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Tailor's tape measure with a loop?
I remember back in the day that waist measurements used to be done with a tape measure with a brass loop at one end. The measurer put the tape around your waist and then fed it through the loop and...
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OT Let's see how many young ones turn up today.
In this case I am referring to the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorer Scouts and maybe some of their parents from my local area. Last years attendance was appalling. I accept that turning up is...
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Boiler help
I have a license copper lines boiler. It fries up immediately a d then the flame goes out and right back on over and over.. I ha e changed the ignition assembly figuring it was a sensor but didn't...
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6 years ago
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OT More on electric cars
An interesting three-part discussion on the merits of electric vehicles: In Defense of the Electric Car – part2 – Watts Up With That? In Defense of the Electric Car – part 3 – Watts Up With...
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Repairing crack in flat bitumen roof
Is there anything better than black exterior mastic (frame sealer) to repair a foot long crack in a bitumen felt roof? The crack is near the edge where there is a lip to control direction of water...
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6 years ago
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baxi brazillia 8000s original model, need control knob
the knob on my 8000s has snapped, the part is obsulete, will the 8000s sl;imline knob fit
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Help needed: biased/momentary light switches?
I want to replace the two biased architrave switches that control the garage doors with a standard dual switchplate, but can't find any that have the usual white rocker but are momentary action...
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6 years ago
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Japanese toilets
Anyone here ever installed a Japanese toilet (not the squatting kind, a combined bidet type), e.g., a Toto "Washlet"? Any thoughts? (and yes, they are bloody expensive in the UK). "Washloo" are a...
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6 years ago
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Central heating auto bypass valve - setting?
I've balancing my new CH - noticed the flow and return to the boiler were virtually the same - and the auto bypass valve was set to minimum (0.1 bar = 1m head water IIRC) Closing it down to 0.4 bar...
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6 years ago
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How to get two 'pipes' through one round hole?
Is there any 'off the shelf' way of getting two water connections through a single round hole? I want to get a water feed (for something that needs *very* low pressure water) out through the overflow...
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6 years ago
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flowbee diy hair cutting ....
Been trying to get a Flowbee at a good price ...anybody used one? ......or one of the copies?
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6 years ago
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washers/cisterns
side entry inlet on cistern was slightly leaking. I undid the nut and could see a broken washer so after googling and studying I bought some fibre washers and screwed it all up and water rushed out of...
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6 years ago
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Transistors... It has been a while.
See here: Question is: why would you want to put a variable resistor between Z and Y, and not a fixed value one? I could do this in my sleep years ago, honest...
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help with pub quiz needed
It's my team's turn to be quizmasters and it isn't considered good form to just get the questions from a book or off of a website. I need two rounds of ten questions each. I am thinking of a round on...
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Potterton Netaheat 80e - I think the gas valve is stuck - what next?
We have a venerable Potterton Netaheat 80e which we only turn on occasionally when it gets particularly cold, it does have a clock controller but it runs on expensive LPG and we have a wood burner...
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6 years ago
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