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Car bodywork
A few months ago I tried to darken my rear lights with a spray and tried to protect the paint around the light using duct tape (soon found out this was a bad idea). After removing the tape I noticed...
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fog lights
do fog lights and especially rear fog lights require a warning light that they are on ?
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How much in a Minimix 150?
A hero on this group has lent me a minimix 150, i'm just wondering how much you can/should shove in one. *Should* I think is 90k, so given the mix below (1/2 cement 3 sand) plus water that's probably...
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3 years ago
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Watching Trades on YouTube
Instead of actually getting on and doing some of my own stalled projects, like insulating the water tank and loft, and denying squirrels their luxurious winter home under our roof, I follow some...
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OT ish, BT Protect in router stopping podcast addresses.
This is for a friend. She has been listening to some podcasts from AMI audio in Canada for years, but a couple of weeks ago, no device could connect to these addresses giving there is a data error or...
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3 years ago
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Noisy manhole covers?
I started to hear a regular 'clonk-donk' as cars were driving over something in the road, like a bit of chipboard shelf but it then persisted for around a couple of weeks. Yesterday I investigated...
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Another EICR
You know it is going to be good when the downstairs sockets have been moved to the non RCD side of the CU. And obviously moved as the blank module on the RCD side is labelled up as downstairs sockets...
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3 years ago
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Getting a new energy tariff - or not
I thought I should finally make an effort to change from an EDF standard variable dual-fuel tariff to a fixed EDF one. I assumed it would not be simple (as far as I could see the tariffs I was...
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Outdoor mains sockets that will accept many/most plugs, wall warts, etc.
We're setting up a permanent gazebo with seats etc. I have power via a buried SWA there already because it used to supply a shed (which we moved in favour of the gazebo). So I want to install some...
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3 years ago
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Fusebox burn out.
This is the fuse box of a chap on Facebook who had a nasty experience after getting an 7kW EV charger fitted. I don?t know enough to speculate on the cause but it there anything glaringly wrong here.
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What adhesive for acrylic mirror?
I want to stick an acrylic mirror (quite tall and thin, 2m x 30cm 'ish) to a wall which is a sheet of MDF so nice and flat. The 'recommended' adhesive is 'mirror mate' but this is gun applied, not...
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3 years ago
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Double socket connecters bigger for 3 wires?
I'm trying to get 3 wires into an electrical double socket, 6mm, 4mm and 4mm and making a bit of a mess with exposed copper showing. Is there a technique to doing this? maybe tape the wires together...
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3 years ago
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Maintenance Free Junction boxes using Wagos
I am soon to replace a couple of below floor junction boxes on the ring main owing to a change of floor covering meaning they will have to become maintenance free. According to the installation notes...
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Best hollow-wall fixings through tiles?
Many thanks to everyone who pitched in on my computer sound thread. Here's a more traditionally-DIY question: I have to fix two grab rails to the walls of a walk-in shower: these are timber and...
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DIYWiki
what has happened to the DIY wiki seems to be permanently offline? Richard
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