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Depressing time in my DIY journey
I'm tidying up the shed, which involves going through all the stuff put to one side in the past as potentially useful in the future. At one time it seemed good to have spare screws of all types and...
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Wood burner vs fan heater
Just capturing the thought for the moment so I remember to do the numbers. If it costs, say, £750 to fit a flue for the 4.7 kw stove to my rather large shed (7.5 meters * 3.3 meters * (average) about...
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machine constantly going into spin cycle not wash
W1A111 my machine just goers striaght onto the spin cycle. any ideas?
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6 years ago
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To underfloor heat, or not...
That's my shower room plan and cross section through floor. I am wondering whether to connect the UFH or not. Looking at how it's gone together, I'm concerned that we've let things slip though lack of...
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6 years ago
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Blocking soil pipe (update, removing WC pan)
Having removed the cistern and pan, and now having pulled off the white push fit ribbed connector between pan and pipe, I find the pipe is a fraction below floor level, so what do I need to block off...
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OT: Amazon can't build a decent website
Fuckwits. They (well the imported minimum wage Arab) blames the browse= r and don't even know how their own system works. "Earth's Most Custom= er-Centric Company" my arse, I'll stick to Ebay. Hang...
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6 years ago
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Santa is watching you !
"With flashing LED light" Poor Kids ... http://cpc.farnell.com/unbranded/500009/elf-dummy-surveillance-camera/dp/LP1071287
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OT: Danger! Time warp!
For the next 5 months (I always assumed it was 6) we can see one hour into the future, as our clocks are out of step with reality. If we put the clocks FORWARDS, we'd get MORE daylight in the...
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6 years ago
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Quality wins out in the end
I have just removed the cement/asbestos roof off our concrete garage. I opt ed out of clambering over the old leaky roof and extracting the fixing nail s from above due to the poor shape the roof was...
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6 years ago
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Moulded-on 13A plugs going bad
How often does that happen? I've just come back from almost[1] fixing an issue with a washing machine which was reliably tripping the kitchen-circuit RCD in a flat. Isolating the various stages of the...
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6 years ago
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Air dust removal?
Not in a workshop context - more the house... We have a LOT of airborne dust here (outside dust, fabric dust and others). I was wondering if any of the air filters (floorstanding ones) were any good?...
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6 years ago
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Belling country chef gas cooker Double oven problems. Right hand oven not staying lit so never heats up.
This cooker is some 14 years old and I have been told by my insurance company that they cannot repair it due to lack of spare parts for this model. I find that hard to believe but am prepared to fix...
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6 years ago
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TOT: extract from my letter to my MP
Apparently Doncaster Royal Infirmary are revamping their catering arrangements, and as I understand it they intend to invite the Subway chain to operate in hospital premises. To do so would be a...
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Most efficient shed storage
As just posted, I am finally setting about the shed. At the moment most of the storage is Kettler style black plastic shelving coming out at right angles to the rear wall. This gives a lot of storage...
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Distance from wood burner heat source, electrical wiring.
Several years down the line I am looking again at installing a small wood burning stove in the Mother of All Sheds. The fireplace area is all there as planned. The flue will go up through the tin...
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