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Brick-laying is hard -- update!
The lad did quite a neat job of the brick-laying. Unfortunately, he has made a bit of a mess with the pointing. The bricks have quite a good smearing of mortar on them. I've tried taking this off with...
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Inspecting the construction of a solid concrete base
I would like to determine the exact construction of our conservatory floor base i.e. whether or not it is insulated and, if so, how and to what extent . To do this I figured I could simply drill an...
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Chemically disolving black gunge.
Hi all, I'm helping a mate who has just bought a second hand silent compressor (on my recommendation) and the one he bought was know faulty, 'spares or repair' etc. On testing there was no output (as...
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diy data recovery
I have a usb3 1TB Hitachi hdd with which I have a problem, the drive is recognised and the folders are all, bar one, displayed in the pick table but all the folder contents appear empty. I suspect the...
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DIY double glazing.
The outer pane of a DG panel cracked on my conservatory roof, the inner pane was OK. I wanted the quickest easiest repair so just removed the outer glass, squirted black roofing repair mastic around...
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Daewoo queries on two products
Afternoon clever people. I have two product queries and to my surprise th ey are both from Daewoo. I have just had a new TV aerial installed so I ca n use my over 75 licence in a new mobile home. The...
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OT- Where to get Apple Mac maintenance Contract?
Hi All, My daughter has a MacBook Pro which has just come out of it's 3 year Applec are cover (annoyingly, we had to buy it a new PSU yesterday! (I suppose it may have cost no more than a policy...
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Part P - replacing an entire cable - notifiable (England)?
Just a quick check - legalistic Q Is replacing a cable with one of equivalent or better spec from the MCB/RCBO right through to the end device *not notifiable* in England? This is outside of any...
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Electric cars - running costs.
On R4 You and Yours today - for those who may wish to listen again - there was a bit about some filling stations providing fast charge points. At last, you might say. And they interviewed an actual...
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Holding morse taper bits in a chuck
So a mate turns up with a lump of steel about a foot square and not far short of an inch thick. Says he wants a 4 inch strip cut off the side, and then a 3/4" hole drilled through one end of the bit...
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CH expansion tank fitting
as winter approaches going to sort this out once and for all, so a few quick Qs for those that know better than I ... 1) For a 10-radiator bungalow, an 8L tank is suffice ? 2) I need to cut into the...
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OT - Carrier bag charge (or Not)
Overheard in a shop today (Robert Dyas if it matters) "Would you like a carrier bag madam" "How much are they" "Our carrier bags are free madam - they don't have handles so we don't have to charge -...
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Microwave oven radiation
I find this interesting. Maybe someone here has some expertise or opinion in this area? 2 years ago a friend bought a microwave oven. He used to work maintaining things like scanners at a specialist...
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Minimal cost/effort projector screen
I've been looking at various commercial and homebuilt projector screens. Some are expensive, some have very bad reviews and some require quite a bit of work. I have an old brick and plaster internal...
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Only in America - diyfail #34368
Man tries to kill spider with blowtorch and accidentally burns house down [quote] A man who only wanted to get rid of unwanted pests has managed to burn down his home with a blowtorch. Officials in...
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