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anyone have any experience of dyson lighting ?
comments that it's bloody expensive aren't required, even if it's true. :) It's user experience I'm looking for. http://www.dyson.co.uk/shop/jake-dyson-lighting.aspx...
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Online train booking japes
Trying to book train Rotterdam-Arnhem for 21DEC16,but on NS site you can only pay via a NL bank, so used DB site to book, but it would not let me book for NL, so had to book Rotterdam-Munster and get...
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OT: India joins the EU!
It must have, or how else could it join CERN as we are constantly told that the price of Brexit is that we will be denied access to all European projects?... India is set to become an associate member...
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My very first merbile fern kerl
Tried my new IRIDIUM 9555 satellite phone today and although I could get a signal in my conservatory, reception was garbage, so I went outside and got a full 5 bars. Rang her indoors and apart from...
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7 years ago
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Which Underlay for Laminates over Underfloor Heating
The guy fitting the kitchen underfloor heating recommended an underlay whic h is specially made to allow the heat through fast and has apparently large holes in. Can't find it anywhere. Loads of...
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7 years ago
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Zinc guttering for summerhouse
I would like to install zinc guttering for the summerhouse in the garden. Where can I buy zinc guttering for small buildings?
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7 years ago
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Another Glue Q
I have 2 plastics I need to glue together ABS pipe which is inserted into Polypropylene cast female sockets. The fitting is a close fit. Polypropylene is not an easy item to glue .... thought about...
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7 years ago
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DC mains (was: Are 3A plug fuses really necessary?)
If direct current electricity supply continued into the 1950s in some areas, I wonder what the practicalities were. Appliances such as heaters, cookers, kettles and lighting would presumably run on...
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7 years ago
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Calor gas fire not working properly
Hiya I was wondering if anybody could help me, I have a calor gas fire and I've just bought a new gas bottle and it's the 1st time it's been used in over a year, the pilot light is lit and it's is...
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7 years ago
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Shower screen, folding - choosing and fitting
I need to fit a folding shower screen to one end of my bath. I want to get a good quality one that won't leak. In particular I'd like some kind of fit ting on the bottom that isn't a cheap piece of...
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Diving board erected on sewer?
This is odd. I looked up the company and it's waste water they deal with. But what on earth is that tower he's stood on? That isn't normally there. It looks like a diving board from a swimming pool....
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7 years ago
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Riverside cottage 10 (ping Tim W)
I am trying to plan the dormer and loft voids insulation. Is there a practical thickness of PIR foam beyond which savings are insignificant? Sadly the carpenters have fitted some of the side cheek...
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2-part wireless thermostat ?
Due to some brain dead design back in the 1960s, our thermostat (plus associated physical cabling) is in the worst possible position to actually monitor what the household temperature is. So in...
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7 years ago
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stuff diy
wish I hadn't started taking the old 50g cold tank and the old CH header tank out of the loft...what a mess ...pipe work and fittings will be a good source of spares though......had to cut the 50 g...
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LED Pygmy Lamp
Can anyone point me at a source for LED Pygmy Lamps in the UK, preferably mail-order. What I specifically need is a BC/B22 ("Proper") base, and no bigger than the traditional Pygmy outline, because it...
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