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re hammond drawer runners (2023 Update)
we have brand new runners for hammond drawers for sale
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Flea speed only 4.25mph?!
This page claims fleas jump at 4.25mph, surely we'd be able to see them then? When a flea jumps it vanishes, your eye can follow an object at a brisk walking speed surely?
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Toilet extract fan wiring question
This is as much a "how to do it neatly with minimum junction boxes" as it is about how the rules apply, but here goes anyway... We are installing a new toilet cubicle downstairs for my M-I-L who is...
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Using RCBO as RCD
Running out of space in the consumer unit, and the split-load kits only allow 2 x RCDs. It occurred to me I could use an RCBO in one of the 'high integrity' ways next to the main switch, and link the...
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Aqualisa Shower Dripping
Hi, I have a Aqualisa shower which I'm having a bit of a mare with. It was leaking from the wall outlet and the mixer. Sorted the wall outlet and then the fun begain. It only leaked when in use but it...
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OT Hazard warning lights and hard braking
Well I never knew that. They turn on automatically if you slam the brakes on. First time that has happened and I have done 100000 miles in that van.
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OT: car tyres
I went to Kwikfit (*) this morning to get the tyres checked. I was told it was 'advisory' to replace a tyre five years after the date of manufacture. I have never heard this before. Is it correct?...
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Firefox disabling add-ons
FF has just put up a message on my screen telling me it has disabled several add-ons, including Adblock and Ghostery, but also a couple I'd never heard of or thought I was using, Blue gradients and...
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CD-ROM drive.
Attempting to fix an Audio Solutions CD jukebox. Basically a CD player with an HD that you can rip CDs to. HD and CD look to be standard PC parts. It the CD player drawer which is sticking. Won't open...
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OT On fracking (economics)
Interesting one this. The U.S. fracking industry could implode when investors begin to demand “real returns” -- and trigger wider damage, according to a new book. The U.S. fracking industry could...
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Circles on water damaged monitor?
I'm interested as to how this happened: formed circles, after the monitor got wet (ok, my cat "scented" it, which I assume is salty water) - why the circles? I can't believe the "water" physically...
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OT Only three road sweepers out this morning at 5.30
Set off at 5.30am and drove 5 miles down the Tour de Yorkshire route into Barnsley town centre to drop the gf off for work. Only three? Doncaster had five out yesterday morning when I went to work.
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4 years ago
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Kitchen units advice please
Not for the kitchen but for the home office (or junk room). It does look pretty straightforward; a straight run of work surface roughly 2,400 mm across the room with two pan drawer units under, one at...
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Wire-brushing a shed - tool for the job?
Wow -- such a consensus, and so quickly! Of Course! Power washer! I never thought of that, even though I've used mine for stripping my own garden seat, and (using the special revolving jet thingy) for...
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When did this earthing last meet standards?
Looking round a house (with a kitchen refit done in 2013 and a boiler in 2010...) and came across some bare wire earths Undersized bonding | jbb1003 | Flickr Undersized bonding | jbb1003 | Flickr...
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