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Mains sockets with USB ports
I fitted some of these on the living room wiring. Screwfix ones shown as an example as I can't remember what ones I actually fitted Just lately one packed up all together and just today one of them...
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Flat-pack hinge oddity
Went to open a kitchen cupboard just now (over 15 years old) and there was a distinct cracking/snapping sound and motion from the bottom hinge. Removed door, and sure enough one hinge is moving...
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OT(ish) - recycling black plastic
"Each year, over 1.3 billion black CPET trays are used in packaging in the UK and, despite being technically fully recyclable, it is not currently possible to effectively sort them from other...
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Aluminium tube?
We live in a barn conversion with beamed vaulted ceilings, which looks very pretty, but among its many shortcomings it has a very active population of cellar spiders (*). We are doing our best to...
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speeech to text.
With eyes and fingers not what they were, I am looking into speech to text systems. This is not 'simple commands' - I want fill novel length audio typing as I am working on several books. and...
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Windows 10 license pricing
I just assembled a new PC, for the first time in years to replace a "dog" of a PC I use as a backup in case of failure of my main PC. All very easy these days and quite inexpensive. I made a W10...
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Air Vent Valves
Our pressurised central heating boiler is making rattling/banging noises, but only when the hot water is on but not the radiators. It sounds like air in the system; all the radiators are bled. So I...
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Mains string LED lights stopped working, help
Hi I have a 30 meter set of LED lights which I painstakingly pinned up all around my home. They worked for 3 months and have now stopped working. If y ou press the function button on the control box...
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Cutting Amtico vinyl tiles.
Thirty years ago was the last time that I laid an Amtico floor. I have to replace one shortly following a flood. I recall that to cut round the shape of the toilet bowl I used a Stanley knife and it...
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replacement boiler needed
This is tricky because I cannot supply full details but this is the tale (of woe). I really need some informed advice here. My daughter and her family are waiting to move into a flat that was...
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Replacement windows
Not a DIY question, but you lot know stuff ... We're thinking of having some windows replaced with uPVC and despite much Googling, I have some questions. We're down to two local firms, one of whom...
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Miele dishwasher tripping with an F70 "leak" error
This is weird... 4 year old dishwasher tripped out with an F70 error, pump running flat out error. Water had drained and pump was just sucking air. So this usually means the drip pan bottom plate has...
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T12 & T8 tubes
Yes, I'd want to remove the ballast
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can i change my stannah 420 chair with another same model 420 still useing same rail
stannah 420 chair
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OT: Marmite
For the Marmite fans among us: I keep meaning to communicate this good news, and forgetting. As you will know only too well, fellows fans, Unilever acquired Marmite in 2000, and some time after that,...
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