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OT Ping Chris Hogg
I still can't see my OP here, but your reply is here. I'm Virgin Media, been with them for yonks. I'll rake/spike the lawn, then put the Evergreen stuff down, it seems a shame to bin it. Thanks again...
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damp report
Second hand so bear with me! Daughters Edwardian terrace, North London, has always shown evidence of damp in the basement area. Used as a kitchen/dining/living area and with no extract system in place...
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OT; 5p coins?
Is it just me, or is there a surfeit of 5p coins in circulation lately? They seem to be being given in change instead of 10p coins in supermarkets, corner shops, garages etc. Anyone else noticed this...
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Can you get...
A push fit led that will fit those garden lights that have the push in little filament lights? OK so it would need to have in internal rectifier as the lights run on 12 v AC, and would need some wide...
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Aldi LED worklight
Aldi's little battery worklight has just been revamped with a 5 W LED array, and is even more useful in the toolbox. Chris
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DIY house-marketing, and advertising online
I'm marketing my house myself, advertising it - with a sign (there are quite a lot of other houses on the market around here, so people who view them are seeing it), - with an ad in the local rag...
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Help to wire wireless thermostat
Current situation no timer but hardwired room thermostat. Previously had a hard wired timer/thermo but elec fitted current thermo only when the old one failed just to see me through the Summer. First...
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Suggestions for under-table lighting please.
I'm in the process of converting an old window frame [1] with iron grill into a table. It will be covered with clear 10mm toughened safety glass which will sit in a narrow rebate. A pic should be...
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Preempting aerial reception problems
I'm moving to a property about 5 miles from Nottm Tx and no obstacles. I'm currently a couple of more miles further with obstacles and a log periodic is working quite well. However my new neighbours...
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Converting wall light
I have a wall-light over some wall cupboards, and I want to convert it to under-cupboard LED lights. What is the best fitting to put on the wall where the present light is? (I already have the...
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Changing units on kitchen scales
An odd one... We have a set of kitchen scales, purloined from ebay a couple of years ago; similar to (but not the same as) this: We use it set to 'grammes'; but every so often the scale changes to...
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ceiling light
I'm looking for a nice simple pair of ceiling lights. Nothing fancy. They're for the dining room though, so they have to look 'domestic' not 'industrial'. They have to use LEDs and each needs to have...
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Talk Talk customer database now available on bit torrent
Or presumambly will be very soon by looks of how worried CEO looks on BBC news...
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How much NOx, particulates, etc. comes from a Zafira?
Just wondering what the environmental impact of burning out a Zafira is likely to be. Would it be more or less than the difference between what is declared for a broadly equivalent VAG vehicle and...
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OT; What is the world coming to?
Yesterday. 21st October. The media is full of articles celebrating a date made famous in a mildly good film Back To The Future. Not a mention of the Battle of Trafalgar 110 years ago, one of our...
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