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Advice on adhesives sought: ceramic to wood
Any recommendations on this? I have a friend who is a potter; one of her specialities is abstract ceramic forms, which she fastens to pieces of driftwood. The whole piece is intended to hang on a...
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Uneven door frame
Any ideas on a work flow to correct this: One side of the frame is higher than the other, and the door (reasonably level) is letting through a draft at the higher end, from the cellar. I'd also like...
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Indesit Oven
The grill element in a neighbour's oven has one half fialed (it tripped the mains). As a good neghbour I felt it was asking a bit much for me to replace it and politely declined. Just wondering what...
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Two sided privacy door knob for connecting door
I'm looking for a door knob set that can be locked from either side without a key, for basically the same situation as described here: (i.e. door between bedroom and bathroom, both rooms also have...
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OT Fracking
Came across this:- Interesting Hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia Hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia
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Halfords... we fit... erm, no you dont matey
Halfords may want to re-think their slogan after a van bearing the message "We fit" became trapped under a bridge in south east London. Halfords may want to re-think their slogan after a van bearing...
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Did the mac users listen?
Probably Hackers convert 17,000 Macs into malware botnet - Tech Monitor
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Hex bits
What's the proper name for hex bits that have a "captive" end rather than needing to be used in a bit holder? Searching for "long" turns-up ones that are the right sort of thing, e.g. but are /too/...
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Magnetic CH sludge filters
Just about to put in 3 new rads on the CH system, wondering whilst it's drained down if it is worth putting in one of those magnetic sludge filters - eg a Magnaclean? System is old (circa 1970's I...
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How long till new sand-cement render can be skimmed?
I need to do quite a lot of patch repairs (mostly where I've chased out elctrical cable runs) on an internal wall which had been previously sand- cement rendered up to 1m, presumably due to s damp...
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Seal from copper to heat exchanger in boiler question.
The boiler is a Vaillant and there is a small leak between the outgoing copper pipe and the heat exchanger. There is an O-ring of an unknown size that should seal but doesn't quite. The result is a...
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Ceiling / loft insulation: What am I missing?
I'd like to insulate the bathroom. The walls will have to wait until I re-furb the whole thing properly, but I thought the ceiling would be a good place to start. The ceiling is in three sections,...
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OT what's this mast for?
I saw this tall mast in the field behind a Travelodge on the M40 in Oxfordshire. It looks relatively temporary, is held up with guyropes and has a fence round it like they use round building sites. As...
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"Soft Touch" remover
I have a bit of electronics that orginally had a "soft touch" coating on the normal plastic case. This kit is about 10 years old and the "soft touch" is now "sticky touch". Anyone know what is a good...
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putting a ceiling in a conservatory
3m x 3m plastic conservatory. Could you/ how would you add an insulated ceiling to this? I'm thinking, weight? Spans? Anchoring? Splay of existing structure, overloading structure.... Thoughts?? Tia...
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