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Pipe flow sensor - non invasive?
Just curious... There are non invasive sonic based water (fluid) flow sensors that clip onto pipes. Has anyone ever made or DIYed a simple flow *detector* that can be clipped to an existing 15/22mm...
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Home Security Monitoring costs
I've just had a fairly gentle but persuasive visit from a guy selling a sec urity system. At least his claim is that he is giving me the security syst em as an local advert ("your address was chosen...
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Threshold strips
My house was built with a hall floor laid with red mahogany type hardwood. I would like to resurrect this floor. Unfortunately the floor does not exte nd far enough into the doorways and the join with...
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[ot] leashold properties
Hello, I've posted this to the legal newsgroup but know that there's a lot of knowledgeable people here, so I hope you don't mind a cross post. If I buy a new house, I'll have to decorate it and DIY,...
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Iron spiral staircase maintenance
I have a spiral staircase which is made of iron and looks a little like the one in the following picture. A bit of a long shot, I guess, but do any of you guys know of a UK firm that specialises in...
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wooden window sill over tiled one?
Hi all more on my 'upgrading the master bedroom project... The window sill in this room is tiled, which I dislike intensely. Ideally I would like to replace this with a wooden (maybe oak) sill....
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A weather resistant box for mains PSU in the garden
Hi folks Quick over-view I have 3 x DC pond pumps that have lap-top style bricks (slightly longer and thinner than a typical laptop PSU) connected to mains by regular kettle lead so not designed for...
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Lock for sash window whilst open
This is for a sash window that opens out onto the street. So security is foremost. Unfortunately it is the only means of room ventilation so it is important that the window can be left partially open,...
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Ventilation in the cellar; suck or blow?
The dehumidifier in the cellar died a while back & it's starting to get musty down there. I'd need to replace it with another one with a built-in pump to push the water up a bit & out of the house ---...
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Free Corner Fridge (really free!)
OK - so this is DIY so there has to be a catch, but it really is free. This is a 1200L Norcool Corner Fridge a bit like those at except that it has a top mounted refrigeration unit. This top mount...
 
Lighting in bathroom zone 1
From what I've read, "switches & other accessories" in zone 1 need to be SELV, but luminaires just need to be IPX4 (if the area is not going to be cleaned with jets of water). Does this mean that an...
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Safety Tempered glass = "toughened"?
While I'm looking at all the glass, does the kitemark and wordss in the bottom right of the glass here: "Safety Tempered" mean what I understand by "Toughened Glass" - ie Building Regs compliant for <...
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Low pressure basin mixers.
We have gravity-fed hot water, and mains-fed cold. Missus wants a new basin in the bathroom with a mixer tap. I'd say we have about .2 bar hot water pressure, and the mains cold water pressure is,...
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Ali windows - *sigh*
Why is everyone useless? Rang up the local glass place to see about replacing a load of blown DG panels in aluminium frames - probably circa 1970. The utter lack of knowledge and confidence is...
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Grrr, what a scutter.
Trying to make the block paviour patio a bit more presentable before the weeds growing in the cracks turn it into a jungle. The joints seem to be well pointed with mortar but the accumulation of years...
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