do you reckon the materials...
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Already feeling the cold.... naughty boiler
Have a Worcester-bosh greenstar ri boiler. Its been turned off for a few days and now its expected to come on again, it decides only to fire up for half a minute at a time every four or five minutes....
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