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Do I need planning permission to put an external staircase & railing to an existing flat roof
I have a flat roof ( old conservatory ) attached to two sides of my house, do I need planning permission to add an external staircase & some railings to make it an additional outside area ?
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PIR sensor
Outside light with integral PIR sensor, sensor has failed. Part No is EJ-A003. Seems to only be available in large quantities from China. Does anyone know of somewhere I could buy just 1? I know I...
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OT: Car Battery State Metering
Gentlemen, Modern cars don't tell you much about their general state of health. I think it was the 1600E that had all those gauges on top of the dash, was it not? So you could monitor oil pressure,...
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HDD Linux
I have just put some hard drives back into service, I never throw them out but when my Linux unit failed I dragged out one I had in storage for about four years. It failed too along with about five...
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OT: "Adblue"
Earlier I was watching a neighbour who apparently was pouring water from a 1 gallon transparent plastic can into his fuel tank. I thought, "That's a cheap way to run a car!" When he had finished, I...
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Gutters.
Or perhaps more accurately, a down pipe. One of our gutters drains into a soakaway which is hidden beneath paving slabs. The pipe itself is held in concrete at the base (and thus rather immovable)....
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Brains and steps
I've recently had a patio built by a builder. It has a set of steps down to the grass, and lots of people trip when coming up the steps. The problem seems to be that the top step's rise is smaller...
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Blow torch gas refills
Hi, I have a Primus blowtorch which has the same bottle as shown in this item noticed that a number of people are selling empty bottles on eBay so was curious as to why. It seems that they are...
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after changing kitchen mixer tap hot water just a trickle
hi, i have a gravity system in my house. non-pressurized boiler and i have no space to lift my cold water cystern or hot water tank, i also don't want to buy or run an electric water pump. due to a...
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Home brewing (from kit that supplied malt, yeast and hops) - stuck fermentation
This is my first attempt at home brewing. I'm brewing cream stout from a kit (St Peters) which supplied the malt, yeast and hops. I made sure that the wort was below 25 deg C before I added the yeast...
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Tips for Roofing Quote
I've had a couple of quotes to reroof my Victorian terraced house in Sheffield - around £10k, including 3 Veluxes, in a conservation area (so a certain slate needed, and maybe a couple of other...
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High level toilet cistern.
Outside loo sadly had the original Thomas T cast iron cistern replaced with an ugly plastic one - I'd guess in the 50s. Pan is original Victorian, though. When I decorated, I boxed the cistern in. But...
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OT: Home testing for cholesterol
Does such a device exist yet? The blood/sugar ones have been around for ages after all.
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