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Re: Re:Non-electric light
Eh? Surely though you cannot have a shade on its own hung form something, what would be the point? Brian
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Combi boilers - how is the mains water heated
Idle wondering as I'm looking at combi boilers and have little working experience of such beasts... Do the use a secondary plate exchanger running the sealed system HW through the plate X or do some...
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Gurgling boiler
The boiler (Worcester Greenstar 30CDi, LPG, non-combi) has started sulking. After a morning of luke-warm showers, I poked my nose into the understairs cupboard it lives in, to find "EA" flashing on...
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Non-electric light
Tesco are offering a range of 'Non-Electric' electric pendant lamps, according to their website. Most puzzling. The 'Electric' ones appear to have separate cable and hanger wires, but how does the...
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9 years ago
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Laying loft floor boards
Hi, I am thinking about laying some loft floor boards in the loft space of our converted (into an extra bedroom) garage but am a bit unsure as to the best way forward. The roof trusses are what I...
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9 years ago
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Diy jet engine.
Only normal tools needed. Looks fairly deadly. They are simple and you can make one even if you don,t have a workshop and a range of tools, well thats at least what my plan is but will it work or will...
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9 years ago
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Electric shower
No 2 son has just bought a small semi. Daughter in law had one shower and the shower has not worked since. It's a Triton T70si. The shower ceiling power switch was diagnosed by an electrician as...
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9 years ago
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Making an external door blank
I'm thinking of making a door for an external wood building. Just a simple flat door. Internal frame with ply on both faces. I could use an external door blank but they are expensive and a bit heavy...
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9 years ago
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Mobility scooter mods
She has now had to have a mobility scooter, so I'm quite busy modifying that at the moment, to make it more usable for her. I am absolutely astounded at the poor design of them, if this one is...
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9 years ago
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Shower mat puzzle
I've recently bought two different types of plastic "bubble" type shower mats, and within about a week, they have turned pink. Anyone else have this problem? Regards, and thanks in advance Syke
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9 years ago
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Determining mouse point of ingress.?
As a test for any mouse trouble, a "little nipper" loaded and set , in an out of the way (for humans) but a likely pathway for any mice. Next to a door and a wall ,under a low shelf, so out of sight...
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How do I find a good and efficient tradesman?
I have a lot of hedging and would like it kept trimmed as sharp as my hairdresser does hair. I am having enormous difficulty, I have had peeps come, give me an estimate, promise to return at a later...
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9 years ago
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Water meter stopcock hex key (2023 Update)
Hi all, We're in the Thames Water region. About four years ago we had a water meter installed. It's under a plastic cover in the pavement outside the house. I t has built into it a stopcock which has...
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9 years ago
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Using Wago lever connectors in a non-Wago box?
I've been very impressed with Wago boxes & lever connectors [1] so far, but on the TLC website I've only seen the one kind of box, which takes T&E (or similar). Is there any reason not to use the Wago...
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Copper pipe - seam???
Never noticed before, but some pipe from my 3 year old stock (BES sourced IIRC) shows what looks like a seam: Curious... I *thought* copper pipe was drawn. Is that a welding seam or just a mark from...
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