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Central heating on yet?
About a month ago people were speculating about when they might need to turn on the CH again. Still not on here (Suffolk) although there is a big difference between back and front of the house. Back...
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OT - OVO Energy Prices - Double Standards
Chief Executive on Breakfast TV today, extolling their virtues and how transparent, cheap and green they are compared to the big six. A few lies there, for a start obscene standing charges for gas of...
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Water level sensors in dishwashers
Hi, Dishwasher's gone wrong - it's in "emergency pump out mode", where the pump runs all the time even with the door open. It's a Bosch Logixx - about 10 years old. I'm probably not going to repair it...
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Water Butt
Ages ago I bought this huge rain butt from ebay for, literally, pennies. In spite of all sorts of problems and rain, I finally made a wooden stand for it and rushed in between showers to plumb it into...
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OT: TV choice
Anyone bought a new TV recently? Want one at least 45" with enough inputs. Haven't kept up with the market so could do with some guidance. I already have a Humax HD PVR which does I-player, etc. so...
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fireback and throat width question
Hi - a quick question about throat width for an open fireplace, which according to regs (doc J) should be 10-12cm. I'm using a 22" wide fireback. Nobody seems to sell a throat-forming lintel for a...
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fireback and flue throat question
Hi - a quick question about throat width for an open fireplace, which according to regs (doc J) should be 10-12cm. I'm using a 22" wide fireback, for which unfortunately nobody seems to sell a...
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Fence Advice
So the fence came down at the weekend in the wind... Not unexpected at is was just screwed into the top course of bricks on a low wall (previous owner of this place was something of a bodger!). The...
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EU to flush your money down your toilet?
One of the benefits of being on a UKIP mailing list is such delightful snippets as these Less 'Part P', and more 'part-pee'.. "Further down, the minutes of one of the expert group meetings singles out...
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Pro paint finish and dust / bits in paint
I now hate painting (especially gloss), due to "bits" that always appear in the paint. I would like to know in a professional gloss painted thing, say a white gloss door, how many "pimples" beyond a...
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Simple pleasures...
Decided it was time to do something about the light in the downstairs bog and eventually bit the bullet and bought a 12W LED from Toolstation, as in No 14618 shown on: It has one compelling feature:...
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Can a 40mm waste pipe be run through an internal timber stud partition wall?
as header like 15mm copper tube or 1/5mm2/2.5mm2 T&E can? Will this structurally weaken the stud partition wall? Reason I ask is we want to put a sink in one corner of a room against a stud and...
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Is buildings regulation approval and/or planning permission needed for the following:
for the following 3 scenarios: A serving hatch between a kitchen and a dining room to be opened up into a proper door frame and door with a lintel installed? This is a single skin breeze block...
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Problem with no power on several plug sockets
Ok so I have about 8 plugs not working, after one of them blew a fuse. After a week of doing all the standard checks I can'tfind the problem, please help. I have checked; - the fuse box/consumer unit,...
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O.T. All my DAB radios have started making a burbling sound
I've got a couple of Pure Bug DAB radios and both of them have completely stopped working. I've got two other DAB radios and they are now making horrible burbling noises which I associate with poor...
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