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O T Begging charity adverts on TV
Is it just me, or are others fed up with the quantity of begging adverts on TV? If I resonded to all of the, I reckon it would cost me over 2K pounds a year. I do wonder how much it costs to make the...
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FOAK: Minor roads maps online?
Fount of all knowledge request: Our local council has given notice of closing a local road for a week or so. Typically, instead of asking the local paper to notify readers that "the road from A to B...
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7 years ago
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British gas F2 50
Hi I have a British gas 50 F2 whichor I believe to be a potterton profile 50e. issues. Fan spinning. New air pressure switch but does not fire up. If I suck on the clear pipe it springs into life. It...
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7 years ago
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A simple, low-cost approach to electric water heating!
I can't help thinking this is the way to go in future: These 3rd worlders are simply *years* ahead of us in thinking out of the box. A troca de resistĂȘncia do chuveiro e um procedimento simples mas...
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7 years ago
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That's the CH fixed then
Just had a call from a neighbour with no HW or CH. Potterton HE plus boiler. Took me 30 seconds to decide to hit the pump in the airing cupboard with a hammer. Job done
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7 years ago
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Van Alarms
A spate of thefts of tools from vans in the area - reported in the local news. I cynically suggested an alarm triggered by a PIR linked to a Pepper Spray. Seriously though - what is best practice?
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7 years ago
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Consumer unit replacement
Planning on replacing my mum's bakerlite fuseboard with a metal 17th editio n CU (to give her place ELCB protetion). Annoyingly some cables come throug h to the fuseboard from a hole in the wall...
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7 years ago
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Games console wiring
So part of the small extension I am working on has a space for two TVs for the kids and is for games console playing. The TV will be wall mounted and cables are to be hidden in the wall between the TV...
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7 years ago
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Adjusting electric oven thermostat
Not much information via search, but it seems as though there is usually an adjustment screw somewhere behind the temperature control button. Anyone adjusted an electric oven this way? How reliable...
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7 years ago
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Possibly OT computer replacement
I am considering replacing my desktop computer. what is the best way of transferring data from my old one to the new?
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7 years ago
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OT - train tickets
I'm sorry about the off-topic, but I thought one of you might know the answer. I've just booked a train ticket for my husband, to be picked up at the station. It's my credit card account, he's an...
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7 years ago
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Carbon Monoxide Spillage on my boiler
Baxi WM 51/3RS Boiler. Can I get this repaired and how?
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7 years ago
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Installing oven
I've just installed a single oven. The previous one had a 13 amp plug, so I simply wired up the new oven the same way. It's a single oven, with "Energy consumption 0.79 kWh", which doesn't seem too...
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7 years ago
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how to shower
Many of us here subscribe to Big Clive Mitchell's channel
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7 years ago
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Humane way to repel mice (or big mouse trap)
I suspect I have a problem with mice and don't want to kill them. Any suggestions on how to repel them? I've tried two different types of humane trap but neither caught a mouse.
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