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hassles of DIY gas hot water repairs
a storm blew out pilot light on my water heater. It would not light again. I knew the cause was that there is a pinhole to set air-fuel ratio and it can become clogged. So unscrewed a few things to...
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Insulating loft with mix of between rafters and existing between ceiling joists
Hi Victorian slate roof with gables. Existing 100mm glassfibre/rockwool between 5" ceiling joists then chipboard floor. Reroofing and need to increase insulation for Building Control. Easiest way to...
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Labels that have poor glue
I used to get all my labels from Able, but the latest batch seem to only want to stick to paper, not pvc or shiny cards etc. I tried printing my own with A4 label stock and they won't stick on...
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OT: What's the point in vibrating mobiles?
So you're somewhere like a cinema, or a meeting, where you don't want to disturb anyone. So you put the phone on vibrate. Then what? Have a phonecall in front of everyone? Disturb everyone by leaving?
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Temproary fix to caravan paintwork
Quick question whilst I research in parallel. I am about to mount a rear view camera to the back of the caravan using Sikaflex. Before I do that I would like to mount it temporarily to get it in the...
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Paint stripper
Are there ANY decent paint strippers still available since the emasculation of Nitromors ?
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Chain Saw and Leylandii
Tried to cut through the truncks of a couple of Leylandii today. I had previously had sawed throught the upper supplementary trunks. The Chainsaw wouldn't make much headway - it gave up before getting...
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OT: Bins with other people's wrong stuff in them
Never had this myself as I live in a culdesac without through traffic, but I was walking along a long street today and saw an angry man throwing litter out of his recycling bin on to the street. He...
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OT: Bladdy garages or unlucky coincidence?
Took my Focus car for MOT + Service a couple of weeks ago. Last week whilst out somewhere I noticed that the Ford logo bonnet lock cover was turned 180deg from its home position. In fact I could just...
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OT: How the electric car revolution could backfire
Bill Building an electric car generates considerably more carbon dioxide than creating a comparable petrol model because so much energy is required for the mining and processing of lithium, nickel and...
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Velcro sanding discs.
I have a couple of multi-tools. A Fein and a Lidl. The triangular sanders on them are much better than the (older) triangular B&D sander I have - I'd guess a more positive drive. The Fein has a...
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Do not do this
The walls in our hall were again painted white (over wallpaper) about four years using decent emulsion. We do not smoke. Today I thought the walls were looking a bit grotty so I gripped a bottle of...
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Today's DIY lessons
- Not all 68mm guttering systems are created equal. - Floplast 68mm downspout brackets are very fragile. Of the pack of 10 I bought yesterday, I broke 4.
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Which TV program is this?
I think it was on the Yesterday channel, they were advertising a forthcoming new program, it seemed to be something engineering and showed a steam tractor, fitted with tracks - tracks as you would...
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Acrylic sealant remover
The sealant around our bath is quite hard and has cracked. I assume it's acrylic? I want to redo it, and I see that you can buy something to soften it up, but I'm pretty sure that the bath is acrylic,...
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