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Hydraulic bicycle brakes
Sorry guys I am not really expecting an answer . It's just that I asked in but it immediately degenerated into a trollfest. I don't want to go the whole drill out the lever body, tap the hole insert a...
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Steel reinforcement rods in 1950s bungalow
A knackered old 1950s bungalow near me has been demolished in the last few days. I went to look at the remains. Rendered block construction, and a large pile of steel reinforcement rods ? Was that a...
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Curiosity
Out walking and idly looking at the various manhole covers and hydrant covers. I saw one that had this cast on "Sewer Wash Out". Purpose obvious - but why and were are this situated? It was fire...
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Building cupboards and shelves
Hi All, I am looking to fit out our study and have a design that has some cupboards/ chest of drawers at the bottom with shelving above - a bit like this am planning on making the shelving bits myself...
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Using 15mm copper as conduit
Finally got round to looking at the upstairs lights in this place, and discovered that all the chased-in cable uses 15mm copper as conduit containing 1 or 2 1.5mm cables (well, could be 1.0) My...
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Tiled Fireplaces
Asked before but no sound answer: How were tiled fireplaces made? (as a production job - not DIY). Were the tiles put in a mould and then the mould filled with concrete?
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Mapping the deforestation footprint of nations reveals growing threat to tropical forests
Mapping the deforestation footprint of nations reveals growing threat to tropical forests by Hoang & Kanemoto, 29 March 2021, Nature Deforestation, a significant threat to biodiversity, is accelerated...
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Woorking Inglenook fireplace with a working multifuel stove......... SWMBO would like colour changing lighting on a remote control inside teh inglenoook fireplace
We have lighting power available to said Inglenook fireplace via 1.5mm2 switched T&E from downstairs lighting circuit. This used to feed a pair of incandescents via two surface mmount BC pendant...
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3 years ago
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Air Source heat pump inlet pipe in cellar?
I was thinking if i ever get a Air Source heat pump then maybe have the inlet pipe in the cellar? Because in the winter the cellar is warmer than the house, - it gets heat from the earth. Is this a...
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3 years ago
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Mangopay
I have an item under Mangopay on my bank statement. How do I find more details please? The suggestion on their web site does not work.
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3 years ago
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Scrap car battery.
I've had to replace the Rover battery. It's an 069 70 amp hour and weighs approx 28kg. Living where I do, I'll have to travel some distance to find a scrap yard. So can anyone give a rough idea of...
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3 years ago
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Ariston undersink water heater?
The 3kW 15L Ariston under sink water heater has very good reviews on the Screwfix site. Any personal experiences of the quality?
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fecking ebay payments
My paypl payments are instant however ocassionaly there is a delay due to ebay (apparently) checking the buyer for suspicious activity or a delay from the buyers account (maybe insufficient funding)
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3 years ago
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Conundrum
Alexa News report: second jabs outnumber first jabs.
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Stain on leaher setee
We have a couple of pale leather coloured two-seaters. One has developed several bluish patches, presumably from the clothes worn when sitting on it. After experimenting and getting nowhere I tried...
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