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Grommet source
I have some aluminium tubing, with an 8.5mm hole into which was fitted a rubber grommet. Unfortunately the grommet used is the 'standard' type that suits up to 1.7mm panel thickness ... the tube is...
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soil pipe plumbing
Hello, I've been looking to buy a terraced house. In many of them, the bathroom was originally downstairs behind the kitchen and over the years, owners have converted a bedroom into a bathroom. I was...
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I think he overdid it taking that brick out...
(still I guess that was the intention - just perhaps not quite a quick!) The blue plaque building on Stamford Street Central came down moments after a structural engineer on a cherry pickerprodded at...
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Seed mix for stabilising ditch bank.
Hi there Just dropping out of lurk mode to post a question. This follows on from a post I made last year about my garden subsiding into the ditch that runs across the back of my property. Thanks to...
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Electricity dial meter reading correct?
I phoned in our meter reading today fom our electricty dial meter as from left to right: 5 - exactly on 0 - exactly on 9 0 - between 5 6 - between 8 9 - between This has been billed as: 50958 Am I...
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Elm tree help
When I bought my current house 2 years ago there was a lovely grove of elm trees on the adjacent land across the whole northern boundary which completely isolated it visually from the farmhouse 50...
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Five years for manslaughter - odd cable theft case
If they were in it together then why the mansluaghter charge? Listening to the local radio suggests that they did not know the power would be restored after 3 minutes. He also reported his son as...
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Problem with shower tap
Hi forum, I wonder if someone can help me. I have recently had fitted a new mixer tap with a shower. To switch from Tap to Shower you lift a small square block up and twist to lock it (see picture)....
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the woeful quality of painted kitchen cabinet doors
I'm in the process of getting my kitchen sorted. at the moment the preferred (although not necessarily mine) design is to have a simple "quaker" look with light oak doors on the cupboards and draws...
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Buzzing Thermostat
Hi all I have a Honeywell T6360B room stat controlling the fan on a Myson kick space heater. After only a year of operation it has started buzzing for a good few seconds on each switching operation....
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10 years ago
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Lateral separation between gas hob and wall cupboards?
I realise this will be spec'd in the installation manual for the hob, but I haven't bought that yet and need to plan the cupboard layout. The "re-use of gas appliances" guidance doc suggests, in the...
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Under-cupboard kitchen lights - how to switch?
As part of the kitchen re-fit I need to fit under-cupboard lighting, but it's going to be a pain to run extra cables to the light switch (assuming I replace it with a 2 gang) and I don't want to have...
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Aldi LED lamps
Aldi have a range of led lamps in their current specials. What caught my ey e was a ES rated at 1050lm, staing 75W equivalent. Also a BC 850lm. Plenty of dimmer ones too. These are the first usefully...
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Topping up cavity wall insulation
We have blown fibreglass insulation in the older parts of the walls. During the extension work we must have lost some of the original cavity wall insulation. Is it possible to top up this kind of...
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Reinforcing brickwork
I have a small L shaped garden wall to build (3 or 4 courses high) from reclaimed yellow stocks, and I would like to to reinforce the right angle. It'll be a raised flower bed so I don't want to...
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