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Non-separating plastic bottle caps - grrrrrr!!!
Does anyone else find the new (supposedly wonderfully brilliant and clever) non-separating screw caps for plastic bottles incredibly frustrating? I put up with them for a while thinking I might get...
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16 hours ago
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Why are small impact driver no longer available/popular?
I have a couple of 'twin pack' 10.8v cordless drill and impact driver sets which share batteries etc. One is a Titan (Screwfix) and the other is a Duratool (CPC own brand). Anyway I find them both...
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16 hours ago
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Smart meter(s) fitted today.
Took just over an hour for both. Same fitter, pretty chatty chappie.]]For some reason didn't like the fuses that prepended the existing meter, but worked with them. All up and running now - with the...
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19 hours ago
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Any recommendations for a DMM?
My DMM has been intermittent for a while and I was about to investigate replacing the on/off switch when I saw how cheap DMMs now were - but then I saw how many negative reviews there were. I can't...
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20 hours ago
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Email to wrong address
I have finger slipped more than once since email was invented but not like this: I needed to print some monthly bank ststements from my Starling account. I can only do this from a cellphone. The...
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20 hours ago
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Protect Pine Decking
I have just had a small deck built to stop visitors plunging to their deaths when stepping out of bi-fold doors. The carpenter made a good job but told me to protect it with oil. I would like to...
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Trivial problem - wireless bell push - 1byOne
The door bell push is being temperamental. After a few days it stops working. I prise the bell push off the bracket and prise the battery out and then put it back in and then it works again. For a...
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1 day ago
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Pallet delivery
I'm selling my Dad's (almost new) kiln on eBay <>I specified collection in person only, of course people are asking "can it be collected by courier?" It's near as damn it a metre cubed, and 150kg, so...
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1 day ago
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SOT: Argos Habitat clock
I have a Habitat radio-controlled clock purchased from Argos that seems to be permanently one minute 'fast'. I assume the problem will lie with the alignment of the hands. Has anyone tried dismantling...
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1 day ago
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Cheap repair of loose sledgehammer head
I don't think so; not enough pressure. Is standing the head in a bucket of water before use an option? Thomas Prufer
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Gas cooker flexible hose
Is this a "self sealing" connector? I turn the knurled ring by hand will it disconnect safely? Image gas-connector-1 hosted in ImgBB
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1 day ago
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LiIon batteries - storing with the correct charge?
Just a passing thought as I've just bought a Lidl cordless power washer with a couple of LiIon batteries. The charger takes them to 100% I read that they should be stored below 80% for long term life....
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2 days ago
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Filling small (few cms cubed) spaces with expanding foam
I need to fill some metal conduits with something to prevent condensation forming and running out of the end. The standard answer for doing this is expanding foam but these conduits are too small for...
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3 days ago
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Radiator size
One of radiators in my home is leaking. I’m planning to replace it. The size of the radiator is 89cm width x 72cm height. (Measured by the white panel) However, I searched screwfix and toolstation,...
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3 days ago
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Damp Conservatory
At the rear of my house I have a small conservatory. It covers about 15 square yards, and at the highest point of a sloping roof is approx 8 foot high. The walls are constructed of double glazed units...
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3 days ago
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