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Unvented CH question
Would you expect to be able to drain down the radiators while keeping the hot water side pressurised and running on a modern unvented system? (ie system boiler and separate cylinder, not a combi) The...
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3 years ago
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Hard wood planks
Hi, Have several hardwood planks that were set aside 20 odd years ago for a project that never got started and I've forgotten what species of wood it is. Can anyone help identify it by looking at...
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3 years ago
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Kitchen Planning - Larder Unit
Hi. I'm thinking about a 600mm wide larder unit in order to accommodate a combi microwave (CW) and maybe oven. If I use the larder unit space above the CW & Oven or just the CW, is there is an issue...
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3 years ago
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Printer recommendation?
Only peripherally DIY I'm afraid, but there's a wealth of knowledge and experience here. My printer (Canon Pixma iP4850) has just expired beyond hope of resuscitation and though I find I need a...
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3 years ago
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PC Ram channels
I've a PC with 2x2 Gb of ram in it (DIMM1 and DIMM2), and i've a spare 4Gb Shall I stick the 4 in DIMM3? Or swap it with one of the others? Or not bother at all? Its a core i3 running Win 8.1
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3 years ago
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ha ha no planning permission...
A council is looking into whether where the PM's adviser stayed had the correct planning permission. A council is looking into whether where the PM's adviser stayed had the correct planning...
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3 years ago
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Magnetic phone chargers
I had come across the magnetic chargers where you simply put a suitable phone on a charging surface, but I have just noticed there is another type, which is a wired type. You fit a tiny adaptor in the...
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3 years ago
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Deioniser sachets
Occasionally, I need to measure the pH of garden soil. Ideally, I should use de-ionised water for this, so that the pH of the water doesn't influence the result. But I don't have any, and my freezer...
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3 years ago
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Re: A little OT: electric kettle versus kettle on induction ring
Drink green tea, you only heat to 80C?a saving of 20% of normal cuppa and less energy wasted in evaporation and the eddy currents. Also less energy lost to kettle material and room as Delta with...
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3 years ago
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Putting tap into barell
I bought a kit putting a tap in a plastic barrel. I 've succeeded in getting to the stage where the fitting is in place but can find no way to tighten it to the barrel wall as the entire fitting...
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3 years ago
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OT: Carrot supermarket swindle
When buying something expensive (eg some vodka) at a self serve supermarket checkout, place it on the scale and press carrots (the cheapest thing per weight).
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3 years ago
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breakages ....
Does anybody else have a wife that continually breaks things? ..... latest is the bit of wood that weighs down a blind....how can you do that ? .... it got stuck ....
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3 years ago
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Re: OT Floyde...
chant.... Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty repeat...
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3 years ago
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Egg Colour - follow up
There was a post a few weeks back re egg colour and Blue Eggs were mentioned. While shopping today- we needed some nice bread ( I out of yeast)- in M&S, I checked if they had any Blue eggs. The did,...
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3 years ago
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Some Masters Do 'ave Em
The dipstick that turned up on Bank Holiday Monday for work and called me to ask why there was nobody at work managed to get run over by a lorry today. Dipstick "How did that happen?" Me "You walked...
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3 years ago
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