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LED downlighters/panels for 85mm holes in a lath and plaster ceiling
The 12V converter on one of the bathroom lights has failed so this is the catalyst I need to change all 6 to LED. The existing holes are 85mm diameter and the ceiling is about 25mm thick; the outer...
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Electrical Q
Running a cable to a Hot Tub They state thee must be a rotary switch isolator no closer than 1m to the Hot Tub for isolation during service work. Is there any 'maximum' distance away the isolator can...
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Energy price rise. What rise?
I must be a rare consumer who has seen his energy costs go down. Our current deal, does not run out until August 23. Back in the spring Scottish power put up our direct debit by about £26 per month...
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pure boilin' up here
Jul 17, 2014 - It has been unusually warm in Scotland this summer as this weather report explains.Starring Shannon Travers - @shantravers In the summer of 2013 the weather ... Jul 17, 2014 - It has...
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How hot is your house?
Now reached 36°C outside, but inside its 24°C in the living room with the massive fireplace and concrete floor...and all the curtains drawn and the windows shut tight Bit warmer up here in the...
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How long before it reaches London
Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. It says both patients died recently in hospital in...
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Expanding PC memory
I retired my old PC the other day and replaced it with a spiffy new (to me) £140 refurbished machine with Windows 10. Have to say I’m really impressed with its speed compared to my clunky old one....
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Replacement fabric for roller-blinds
I'd like to replace some roller-blinds that have become rather tatty. Only the fabric needs to be replaced. The question is: what's an appropriate kind of fabric? It needs to be able to hold itself...
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Amount of ice (or freezer blocks) needed to cool a small room.
With all the advice floating around about ways to cope with extreme heat, I was idly wondering if freezing water in an external freezer (not internal because that just heats up the room) would serve...
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My Window Exhaust Fan
Pic link -> is my rough reassembling of a Chinese poor quality floor standing fan with shockingly dodgy wiring made safe, that coupled with additional bungee straps bodged for motor vibration...
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Inward opening windows ...
I have never seen these before until I wanted a sealing kit for a portable air con unit I acquired. Then, all of a sudden it seems that everywhere in the world has them. I'm old enough to know this...
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rusty stainless steel self tapping screws
I bought some stainless steel self tapping screws off Amazon. M3 x 8mm Stainless Steel Cross pan Head Self Tapping Screws. Within a month they'd gone rusty . The stainless steel tube I tapped them...
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OT: Now we're terrified of nice weather!
Our puppy was due to go to a training class tomorrow but it has been canceled in case the heat does everyone in. At 9am. NW England FFS, how hot can it possibly get? I might eat my words tomorrow but...
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Extreme heat house damage?
What is possible? Melting "flat" roof felting? Sagging of lead flashing/flaunching? Sagging of polycarbonate conservatory sheeting?
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Re: Japanese Toilets
Off-topic troll...
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