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Connecting a rainwater diverter to a butt
Having recently done this I found,after a lot of rain that the butt fills too high. This means buying a new length of pipe to lower the diverter. To make sure I got it right this time I thought I...
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OT: Anyone in the Rotherham area? In need of a huge favour...
... in particular the Rawmarsh area. Needing to urgently get in touch with someone in the area, and the phone/mobile/email that I have for them don't seem to work. Was wondering if someone lives...
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fuel feed pipe for garden blower/vac
Now's the time to sort out the blower for the leaves and (possibly) winter snow ... and I find that the fuel feed pipe has somehow become detached and is lying in the bottom of the fuel tank. Feed...
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How interesting...
A local low-energy-renewable-green season of events is about to start. One venue open is an eco house which is allegedly so efficient it generates £4,500 in income every year from FiT, as well as...
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how to copy a victorian ceiling mounding
Can anyone advise me please? I want to soundproof an alcove in our victorian terraced house; next door have removed a chimney breast and installed a piano against the party wall. For sound proofing...
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Improve design of portable bidet, how?
I bought one of these in July while suffering from extended bouts of the trots with Norovirus: Or: It is actually a brilliant little device for when your botty is red raw from frequent visits to the...
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How can a wrongly addressed email get delivered?
My correct email address ends yet I received one last week which ended in
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OT Why Hydrogen Cylinders in Church Tower?
I visited a small village church last weekend and saw some hydrogen cylinde rs in the church at the bottom of the bell tower - any ideas what they coul d be for? They were definitely hydrogen, about 6...
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Telephone points - secondary or master
What would happen if you fitted master sockets instead of secondary sockets after the BT master socket?
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Turbines to go ...
We'll have to see whether it actually happens!
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OT Cars - Dual Mass Flywheel & clutch problems...
Lots of woe on the web about DMFs failing and manufacturers squirming out o f their "obligations" to recall/admit&repair etc etc So Q - are automatic/DSG/etc versions of afflicted manual models any...
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Renewables ~= nukes?
This came round on my facebook feed this morning: """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 15.5% of U.K. electricity made from renewables during a 3 month period! That's a...
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OT LFB warn people to start using "common sense"
"Fifty Shades of Grey effect" has also seen 79 'victims' freed from handcuffs after sex games went wrong
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Patio on clay - whack it or not?
Hi all, I want to put in a 5m x 3m natural stone patio on an area I levelled a few months ago. It will on a very heavy clay soil. When I levelled it originall y I hand-tamped it, and it has been...
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Garmin Satnavs
I have been toying with the idea of finally getting a 5" modern car satnav but am finding it a bit tricky distinguishing between the specs. In particular I can't spot from the published data what...
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