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Thunderbird Woes
Hi all Having to post through Google Groups ughh. Anyone had problems with Thunderbird lately? I'm not sure whether Windows updates are to blame here, but I can no longer post messages via...
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How dodgy is this?
These are a couple of photos of a fan oven element connections. This first photo is of the old element. This second one is of the new replacement. You can see that because of the length of the...
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Generator 1 / Power cut 0
Well, it finally happened last night at about 19:15. Half the village lost power and we were told it would be 00:30 before it could be restored, overhead line down. They were actually early, it came...
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Interlinked Smoke Alarms
Hello, I presently have two mains interlinked smoke alarms with battery back up. U nfortunately one is faulty and keeps sounding. I have tried cleaning it wit h a hoover but no luck. I am interested...
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WallStar oil boiler diagnosis
Hi, My WallStar oil boiler (through-the-wall but otherwise conventional, non-co ndensing, not "system") has developed a fault which I feel is probably easy to fix if someone can help me understand how...
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Gridwatch news
Dungeness is now back online and coming up to full power on the second reactor. Only two reactors in the UK are down for statutory inspection, and one operating on 75% of capacity due to a boiler...
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Mould
Can anyone advise the best course of action to get rid of mould growth beneath a bay window? Not sure whether it's caused by penetration (outside of the house is rendered), or whether condensation is...
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Testing bell push battery 12 volt
The front door bell push on my *wireless* doorchimes (made by Byron) has a small 12 volt A23S battery in it. The chimes have stopped working, and i've tested the AA batteries in the chime unit and...
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Gah, too much screw choice
Perusing Screwfix and toolstation websites, there are tooo many screws!! - I can't decide. So what are your faves? Current purchase is for doing some studwalling, using an impact driver, but any...
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Security Euro cyclinder
Asked to remove a high security euro cylinder today, customer had the original instructions, but no keys. Instructions claimed it was; Anti Pick. (didn't try). Anti Bump. (didn't try). Anti Drill. It...
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Sourcing 4 1/4" tiles?
A friend has a shower cubicle that needs some work at the bottom so the plan is to remove the lower 6 rows (or so) of tiles, repair whatever evils are lurking behind and then to re-tile in a band all...
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Wifi TRVs
So reading into these wifi thermostat things, I learned that some of them can also control wireless TRVs to more precisely regulate the temperature of individual rooms according to a schedule. Our...
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Insulating dwarf walls in loft conversion
My loft conversion has dwarf walls (about 1m high) which go up from the floor to meet the pitched ceiling. They currently have 50mm of rockwool insulation between the studs, half of which is falling...
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"We Dont Know How To Recall A Planetary Scale Geoengineering Project"
Hope i got tha qote right,, my short term is abit iffy... Article here.... Pull quote here lorem ipsumdolor sit amet 1 I t is beyond dispute that cumulative, local interven-tions in ecosystems can...
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shifting around a heavy fridge freezer
I have ordered a side by side American style fridge freezer (actually the o nes made for UK are much smaller than the real US ones !), but it is 115kg. It should only be wheeled in straight lines back...
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