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Poor life of Argyle wellies.
When these were made in Scotland they were made of tougher material than the ones now made in China. Now the rubber seems to break down at the point where your big toe connects to the foot, i.e. at...
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New world Stowaway boiler 411/412
Can anyone pls help, I’m looking for replacement gas valve for Stowaway boiler fitted some good 40 years ago! I under boiler is now obsolete. However this boiler wil go in for many more years if I...
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Schuko adapter plug
I have been given a coffee machine by my brothers with a Schuko plug and big adapter. As it happens, unusually, I have a Schuko socket in my utility room (fused at 13 amps) so can I just whip off the...
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Interlinked fire alarms
Living in Scotland, I am bound by Nicola's instruction to fit interlinked heat/smoke detectors by the end of the month. I am wondering about the pros and cons of wired and wireless. In ordinary...
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Toilet flush issue
Its a dual button flush, if the button is held down until cistern empties then water runs to fill but doesn?t shut off, if however I give it a small tap it then shuts off and fills. Now I would have...
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Jug for Krups coffee machine
Does anyone want a jug for a Krups 176A coffee machine? You are welcome to the machine as well, for parts or repair as it is leaking. Not looking for money: instead a charitable donation at your end....
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Hot water output from Greenstar Boiler
My two year old WorcesterBosch Greenstar boiler had it's two year old service, earlier this month. Siince when the output of hot water from the boiler has been most erratic. After turning on the hot...
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Amazon accepting Visa
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DIY Loft Conversion
I decided to move some of the articles I had hosted on my web site onto the wiki. So I started with the big one: the same as before, but with much higher resolution photos available, and a bit of...
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2 years ago
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New DIY Wiki facility
FYI, I have added a capability to the wiki to batch upload files and images. That means if you need to do say 20 photos, you can now just drag and drop them as a group onto the editor, and it will...
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Macrium Reflect
I am beginning to think this is the worst piece of software I have ever seen in my life! Could someone remind me please how to add an incremental back-up to an existing back-up - manually, right now...
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Repairing a tumble dryer
SWAMBOs tumble dryer is playing up seems to start OK but stops every so often and the condensate warning light flashes which indicates a full tank yet there is often very little water in it. I have...
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Switch orientation
Anyone know whether the eletrical regs mandate that a switch must be UP for OFF and DOWN for ON? I'm just talking about a single switch in a circuit. And do the regs say anything about whether...
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conservatory
price wanted for conservatory between two existing walls (i will do the floors,) just roof, and french doors to front, supplied and fitted if possable 5 metres long x2 metres across approx ------5...
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New climate change rules threaten new build conservatories.....
From June, any conservatory in Britain intended as part of a new development will need to show it will not create 'unwanted solar gain'.
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