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Who has a good stock of reamers in the UK - need a 9.4mm or .370"?
Anyone who plays golf will recognise a 9.4mm or .370" reamer as the one that widens a hosel from taper tip to parallel tip. Looking for one of these - must be straight shank, i.e. parallel flute. So...
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Health and Softy twatt
I just saw someone mowing their own lawn wearing a hi vis jacket. So he can see himself?
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Problem with hotpoint vtd20 tumble dryer
My seal seems not to be working as good as it should - a lot of fluff ect seems to come from tumble when in use although seal seems ok
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Consumer Unit: why does the whole thing trip?
Sorry about the naive and simplistic subject, which (once again) reflects my knowledge of things electrical. Our consumer unit tripped off this morning - the main trip, that is, not one of the circuit...
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OT: Town gas -> Natural gas ?
While putting the world to rights over a pint of Theakston's Best last night, the subject got round to the above. I was a youngster at school when the gas supply changed from "Town gas" (as...
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Thermostat Vokera HRT-177RS code A84
The thermostat appears to be working fine otherwise. Time etc. can be set. On the LCD whre the temperature normally appears it now read A84. Any ideas what this means? cheers, J.
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No support
That's not brickwork, it's painted cement render by the looks of things. michael adams ...
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Weird job...
Got a call from a customer last night, apparently they had a mouse in their cooker hood extractor! Called in at lunchtime & they then reckoned it was a bird. Bloke had switched the fan on briefly &...
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uPVC doors, locks, and a problem.
We have a nice uPVC front door. It's got the standard multipoint locking mechanism where you lift the door handle to engage the locking pins, then turn a key to actually "lock" the door. Now on the...
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New hot water tank
My electricity supply is Economy 7. I have a traditional electrically-heat ed water system in my residence : a free-surface cold-water tank filled thr ough a ball-cock valve, and lower down a closed...
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Current figures on CFL and LED lamps
Just bought a couple of Muller Licht 4.8 W LED lamps from Aldi to try out at £4.79 each. They have good Warm White colour and enough light (350 lm) for the intended landing nighlight use. But I'm...
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Betadine discontinued: UK replacement for sanitizing brewing equipment?
Sorry for the crossposting --- feel free to reply to any one of the 3 groups, as I read them all. I'm about to start back on some winemaking & homebrewing after a gap of several years, & my bottle of...
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Corrugated roofing
When screwing corrugated roofing onto the purlins, is it normal to have humpy-profiled stuff between the purlin and the roofing sheet? I was planning to insert the screws on the ridges of the...
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Brilliant!
(Also, can someone please remind me how to send live links?) http://www.wimp.com/windowinstallation/
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G9 light bulbs
I have a ceiling fitting which has 5 of the 40 watt lamps and have not problems with their life. I have an electronic (touch) dimmer that gives them a soft start.
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