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Power Supply tip for PC desktop owners!
I have an older (around 2006) Acer with an MSI mobo. PC went on the blink. Symptom: PC started, then immediately stopped (within a second or two). This problem started intermittently over the previous...
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10 years ago
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Wooden guttering ??
OK I could go and buy a piece of plastic guttering but I am on a roll at the moment as I have just rebuilt my shed relaid a back garden of 2x3 slabs and built my fence from my next door neighbours old...
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10 years ago
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Toilet paper
Does anyone know if it is possible to get toilet paper with numbered sheets?
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10 years ago
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Where have the 114mm holesaws gone?
Apart from Screwfix who want 27.19 for one they seem not to exist apart from online shops. http://www.screwfix.com/p/starrett-114mm-holesaw/33340
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10 years ago
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removing paint from wooden fence posts
Hi, In our garden we have an arch/pergola that the previous owners painted with water-based "preserver" only it was a funny colour. SWMBO asked me to creosote it to make it look prettier. I had a go...
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10 years ago
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Machine Mart - small claim
You might remember I posted details of an item I bought from Machine Mart (combined magnifier & Fl light) it was useless, quality of magnifier lens was so poor everything was out of focus. Took it...
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10 years ago
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garden tool batteries
Didnt use batteries fr two years(medical reason) for strimmer and hedge trimmer. No they wont take a charge. Any solutions?
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10 years ago
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Wood moulding channel section, where to buy?
I'm after a wood moulding channel section and I'm finding it difficult to find any. I want something like a 15mm square section with a 5mm slot in it, the dimensions aren't that critical though,...
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10 years ago
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Satellite TV
The new house has a satellite dish. I've got a cheap DVB-S decoder from Ebay. It appears to work and identifies a satellite (Telecom 2 3.0 East) but its scan finds no channels. Where can I find what...
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10 years ago
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Wall rebuild quote
Hi . A brickie gave me a quote to take down an old wall (about 13ft long by 6' 6" high)using 140mm concrete blocks, for (£790). This wall is connected to my neighbour's wall with an adjacent wall...
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10 years ago
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Microwave odd-ball
The source I suspect is age - it's a 20 year old Panasonic - and it's more a case of 'when' we replace it rather than resolve but an opinion of the source of the problem would be interesting. About...
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10 years ago
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Incralac brass lacquer
Has anyone any experience of using Incralac or similar lacquer on non-ferrous metal - if so has the finish lasted well outdoors. The blurb for the Incralac indicates that it should, but if anyone has...
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Bookshelves
I want to build some bookshelves. What's a good material to use for the shelves themselves - around 30 cms deep? I know this sounds like a daft question, but I want it to be reasonably cost-effective...
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10 years ago
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Strong alternative to chimney corner bracket
I want to put a satellite dish plus motor on a tenement chimney, but unfortunately one south-west corner of the chimney is already in use for someone else's dish, and the other south-east corner is...
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10 years ago
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Safety mods to an electric lamp bought overseas?
Just back from a family trip to Egypt learning to scuba dive. Boy, it was fantastic - best holiday *evah*, etc etc Anyway, while we were out there SWMBO and Offspring #1 managed to find the time to go...
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10 years ago
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