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9th August 2019 Power Cut - Final Report
Report https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/152346/download https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/152351/download
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Slugs
Green (recycle) and black (general) bins sit side by side in a shelter outdoors. This morning was green bin day and after emptying I spotted no less than 12 slugs inside the bin. None at all on the...
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What's it called (AKA replacing a 1/4" brass hinge pin)
I'm restoring a 30s steel window and need new 1/4" brass hinge pins. The hinges are external so I need to make the pins tamper-proof. The originals were plain rod with a 1/8" round disk riveted on...
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Uneven floor/skirting and kickboards
I've just spent half a day pissing around with the router to get a 3m length of kitchen unit kickboard fitting reasonably tidily on a quite uneven floor. The floor doesn't look that uneven, but when...
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Ideas for 3tb external DD
So many and cannot make up my mind. Help TIA
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preventing a 2m x 0.95m wooden table from warping
I am planning to make a dining table, dimensions 2000mm x 960mm x 40mm, in either beech or oak. The company selling me the timber suggests this would need 9 legs, which is ridiculous. (I don't think...
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Whats the most cost effective AND time effective way to sell on unwanted tools and DiY materials......?
That kind of stuff I have been able to sell on ebay ok. These are harder. You might be able ebay the hand tools as a job lot, although the chisels can attract decent prices especially if you have...
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Data protection
I'm trying to renew our house insurance (for reasons un-related the house is in my wifes name. After trying unsuccessfully to do this on line as their site is shite I reluctantly phone them Listen to...
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Solar payments not as promised:(
People who took out large loans say the thousands of pounds in savings they were promised have not materialised. People who took out large loans say the thousands of pounds in savings they were...
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Flat door closer closes like Arkwright's till!
My flat door, which is a fire door has a Briton 121 CE door closer. I can quite crudely adjust the closing speed but the latching action adjustment screw seems to have little or no effect on the last...
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OT: Amazon Prime, not what it used to be
At 10:00 this morning I started searching for something for delivery tomorrow and discovered that I couldn?t find *anything* that could be delivered before Wednesday. Now there have always been...
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Shower pumps
How do I make a anti gravity loop for a shower pump
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Loop tester
Picked up an old loop tester with 25A L-E test current. Obviously this is not compatible with RCBOs. What exactly can one do with it & how? NT
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Electricity prices
Payday!
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How to make a curtain pelmet
I'd quite forgotten that. Hideous stuff IIRC. NT
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