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Cooker Hood Lights Failing
Hi all I have a new (just over year old) Bosch cooker hood with 2 G4 12v 20w halogen lights - very useful. Trouble is they keep blowing. Must have fitted 6 replacements since the unit was fitted. I am...
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Building Control and Insulation
Hi all OK so I've just been copied into an email saying kitchen electrics I've done are OK (a whole other story) and inviting the "building side" of building control to arrange a final inspection. I...
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Pre-sensitised PCBs
Needed some PCB material with the photo resist coating - the sort you use for making your own. I ran out a couple of months ago - and that 'stock' was several years old, just stored indoors in a...
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New hot water tank
Just had a new hot water tank fitted (not brave enough to DIY) and it is fine. Hot water is hot etc., but hot water now takes much longer to reach the taps than it did with the old tank. The pipework...
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removal of archives
The BBC have gleefully reported that the Conservatives have removed a lot of pre-2010 material from their website. They use the word 'spotted' as if a crime has been committed. They did not report...
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My 2013 projects to date
I built a large and elaborate ramp so the wheelchairs could get in and out of the house. I built a plinth over part of the dining room floor and surfaced it with matching laminate so the wheelchairs...
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OT: Holes in the road
Sheffield is having all its roads rebuilt. No sooner have Amey (the contractors) redone the road outside my house, taken away all the fencing and wiped their feet, then Yorkshire Water comes along and...
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New gas service
We received a letter this morning announcing that the gas utility company will be installing a new service pipe down the entire street and to everyones meter, within the next couple of weeks. Not...
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Short circuit toilet!
I had a replacement toilet installed 3 years ago - it's a 'bog standard' (sorry!) contract style job with no name from Graham's Plumbing Supplies (a Jewson company). It's dual flush with delayed fill....
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10 years ago
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It must be close to Christmas
Spent half the day twatting up a shopping precinct with cheap Christmas lights.
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10 years ago
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CCTV system equipment...
Anyone had any experience and or know of a supplier who has a simple CCTV system, thats to say a few indoor cameras with a half decent performance that can be recorded on site and viewed if and when...
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Light Fitting Recommendation
Hi all I'm looking for a light fitting to illuminate a pathway alongside a single storey kitchen extension. Preferably a single fitting mounted high enough up the gable end to shed light either side...
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10 years ago
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Filling awkward gaps
Hi all, I've got a couple of tricky gaps to fill and am all out of ideas as to how to proceed. Any suggestions gratefully received... Gap no.1 is under the skirting board at the end of a passageway...
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Duvet TOG value
Is there actually any consistency about how warm a given TOG value keeps you? The first (and only) duvet I ever bought was from Tesco and I just picked the highest TOG one because the price was the...
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Changing cookers - different to other post
Similar to a recent poster, we're doing up our kitchen and changing a standalone gas cooker for an electric oven and gas hob. We have a double socket on the ring main that has a spur down to a single...
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